Jury Pool Profile
Nome Borough, Alaska
- Population
- 9,925
- Median household income
- $76,643
- Unemployment
- 9.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 1,402 14.1%
- Black or African American alone 103 1.0%
- Asian alone 165 1.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,483 75.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 21 0.2%
- Two or more races 751 7.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 207 2.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 29.4
- Under 18 3,369 33.9%
- 18–24 1,009 10.2%
- 25–44 2,674 26.9%
- 45–64 2,037 20.5%
- 65 and over 836 8.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 9.8%
- +5.1 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $603.2M
- 0.84% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $75,229
- Establishments
- 290
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Public administration 708 18.2%
- Education & health services 699 18.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 644 16.5%
- Other services 382 9.8%
- Financial activities 200 5.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 146 3.8%
- Professional & business services 132 3.4%
- Information 32 0.8%
- Construction 12 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 63.4%
- Median gross rent
- $1,328
- Owner-occupied
- 1,765
- Renter-occupied
- 1,021
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
74.5% speak only English at home
- Other 1,912 21.1%
- Spanish 135 1.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.6%
- Tagalog 50 0.6%
- Korean 43 0.5%
- German 33 0.4%
- Arabic 29 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.2%
- Vietnamese 15 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
- Slavic languages 7 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,786
- Family households
- 2,020
- 72.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 991
- Single-mother households
- 285
- Veterans
- 357
- 5.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
34.2% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 2,023 20.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 626 6.2%
- Catholic 500 5.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 2.1%
- Orthodox 72 0.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.0%
- With a disability
- 11.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 2nd Judicial District Superior Court
- Judges
- 1 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate; vintage 2026 courts.alaska.gov)
- Court seats
- Kotzebue, Nome, Utqiaġvik
This judicial district spans multiple boroughs.
Traffic safety context
Alaska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023