County · Alaska

North Slope Borough, Alaska

North Slope Borough, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,185 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alaska it ranks #22 of 30 counties. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), average weekly wage (high) and median Air Quality Index (low). It ranks worst on severe housing problems (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,185 of 3,143 counties
Alaska: #22 of 30 in AK
Population: 10,582 (2025)
Land area: 88,793 mi²
Density: 0.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 02185

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety11#2,751/3,096
Economy82#562/3,143
Housing87#419/3,140
Health40#1,901/3,144
Healthcare15#2,684/3,143
Environment—
Education34#2,078/3,144
Infrastructure24#2,389/3,144
Community25#2,354/3,144
Leisure & amenities13#2,722/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Slope Borough, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low0.1
100/100Alaska 64.12025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Average weekly wage · high$2,639
100/100Alaska $1,450United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median Air Quality Index · low5
100/100Alaska 232024U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Traffic deaths · low1.9 /100k
99/100Alaska 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Rent as share of income · low18.3%
98/100Alaska 27.7%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Severe housing problems · high41.6%
0/100Alaska 19.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high1,799 mi
0/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · high83.5 mi
0/100Alaska 46.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an airport · high446 mi
0/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
New business applications · low3.3 /1k
0/100Alaska 14.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Violent crime rate · high818 /100k
1/100Alaska 729 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Primary care physiciansImproving
20 /100k (2019) → 46 /100k (2022)
+127%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k
Average commute timeWorsening
6.1 min (2015-2019) → 13.0 min (2020-2024)
+112%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
19.4 /100k (2021) → 40.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+110%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateWorsening
539 /100k (2020) → 1,018 /100k (2025)
+89%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Arts, entertainment and recreationWorsening
4.5 /10k (2020) → 0.9 /10k (2025)
−79%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
1.9 /1k (2020) → 3.3 /1k (2025)
+73%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, North Slope Borough, Alaska improved on 6 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved6

New businesses+73%1.9 /1k → 3.3 /1k
Students / teacher−1.4×12.8× → 11.4×
Violent crime−36%1,281 /100k → 818 /100k
Weekly wage+24%$2,127 → $2,639
Household income+21%$84,784 → $102,563

Declined2

Property crime+89%539 /100k → 1,018 /100k
Commute+6.9 min6.1 min → 13.0 min

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of North Slope Borough, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−79%	Within the margin of error	2%
Average commute time	6.1 min2015-2019	13.0 min2020-2024	+6.9 min	Declined	2%
Average weekly wage	$2,1272020	$2,6392025	+24%	Improved	52%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	69.8%2015-2019	75.1%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Child poverty rate	15.3%2019	16.8%2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Distance to an airport	446 mi2020	446 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	20.3 /100k2020	40.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+100%	Within the margin of error	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Firearm deaths	29.3 /100k2020	30.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.1%	Within the margin of error	41%
Grocery stores	2.7 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	+4%	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Homicide rate	11.7 /100k2020	9.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−18%	Within the margin of error	39%
Income adjusted for local prices	$79,8982019	$95,8402024	+20%	Improved	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.4472020-2024	+0.038	Within the margin of error	10%
Median household income	$84,7842019	$102,5632024	+21%	Improved	29%
New business applications	1.9 /1k2020	3.3 /1k2025	+73%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	11.4%2019	14.8%2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Property crime rate	539 /100k2020	1,018 /100k2025	+89%	Declined	2%
Public libraries	8.5 /10k2019	7.5 /10k2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	16.5%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	25.3%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Restaurants and bars	2.7 /10k2020	3.8 /10k2025	+39%	Within the margin of error	93%
Students per teacher	12.8×2019	11.4×2024	−1.4×	Improved	76%
Suicide rate	28.7 /100k2020	41.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+44%	Within the margin of error	7%
Traffic deaths	6.4 /100k2015-2019	1.9 /100k2020-2024	−71%	Within the margin of error	98%
Unemployment rate	3.9%2020	3.2%2025	−0.7 points	Little change	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.2%2019	13.2%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	1,281 /100k2020	818 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like North Slope Borough, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Slope Borough, Alaska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, North Slope Borough, Alaska itself moved −9.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,810 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,281 households (±121)

North Slope Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k11%†242
$25k–50k16%371
$50k–75k13%297

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,281 households (±121)

North Slope Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Own49%1,121
Rent51%1,160

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,704 workers (±251)

North Slope Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone25%1,417
Carpool21%1,225
Public transit1.2%†69

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

North Slope Borough has 145 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.45× Alaska's), with 4,324 paid employees at an average annual pay of $150,516. The Census Bureau also counts 229 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 145; 229 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 4,324
Average annual pay: $150,516; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of North Slope Borough by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Grocery and convenience stores	11	10.4	3.50×More than typical	196	$27,357	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	8.5	0.46×Too few to compare	70	$31,757	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	5.7	0.27×Too few to compare	38	$58,395	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	5	4.7	1.35×Too few to compare	708	$91,636	—
Traveler accommodation	5	4.7	2.62×Too few to compare	32	$51,938	3
Full-service restaurants	4	3.8	0.49×Too few to compare	49	$36,408	—
General merchandise stores	4	3.8	2.14×Too few to compare	28	$23,679	—
Lessors of real estate	4	3.8	0.31×Too few to compare	31	$87,097	13
Construction of buildings	3	2.8	0.37×Too few to compare	17	$101,588	4
Limited-service restaurants	3	2.8	0.35×Too few to compare	15	$22,800	—
Religious organizations	3	2.8	0.51×Too few to compare	10	$28,700	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	3	2.8	0.42×Too few to compare	11	$25,545	5

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,592 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $31.2M on contracts performed in North Slope Borough, Alaska: $2,951 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $31.2M; +42% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,951; US $2,007
Sole-source: 4.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.4%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Land Management$23.4M75%
USTRANSCOM$4M13%
Federal Aviation Administration$817.6K2.6%
Indian Health Service$757.3K2.4%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$735K2.4%
Departmental Offices$598.7K1.9%
Department of the Army$478.9K1.5%
Department of the Air Force$390.5K1.3%

Top recipients

OLGOONIK OILFIELD SERVICES, LLC$23.4M75%
LOHMAN HELICOPTER, LLC.$2.1M6.7%
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH$922.3K3.0%
AHTNA SOLUTIONS, LLC$735K2.4%
WIN WIN AVIATION, INC.$713.2K2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

35.5MFY2017
27.5MFY2018
25.1MFY2019
15.7MFY2020
56.1MFY2021
21.5MFY2022
56.2MFY2023
117.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for mining · 2131$23.4M75%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$4.6M15%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$762.4K2.4%
Administration of human resource programs · 9231$757.3K2.4%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$686.4K2.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Largest awards

ALASKA GAS HYDRATE PROJECT$58.9M
ASRC CONSULTING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC· North Slope Borough, AK· Facilities & utilities· Aug 4, 2021 – Jul 30, 2026· 89243321CFE000064
OLI002 OLIKTOK ROAD REPAIR$33.4M
ASRC EARTHWORKS, LLC· North Slope Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Sep 30, 2024 – Jan 27, 2026· W911KB24C0022
ALASKA LEGACY AND ABANDONED WELL REMEDIATION IDIQ - P&A AND REMEDIATION AT TOPAGORUK #1 AND P&A AT EAST TOPAGORUK #1$15.2M
OLGOONIK OILFIELD SERVICES, LLC· North Slope Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 140L0626F0046
SKULL CLIFF #1 WELL PLUGGING, ABANDONMENT & REMEDIATION, NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE - ALASKA.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $113.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for North Slope Borough, Alaska: $10,744 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $113.7M; +18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,744; US $12,975
Loan face value: $696K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$45.1M40%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$21.9M19%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$11.9M10%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$8.9M7.8%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$4.4M3.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.1M2.7%
84.041 · Impact Aid$3.1M2.7%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$2.5M2.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.$46.2M41%
ANCHORAGE, AK
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET, LLC$20.6M18%
ANCHORAGE, AK
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BARROW INUPIAT TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT$8.6M7.6%
BARROW, AK
TAGIUGMIULLU NUNAMIULLU HOUSING AUTHORITY$5M4.4%
BARROW, AK
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Federal Communications Commission$67M59%
Social Security Administration$16M14%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$8.8M7.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$8.8M7.7%
Department of the Interior
Department of Education$8.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

179.6MFY2021
127MFY2022
137.2MFY2023
129.7MFY2024
96.5MFY2025
113.7MFY2026

County aggregates

15%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in North Slope Borough, Alaska

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How North Slope Borough, Alaska compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

North Slope Borough, Alaska
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, North Slope Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

North Slope Borough, Alaska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AK · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in North Slope Borough

Places whose residents live mostly in North Slope Borough, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/02185

FY2017

$3,773

$1,436

FY2018

$2,913

$1,552

FY2019

$2,661

$1,654

FY2020

$1,426

$1,880

FY2021

$5,109

$1,810

FY2022

$2,000

$1,917

FY2023

$5,305

$2,079

FY2024

$11,024

$2,047

FY2025

$2,085

$2,165

FY2026

$2,951 (partial year)

$1,925

FY2027

— (partial year)

—

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

9.7%

2.0%

2015

1.9%

2.1%

2016

−12.7%

1.7%

2017

−10.5%

1.4%

2018

−4.2%

1.6%

2019

6.3%

1.4%

2020

−14.4%

−6.1%

2021

−10.3%

3.4%

2022

3.1%

4.3%

2023

5.2%

2.1%

2024

12.0%

1.2%

2025

7.6%

0.5%

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

+4.3%

−4.2%

2015

+4.3%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+0.7%

+3.3%

2018

+3.5%

+6.8%

2019

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

5.8%

6.2%

2015

5.5%

5.3%

2016

4.0%

4.9%

2017

4.3%

4.4%

2018

4.0%

3.9%

2019

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

+12.6%

−5.5%

2015

+13.3%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

−6.4%

+4.1%

2018

−9.1%

+8.9%

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

1.6/1k

3.3/1k

2015

0.9/1k

3.7/1k

2016

1.2/1k

3.7/1k

2017

0.6/1k

3.9/1k

2018

0.3/1k

4.1/1k

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

+0.9%

−6.9%

2015

−5.6%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+10.3%

+4.7%

2018

+19.0%

+7.5%

2019

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

11.5%

15.5%

2015

12.6%

14.7%

2016

11.9%

14.0%

2017

12.2%

13.4%

2018

11.1%

13.1%

2019

11.4%

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

—

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

—

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

−4.3% (Dec 2017)

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

23.3%

13.5%

2015

18.1%

10.9%

2016

19.6%

10.0%

2017

17.8%

10.2%

2018

15.3%

10.4%

2019

Calendar years

North Slope Borough, Alaska

United States

2014

3.9/1k

8.5/1k

2015

1.3/1k

8.7/1k

2016

1.6/1k

9.1/1k

2017

2.9/1k

9.8/1k

2018

3.1/1k

10.7/1k

2019

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2017	$268	$93.28
FY2018	$859	$105
FY2019	$362	$128
FY2020	$572	$145
FY2021	$1,093	$117
FY2022	$821	$138
FY2023	$4,467	$159
FY2024	$3,580	$157
FY2025	$117	$149
FY2026	$2,254 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$6,575	$298
FY2022	$4,318	$357
FY2023	$6,929	$301
FY2024	$3,800	$319
FY2025	$2,674	$360
FY2026	-$18.90 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$937	$239
FY2022	$1,477	$185
FY2023	$746	$229
FY2024	$849	$229
FY2025	$815	$249
FY2026	$835 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$32.84	$2,304
FY2022	$52.07	$2,197
FY2023	$52.90	$2,274
FY2024	$203	$2,267
FY2025	$34.05	$2,397
FY2026	$42.56 (partial year)	$2,610
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$59.45	$1,186
FY2022	$40.80	$465
FY2023	-$2.59	$76.52
FY2024	$4.71	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$65.77 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Slope Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$14,021	$5,748
FY2022	$9,350	$5,221
FY2023	$15,152	$5,364
FY2024	$19,537	$5,501
FY2025	$9,022	$5,732
FY2026	$4,999 (partial year)	$5,476
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Year	North Slope Borough, Alaska	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.90 points	+1.26 points	+0.60 points to +1.70 points
Year −2	+0.30 points	+0.16 points	0.00 points to +0.50 points
Year −1	0.00 points	0.00 points	0.00 points to 0.00 points
Year 0	+0.10 points	+0.24 points	+0.20 points to +0.40 points
Year +1	0.00 points	+0.54 points	+0.20 points to +1.00 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved6

Declined2

Counties like North Slope Borough, Alaska five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in North Slope Borough

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved6

Declined2

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Money per resident

What was bought

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 5 similar counties

Jumps not compared