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Population (year 2000): 433. Estimated
population in July 2005: 386 (-10.9% change)
Males: 258 (59.6%), Females: 175 (40.4%)
Zip code:
99789
Median resident age: 23.8 years
Median household income: $48,036 (year 2000)
Median house value: $90,000 (year 2000)
Races in Nuiqsut:
- American Indian (89.1%)
- White Non-Hispanic (10.2%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (3.2%).
Elevation: 20 feet
Land area: 9.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nuiqsut
- High school or higher: 63.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 8.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 8.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nuiqsut city
- Never married: 41.4%
- Now married: 39.6%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 4.5%
- Divorced: 12.7%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +75 (+20.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nuiqsut:
- SAMUEL SIMMONDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 405 miles;
BARROW, AK)
- FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 434 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK)
- VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 608 miles; PALMER, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nuiqsut:
- UGNU-KUPARUK (about 99 miles; KUPARUK, AK; ID: UBW)
- GALBRAITH LAKE (about 160 miles; GALBRAITH LAKE, AK;
ID: GBH)
- DEADHORSE (about 177 miles; DEADHORSE, AK; ID: SCC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nuiqsut:
- NUIQSUT (about 2 miles; NUIQSUT, AK; ID: AQT)
- UMIAT (about 98 miles; UMIAT, AK; ID: UMT)
- ANAKTUVUK PASS (about 152 miles; ANAKTUVUK PASS, AK;
ID: AKP)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nuiqsut:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 429 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; Full-time enrollment: 5,034)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 625 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; FT enrollment: 9,453)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2440 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2464 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2466 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2485 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 2505 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT
enrollment: 3,889)
Public primary/middle school in Nuiqsut:
- NUIQSUT TRAPPER SCHOOL (Students: 145;
Location: 3310 3RD AVE.; Grades: PK - 12)
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