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Edna Bay is a second-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and the only populated town on Kosciusko Island.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 25, down from 42 in 2010, with 12 households and a median age of 59.2 years.

Edna Bay first appeared on the 1950 census as an unincorporated village, was made a census-designated place in 1990, and formally incorporated as a city on October 13, 2014.

The city's population peaked at 135 in 1960.

The community reported 51 permanent residents and 12 part-time residents in January 2024.

Year-round residents are either retired or work primarily in the fishing and logging industries, and subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering make up a large portion of residents' livelihoods.

As of 2007, Edna Bay hosted a combined general store and post office, an Alliance Christian church, several sawmills, and two licensed building contractors, along with a small state-owned marina and float-plane dock.

The city covers about 24 square miles, of which about 21 square miles is land, according to the 2020 Gazetteer.

There were 60 housing units in 2020, of which 80 percent were vacant, and about 92 percent of residents were White.

Residents have landline telephone and broadband internet service, while cellular phone service in Edna Bay is rare and intermittent.