Nightmute, Alaska

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Nightmute is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 208.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 In fiction
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Nightmute is located at 60°31′39″N, 164°49′11″W (60.527618, -164.819764)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 263.0 km² (101.5 mi²). 251.2 km² (97.0 mi²) of it is land and 11.8 km² (4.6 mi²) of it (4.50%) is water. Nightmute is also 15 to 17 miles easterly from the neighboring village of Toksook bay.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 208 people, 47 households, and 38 families residing in the city. The population density was 0.8/km² (2.1/mi²). There were 54 housing units at an average density of 0.2/km² (0.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 5.29% White, 91.83% Native American, and 2.88% from two or more races. 0.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 47 households out of which 61.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.43 and the average family size was 5.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 41.3% under the age of 18, 13.5% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 12.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 108.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,938, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,396. About 7.1% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.

[edit] In fiction

Nightmute is featured in the 2002 film Insomnia, which misrepresents it as being above the Arctic Circle. The town in the movie shares little in common with the real Nightmute - the film was shot in Squamish, British Columbia (population almost 15,000). If the town shown in the movie was in Alaska it would have to be in Southcentral Alaska (given the forests and fishing industry and the fact that the fictitious town is on the road system). Nightmute residents live a subsistence lifestyle, which include in their diet a variety of fish, seals, and birds.