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North Slope County Facts

Census Statistics

	North Slope County	Alaska
Population, 2003 estimate	7,218	648,818
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.3%	3.5%
Population, 2000	7,385	626,932
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	23.4%	14.0%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	9.5%	7.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	38.2%	30.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	4.2%	5.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	47.1%	48.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	17.1%	69.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	68.4%	15.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.8%	0.5%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	6.6%	5.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.4%	4.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	16.6%	67.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.6%	46.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.8%	5.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	49.9%	14.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	77.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	17.0%	24.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	815	83,220
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	7.9	19.6?
Housing units, 2002	2,587	265,377
Homeownership rate, 2000	48.9%	62.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	25.1%	27.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$113,300	$144,200?
Households, 2000	2,109	221,600
Persons per household, 2000	3.45	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$63,173	$51,571
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,540	$22,660
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.1%	9.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	148	18,589
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,132	214,297
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	8.9%	4.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	215	47,691
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	3,304,952
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	45,029	6,251,372
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,234	$10,268
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	55.6%	16.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	35.9%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	23	3,003
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	73,625	7,561,711
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	88,817	571,951
Persons per square mile, 2000	0.1	1.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	185	02

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