Jury Pool Profile
North Slope Borough, Alaska
- Population
- 10,891
- Median household income
- $86,313
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,444 31.6%
- Black or African American alone 284 2.6%
- Asian alone 592 5.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,220 47.9%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 209 1.9%
- Some other race alone 129 1.2%
- Two or more races 1,013 9.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 578 5.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 35.2
- Under 18 2,714 24.9%
- 18–24 875 8.0%
- 25–44 3,505 32.2%
- 45–64 2,939 27.0%
- 65 and over 858 7.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.4%
- -1.28 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $8.1B
- 11.3% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $128,567
- Establishments
- 225
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Natural resources & mining 5,742 48.7%
- Professional & business services 1,752 14.9%
- Public administration 1,310 11.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 651 5.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 576 4.9%
- Construction 490 4.2%
- Education & health services 471 4.0%
- Financial activities 139 1.2%
- Other services 120 1.0%
- Manufacturing 12 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 49.5%
- Median gross rent
- $1,167
- Owner-occupied
- 1,092
- Renter-occupied
- 1,113
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
62.8% speak only English at home
- Other 2,480 24.2%
- Spanish 382 3.7%
- Tagalog 337 3.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 288 2.8%
- Slavic languages 116 1.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.9%
- Chinese 50 0.5%
- Korean 38 0.4%
- Other Indo-European 19 0.2%
- German 13 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,205
- Family households
- 1,631
- 74.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 768
- Single-mother households
- 268
- Veterans
- 362
- 4.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
14.5% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 910 8.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 342 3.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 1.9%
- Catholic 140 1.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.7%
- With a disability
- 11.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 14.9%
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