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Nuiqsut, Alaska
Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. It owns the surface rights, but not the subsurface rights of the Alpine field, which are with the regional Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
Nuiqsut is located at 70°12′59″N 151°0′21″W / 70.21639°N 151.00583°W (70.216338, -151.005725).
Nuiqsut is in the North Slope Borough on the Nechelik Channel, about 35 miles (56 km) from the Beaufort Sea coast. It is located on the Colville River, about 5 miles north of its confluence with the Itkillik River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (24 km2), all of it land. Air travel to the Nuiqsut Airport provides the only year-round access to Nuiqsut. Nuiqsut is accessible during the winter via an ice road. It is about 10 miles South of Alpine, Alaska and about 80 miles West of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Nuiqsut incorporated in 1975 and first appeared on the 1980 U.S. Census as an incorporated city.
As of the 2020 census, Nuiqsut had a population of 512. The median age was 24.7 years. 38.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 5.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.2 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 130 households in Nuiqsut, of which 56.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 29.2% were married-couple households, 26.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Nuiqsut, Alaska
Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. It owns the surface rights, but not the subsurface rights of the Alpine field, which are with the regional Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
Nuiqsut is located at 70°12′59″N 151°0′21″W / 70.21639°N 151.00583°W (70.216338, -151.005725).
Nuiqsut is in the North Slope Borough on the Nechelik Channel, about 35 miles (56 km) from the Beaufort Sea coast. It is located on the Colville River, about 5 miles north of its confluence with the Itkillik River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (24 km2), all of it land. Air travel to the Nuiqsut Airport provides the only year-round access to Nuiqsut. Nuiqsut is accessible during the winter via an ice road. It is about 10 miles South of Alpine, Alaska and about 80 miles West of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Nuiqsut incorporated in 1975 and first appeared on the 1980 U.S. Census as an incorporated city.
As of the 2020 census, Nuiqsut had a population of 512. The median age was 24.7 years. 38.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 5.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.2 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 130 households in Nuiqsut, of which 56.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 29.2% were married-couple households, 26.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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