ZIP Code 99789
About Nuiqsut
Nuiqsut 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.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
529
population
$62,083
median household income
61
people / sq mi
$131,700
median home value
$1,271
median gross rent
27.1
median age
149
housing units
119
households
8.6
land area (sq mi)
Points of interest
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