County profile
Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#2083 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$743.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,766
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
65
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$84.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,095
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
9.5%
Median HH income
$84.0k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
10.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
17.9%±2.3%
Business applications
21 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
21.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 & energy42%
Health care31%
Retail trade11%
Transportation10%
Other services3%
Food & accommodation2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,095
residents · 2025 · -9.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,034
International migration−5
Natural change+338
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$620.1M2019
$652.7M2020
$718.3M2021
$769.8M2022
$755.0M2023
$743.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.1k±$28.4k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$151/mo
Vacancy rate
33.5%±1.9%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$332.8k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Landslide 86Winter weather 79
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -82% since 2021112021
72022
52023
32024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
821.5 km
I-1
Nearest freight rail
623.9 km
ARR
Nearest port
30.7 km
KIANA VILLAGE
Nearest commercial airport
31.3 km
BOB BAKER MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$84.9k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Northwest Arctic Borough?
Northwest Arctic Borough's economy produced $743.5M in 2024, contracting 1.5% year over year — slower than 84% 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.