North Slope Borough, Alaska: public records at a glance

How North Slope Borough compares — against the other counties in Alaska

• 10,663 — people: 9th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• $41,153 — spending per student in its school districts: 7th highest of 29 Alaska counties.
• 75.8 years — life expectancy: 15th highest of 23 Alaska counties.
• 14.7% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 19th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• 14.2% — child poverty: 15th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• 70.7% — households with broadband internet: 27th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• $103,556 — median household income: 2nd highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• 6.3% — share of bridges rated poor: 15th highest of 24 Alaska counties.
• $6,654 — federal grant dollars per resident: 17th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
• $4.9 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 20th highest of 30 Alaska counties.

“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.

Drinking water — public water systems serving North Slope Borough

9 active community water systems list North Slope Borough in the area they serve, reporting 8,625 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

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.

The jail — people held in the county jail

No county jail figure in the national data for North Slope Borough — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

1 school district has its office in North Slope Borough. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

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.

Health, money and internet at home — North Slope Borough beside Alaska

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.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost North Slope Borough about $4.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.

The costliest hazards here

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

16 bridges in North Slope Borough: 10 in good condition, 5 fair, and 1 poor (6.3%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $73.4 million of work in North Slope Borough in fiscal 2025, about $6,654 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.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

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.

Voting

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.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for North Slope 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 North Slope Borough built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of Alaska: the state government and every county in Alaska.

Nearby counties: Northwest Arctic Borough (232 mi) · Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (285 mi) · Fairbanks North Star Borough (371 mi) · Denali Borough (407 mi) · Nome Census Area (414 mi) · Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (458 mi).