County · Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,677 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alaska it ranks #27 of 30 counties. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), average commute time (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on severe housing problems (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and new business applications (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,677 of 3,143 counties
Alaska: #27 of 30 in AK
Population: 7,095 (2025)
Land area: 35,672 mi²
Density: 0.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 02188

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 63 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.

Safety16#2,589/3,096
Economy33#2,116/3,143
Housing84#509/3,140
Health2#3,067/3,144
Healthcare20#2,501/3,143
Environment—
Education4#3,032/3,144
Infrastructure51#1,548/3,144
Community5#2,987/3,144
Leisure & amenities22#2,450/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.00%
100/100Alaska 0.94%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Average commute time · low5.9 min
100/100Alaska 19.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Natural hazard risk · low0.1
100/100Alaska 64.12025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mental health providers · high1,248 /100k
99/100Alaska 802 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,833
99/100Alaska $1,450United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rent as share of income · low18.2%
98/100Alaska 27.7%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Severe housing problems · high50.1%
0/100Alaska 19.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high1,809 mi
0/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
New business applications · low3.0 /1k
0/100Alaska 14.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Unemployment rate · high10.0%
0/100Alaska 4.7%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Distance to an airport · high413 mi
0/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Adult smoking · high28.6%
1/100Alaska 16.9%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
7,797 (2020) → 7,095 (2025)
−9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Traffic deathsWorsening
2.6 /100k (2015-2019) → 8.1 /100k (2020-2024)
+212%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
DentistsImproving
13 /100k (2020) → 41 /100k (2023)
+212%3 yearsUS 71 /100k → 75 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
1.5 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−90%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
1.7 /1k (2020) → 3.0 /1k (2025)
+78%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.7% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska improved on 7 of 25 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 16 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.

Improved7

Rent / income−4.2 points22.4% → 18.2%
New businesses+78%1.7 /1k → 3.0 /1k
Real income+37%$47,703 → $65,361
Broadband+12 points76.7% → 88.6%
Weekly wage+24%$1,484 → $1,833

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 25 measures

Change of every measure of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	+9.9%	Within the margin of error	58%
Average commute time	5.8 min2015-2019	5.9 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Average weekly wage	$1,4842020	$1,8332025	+24%	Improved	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	76.7%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	29.8%2019	34.0%2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Distance to an airport	413 mi2020	413 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Firearm deaths	27.4 /100k2020	32.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Within the margin of error	23%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	+9.9%	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	82.5%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	84%
Homicide rate	22.4 /100k2020	10.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−54%	Within the margin of error	76%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,7032019	$65,3612024	+37%	Improved	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4252020-2024	−0.022	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$61,6602019	$72,9282024	+18%	Improved	18%
New business applications	1.7 /1k2020	3.0 /1k2025	+78%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	24.0%2019	23.8%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Public libraries	2.6 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	−46%	Within the margin of error	1%
Rent as share of income	22.4%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	88%
Rent-burdened households	27.2%2015-2019	19.7%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Students per teacher	16.8×2019	15.9×2024	−0.8×	Little change	56%
Suicide rate	32.9 /100k2020	44.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	10%
Traffic deaths	2.6 /100k2015-2019	8.1 /100k2020-2024	+212%	Within the margin of error	1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%2020	10.0%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.5%2019	15.1%2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Northwest Arctic 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, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

7,441 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

1,825 households (±65)

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k15%270
$25k–50k15%266
$50k–75k17%302

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,825 households (±65)

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Own64%1,175
Rent36%650

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.2 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,322 workers (±187)

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone16%370
Carpool11%266
Public transit0.9%†22

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.

Northwest Arctic Borough has 65 employer establishments, 89.1 for every 10,000 residents (0.36× the US rate of 248; 0.29× Alaska's), with 1,766 paid employees at an average annual pay of $120,951. The Census Bureau also counts 187 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 65; 187 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 89.1; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 1,766
Average annual pay: $120,951; US $68,342

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

Grocery and convenience stores	9	12.3	4.15×Too few to compare	140	$20,300	4
Civic and social organizations	5	6.9	9.34×Too few to compare	29	$21,793	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	6.9	0.37×Too few to compare	36	$19,583	—
Limited-service restaurants	3	4.1	0.51×Too few to compare	33	$19,848	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Banks and credit unions	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,299 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 $2.1M on contracts performed in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska: $299 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $2.1M; +28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $299; US $2,007
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

National Park Service$732.8K35%
Departmental Offices$594.5K28%
U.S. Coast Guard$455K21%
U.S. Special Operations Command$165.2K7.8%
Department of the Air Force$120K5.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$50.4K2.4%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$28.6K1.4%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$12K0.6%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.6MFY2017
2.4MFY2018
1.5MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
3.5MFY2022
2.7MFY2023
10.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$594.5K28%
Building finishing contractors · 2383$495.5K23%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$220K10%
Traveler accommodation · 7211$190K9.0%
Business support services · 5614$165.2K7.8%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211

Largest awards

AK SELAWIK NWR STORAGE FACILITY$2.3M
KIC CONSTRUCTION, LLC· Northwest Arctic Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Aug 7, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· 140FC324C0014
ARCTIC SHIELD LODGING IN KOTZEBUE ALASKA$611K
NANA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC· Northwest Arctic Borough, AK· Transportation & logistics· Jun 12, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· 70Z08424CDL950004
EO14398 WEAR-BELA HOUSING WINDOW REPLACEMENT$495.5K
KUCHAR CONSTRUCTION, LLC· Northwest Arctic Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 140P9726C0006
ROUND TRIP TRANSPORTATION FOR USCG PERSONNEL TO REMOTE ALASKAN VILLAGES TO INSPECT USCG REGULATED FACILITIES

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 $242.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska: $34,200 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $242.6M; −20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $34,200; US $12,975
Loan face value: $323.7K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$62.8M26%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$47.1M19%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$42.7M18%
10.855 · Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants$25M10%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$10.4M4.3%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$9.2M3.8%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$5.8M2.4%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5.7M2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.$105.5M43%
ANCHORAGE, AK
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES$51.6M21%
JUNEAU, AK
OTZ TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.$25M10%
KOTZEBUE, AK
MANIILAQ ASSOCIATION$13.4M5.5%
KOTZEBUE, AK
NORTHWEST ARCTIC 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$105.5M43%
Federal Aviation Administration$46.9M19%
Department of Transportation
Rural Utilities Service$25M10%
Department of Agriculture
Social Security Administration$15.1M6.2%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$10.4M4.3%

Assistance by fiscal year

234MFY2021
135.4MFY2022
182.4MFY2023
99.9MFY2024
303.3MFY2025
242.6MFY2026

County aggregates

6.5%

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.

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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 Northwest Arctic 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.

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2017	$461	$1,436
FY2018	$305	$1,552
FY2019	$202	$1,654
FY2020	$186	$1,880
FY2021	$216	$1,810
FY2022	$479	$1,917
FY2023	$373	$2,079
FY2024	$1,487	$2,047
FY2025	$233	$2,165
FY2026	$299 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2017	$233	$93.28
FY2018	$56.78	$105
FY2019	$48.24	$128
FY2020	$39.79	$145
FY2021	$46.07	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$8,158	$5,748
FY2022	$7,141	$5,221
FY2023	$16,627	$5,364
FY2024	$8,540	$5,501
FY2025	$36,903	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$3,946	$298
FY2022	$3,513	$357
FY2023	$1,092	$301
FY2024	$2,421	$319
FY2025	$17,237	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$1,380	$239
FY2022	$1,095	$185
FY2023	$1,207	$229
FY2024	$1,304	$229
FY2025	$1,514	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$983	$2,304
FY2022	$546	$2,197
FY2023	$568	$2,274
FY2024	$975	$2,267
FY2025	$1,534	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
FY2021	$180	$1,186
FY2022	$264	$465
FY2023	-$6.33	$76.52
FY2024	$2.52	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$45.63

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	−1.9%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/02188

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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.

Northwest Arctic 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

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Cities and towns in Northwest Arctic Borough

Places whose residents live mostly in Northwest Arctic 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
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/02188

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	+0.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+3.3%
2018	+10.5%	+6.8%
2019	+14.6%	+10.5%
2020	+18.0%	+19.4%
2021	+15.4%	+26.1%
2022	+25.0%	+30.6%
2023	+29.7%	+35.0%
2024	+37.0%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	−0.7%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.1%	+4.1%
2018	+12.7%	+8.9%
2019	+13.8%	+13.5%
2020	+17.3%	+20.8%
2021	+24.4%	+32.1%
2022	+33.7%	+35.4%
2023	+37.4%	+42.9%
2024	+50.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	2.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	+21.4%	−6.9%
2015	+0.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.2%	+4.7%
2018	+10.5%	+7.5%
2019	+14.8%	+14.0%
2020	+21.4%	+16.9%
2021	+25.9%	+21.0%
2022	+28.9%	+29.7%
2023	+46.4%	+34.9%
2024	+35.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	23.2%	15.5%
2015	26.3%	14.7%
2016	27.8%	14.0%
2017	26.0%	13.4%
2018	21.1%	13.1%
2019	24.0%	12.3%
2020	18.5%	11.9%
2021	20.9%	12.8%
2022	19.7%	12.6%
2023	19.1%	12.5%
2024	23.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	16.7%	6.2%
2015	15.5%	5.3%
2016	14.8%	4.9%
2017	14.9%	4.4%
2018	12.4%	3.9%
2019	12.5%	3.7%
2020	12.2%	8.1%
2021	10.8%	5.4%
2022	9.4%	3.7%
2023	9.1%	3.6%
2024	9.2%	4.0%
2025	10.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	27.8%	13.5%
2015	25.5%	10.9%
2016	24.0%	10.0%
2017	24.1%	10.2%
2018	17.8%	10.4%
2019	17.5%	10.8%
2020	18.2%	10.4%
2021	17.0%	10.2%
2022	16.6%	9.5%
2023	14.8%	9.5%
2024	15.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	United States
2014	2.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	2.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	2.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	2.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	2.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	2.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	1.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	1.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	2.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	1.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	2.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	3.0/1k	16.6/1k

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