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About Nome, Alaska
Nome

Nome (; (Inupiaq: Sitŋasuaq, pronounced [sitŋɐsuɑq], also Sitŋazuaq, Siqnazuaq) is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 recorded in the 2020 census, up from 3,598 in 2010. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901. It was once the most-populous city in Alaska. Nome lies within the region of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, which is headquartered in Nome.

Prior to being settled by non-indigenous people, the area around Nome was home to Iñupiat natives. The area came to world attention in 1898, when three Nordic-Americans discovered gold on the ocean shores of Nome, prompting the Nome Gold Rush. Within a year, the area became popular among miners of European descent, who built and incorporated the city; Nome quickly reached a population of 10,000 or greater. Gold mining supported this population into the early 1900s, but the city's numbers had fallen considerably by 1910. A series of fires and violent storms destroyed most of Nome's Gold Rush era buildings between 1905 and 1974. In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic raged among Alaska Natives in the Nome area. Fierce territory-wide blizzard conditions prevented the delivery of a life-saving diphtheria antitoxin serum by airplane from Anchorage. A relay of dog sled teams was organized to deliver the serum, which was successfully led by Balto and Togo. Today, the Iditarod Dog Sled Race follows the same route they took and ends in Nome.

In the 21st century, Nome's economy remains based around gold mining, which is now mostly carried out offshore. The city of Nome also claims to be home to the world's largest gold pan, although this claim has been disputed by the Canadian city of Quesnel, British Columbia.

Gender
Gender Nome Alaska Country
Female 50% 47.8% 50.8%
Male 50% 52.2% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.050%50%Female50%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.01%1%6%8%10%16%19%20%8%11%$100K to $150K19.9%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Nome Alaska Country
Less than $10,000 1.1% 3.8% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 0.7% 2.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 5.8% 6.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.3% 6.7% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.7% 10.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 16.4% 18.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 19.2% 14.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 19.9% 19.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 7.8% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 11% 8.8% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%6%33%28%6%13%8%3%0%High School or GED33%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Nome Alaska Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 4% 7.0%
High School or GED 33% 28% 27.0%
Other College 28% 26% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 13% 19% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 3% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Nome Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K1.13.85.80.72.94.15.86.28.58.36.78.69.710.11216.418.317.219.214.212.819.919.315.67.89.67.1118.88.3
Education
 Nome Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade335647332827282620699131920889322011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.025%2%55%1%6%0%11%0%American Indian54.8%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Nome Alaska Country
White 25.3% 59.7% 60.1%
African American 1.7% 3.1% 12.2%
American Indian 54.8% 14.1% 0.6%
Asian 0.7% 6.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.3% 1.4% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 10.7% 7.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 6.4% 7.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Nome Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite25.359.760.11.73.112.254.814.10.60.76.25.60.31.40.200.40.310.77.92.86.47.218.2