Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The biggest park or preserve is Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, at 3,483 acres. Ouzinkie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Ouzinkie beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 45 in 1880, a peak of 253 in 1940, 109 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 2 maps from 1949 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ouzinkie, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Ouzinkie.
For Ouzinkie, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 98 of 100. Expected losses in Ouzinkie break down as 59% from tsunamis and 37% from earthquakes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Ouzinkie after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2002.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouzinkie SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 16 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
29% of Ouzinkie adults get no exercise outside work. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Ouzinkie. Add to that, among adults here, 34% feel lonely, above both the Alaska town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). The town beats the Alaska average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19.
| Ouzinkie | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 8.8% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Ouzinkie | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.1% | 17.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.6% | 68% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.8% | 3.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge | — | 3,483 |
| 2. Ouzinkie School Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Ouzinkie; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Ouzinkie residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
City in Alaska, United States
Ouzinkie (, Uusenkaaq in Alutiiq, Russian: Узинки) is a hamlet on Spruce Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ouzinkie had a population of 109.
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Ouzinkie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
