Photo: Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domainHow is Kwethluk run?
Kwethluk’s city government spent $851,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,118 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Kwethluk didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Kwethluk is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Lower Kuskokwim School District
Kwethluk’s K–12 school district, shared with Bethel, Chefornak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Mekoryuk and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $45,371 per pupil, $13,034 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.
About $1,118 per resident a year, or $3.06 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 9%.
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Kwethluk didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Kwethluk yet
Every year of Kwethluk’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Kwethluk
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 59 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (761).
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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Kwethluk.
- 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 Kwethluk’s government
How much does Kwethluk spend per resident?
About $1,118 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Kwethluk didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $901,000.
Who runs Kwethluk’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Kwethluk yet.
How many people work for Kwethluk?
13 full-time and 22 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $63,403 (about $760,836 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Kwethluk in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 38 (Nellie Jimmie). The House district also covers 12 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 (for Kwethluk, the Bureau’s estimates); 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 →