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Community Overview: Kipnuk
Native Community Name:
Qipneq
Place Name Translation: Bend in a River
Indigenous Language: Central Yup'ik
English Pronunciation:
KIP nuck
Harbor Dock: No
State Ferry: No
Cargo Barge: Yes
Road Connection: No
Coastal: Yes
Post Office: Kipnuk Post Office
+ 1 (907) 896-5115
ANCSA Regional Corporation: Calista Corporation
Native Regional Health Care: Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
ANCSA Regional Non-Profit: Association of Village Council Presidents
School District: Lower Kuskokwim School District
Healthcare Facility: Kipnuk Public Health Nursing - Bethel Itinerant Nursing
(907) 543-2110
Kipnuk Clinic - Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
(907) 896-5334
Library:
Disadvantaged Community:
Connected to National Highway System (NHS):
Access to Other Public Aviation Facilities:
Description: Kipnuk offers a gravel airstrip, with scheduled air taxi service and available charter services. A seaplane base is also available. Boats and skiffs are used by residents for local travel during the summer, with snowmobiles in the winter. Winter trails lead to Tuntutuliak (77 miles), Chefornak (20 miles), and Kwigillingok (35 miles). Although there is no dock, barges from Bethel deliver cargo each summer.
DCCED Certified Population Counts
YearPopulation
2017691
2018699
2019700
2020701
2021712
2022725
2023708
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)
Year Range: 2017-2023
School District Enrollment
GradeStudents
PreKindergarten1
Kindergarten17
FirstGrade14
SecondGrade16
ThirdGrade18
FourthGrade11
FifthGrade16
SixthGrade15
SeventhGrade10
EighthGrade23
NinthGrade6
TenthGrade20
EleventhGrade9
TwelfthGrade13
TotalEnrollmentK12188
TotalEnrollmentPK12189
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)
School Year: 2022/2023
Community Statistics
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)
Community: Qipneq (Kipnuk)