Photo: National Park Service · Public domainHow is Kobuk run?
Kobuk’s city government spent $180,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,040 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Kobuk didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Kobuk is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Northwest Arctic Borough School District
Kobuk’s K–12 school district, shared with Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $44,063 per pupil, $14,647 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $1,040 per resident a year, or $2.85 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 72%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Kobuk didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Kobuk yet
Every year of Kobuk’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Kobuk
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 58 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (173).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Kobuk.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Kobuk’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Kobuk’s government
How much does Kobuk spend per resident?
About $1,040 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Kobuk didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $185,000.
Who runs Kobuk’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Kobuk yet.
How many people work for Kobuk?
3 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $10,400 (about $124,800 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Kobuk in the state legislature?
State Senate District T (Donny Olson) and State House District 40 (Robyn Frier). The House district also covers 16 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Kobuk’s government
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Kobuk, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →