884 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.5% since 2020)
481 square miles of land · 2 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
2 active community water systems list Bristol Bay Borough in the area they serve, reporting 127 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SOUTH NAKNEK WATER SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · AK2260333 | 66 served |
| FAA KING SALMON FAMILY HOUSING groundwater · federal · AK2263014 | 61 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
No county jail figure in the national data for Bristol Bay Borough — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
2 school districts have their office in Bristol Bay Borough. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21.9 million — $21.2 million to run schools, about $63,470 per student, plus $322,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $10.4 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.7 million.
Spent $7.2 million — $7 million to run schools, about $57,934 per student, plus $161,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.6 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bristol Bay Borough about $1.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
2 bridges in Bristol Bay Borough: 2 in good condition, 0 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.8 million of work in Bristol Bay Borough in fiscal 2025, about $2,118 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alaska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bristol Bay Borough come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bristol Bay Borough built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Alaska: the state government and every county in Alaska.
Nearby counties: Lake and Peninsula Borough (48 mi) · Dillingham Census Area (72 mi) · Kodiak Island Borough (131 mi) · Bethel Census Area (189 mi) · Kenai Peninsula Borough (202 mi) · Aleutians East Borough (300 mi).