Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

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2022 Population

7,682

1.21% 1-year decline

US Senator

Lisa Murkowski

Republican Party

US Senator

Dan Sullivan

Republican Party

US Representative

Mary Peltola

Democratic Party

2022 Median Age

29.2

1.74% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

18.5%

9.88% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$77,647

13.1% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$147,200

12.6% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK had a population of 7.68k people with a median age of 29.2 and a median household income of $77,647. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK declined from 7,776 to 7,682, a −1.21% decrease and its median household income grew from $68,654 to $77,647, a 13.1% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK are American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (80.4%), White (Non-Hispanic) (9.59%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.74%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.29%), and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (1.24%).

None of the households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.9% of the residents in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK was $147,200, and the homeownership rate was 61%.

Most people in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK walked to work, and the average commute time was 6.55 minutes. The average car ownership in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK was 0 cars per household.

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK borders Nome Census Area, AK, North Slope Borough, AK, and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK.

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Population & Diversity

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is home to a population of 7.68k people, from which 98.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 1.86% of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK residents were born outside of the country (143 people).

In 2022, there were 8.39 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.18k people) in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK than any other race or ethnicity. There were 737 White (Non-Hispanic) and 364 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

98.9%

2022 Citizenship

99.1%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.9% of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK was 99.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
6.18k ± 90
White (Non-Hispanic)
737 ± 15
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
364 ± 88.3

2.55%

Hispanic Population

196 people

2.55% of the people in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK are hispanic (196 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

1.86%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

143 people

1.71%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

133 people

As of 2022, 1.86% of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK residents (143 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK was 1.71%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
106 ± 53
Gulf War (1990s)
100 ± 68
Gulf War (2001-)
17 ± 25

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.06 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK employs 2.63k people. The largest industries in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK are Public Administration (530 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (459 people), and Educational Services (341 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($201,023), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($183,750), and Wholesale Trade ($146,667).

Employment

Occupations

2.63k

2022 Value

± 303

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK stayed at a rate of 0%, from 2.63k employees to 2.63k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (402 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (351 people), and Management Occupations (239 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Alaska (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.63k

2022 Value

± 303

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK stayed at a rate of 0%, from 2.63k employees to 2.63k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK, are Public Administration (530 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (459 people), and Educational Services (341 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK, though some of these residents may live in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$54,886

Median earning men ± $13,256

$55,833

Median earning women ± $8,908

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($201,705), Wholesale Trade ($147,500), and Construction ($73,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($67,563), Public Administration ($64,051), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($59,545).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

3.6%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 317k people employed in Alaska. This represents a 3.6% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.7%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Alaska.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

5
Retail Trade
4
Other Services (except Public Administration)
4
Transportation and Warehousing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are the senators currently representing the state of Alaska. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is currently represented by Mary Peltola in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Alaska

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Lisa Murkowski

Senator from Alaska

Assumed office on December 20, 2002
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of her father Frank Murkowski, who was elected List of governors of Alaska|Governor of Alaska.

Dan Sullivan

Senator from Alaska

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are the senators currently representing Alaska.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Alaska over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

Mary Peltola

Alaska at-large Representative

Democratic Party

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is currently represented by Mary Peltola (Democratic Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.495% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.397% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (168k), Some college (147k), and Bachelors Degree (98.8k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK was $147,200 in 2022, which is 0.522 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $130,700 to $147,200, a 12.6% increase. The homeownership rate in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is 61%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK have an average commute time of 6.55 minutes, and they walked to work. Car ownership in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is lower than the national average, with an average of 0 cars per household.

Property

$147,200

Median Property Value 2022

±$29,780

$1,083

Median Property Taxes

±$98

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Northwest Arctic Borough, AK the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

61%

Homeownership

2022

58.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 61% of the housing units in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 59.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 2
Census Tract 1

The following map shows all of the tracts in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$77,647

Median Household Income

± $6,180

1.78k

Number of Households

± 118

In 2022, the median household income of the 1.78k households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK grew to $77,647 from the previous year's value of $68,654.

The following chart displays the households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is from Alaska.

0.436

2022 Wage GINI in Alaska

0.437

2021 Wage GINI in Alaska

In 2022, the income inequality in Alaska was 0.436 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.308% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Alaska was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Alaska in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Alaska across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Walked (44.2%)
Other (18.2%)
Carpooled (15.7%)

In 2022, 44.2% of workers in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK walked to work, followed by those who used some unspecified means to get work (18.2%) and those who carpooled to work (15.7%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

6.55 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK have a shorter commute time (6.55 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.124% of the workforce in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

0 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK have 0 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

18.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK (1.41k out of 7.6k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Females < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK is Native American, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

80.8% of the population of Northwest Arctic Borough, AK has health coverage, with 28.5% on employee plans, 41.8% on Medicaid, 4.06% on Medicare, 5.82% on non-group plans, and 0.68% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK see 1274 patients per year on average, which represents a 17% increase from the previous year (1089 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 3780 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 98 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51% were men and 49% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

1,274 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

Primary care physicians in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK see an average of 1,274 patients per year. This represents a 17% increase from the previous year (1,089 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 37.9% under 18 years, 23.2% between 18 and 34 years, 31% between 35 and 64 years, and 7.91% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51% were men and 49% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

19.2%

Uninsured

28.5%

Employer Coverage

41.8%

Medicaid

4.06%

Medicare

5.82%

Non-Group

0.68%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK declined by 14.4% from 22.4% to 19.2%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 182 in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 41.9% in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.