Hydaburg Totem Park · Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Hydaburg spent more per resident in 2022 than 88% of similar cities
Hydaburg’s city government spent $4.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $12,607 per resident.
What stands out about how Hydaburg is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
$15,395 per resident in 2022: more than 88% of them
Hydaburg’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($15,395 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools: the median was $9,278, and the middle half spent $6,778–$11,740. Hydaburg spent more than 88% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($62,000), 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 that run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Hydaburg itself left out).
About $12,607 per resident a year, or $34.54 a day
Schools are part of the city’s budget, so they lead the receipt: 96% of day-to-day spending.
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Hydaburg runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget. Comparisons are with Alaska cities that run their own schools.
Day-to-day spending is down 18% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Hydaburg reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $15,395 · 2024: $12,607.
full-time in March 2025, up from 13 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
Who’s in charge in Hydaburg
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 17 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (374).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Hydaburg City School District
Hydaburg’s K–12 school district. The schools are run by Hydaburg, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $39,198 per pupil, $21,974 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 Hydaburg.
- 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
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Questions about Hydaburg’s government
How much does Hydaburg spend per resident?
About $12,607 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $15,395 was more than 88% of 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools.
Who runs Hydaburg’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Hydaburg yet.
How many people work for Hydaburg?
22 full-time and 22 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $178,881 (about $2.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Hydaburg in the state legislature?
State Senate District A (Bert Stedman) and State House District 2 (Rebecca Himschoot). The House district also covers 13 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 →