Nome Census Area, Alaska

The Nome Census Area is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska on the Seward Peninsula and along the east coast of Norton Sound. It also includes the St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.

In 2010, the population was 9,492. Nome is part of the Unorganized Borough and thus has no headquarters. The Census Area has an area of 73,253 km ², of which 59,572 km ² to 13,681 km ² land and on water. The largest city in the region is Nome.

Parts of the Yukon Delta and Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuges and the Bering Land Bridge National Preserves are located in Nome Census Area.

Census tract Unorganized Borough, Alaska Nome (Alaska) Alaska Interior Alaska North Slope Southeast Alaska South Central Alaska Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska Denali Borough, Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Haines Borough, Alaska Juneau, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska North Slope Borough, Alaska Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Skagway, Alaska Sitka, Alaska Wrangell (Alaska) Yakutat, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Bethel Census Area, Alaska Dillingham Census Area, Alaska Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska Petersburg Census Area, Alaska Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

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