Nome Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska, mostly overlapping with the Seward Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,046, up from 9,492 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community by far is the city of Nome.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the census area has a total area of , of which is land and (18.8%) is water. It also includes the large offshore St. Lawrence Island, which has about 14 percent of the census area's population and two of its larger cities in Gambell and Savoonga. Nome Census
Area is the 7th largest county-equivalent in the state of Alaska.
Adjacent boroughs and census areas
- Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska - north
- Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska - east
- Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska - south
- Chukotsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - west
National protected areas
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (part of the Bering Sea unit)
- Besboro Island
- King Island
- Sledge Island
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (part)
- Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (part)
- Andreafsky Wilderness (part)