Is Nome Census Area, AK's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 25 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.25% annual increase was primarily driven by births outpacing deaths.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Nome Census Area, AK’s population shrank by 0.72%.
+25
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.25%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Nome Census Area, AK’s population increased 15 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2010 and 2011, when Nome Census Area, AK gained 232 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2020 and 2021 when there were 136 fewer residents.
Nome Census Area, AK gained 25 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Nome Census Area, AK?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Nome Census Area, AK, with births exceeding deaths by 85.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Nome Census Area, AK’s population change from immigration was positive with about 17 more people coming from another country directly to Nome Census Area, AK than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Nome Census Area, AK’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 74 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population growth in Nome Census Area, AK.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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