Huslia first appeared on the 1950 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Cutoff." The name changed to Huslia beginning with the 1960 census and incorporated as such in 1969. As of the census of 2000, there were 293 people, 88 households, and 63 families residing in the city. The population density was. There were 111 housing units at an average density of. The racial makeup of the city was 4.44% White, 93.52% Native American, 0.34% Pacific Islander, and 1.71% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 88 households, out of which 56.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were married couplesliving together, 26.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.83. In the city, the population was spread out, with 43.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 15.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $27,000, and the median income for a family was $31,000. Males had a median income of $52,500 versus $30,313 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,983. About 22.9% of families and 28.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.
Huslia Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile east of Huslia. Huslia Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 220 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet. This replaced the former runway, which had the same designation and measured. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HLA by the FAA and HSL by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PAHL.
