Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domainFort Yukon spent more per resident in 2022 than 79% of similar cities
Fort Yukon’s city government spent $1.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $2,963 per resident. That is its newest year reported to the Census Bureau. Water and other utilities ($721,000) are counted separately.
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$2,963 per resident in 2022: more than 79% of them
Fort Yukon’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($2,963 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,751, and the middle half spent $992–$2,734. Fort Yukon spent more than 79% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($119,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Fort Yukon itself left out).
About $2,963 per resident a year, or $8.12 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 38%.
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No trend yet
Fort Yukon reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau (2024 is an estimate), so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Fort Yukon
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 32 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (518).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Yukon Flats School District
Fort Yukon’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $73,732 per pupil, $25,947 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Fort Yukon.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Fort Yukon’s government
How much does Fort Yukon spend per resident?
About $2,963 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $2,963 was more than 79% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Fort Yukon’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fort Yukon yet.
How many people work for Fort Yukon?
16 full-time and 27 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $91,145 (about $1.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Fort Yukon in the state legislature?
State Senate District R (Mike Cronk) and State House District 36 (Becky Schwanke). The House district also covers 19 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →