Alaska Facts

Census Statistics

	Alaska	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	648,818	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.5%	3.3%
Population, 2000	626,932	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	14.0%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.6%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	30.4%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	5.7%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.3%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	69.3%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.5%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	15.6%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.5%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	5.4%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.1%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	67.6%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	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, 2002	265,377	119,302,132
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, 1999	$51,571	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,660	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.4%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	18,589	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	214,297	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.6%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	47,691	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	3,304,952	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	6,251,372	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,268	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.7%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.9%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,003	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	7,561,711	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	571,951	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	1.1	79.6
FIPS Code	02

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