Profile for Barrow, Alaska, AK

Barrow is on the Arctic Ocean.

Former and merged names include:
· Nuwuk
· Utkiakvik

The U.S. Navy's Arctic Research Laboratory is located nearby.

The sun never sets for 82 days each summer and never rises for 67 days each winter.

Barrow received national attention for 1935 plane crash which killed humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post.

Wildlife: Bowhead, gray, killer and beluga whales migrate near here each summer.

Historic sites and museums: Inupiat Heritage Center

Colleges and universities: Ilisagvik College

Quotes:
The Aleutians are our most remote outpost -- seventy treeless, volcanic islands that curl out of the Alaska Peninsula, separating the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
-- A Sense of Place: Listening to Americans
David Lamb

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Airports (1)

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7% of Barrow residents report German ancestry, and 4% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Barrow ancestry & family history guide.

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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Barrow was $22,902, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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20% of Barrow residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Median rent in Barrow, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $875.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,309.

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Libraries in Barrow include Tuzzy Consortium Library ... View libraries

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National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KBRW-FM.

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The average commute time for Barrow workers is 9 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

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