Bethel Demographics: QuickFacts

DESCRIPTION BETHEL ALASKA Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  5,491  1,393,225 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  51.2%  8.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  80.6%  15.3% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.3%  4.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  3.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  13.1%  24.7% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.1%  4.3% Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  1.5% Building permits, 2008  0  9011 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  181,782  9,378,2971 Female persons, percent, 2008  47.4%  47.9% FIPS Code  050  02 Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  1.4%  5.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  71.0%  88.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  2.0% Homeownership rate, 2000  61.1%  62.5% Households, 2000  4,226  221,600 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  12.2%  27.0% Housing units, 2007  5,567  282,234 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  40,633.31  571,951.26 Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  65.6%  14.3% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  63.3%  46.2% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  NA  3,832,024 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  8.6  19.6 Median household income, 2007  $39,519  $62,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $74,900  $144,200 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1%  0.7% Nonemployer establishments, 2006  914  50,670 Per capita money income, 1999  $12,603  $22,660 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  5.4%  7.3% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  21.4%  9.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  2.3%  6.1% Persons per household, 2000  3.73  2.74 Persons per square mile, 2000  0.4  1.1 Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  3.5%  4.6% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  37.3%  26.2% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  11.5%  7.6% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  2,560  83,220 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  16,046  626,931 Population, 2008 estimate  17,236  686,293 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  7.4%  9.5% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  3,536  241,6211 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  1.8%  17.9%1 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  215  19,8921 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $4,196  $11,605 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  69,731  7,437,071 Total number of firms, 2002  854  62,145 White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  12.4%  65.7% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  13.4%  70.6% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  9,991  3,616,674 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  S  26.2% 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.