National protected areas

• Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
  Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
  The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of which is wilderness)...
  
   (part of the Chukchi Sea unit)
  • Chamisso Wilderness
    Chamisso Wilderness
    Chamisso Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was designated by the United States Congress in 1975.A small subunit of the Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Chamisso Island and nearby Puffin Island were combined as a wildlife refuge in...
    
    
• Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is one of the most remote United States national park areas, located on the Seward Peninsula. The National Preserve protects a remnant of the Bering Land Bridge that connected Asia with North America more than 13,000 years ago during the Pleistocene ice age...
  
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• Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  Cape Krusenstern National Monument and the colocated Cape Krusenstern Archeological District is a U.S. National Monument and a National Historic Landmark centered on Cape Krusenstern in northwestern Alaska....
  
  
• Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
  Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
  Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a U.S. National Park in Alaska. It is the northernmost national park in the U.S. and the second largest at 13,238 mi² , about the same size as Switzerland. The park consists primarily of portions of the Brooks Range of mountains...
  
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  • Gates of the Arctic Wilderness
    Gates of the Arctic Wilderness
    Gates of the Arctic Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, it is in area, the third-largest designated wilderness area in the United States .-History and Introduction:When the wilderness activist, Bob...
    
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• Kobuk Valley National Park
  Kobuk Valley National Park
  Kobuk Valley National Park is in northwestern Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. It was designated a United States National Park in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. It is noted for the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes and caribou migration routes. The park offers backcountry...
  
  
  • Kobuk Valley Wilderness
    Kobuk Valley Wilderness
    Kobuk Valley Wilderness is a wilderness area in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Kobuk Valley National Park. The wilderness lies north of the Arctic Circle and enclosed by the Baird Mountains and Waring Mountains mountains, the climate has changed little since the late Pleistocene era...
    
    
• Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
  Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
  The Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge lies within the floodplain of the Koyukuk River, in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains and the foothills of the Brooks Range...
  
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  • Koyukuk Wilderness (part)
• Noatak National Preserve
  Noatak National Preserve
  The Noatak National Preserve is an United States National Preserve in northwestern Alaska that was established to protect the Noatak River Basin...
  
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  • Noatak Wilderness
    Noatak Wilderness
    The Noatak Wilderness is a wilderness area in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Noatak National Preserve. Together with neighboring Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Noatak National Preserve, more than , protects almost the entirety of the largest untouched river basin in America, that of the...
    
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• Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
  Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
  Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Alaska in the Waring Mountains was officially established in 1980 with the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ....
  
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  • Selawik Wilderness (part)

Demographics

At the 2000 census

Census

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, there were 7,208 people, 1,780 households and 1,404 families residing in the borough. The population density

Population density

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 was 0 per square mile (0/km²). There were 2,540 housing units at an average density of 0 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 12.32% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.21% Black

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 or African American

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, 82.46% Native American

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, 0.89% Asian

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, 0.06% Pacific Islander

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, 0.36% from other races

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, and 3.70% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were Hispanic

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 or Latino

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 of any race. 40.00% reported speaking Inupik or "Eskimo" at home http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=2&county_id=188&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r.

There were 1,780 households of which 55.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.90% were married couples

Marriage

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 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.

Age distribution was 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.

Cities and census-designated places

• Ambler
  Ambler, Alaska
  Ambler is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 309. The city is located in the large Inupiaq language speaking region of Alaska, and the local dialect is known as the Ambler dialect...
  
  
• Buckland
  Buckland, Alaska
  Buckland is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 406.-Geography:Buckland is located at ....
  
  
• Deering
  Deering, Alaska
  Deering is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on a sandy spit on the Seward Peninsula where the Inmachuk River flows into Kotzebue Sound, southwest of Kotzebue....
  
  
• Kiana
  Kiana, Alaska
  Kiana is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 388.-Geography:Kiana is located at ....
  
  
• Kivalina
  Kivalina, Alaska
  Kivalina is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 377.-History:...
  
  
• Kobuk
  Kobuk, Alaska
  Kobuk is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 109.-Geography:Kobuk is located at ....
  
  
• Kotzebue
  Kotzebue, Alaska
  As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile...
  
  
• Noatak
  Noatak, Alaska
  Noatak is an a census-designated place in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 428 at the 2000 census. It is served by Noatak Airport.- History :...
  
  
• Noorvik
  Noorvik, Alaska
  Noorvik is a primarily Inupiat city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 634. Located in the NANA Region Corp, Noorvik has close ties with the largest city in the region, Kotzebue. Residents speak a dialect of Inupiaq...
  
  
• Red Dog Mine
  Red Dog Mine, Alaska
  Red Dog Mine is a census-designated place in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 32 at the 2000 census.-Economy:...
  
  
• Selawik
  Selawik, Alaska
  Selawik is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 772.Selawik comes from "siilvik" which means "place of sheefish" in Inupiaq.-Geography:Selawik is located at ....
  
  
• Shungnak
  Shungnak, Alaska
  Shungnak is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 256.-History:...
  
  

External links

• Borough map: Alaska Department of Labor
• Summaries of Division of Subsistence research projects in northwest Alaska / Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. hosted by the Alaska State Publications Program.
• Subsistence wildlife harvests in five northwest Alaska communities, 2001-2003 : results of a household survey / by Kawerak, Inc., Maniilaq Association, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ; by Susan Georgette ... [et al.]. Hosted by Alaska State Publications Program.