Yakutat, Alaska

City and Borough of Yakutat[1]
Yaakwdáat
Home Rule Borough
Shore of Vitus Lake
Cape Suckling
Yakutat Bay
Disenchantment Bay
USCGC John F. McCormick at the Hubbard Glacier
Cabin at the Italo River in Tongass National Forest
Official seal of City and Borough of Yakutat[1]
Seal
Official logo of City and Borough of Yakutat[1]
Logo
Map of Alaska highlighting Yakutat City and Borough
Map of Alaska highlighting Yakutat City and Borough
Coordinates: 59°32′49″N 139°43′38″W / 59.54694°N 139.72722°W / 59.54694; -139.72722
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Founded1903
IncorporatedSeptember 22, 1992
Borough seat[1]Yakutat
Government
 • MayorCindy Bremner
Area
[2]
 • Borough
7,623 sq mi (19,744 km2)
 • Urban
(CDP)[3]
104.1 sq mi (269.6 km2)
 • Land (CDP)100.5 sq mi (260.3 km2)
 • Water (CDP)3.6 sq mi (9.3 km2)
Elevation
112 ft (34 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Borough
657
 • Estimate 
(2022)[5]
700
 • Density6.6/sq mi (2.53/km2)
 • Urban
(CDP)[6]
657
 • Urban density6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC–9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–8 (AKDT)
ZIP Code
99689
Area code907
FIPS code02-99282 (borough)
02-86490 (CDP)
GNIS feature ID1415858, 1419986
Sales tax5.0%[7]
Websiteyakutatak.us

The City and Borough of Yakutat[1] (/ˈjækətæt/, YAK-ə-tat;[8] Tlingit: Yaakwdáat; Russian: Якутат) is a borough[9] in the state of Alaska. Yakutat was also the name of a former city within the borough. The name in Tlingit is Yaakwdáat (meaning "the place where canoes rest"). It is derived from an Eyak name, diyaʼqudaʼt, and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat").

The borough covers an area about six times the size of the state of Rhode Island, making it one of the nation's largest counties or county equivalents. As of the 2020 census the population was 657.[4][6] As of 2010, it was Alaska's least populous borough or census area, and the ninth-least populous county nationwide.[10][11] The population declined from 680 in 2000.

The Borough of Yakutat was incorporated as a non-unified Home Rule Borough[8] on September 22, 1992. Yakutat was previously a city in the Skagway–Yakutat–Angoon Census Area (later renamed the Skagway–Hoonah–Angoon Census Area).[12]

The United States Census Bureau has defined the former City of Yakutat as a census-designated place within the borough.[13] The borough's only other significant population center is the community of Icy Bay, the site of the Icy Bay Airport which is in the west-central part of the borough.

  1. ^ a b c "The Home Rule Charter of the City and Borough of Yakutat" (PDF). Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved May 4, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2010 Census Places was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau. January 14, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Yakutat (AK) sales tax rate". Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Yakutat". Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  9. ^ "Alaska Taxable 2011: Municipal Taxation - Rates and Policies" (PDF). Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
  10. ^ "Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska". Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  11. ^ "Yakutat CDP, Alaska". Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  12. ^ "Population of Alaska by Labor Market Region, Borough and Census Area, 1990-1999". Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  13. ^ "Map showing boundaries of Yakutat (Borough and CDP) as of 2000 Census" (PDF). Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. April 2017.