2022 population: 7,423 ( 100 from 2010 , 367 from 2020)
Land area: 35663.1 square miles
Population density: 0.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	674	9.08%	18.8%
Black:	83	1.12%	137.1%
Indian:	5,907	79.58%	3.2%
Asian:	96	1.29%	77.8%
2+ races:	450	6.06%	2.0%
Hispanic:	213	2.87%	267.2%

Total non-White:	6,749	90.92%	0.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	345	22.1
Deaths:	152	9.8
Net Migration:	-556	-35.7
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-156	-2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	56	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
7,523
830	11.03%
35	0.47%
6,102	81.11%
54	0.72%
441	5.86%
58	0.77%
6,693	88.97%

2000
7,208
878	12.18%
15	0.21%
5,919	82.12%
68	0.94%
263	3.65%
57	0.79%
6,330	87.82%

1990
6,113
792	12.96%
10	0.16%
5,224	85.46%
44	0.72%
n/a
43	0.70%
5,321	87.04%

1980
n/a
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
n/a
0	?%
0	?%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,644	22.8
360	5.0
-1,025	-14.2
5	0.1

-48	-0.7
363	5.0

Number	Rate
1990's
1,797	29.4
361	5.9
-759	-12.4
17	0.3

86	1.4
1,009	16.5

Number	Rate
1980's
1,979	?
395	?
0	?
n/a

n/a
n/a

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
0	?
n/a

0	?
0	?

Age, Family & Household Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
29.2
2,783	37.5%
4,640	62.5%
607	8.2%

1,776
4.04

1,327	74.7%
730	55.0%
213	16.1%
449	25.3%

2010
Number	Percent
25.7
2,655	35.3%
4,868	64.7%
455	6.0%

1,919
3.72

1,428	74.4%
775	54.3%
243	17.0%
491	25.6%

2000
Number	Percent
24.0
2,981	41.4%
4,227	58.6%
372	5.2%

1,778
3.87

1,411	79.4%
845	59.9%
264	18.7%
367	20.6%

1990
Number	Percent
22.6
2,642	43.2%
3,471	56.8%
282	4.6%

1,543
3.93

1,200	77.8%
730	60.8%
184	15.3%
343	22.2%

1980
Number	Percent
?
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%

0
?

0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%

2022 Housing Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	91	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	73	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	55	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	64	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	40	2.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	59	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	64	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	51	2.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	56	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	143	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	172	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	236	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	173	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	123	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	201	11.3%
$200,000 or more	175	9.9%

Median Household Income	77,647
Per Capita Income	32,133

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	98
Compared to U.S.	105

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	124	7.0%
Public Assistance	187	10.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	657	37.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,414	54.3%
Unemployed	480	10.8%
In Armed Forces	2	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,896	65.1%
Not in Labor Force	1,550	34.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		45.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	629	251	71.5%
Non-Profit	247	319	43.6%
Self-Employed	46	35	56.8%

Local Government	353	506	41.1%
State Government	34	72	32.1%
Federal Government	93	47	66.4%

Total Private + Self	675	286	70.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	727	944	43.5%
Total	1,402	1,230	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	42.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	350	13.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	461	17.5%
Professional, Technical	620	23.6%
Service Occupations	316	12.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9	0.3%
All others	885	33.6%

White Collar		54.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	530	20.1%
Health care and social assistance	459	17.4%
Educational services	341	13.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	277	10.5%
Retail trade	183	7.0%
Transportation and warehousing	170	6.5%
Construction	110	4.2%
Utilities	99	3.8%
Other services	90	3.4%
Accommodation and food services	74	2.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	72	2.7%
Manufacturing	58	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	41	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	34	1.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	21	0.8%
Information	18	0.7%
Wholesale trade	18	0.7%
Management	17	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13	0.5%
Finance and insurance	7	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	139	1.81%
Puerto Rican	29	0.38%
Cuban	7	0.09%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	9	0.12%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	7	0.09%
Salvadoran	2	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	12	0.16%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	59	0.77%
Korean	18	0.23%
Thai	11	0.14%
Vietnamese	6	0.08%
Japanese	4	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,865	70.7%
Other	1,777	25.8%
Spanish	81	1.2%
Tagalog	56	0.8%
Other Asian	35	0.5%
Korean	24	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	18	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7	0.1%
Vietnamese	6	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	215	2.8%
Irish	137	1.8%
English	94	1.2%
European	78	1.0%
Swedish	73	1.0%
French	58	0.8%
Polish	36	0.5%
Jamaican	22	0.3%
Norwegian	20	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	20	0.3%
Portuguese	19	0.2%
Italian	16	0.2%
Danish	15	0.2%
Dutch	13	0.2%
Scottish	9	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,601	98.9%
Not a citizen	81	1.1%

Native	7,539	98.1%
Foreign-born	143	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
173	4.1%	417	9.9%	1,954	46.2%	1,045	24.7%	425	10.0%	216	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	173	4.1%
9-12 Years	417	9.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,954	46.2%
Some College	1,045	24.7%
Bach. Degree	425	10.0%
Grad Degree	216	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,121	1,804	317	14.9%	7.3%
1991	2,169	1,828	341	15.7%	8.3%
1992	2,168	1,729	439	20.2%	8.9%
1993	2,176	1,805	371	17.0%	7.8%
1994	2,262	1,912	350	15.5%	7.6%
1995	2,206	1,847	359	16.3%	7.3%
1996	2,246	1,851	395	17.6%	7.4%
1997	2,168	1,858	310	14.3%	6.9%
1998	2,205	1,947	258	11.7%	6.3%
1999	2,055	1,773	282	13.7%	6.4%

2000	2,948	2,682	266	9.0%	6.3%
2001	3,025	2,729	296	9.8%	6.3%
2002	3,067	2,721	346	11.3%	7.2%
2003	2,983	2,594	389	13.0%	7.7%
2004	2,875	2,492	383	13.3%	7.4%
2005	3,059	2,694	365	11.9%	6.9%
2006	2,956	2,620	336	11.4%	6.6%
2007	2,962	2,644	318	10.7%	6.3%
2008	2,969	2,637	332	11.2%	6.5%
2009	2,989	2,623	366	12.2%	8.0%

2010	2,962	2,551	411	13.9%	8.2%
2011	2,980	2,510	470	15.8%	7.8%
2012	3,024	2,542	482	15.9%	7.2%
2013	3,054	2,551	503	16.5%	7.0%
2014	2,991	2,490	501	16.8%	6.7%
2015	2,893	2,444	449	15.5%	6.3%
2016	2,950	2,496	454	15.4%	6.6%
2017	2,950	2,501	449	15.2%	6.5%
2018	2,927	2,557	370	12.6%	5.9%
2019	2,908	2,542	366	12.6%	5.4%

2020	2,942	2,590	352	12.0%	7.8%
2021	2,867	2,538	329	11.5%	6.4%
2022	2,787	2,537	250	9.0%	4.0%
2023	2,803	2,533	270	9.6%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,726
Median Value	$147,200

Occupied	1,776	65.2%
Vacant	950	34.8%

Owned	1,083	61.0%
Rented	693	39.0%
Median Rent	$1,386

Single-Family Units	2,181	80.0%
Detached	2,165	79.4%
Attached	16	0.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	271	9.9%
Mobile Homes	43	1.6%

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

2022 Housing Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

2022 Income & Employment Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

Historical Labor Force Data for Northwest Arctic Borough, AK