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Alaska Population
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People QuickFacts |
Alaska |
| Population, 2005 estimate
|
663,661 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
5.9% |
| Population, 2000
|
626,932 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
14.0% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
7.6% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
28.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
6.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
|
48.3% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
70.7% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
15.8% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
4.5% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.6% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
4.7% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
4.9% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
66.9% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
46.2% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
5.9% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
14.3% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
88.3% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
24.7% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
83,220 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
19.6 |
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| Housing units, 2004
|
271,533 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
62.5% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
27.0% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$144,200 |
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| Households, 2000
|
221,600 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.74 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$22,660 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$52,391 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
9.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Alaska |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
19,1761 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
216,8071 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
5.8%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
48,853 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
3,832,024 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
7,437,071 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
|
$11,605 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
16.7% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
25.9% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
3,1331 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
8,445,3891 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Alaska |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
571,951 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
1.1 |
| FIPS Code
|
02 |
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