9,836 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
22,970 square miles of land · 0 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.
17 active community water systems list Nome Census Area in the area they serve, reporting 10,325 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NOME JOINT UTILITY SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · AK2340010 | 3,920 served |
| SAVOONGA WATER SUPPLY groundwater · tribal · AK2340183 | 802 served |
| UNALAKLEET CITY WATER SUPPLY groundwater · tribal · AK2340387 | 757 served |
| GAMBELL WATER SYSTEM groundwater (surface-influenced) · tribal · AK2340751 | 669 served |
| STEBBINS CITY WATER SUPPLY surface water · tribal · AK2340492 | 590 served |
| SHISHMAREF WATER SYSTEM surface water · tribal · AK2340484 | 572 served |
| ST. MICHAEL WATER SYSTEM surface water · tribal · AK2340337 | 495 served |
| BREVIG MISSION WATER SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · AK2340418 | 442 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 Nome Census Area — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
2 school districts have their office in Nome Census Area. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $97.7 million — $86.5 million to run schools, about $47,252 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $38.4 million state, $32.6 million federal.
Spent $20 million — $18.1 million to run schools, about $25,174 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $942,000.
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 Nome Census Area about $6.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
30 bridges in Nome Census Area: 9 in good condition, 17 fair, and 4 poor (13.3%). “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.
| IRR:NOME-TAYLOR RD over KOUGAROK RIVER · built 1941 | 50 vehicles a day |
| IRR:NOME-TELLER RD over SINUK RIVER · built 1967 | 20 vehicles a day |
| IRR:NOME-TELLER RD over SNAKE RIVER · built 1959 | 20 vehicles a day |
| IRR:NOME-TELLER RD over TISUK RIVER · built 1967 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $138.9 million of work in Nome Census Area in fiscal 2025, about $13,824 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 Nome Census Area 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 Nome Census Area built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Alaska: the state government and every county in Alaska.
Nearby counties: Kusilvak Census Area (175 mi) · Northwest Arctic Borough (196 mi) · Bethel Census Area (291 mi) · Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (373 mi) · Dillingham Census Area (401 mi) · Denali Borough (423 mi).