Alaska State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE FIPS Code  02 Population, 2008 estimate  686,293 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  9.5% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  626,931 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.6% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  26.2% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  7.3% Female persons, percent, 2008  47.9% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  70.6% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  4.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  15.3% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  4.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.7% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  4.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  6.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  65.7% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  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 Housing units, 2007  282,234 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 Households, 2000  221,600 Persons per household, 2000  2.74 Median household income, 2007  $62,854 Per capita money income, 1999  $22,660 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  9.8% Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  19,8921 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  241,6211 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  17.9%1 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  50,670 Total number of firms, 2002  62,145 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.5% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  8.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  3.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  2.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  26.2% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  3,832,024 Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  3,616,674 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  7,437,071 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $11,605 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  1,393,225 Building permits, 2008  9011 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  9,378,2971 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  571,951.26 Persons per square mile, 2000  1.1 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.