5,746 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.0% since 2020)
5,268 square miles of land · 1 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
No active community water system lists Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
No county jail figure in the national data for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
6 school districts have their office in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $9.6 million — $9 million to run schools, about $13,443 per student, plus $610,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $677,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $1.6 million federal.
Spent $14.5 million — $12.1 million to run schools, about $38,994 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $492,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $7.9 million federal.
Spent $16.3 million — $9 million to run schools, about $52,700 per student, plus $7.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $182,000 local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $2.4 million federal.
Spent $5.1 million — $4.8 million to run schools, about $38,484 per student, plus $285,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $338,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $2.6 million federal.
Spent $4.6 million — $4.6 million to run schools, about $37,653 per student, plus $10,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $165,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $2 million federal.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $39,405 per student, plus $370,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $382,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $1.5 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area about $838,639 a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
226 bridges in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 131 in good condition, 79 fair, and 16 poor (7.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CRAIG/KLAWOCK/HOLL over CRAB CREEK CULVERT · built 1985 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| THORNE BAY ROAD over GRAVELLY CREEK · built 1989 | 190 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 26 over UNNAMED STREAM · built 1980 | 20 vehicles a day |
| NO DATA ENTERED over MOD · built 2005 | 20 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 461 over UNNAMED CREEK · built 1982 | 10 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 461 over UNNAMED CREEK · built 1980 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $57.7 million of work in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in fiscal 2025, about $10,024 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alaska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wrangell City and Borough (56 mi) · Ketchikan Gateway Borough (82 mi) · Petersburg Borough (99 mi) · Sitka City and Borough (135 mi) · Juneau City and Borough (190 mi) · Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (216 mi).