Population: 2000
Alaska Health Area: Northwest Arctic
Borough/Census Area: Nothwest Arctic Borough
Source: AK Department of Labor
Population	NW Arctic	Alaska
Population 2000	7,208	626,932
Population change 1990-2000 (percent)	18%	14%
Sex	NW Arctic	Alaska
Male: Number	3,847	324,112
Male: Percent	53%	52%
Female: Number	3,361	302,820
Female: Percent	47%	48%
Age	NW Arctic	Alaska
Persons under 5 years	773	47,591
Percent under 5 years	11%	8%
Persons 65 and over	359	35,699
Percent 65 and over	5%	6%
Median age	23.9	32.4
Race: Numbers*	NW Arctic	Alaska
White	1,125	463,999
Black/African-American	36	27,147
Alaska Native/ American Indian	6,181	119,241
Asian	87	32,686
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	12	5,515
Other	42	15,151
Hispanic (any race)	57	25,852
Race: Percent*	NW Arctic	Alaska
White	16%	70%
Black/African-American	0%	4%
Alaska Native/ American Indian	86%	18%
Asian	1%	5%
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	0%	1%
Other	1%	2%
Hispanic (any race)	1%	4%
* Racial data for Alaska use Modified Estimates (MARS) of Race and Ethnicity to distribute "more than one race" respondents among the racial categories.
Alaska Health Profiles Online Prepared by Data and Evaluation Unit, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Updated 8/7/02