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A town settled in 1905, now home to 737 people.
Quinhagak’s average trip to work is 4 minutes, below both the Alaska town median (21 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Quinhagak. Quinhagak has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 83 in 1880, a low of 83 in 1880, 776 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2011 and a map from 1951 on.
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Expected losses in Quinhagak break down as 88% from cold waves and 6% from inland flooding. The town’s FEMA risk score comes in at 1 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Quinhagak after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Lower Kuskokwim School District. 175 students attend Quinhagak’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuinerrarmiut ElitnaurviatLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 175 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts
Among adults in Quinhagak, 63% had a checkup this year. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Quinhagak. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Quinhagak is ahead of Alaska on 1 and behind on 27.
| Quinhagak | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 18% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 8.8% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Quinhagak | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 47.8% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Who provides power, water and the rest in Quinhagak, 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.
City in Alaska, United States
Quinhagak (; Central Yupik: Kuinerraq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, and remains a predominantly Yup'ik settlement. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 776, up from 669 in 2010. The Yup'ik name for the village is Kuinerraq, meaning "new river channel." It has been dated to at least 1000 AD. Quinhagak is near the Nunalleq archaeological site, which has "easily the largest collection of pre-contact Yup'ik material anywhere," according to anthropologist Rick Knecht.
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