North Slope Borough, Alaska

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North Slope Borough, Alaska
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Location in the state of Alaska
Alaska's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	1972
Seat	Barrow
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	245,436 km² (94,763 mi²) 230,035 km² (88,817 mi²) 15,399 km² (5,946 mi²), 6.27%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	7,385 <1/km²
Website: www.north-slope.org

North Slope Borough is a borough located largely in the North Slope region of the state of Alaska, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population is 7,385. The borough seat is Barrow.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Adjacent boroughs and census areas 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

The borough has a total area of 245,436 km² (94,763 mi²). 230,035 km² (88,817 mi²) of it is land and 15,399 km² (5,946 mi²) of it (6.27%) is water.

The North Slope Borough is the largest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area, with a larger land area than that of the state of Idaho. Although the adjacent Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is larger in area, it has no borough-level government.

[edit] Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska - southeast
• Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska - southwest

Also shares eastern border with the Yukon Territory, Canada (which has no subdivisions).

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 7,385 people, 2,109 households, and 1,524 families residing in the borough. The population density was 33 km²/person (13 mi²/person). There were 2,538 housing units at an average density of 97 km²/unit ( 37mi²/unit). The racial makeup of the borough was 17.09% White, 0.72% Black or African American, 68.38% Native American, mostly Inuit, 5.92% Asian, 0.84% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 6.55% from two or more races. 2.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 42.84% reported speaking Inupik or "Eskimo" at home, while 4.21% speak Tagalog [1].

There were 2,109 households out of which 48.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 18.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.45 and the average family size was 4.05.

In the borough the population was spread out with 38.2% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 18.10% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 112.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.90 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

• Alpine
• Anaktuvuk Pass
• Atqasuk
• Barrow
• Kaktovik
• Nuiqsut
• Point Hope
• Point Lay
• Prudhoe Bay
• Wainwright