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North Slope County, Alaska

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Population:

  • Total Population: 7,385
  • Males: 3,949
  • Females: 3,436

Ethnicity:

  • White: 1,239
  • Black/African American: 58
  • Hispanic: 169
  • Native American/Eskimo: 5,000
  • Asian: 442
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 58
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 419

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (3,345)
  2. Inupik (2,505)
  3. Eskimo (325)
  4. Tagalog (280)
  5. Spanish (60)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 430

  1. Philippines (278)
  2. Canada (35)
  3. Korea (26)
  4. Trinidad and Tobago (19)
  5. Mexico (14)
  6. Thailand (13)
  7. Polynesia (9)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (795)
  2. Assemblies of God (283)
  3. Episcopal Church (270)
  4. Catholic Church (235)
  5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (96)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 1,315
    • Sensory: 246
    • Physical: 311
    • Mental: 125
    • Self-care: 78
    • Go outside home: 241
    • Employment: 349

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 164

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 2,109
    • Utility gas: 1,221
    • Bottled or LP gas: 13
    • Electricity: 100
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 749
    • Coal or Coke: 2
    • Wood: 1
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 21
    • No fuel used: 2

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 2,695
    • No vehicle: 1,260
    • 1 or more vehicle: 1,435

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 85
    • No High School: 372
    • Some High School: 420
    • High School: 1,361
    • Some College: 834
    • Associate's Degree: 151
    • College Degree: 432
    • Master's Degree: 169
    • Professional Degree: 47
    • Doctoral Degree: 12

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 2,109
    • Owners with phone: 915
    • Owners without phone: 114
    • Renters with phone: 1,005
    • Renters without phone: 75

    10 closest counties:

    1. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
    2. Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
    3. Denali Borough, Alaska
    4. Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
    5. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
    6. Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
    7. Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
    8. Nome Census Area, Alaska
    9. Bethel Census Area, Alaska
    10. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    99721, 99723, 99734, 99747, 99759, 99766, 99782, 99789, 99791

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KCDS (88.1 FM) BARROW, AK
    • KBRW-FM (91.9 FM) Barrow, AK
    • KBRW (680 AM) BARROW, AK
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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