The delta has approximately 20,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Native, both Yupik Eskimos and Athabaskan Indians. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with a population of around 6,000, and there are approximately 55 villages of up to 850 people. Most residents live a traditional subsistence lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and gathering, and over 30 percent have cash incomes well below the federal poverty threshold. The area has virtually no roads; travel is by Bush plane, or by river boats in summer and snowmobiles in winter.
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| - The delta has approximately 20,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Native, both Yupik Eskimos and Athabaskan Indians. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with a population of around 6,000, and there are approximately 55 villages of up to 850 people. Most residents live a traditional subsistence lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and gathering, and over 30 percent have cash incomes well below the federal poverty threshold. The area has virtually no roads; travel is by Bush plane, or by river boats in summer and snowmobiles in winter.
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| - The delta has approximately 20,000 residents. 85% of these are Alaska Native, both Yupik Eskimos and Athabaskan Indians. The main population center and service hub is the city of Bethel, with a population of around 6,000, and there are approximately 55 villages of up to 850 people. Most residents live a traditional subsistence lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and gathering, and over 30 percent have cash incomes well below the federal poverty threshold. The area has virtually no roads; travel is by Bush plane, or by river boats in summer and snowmobiles in winter.
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