Tag: Nuiqsut
Nuiqsut is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 402.
Nuiqsut is located at 70°12′59″N 151°0′21″W / 70.21639°N 151.00583°W / 70.21639; -151.00583 (70.216338, -151.005725).
Nuiqsut is in the North Slope Borough on the Nechelik Channel, about 35 miles from the Beaufort Sea coast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (24 km), all of it land. Air travel to the Nuiqsut Airport provides the only year-round access to Nuiqsut. Nuiqsut is accessible during the winter via an ice road and was featured in season four episode of the History channel series Ice Road Truckers, when a convoy of truckers delivered supplies to the village.
As of the census of 2000, there were 433 people, 110 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population density was 47.0 people per square mile (18.2/km²). There were 126 housing units at an average density of 13.7 per square mile (5.3/km²)….
