North Slope Borough, Alaska

North Slope Borough is a located largely in the  region of the  of,. As of the, the population is 7,385. The is.

Geography
The borough has a total area of 245,436 (94,763 ). 230,035 km² (88,817 sq mi) of it is land and 15,399 km² (5,946 sq mi) of it (6.27%) is water.

Its western coastline is limited by the, while its eastern shores (beyond ) are in the.

The North Slope Borough is the largest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area, with a larger land area than that of the state of. Although the adjacent Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is larger in area, it has no borough-level government.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas
It also shares its eastern border with the, , which has no subdivisions.
 * - southeast
 * - southwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,385 people, 2,109 households, and 1,524 families residing in the borough. The was 33 sqkm/person (13 sq mi/person). There were 2,538 housing units at an average density of 97 sqkm/unit ( 37sq mi/unit). The racial makeup of the borough was 17.09%, 0.72% or , 68.38% , mostly , 5.92% , 0.84% , 0.50% from , and 6.55% from two or more races. 2.37% of the population were or  of any race. 42.84% reported speaking or "Eskimo" at home, while 4.21% speak.

There were 2,109 households out of which 48.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were living together, 18.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.45 and the average family size was 4.05.

In the borough the population was spread out with 38.2% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 18.10% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 112.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.90 males.