Places/AK/North Slope Borough, AK
County profile

North Slope Borough, AK

United States · GDP 2024
#521 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,324
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
145
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$126.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,582
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$95.7k±$16.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.6%±3.1%
Poverty rate
11.1%±2.4%
Business applications
35 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
17.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Mining & energy40%
Professional services24%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation9%
Retail trade8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
10,582
residents · 2025 · -3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $92.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration836
International migration+125
Natural change+279

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$5.7B
2019
$4.2B
2020
$7.6B
2021
$9.5B
2022
$7.9B
2023
$8.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$218.3k±$20.8k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$134/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±2.4%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
5 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 85Winter weather 82Avalanche 60
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-29% since 2021
7
2021
4
2022
2
2023
8
2024
5
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
550.5 km
I-3
Nearest freight rail
543.8 km
ARR
Nearest port
168.7 km
LONELY VILLAGE
Nearest commercial airport
157.2 km
ANAKTUVUK PASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$126.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of North Slope Borough?

North Slope Borough's economy produced $8.1B in 2024, growing 2.5% year over yearslower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.