QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau: Alaska

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff


People QuickFacts Alaska USA
Population, 2005 estimate 663,661 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.9% 5.3%
Population, 2000 626,932 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.6% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 28.4% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 6.6% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 48.3% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 70.5% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 3.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 16.0% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 4.6% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.6% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 4.7% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 5.1% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 66.5% 66.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 46.2% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.9% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 14.3% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 88.3% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 24.7% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 83,220 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.6 25.5
Housing units, 2005 274,246 124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000 62.5% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 27.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $144,200 $119,600
Households, 2000 221,600 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.74 2.59
Median household income, 2003 $52,391 $43,318
Per capita money income, 1999 $22,660 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 9.9% 12.5%
Business QuickFacts Alaska USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 19,3871 7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 223,1531 115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 8.9%1 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 50,138 19,523,741
Total number of firms, 2002 62,145 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.5% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 8.3% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.1% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.2% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.2% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 3,832,024 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,616,674 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 7,437,071 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,605 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,393,225 449,498,718
Building permits, 2005 2,8851 2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 8,445,3891 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Alaska USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 571,951 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 1.1 79.6
FIPS Code 02
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. 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
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:57 EST
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