The museum also displays Nunamiut clothing, household goods and hunting implements used around the time of the first contact with Westerners. In 1998, there were about 314 people living in Anaktuvuk Pass and a work force of 147. Inupiat Eskimos make up nearly 92 percent of the population. Anaktuvuk's economy is largely based on subsistence hunting of caribou. The private sector employs close to one-third of the labor force, the North Slope Borough employs 45 percent, and the School District employs another 20 percent.
Residents also produce caribou skin masks and carvings for sale.
The North Slope Borough provides Anaktuvuk Pass with public electricity and delivers lake water from the village well. The NSB also provides trash and sewage pick-up free of charge. The community's sewage system is pit privies and honey buckets. A health clinic, staffed by community health aides, is open during the day and available 24 hours a day for emergencies. Anaktuvuk has a public safety building and a fire station, equipped with fire engines and an ambulance.