Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

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Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
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Location in the state of Alaska
Alaska's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	June 2, 1986
Seat	Kotzebue
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	105,573 km² (40,762 mi²)  sq mi ( km²) 12,597 km² (4,864 mi²), 11.93%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	7,208 0/km²
Website: www.nwabor.org

Northwest Arctic Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska, United States, formed on June 2, 1986. The borough seat is Kotzebue.

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 105,573 km² (40,762 mi²). 92,976 km² (35,898 mi²) of it is land and 12,597 km² (4,864 mi²) of it (11.93%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• North Slope Borough, Alaska - north
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska - east
• Nome Census Area, Alaska - south

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 7,208 people, 1,780 households, and 1,404 families residing in the borough. The population density was 0/km² (0/mi²). There were 2,540 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 12.32% White, 0.21% Black or African American, 82.46% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 3.70% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 40.00% reported speaking Inupik or "Eskimo" at home [1].

There were 1,780 households out of which 55.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.90% were married couples living together, 19.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.10% were non-families. 16.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.87 and the average family size was 4.36.

In the borough the population was spread out with 41.50% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 15.50% from 45 to 64, and 5.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 114.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.70 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

• Ambler
• Buckland
• Deering
• Kiana
• Kivalina
• Kobuk
• Kotzebue
• Noatak
• Noorvik
• Red Dog Mine
• Selawik
• Shungnak