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Alaska Population Overview
2003-2004 Estimates
State of Alaska
Frank H. Murkowski, Governor
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Greg O’Claray, Commissioner
Brynn Keith, Chief
Research and Analysis
J. Gregory Williams, Ph.D., Author
State Demographer
Nels Tomlinson
Economist II
Amber Meyer
Research Analyst
Elizabeth Johnston
Research Analyst
Published October 2006
ISSN 1063-3790
This publication was prepared by the Department of Labor & Workforce Development,
Research and Analysis Section, at a cost of $6.25 per copy.
For more information, telephone Greg Williams (907) 465-6029 or email
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Table Finding Guide
Alaska Population Overview
U.S.
Alaska
Population 1.5, 2.3 1.1; 1.4 to
1.19; 2.1 to
2.7; 3.1 to
3.6; 4.1 to
4.4
Age/Age
Group
1.8 to 1.19;
2.7
Labor
Market
Region
Borough/
Census
Area
City/ Place
Native Corporation
School
District
Legislative
District
Canadian
Areas
Bordering
Alaska
2.1 to 2.7 2.1 to 2.7 4.2 to 4.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6
2.7 2.7 3.4
Alphabetical
List (Places)
4.4 4.4
Components
of Change
1.1, 2.3 2.3 2.3
Group
Quarters
2.2 2.2 2.2
Households/
Housing
Units
Land Area/
Density
1.20, 2.2 2.2 2.2
2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
Maps 4.3 4.3 4.3
Migration 2.3 1.1 to 1.3;
2.1, 2.3
2.3 2.3 2.3
Military/
Dependent
Population
Native
American
Personal
Income
1.5, 1.6 1.4 to 1.6;
1.9 to 1.18;
2.4 to 2.6;
3.3
3.1, 3.2 3.1, 3.2
2.8, 2.9 2.8, 2.9 2.8, 2.9
3.3
Race/
Ethnicity
1.5, 1.7 1.5 to 1.7;
1.9 to 1.18;
2.4 to 2.6
2.4 to 2.6 2.4 to 2.6
Trends/ Rate
of Change
Year of
Incorporation
1.5, 2.3 1.1, 1.2, 1.4,
1.5, 2.1, 2.3,
3.5, 4.1, 4.3,
4.4
2.1, 2.3 2.3, 4.3, 4.4 3.5 3.6
4.3, 4.4 4.3, 4.4 4.3, 4.4
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Table of Contents
Alaska Population Overview
Page
6 Executive Summary
7 Preface
8 Introduction
11 Chapter 1
Alaska State Population
58 Chapter 2
Alaska Boroughs and Census Areas
102 Chapter 3
Special Populations and Areas
113 Chapter 4
Alaska Places
162 Glossary
LIST OF TABLES
13 Table 1.1 Annual Components of Population Change for Alaska, 1945-2004
17 Table 1.2 Migration to and from Alaska, 1980-2004
18 Table 1.3 Migration Rates to and from Alaska by Region and Selected States 1980-2004
20 Table 1.4 Native American and Total Population of Alaska, Selected Years, 1910-2004
22 Table 1.5 Population by Race and Tribal Group, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
26 Table 1.6 Population for American Indian, Alaska Native and Tribal Group, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
28 Table 1.7 Population for Asian and Pacific Islander, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
30 Table 1.8 Alaska Total Population by Age and Sex, July 1, 2004
32 Table 1.9 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2004
34 Table 1.10 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2004
36 Table 1.11 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2003
38 Table 1.12 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2003
40 Table 1.13 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2002
42 Table 1.14 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2002
44 Table 1.15 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2001
46 Table 1.16 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2001
48 Table 1.17 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone and Sex, April 1, 2000
50 Table 1.18 Alaska Population by Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, April 1, 2000
52 Table 1.19 Alaska Population and Distribution by Selected Age Groups, 1950-2004
53 Table 1.20 Households by Type, 1990, 2000-2004
72 Table 2.1 Population of Alaska by Labor Market Area, Borough and Census Area, 1990-2004
74 Table 2.2 Household Population for Alaska 2001-2004
76 Table 2.3 Characteristics of Boroughs and Census Areas and Components of Change by Region, 1970-2004
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82 Table 2.4 Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, July 1, 2004
84 Table 2.5 Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1, 2003
86 Table 2.6 Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1, 2000
88 Table 2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
97 Table 2.8 Total Personal Income by Economic Region and Census Areas, 1990, 1995, 2000-2003
98 Table 2.9 Alaska Per Capita Income by Economic Region and Census Area 1990, 1995, 2000-2003
104 Table 3.1 Military Population in Alaska, 2000-2004
105 Table 3.2 Military and Dependant Population in Alaska, 2000-2004
106 Table 3.3 Population Estimates for Alaska Native Regional Corporation Areas, by Race 2000, 2004
108 Table 3.4 Population by House and Senate District 2000, 2004; Registered Voters by Party and
General Election Results, 2004
110 Table 3.5 Population Estimates for Alaska School Districts and Level of Education, 1990, 2000-2004
112 Table 3.6 Population of Areas of Canada Bordering Alaska, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2004
114 Table 4.1 Population Estimates by Size of Place, 1990, 2000, 2000-2004
115 Table 4.2 The 19 Cities with more than 2,500 Population, 2000-2004
117 Table 4.3 Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
155 Table 4.4 Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
LIST OF FIGURES
12 Figure 1.1 Alaska Population Trends, 1946-2004
15 Figure 1.2 Components of Population Change for Alaska, 1946-2004
16 Figure 1.3 Migration to/from Alaska by Region 1990-2000
16 Figure 1.4 Migration to/from Alaska by Region 2003-2004
21 Figure 1.5 Alaska Population by Age, Race and Sex, 2004
24 Figure 1.6 Alaska Population by Age and Sex, 2000, 2004
25 Figure 1.7 Alaska and U.S. Population by Age and Sex 2004 (percent distribution)
31 Figure 1.8 Alaska Population by Age Group, Selected Years 1980 to 2004
31 Figure 1.9 Alaska Population by Age Group, Percent Distribution, Selected Years 1980-2004
54 Figure 1.10 Males per 100 Females by Age, U.S. and Alaska, July 1, 2004
55 Figure 1.11 Alaska Households by Type, 2004
55 Figure 1.12 Household Living Arrangements of Children, Alaska, 2004
59 Figure 2.1 Population by Economic Region - 1960 to 2004
59 Figure 2.2 Average Annual Growth: Five Most Populous Alaska Boroughs - 1960 to 2004
60 Figure 2.3 Lived in a Foreign Country Five Years Ago, Percent as of April 1, 2000
61 Figure 2.4 Lived in a Different State Five Years Ago, Percent as of April 1, 2000
62 Figure 2.5 Lived in the Same Country Five Years Ago, Percent as of April 1, 2000
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63 Figure 2.6 Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 1980-1985
64 Figure 2.7 Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 1985-1990
65 Figure 2.8 Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 1990-1995
66 Figure 2.9 Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 1995-2000
67 Figure 2.10 Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 2000-2004
68 Figure 2.11 Alaska Gross Migration Rates, 2000-2004
69 Figure 2.12 Net Migration to and from the U.S., 2000-2004
70 Figure 2.13 Net Migration within Alaska 2000-2004
103 Figure 3.1 Alaska Military and Civilian Population, 2000
113 Figure 4.1 Alaska’s Urban and Rural Population by Size of Place, 2004
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The 2003-2004 Alaska Population Overview
Executive Summary
Executive Summary. The following is an Executive
Summary including important observations taken from the
2003-2004 Population Overview.
Population Estimate. The July 1, 2004 population of
Alaska was 655,435 (51% male and 49% female), and
represented .22% of the national population.
Age. The median age of Alaska’s population in 2004 was
33.2 years, somewhat less than the national median age
of 36. Alaska, along with the nation as a whole, is aging,
and as the large proportion of residents who were born
during the “Baby Boom” years (the 1946-1964 period of
high US fertility) reach retirement, the Alaska labor market
and pension systems will certainly be impacted. Between
the years 2000 and 2004, the population of Alaska age 65
and above increased as a share of the total population from
5.7% to 6.3%. Though the school age population (persons
from ages 5 to 17) of Alaska saw little numerical change
from the years 2000 to 2004, it decreased as a share of the
overall population from 22.6% to 21.5%. [See Figure 1.6]
Race and Ethnicity. Alaska’s racial and ethnic
composition continues to be diverse. As of 2004 it consists
of: 16% Alaska Native, 71% White, 4% Asian, 3% African
American, .5% Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and 5%
Multi-Race. The Multi-Race category became a part of US
Census estimations with the 2000 Census, and Alaska has
the second largest statewide proportion of persons in this
group, behind only Hawaii. Multi-Race persons in Alaska are
predominantly a combination of Alaska Native and some
other race. Ethnicity is a separate categorization from race,
and in the United States is used to distinguish Hispanics
from non-Hispanics. In 2004, persons of Hispanic ethnicity
represented 4% of the overall state population. [See Tables
1.9 and 1.10]
Population Change. Alaska in 2004 saw steady increase
in overall population (1.1%). Since the early 1990’s, Alaska
has seen relatively stable annual growth (between .2% and
1.7%), for which natural increase (the difference between
births and deaths) has been an important component.
Recent population growth in the state has been largely
confined to certain areas, including the Mat-Su, Anchorage
and Fairbanks Boroughs. Many areas of Southeast and rural
Alaska have experienced a recent decline in population.
[See Tables 1.1 and 2.1, Figure 1.2]
Migration. Migration represents the most unpredictable
component of population change. In 2003-2004, Alaska
experienced continued high gross migration rates, with
40,547 migrating in and 40,633 migrating out, for a net
migration loss of only 86 persons. Small shifts in Alaska’s
ability to provide labor and resources relative to other
places can have major implications for its population size
and composition. In 2004, approximately 45% of Alaska
migrants had an origin or destination in the Western United
States, and roughly 32% had an origin or destination in the
Southern United States. [See Tables 1.2 and 1.3, Figure 1.4]
Births and Deaths. In 2003-2004, Alaska added 10,271
young persons to its population by births. Alaska had a
fertility rate of 2.3 children per family, compared to 2.1 for
the nation as a whole. Native American (including Alaska
Native) families in Alaska had a fertility rate of 3.2 children
per family, which is among the highest in the nation. White
families in Alaska had a fertility rate of 2.2 in 2004. There
were 3,030 deaths in Alaska in 2004, a relatively small
number, in-line with our population’s relatively young age.
[See Table 1.1]
Urban and Rural. 75% of Alaska’s population in 2004
lived in areas of 2,500 or more persons, only slightly lower
than the national average. The major cities of Alaska,
those with more than 10,000 persons, included Anchorage
(277,498), Juneau (30,966) and Fairbanks (29,954). These
three areas were home to 52% of Alaska’s population.
Though our state is massive in land-size (586,412 square
miles), much of its area is owned by federal government,
state government and Native corporations, and only a very
small proportion (about 1%) is in other private ownership.
[See Table 4.1]
Households. There were 234,714 households in 2004,
an increase of 5.9% since 2000. Households in Alaska
averaged approximately 2.7 persons in 2004. 67%
of households in Alaska were family homes, 49% of
households had married couples (a subset of families).
37% of Alaskan households had children in them, and 25%
of Alaskan households consisted of persons living alone.
[See Tables 1.20 and 2.2]
Group Quarters. The group quarters population of
Alaska represents persons living in dwellings other than
households. In 2004, 21,390 persons were living in group
quarters in Alaska, representing 3.3% of the population. Of
these, military represented 42.5%; fish processing, logging
and similar employment 26.5%; correctional institutions
12.7%; college dorms and religious group quarters 6.3%;
nursing homes 5.8%; homeless and other abused persons’
shelters 2.2%; juvenile institutions 1.9%; rooming houses,
group homes, etc. 1.6%; visible street locations 0.4%;
hospitals, including certain handicapped facilities 0.4%.
[See Table 2.2]
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Preface
Alaska Population Overview
Alaska Population Overview provides a portrait of the
ever-changing people of the state of Alaska. The goal is to
provide a wide variety of frequently requested population
information in a single publication. Populations presented
here are for the resident population of Alaska. All July 1,
2000-04 population estimates represent an annual average
population for each year rather than the population on
July 1. Seasonal populations in parts of Alaska may
be higher than the annual average permanent resident
population. Readers should note that the entire time
series for population is updated each year so that time
series information should be taken from the most recent
publication rather than annexing the most current year’s
estimate to that published previously.
This edition of Alaska Population Overview consists of four
chapters which include current and historical estimates
for the state, its boroughs and census areas and places,
as well as information and data from the April 1, 2000,
U.S. Census of Population and Housing. The population
concepts and definitions used here are the same as those
used by the United States Bureau of the Census at the time
of the 2000 census. Terms and concepts are defined in a
glossary found at the end of this publication.
Population Publications
Other publications supplement the Alaska Population
Overview. Specialized demographic information is
available in the Demographic Report Series. Copies of this
publication and Demographic Reports will be posted on our
Web site. Estimates currently are posted which modify the
2000 census to correct the age and race statistics from the
2000 census for a severe mis-tabulation of persons under
18 years of age and Office of Management and Budget
consistent estimates of race. These eliminate the “Other
Races” category. All age, race, male/female estimates used
in Alaska Population Overview are consistent with Modified
Age Race estimates.
Accuracy
While estimates in this publication are published in
unrounded form for ease of use in other computations, the
reader should NOT assume that estimates are accurate to
the last digit. In general, the state estimate is assumed
to be accurate to the nearest thousand and borough and
census area estimates to the nearest hundred.
Acknowledgments
Thanks go to Nels Tomlinson, Economist, and Amber Meyer,
Research Analyst, with the Demographics Unit during the
preparation of this publication. Special acknowledgment
is given to the Vital Statistics sections of the Division of
Public Health and the Division of Family and Youth Services
of the Department of Health and Social Services; and to
the Alaska Department of Revenue, and Commerce and
Economic Development for their aid in regularly providing
information essential to the production of these estimates.
Special thanks also goes to the Department of Health and
Social Services and the Department of Transportation for
the financial support in the production of these estimates.
Special thanks also go to the personnel departments of the
Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard in Alaska for the statistics
they provide each year to the Alaska Department of Labor.
Comments or suggestions regarding the content or
format of this publication are welcome. Many of the most
requested statistics found here may also be found on the
Research and Analysis Web site at: http://almis.labor.state.
ak.us/ Select Population Estimates & Projections from the
choices at the left. Requests for demographic estimates
and projections information may also be addressed to
Greg Williams, Research and Analysis Section, Alaska
Department of Labor, P.O. Box 115501, Juneau, Alaska,
99811-5501. Telephone: (907) 465-6029; FAX: (907) 465-
4506; email: Greg_Williams@labor.state.ak.us.
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Introduction
Demographic Programs
The Demographics Unit of the Alaska Department of
Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, is Alaska’s representative to the Federal/State
Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) and
the Federal/State Cooperative for Population Projections
(FSCPP) programs with the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
A wide range of state administrative records data are
compiled and maintained by FSCPE agencies. They also
prepare and review various estimates at the state, county
and sub-county geographic levels. The FSCPE program is
the only federally accepted source of population estimates
between the censuses that are conducted every 10 years.
The Research and Analysis Section also contains a third,
separate federal/state cooperative program, the State Data
Center program, housed in the Census and Geographic
Information Network (CGIN) Unit whose function is the
dissemination of U.S. census statistics, geography and
other information from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
The Research and Analysis Section (R&A) circulated
1,500 copies of Alaska Population Overview: 2001-2002
Estimates and Census 2000, and its web site saw increased
usage. Requests came from federal, state and local
government organizations, business and industry, nonprofit
organizations, and individual citizens. The ongoing FSCPE
program, along with the State Data Center program, also
played a critical role in the 2000 decennial census. R&A
reviewed census plans to insure that they are appropriate
for Alaska and reviewed preliminary census results for
error. A good decennial census helps to insure that
Alaska’s share of federal funding is maintained through the
decade and that estimates are generated from an accurate
population base. The FSCPE program also works to identify
and correct errors that may have occurred in the 2000
census. These corrections are then incorporated into a
new “estimates base” which is used as the starting point
for computing estimates for the decade. This publication
includes all of the census corrections known to date.
Demographics for Equal Allocation
Demographic statistics play an essential role in making
decisions about the best way to spend scarce resources in
government, business, and private nonprofit organizations.
Government’s use of demographic statistics helps insure
democratic distribution of resources to the public at large
or a segment of the public that is the focus of a specific
program. Private nonprofits use demographic statistics
to identify the special interest clients to be served. In
business, demographics function to direct resources in
order to increase profits.
It is significant that for the framers of the U.S. Constitution
equal representation was a keystone of democracy. Fair and
equal access of every American to resources and services is
an underlying principle of American government. Because
federal, state and local funds are limited, the possibility of
one group or community getting a disproportionate share
of resources designated for all undercuts the principles of
democracy. For this reason, up-to-date population estimates
are essential for the allocation of funds and services at
every level of government. Demographic statistics are
frequently used to insure equal access to jobs, housing,
education, wages and representation. Some examples
include Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
laws, voting rights act compliance, and jury selection. Equal
access to funding occurs through per capita distribution.
Many government program funds are distributed solely
on a per capita basis. Services such as liquor licenses are
also regulated on a per capita basis. Some governmental
and private nonprofit programs, however, are directed at a
particular sub-group of the population who meet an eligibility
requirement. For example, programs may also be targeted
by geography, such as those for residents of low-income
neighborhoods. The more specific the targeting, the more
detailed the population and geography needed to insure that
funds serve those for whom they were intended.
The business of targeting uses population statistics for
market segmentation. To be eligible for targeted funds or
services may mean having a specific characteristic such as
being of school age, elderly, poor or handicapped. Another
type of minimal eligibility applies to licenses and regulations
for communities of a given size. For example, Alaska
plumbing and electrical codes do not apply to very small
communities. Funding for mass transit programs may only
be available for larger communities. Banks and businesses
typically evaluate community size to determine if there is
sufficient market for a business, service or level of bonding.
Another aspect of targeting is geographic. Business and
government use demographic statistics to locate facilities.
Manufacturing plants, banks, landfills, stores and the
location of offices for business, government and private
nonprofit service areas all depend on the location of some
population relative to the facility. Assessing demand placed
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upon natural resources and wildlife often depends on the
geographic distribution of both population and resources.
One example is bowhead whale allocations to Alaska’s
northern coastal villages.
Demographics for Decisions
There are two key uses of demographics for decision
making. The first is determining populations at risk for
purposes of rate computation (i.e., birth rates, death and
disease rates, teen pregnancy rates, crime rates). Such
rates quantify the existence of a problem and its severity.
Rates are necessary to compare the number of persons
at risk in Alaska to the number at risk elsewhere. The
second is the extensive use now made of sample surveys.
Such surveys are valid only when the characteristics of the
survey universes are known. This requires a variety of
demographic statistics for the area being surveyed.
Making good decisions in any activity requires knowledge
of the character and history of that activity. This is what
education and experience provide. Statistics that describe
characteristics, geographic distribution and trends are an
essential part of the education needed for good decisionmaking.
The analysis of trends and projections also is
aimed at assessing the impact of different possible courses
of action. News and public media organizations also
demand this information as part of their ongoing efforts
to keep the public informed of the changes that affect the
decisions they must make as citizens.
There are certain fields where demographic information
strongly affects decision-making in government,
private nonprofit organizations and businesses. These
include: health and health care; community, social and
human services; education; land use and real estate;
environmental impact; economics, banking and financial
services; manufacturing, wholesale and retail marketing;
transportation and shipping; and travel and leisure services.
Estimates and Federal Fund Allocation
As stated above, one particular use of demographic
estimates is fund distribution. In FY03, $9.3 billion in
federal money came to Alaska in the form of salaries,
retirement benefits, loans, direct payments to individuals
and federal general government programs. Of the 589
federal program codes that provided money to Alaska,
some 478 general government programs and one direct
payment program accounted for $3.03 billion. About
$1.04 billion, or 34.3%, of all general government federal
dollars coming to Alaska have formulas that depend either
directly or indirectly on population. These are driven by the
estimates generated by the Federal State Cooperative for
Population Estimates.
A few large programs accounted for the vast majority of all
population formula dollars returned to Alaska in FY03. In
millions of dollars, these were: Medicaid ($565.0); Airport
Improvement-State Apportionments ($184.6); Head Start
($31.2); Water and Waste Disposal Systems ($31.1);
Urban Mass Transportation Technical Studies ($26.7);
Unemployment Insurance ($22.4); Educationally Deprived
Children-Local Education Agencies ($20.8); Special
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC)($19.5); Special Economic Development and
Adjustment ($12.3); Foster Care-Title IV ($10.2); Wildlife
Restoration ($8.8); Rehabilitation Services-Basic Support
($8.2); Employment Service ($8.2); and Child Support
Enforcement ($8.1). These 14 programs accounted for
92.2% of the federal formula dollars that were population
dependent.
The next largest programs were, in millions of dollars:
Adoption Assistance ($6.3); Payments to States for Day
Care Assistance ($5.2), Rural Rental Assistance Payments
($5.2), Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of
Substance Abuse ($4.6), Vocational Education-Basic
Grants to States ($4.2), Coastal Zone Management ($4.1),
Social Service Block Grants ($3.8), Special Programs
for the Aging, Title III ($3.6), Home Investment in
Affordable Housing ($3.5), Cooperative Extension Service
($3.4), Community Development Block Grants-State
Funding ($2.7), Community Development Block Grants-
Entitlements ($2.4), Family Violence Prevention and Service
($2.3), Drug Free Schools and Communities ($2.3), Special
Programs for the Aging-Title III ($2.3), and State and Local
Narcotics Control Assistance ($2.2). In total, programs of
more than $2.0 million account for 97.8% of all populationdependent
federal dollars coming to Alaska.
By federal department, population-dependent program
money, in millions of dollars, coming to Alaska was as
follows: Department of Health and Human Services
($649.6), Department of Transportation ($213.5),
Department of Agriculture ($56.1), Department of
Education ($37.4), Department of Labor ($32.3),
Department of Commerce ($18.1), Department of Interior
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($8.9), Department of Housing and Urban Development
($8.6), Department of Justice ($4.1), Environmental
Protection Agency ($3.1), Arts and Humanities ($0.6), and
Department of Energy ($0.4).
Estimates, Regulation and State Fund
Allocation
Federal funding formulas are only one aspect of the impact
of population on the distribution of federal dollars to the
states. Population estimates are used by the Internal
Revenue Service to provide credit ceilings for state bonds
and by the Federal Election Commission to determine
spending limits for presidential and congressional election
campaigns. Program managers at the state level also use
population statistics throughout the process of further
distribution of federal dollars to local communities. These
programs use ongoing state estimates for counties
and localities, as well as complex social and economic
demographic characteristics.
Demographic statistics are also used to distribute state
funds to local communities from state revenues. Population
estimates play a key role in Alaska in distributing state
funds to boroughs and municipalities. Population estimates
play a major role in the allocation of quota share money for
2004 from the Bering Sea Fishery through the Community
Development Quota (CDQ) program to coastal villages.
The CDQ program equity for 2004 was $309.5 million.
In addition, the Department of Commerce and Economic
Development will distribute some $32.9 million through
Municipal Assistance (Power Cost Equalization, Payments
in Lieu of Taxes, Shared Fishereies Business Tax and the
Small Municipality Energy Assistance Program) based upon
population estimates and local censuses.
Alaska Statute and Regulation
At least 98 sections of the Alaska Statutes and 126
sections of the State Administrative Regulations reference
population estimates or projections. Some of these cover
areas such as: issuance and transfer of alcoholic beverage
licenses, bank and savings and loan incorporation, state
business licensing, Regional Education Attendance Area
(REAA) school board sections, elections, Alaska Housing
Finance Corporation operations, allocation of funds for
highway construction, provision for public health municipal
government incorporation, municipal powers and duties,
municipal planning and land use, municipal tax resource
equalization and limitation, distribution of moneys from
school and mental health lands, State Budget Reserve
Fund appropriation limit, school capital improvements and
construction bonding, library operation, capital projects
matching grants, capital budget submittal, planning
for public works and municipal oil and gas production
property tax limitations. Detailed population estimates are
also critical to planning for emergency management and
Homeland Security, in case of disaster or attack. Population
information is also required for employment preferences
in public contracting and implementation of water, air and
environmental conservation regulations. While not required
by regulation, current population is also used to allocate
state police resources and local fire resources.
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Chapter 1
Alaska State Population
Introduction
This chapter discusses population trends for Alaska.
It contains a section on the components of population
change, which include births, deaths, and migration
flows. There are discussions of the age, male/female and
race composition as well.
The Census Base For Estimates
Estimates produced here follow the Census Bureau’s
definition of residency. The U.S. Bureau of the Census
defines a resident as a person who resides in a place
for at least six months of the year or has no other usual
place of residence. The reason for defining residents in
this way is to avoid double counting. Foreign nationals
who were resident aliens were counted in the U.S. communities
in which they lived, as were college students
and military personnel. Workers at remote sites, such
as the North Slope and fish processing or lumber camps,
are allowed to list their place of residence as someplace
other than the work site. In 1980, 1990 and 2000, for
example, most North Slope oil workers listed their place
of residence as elsewhere in Alaska or out of state.
Estimates shown for July 1 actually represent annual
average resident population rather than the population
on that date. Employment in Alaska is highly seasonal
in construction, fishing and seafood processing, logging,
mining and tourism. At any point in time there are
substantial numbers of nonresidents working in Alaska,
primarily in seasonal jobs. During 2004, the most recent
year for which information is available, about 70,367 or
18.4% of all persons who worked at some time during
that year in nonfederal covered wage and salary employment,
were nonresidents. This number, however,
overstates the number of nonresidents in the state at
any given point in time because these workers are present
for varying periods of time. While exact estimates
of nonresidents at any point in time during the year are
not possible, the seasonal summer, non-tourist, nonresident
population was probably equivalent to about ten
percent of the resident population. Seafood processing,
in particular, has a very high percentage of nonresident
workers, averaging nearly 70% nonresident for the state
as a whole. In some small coastal communities, these
seafood workers can outnumber the permanent residents
during the fish processing season. In other communities,
nonresident or seasonal workers in industries such
as tourism may outnumber the permanent residents. The
greater this seasonal population, the more difficult it is
to accurately estimate the permanent population. Sometimes
communities will attempt to count transient workers
as residents. Since communities provide services to
transient populations, they often feel justified in claiming
them as residents for revenue sharing purposes. Such
populations do not, however, meet Census Bureau definitions
for residency.
As in previous editions of Alaska Population Overview,
this edition continues to include some frequently used
2000 census information. The 2000 census counted some
persons as Alaska residents in fish processing and other
transient activity who had no other place of residence.
United States ships in U.S. waters were also assigned
to their port of origin or destination as of April 1, 2000.
Ships’ crews were considered as group quarters population.
Persons living on board small craft were counted the
same as persons living in houses or apartments. Crews of
small fishing vessels were counted at their shore-based
homes. Coast Guard ships were counted as group quarters
in their home port.
Vessels attributed to Alaska ports accounted for 1,073
persons in the 2000 census in Alaska, or 0.2% of the
state’s population. This is about half of the number attributed
to Alaska in 1990. In 2000, these ships contributed
a significant portion of population to two of the state’s
boroughs and census areas. In the Aleutians West Census
Area, for example, crews from these ships accounted for
12.5% of the population and in Aleutians East Borough,
5.2% of the population. In communities, these vessels
had an even larger impact. Their crews comprised
significant proportions of the population in Unalaska,
19.8%, and Akutan, 15.9%. In these communities, the
ships represented a very transient population that varies
seasonally or from year to year.
Population Trends
The provisional July 1, 2004, Alaska resident population
was estimated to be 655,435, or 0.22% of the population
of the U.S. The 2004 resident population of the United
States, excluding territories and military overseas, was
293,655,404. The U.S. is comprised of 50 states, plus the
District of Columbia. Alaska in 2004 still ranked 47th in
population, unchanged from 2002. Wyoming, with a population
of 506,529; the District of Columbia, with a population
of 553,523; Vermont, with a population of 621,394;
and North Dakota with a population of 634,366 have fewer
people. The land area of Alaska covers 571,951 square
miles; water area is 91,316 square miles. Alaska has about
16.1% of the land area of the U.S. and over 35% of the
water area. In spite of its low population density of 1.1
persons per square mile, Alaska population in 2000 was
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65.6% urban. The U.S. percent urban in 2000 was 79.0%.
The census definition of “urban” changed in 2000, from
places of 2,500 or more to a density measure. By the old
1990 definition, Alaska was 73.9% urban in 2000 and
75.1% urban in 2004. In 2004, the U.S. averaged 83.0 persons
per square mile. Excluding Anchorage, which contains
42.3% of the state’s population but only 0.3% of the land
area, Alaska averaged 0.66 persons per square mile. Most
Alaskans live in towns and villages or clustered settlements.
As discussed in Chapter 4, most of the state’s land area is
in federal and state parks, forests, wetlands, wildlife and
wilderness preserves, Alaska Native Corporation lands, and
5,000 glaciers. Excluding these areas, most of which place
exclusions or restrictions on settlement, only about one
percent of the state’s land is in other private ownership. In
all, these private holdings amount to an area about 27%
less than the state of Massachusetts or the state of New
Jersey, and a fair amount of this land is inaccessible or unusable
for settlement. Consequently, most of Alaska shows
settlements of moderate density surrounded by large tracts
of uninhabited land.
Alaska Population History
The population of Alaska was quite small before the gold
rush in the 1880s. Early territorial censuses were incomplete.
The first census in 1880 counted only 33,426 persons.
The gold rush doubled the state’s population between
1890 and 1900. Following the turn of the century the
population of Alaska remained stable for the next 40 years.
The 1900 population was reported at 63,592, but by 1939
the population remained at only 59,278. The state’s gold
Figure 1.1
Alaska Population Trends, 1946-2004
Thousands
700
600
500
400
300
200
production had declined, and much of the state at that
time remained inaccessible. World War II brought the construction
of the Alcan Highway. The result was dramatic
growth of the state’s population as shown in Table 1.1 and
Figure 1.1. The war and Alcan construction played a key
role in the development of both Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Although the military share of the state’s population has
declined since World War II, it continues to play a substantial
role. In 1990, about 10 percent of the population
was made up of military and dependents; by 2004, they
accounted for only 7.1%. Alaska’s population grew rapidly
from the end of World War II to 1952. The average annual
rate of increase was 9.5% per year. The population grew at
a slower, smoother pace from 1952 to 1965, with an average
annual rate of change of 2.7% per year. Alaska had
approximately 224,000 people at the time of statehood in
1959. From 1965 to 1973, population growth rate gradually
increased to 3.0% per year.
The building of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline
dramatically affected population growth in the 1970s. The
pipeline linked the giant North Slope oilfield of Prudhoe Bay
with the oil terminal shipping facilities at Valdez. Construction
began in 1973 and peaked in 1975, with a migration
gain of over 30,000 persons. The average annual rate of
population change during this period leaped to 6.6% per
year. At the completion of pipeline construction, the boom
was followed by a recession during the 1977-80 period.
The result was a population loss of about 6,400 people
between 1977 and 1978. The net loss of people due to outmigration
in that year was more than 13,400. The annual
rate of change over the four-year period,
however, averaged a positive 0.6% per year.
Between mid-1980 and mid-1985, Alaska
experienced its largest economic boom.
Rapid growth resulted from construction
and infrastructure development fueled by a
combination of state spending based on oil
revenues, major federal expenditures, and
private development. As a result, Alaska’s
population grew by a phenomenal 25% in
five years, making it the most rapidly growing
state in the nation. The most growth
occurred in the 1981-83 period during which
the annual rate of change averaged 6.8%
per year. The pace of growth began to slow
during 1983-84, with a rate of change of
4.8%, and declined further in 1984-85 to
3.6%.
100
0
1946 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section,
Demographics Unit
From 1985-89, Alaska experienced a recession
similar to that of 1977-80, but more
severe, as a result of falling oil prices combined
with declining crude oil production.
During the period of the retrenchment in
1986-87, population declined at the rate of
1.8%. The cumulative loss of persons to net
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Table 1.1
Annual Components Of Population Change For Alaska, 1945-2004
July 1
To
June 30
End of
Period
Population
Population
Change
Average
Annual
Rate of
Change
Components
Of
Change
Births
Birth
Rate
Deaths
Death
Rate
Natural
Increase
Net
Migrants
1945-46 103,000 2,050 1,220 830
1946-47 117,000 14,000 12.73% 2,490 24.2 1,200 11.7 1,290 12,710
1947-48 126,000 9,000 7.41% 2,890 24.7 1,180 10.1 1,710 7,290
1948-49 132,600 6,600 5.10% 3,300 26.2 1,190 9.4 2,110 4,490
1949-50 137,100 4,500 3.34% 3,620 27.3 1,220 9.2 2,400 2,100
1950-51 160,000 22,900 15.42% 4,110 30.0 1,310 9.6 2,800 20,100
1951-52 185,500 25,500 14.76% 5,130 32.1 1,310 8.2 3,820 21,680
1952-53 193,800 8,300 4.38% 6,270 33.8 1,280 6.9 4,990 3,310
1953-54 200,100 6,300 3.20% 6,910 35.7 1,240 6.4 5,670 630
1954-55 206,500 6,400 3.15% 7,190 35.9 1,200 6.0 5,990 410
1955-56 212,400 5,900 2.82% 7,480 36.2 1,220 5.9 6,260 -360
1956-57 218,600 6,200 2.88% 7,730 36.4 1,240 5.8 6,490 -290
1957-58 220,100 1,500 0.68% 7,450 34.1 1,200 5.5 6,250 -4,750
1958-59 224,000 3,900 1.76% 6,830 31.0 1,170 5.3 5,660 -1,760
1959-60 230,400 6,400 2.82% 7,290 32.5 1,250 5.6 6,040 360
1960-61 236,700 6,300 2.70% 7,560 32.8 1,300 5.6 6,260 40
1961-62 242,800 6,100 2.54% 7,610 32.2 1,290 5.5 6,320 -220
1962-63 249,900 7,100 2.88% 7,670 31.6 1,320 5.4 6,350 750
1963-64 253,200 3,300 1.31% 7,480 29.9 1,380 5.5 6,100 -2,800
1964-65 265,200 12,000 4.63% 7,170 28.3 1,390 5.5 5,780 6,220
1965-66 271,500 6,300 2.35% 6,810 25.7 1,320 5.0 5,490 810
1966-67 277,900 6,400 2.33% 6,410 23.6 1,300 4.8 5,110 1,290
1967-68 284,900 7,000 2.49% 6,350 22.9 1,317 4.7 5,033 1,967
1968-69 294,600 9,700 3.35% 6,670 23.4 1,330 4.7 5,340 4,360
1969-70 308,500 13,900 4.61% 7,230 24.5 1,370 4.7 5,860 8,040
1970-71 319,600 11,100 3.53% 7,437 24.1 1,444 4.7 5,993 5,107
1971-72 329,800 10,200 3.14% 7,129 22.3 1,462 4.6 5,667 4,533
1972-73 336,400 6,600 1.98% 6,781 20.6 1,468 4.5 5,313 1,287
1973-74 348,100 11,700 3.42% 6,847 20.4 1,467 4.4 5,380 6,320
1974-75 384,100 36,000 9.83% 7,275 20.9 1,497 4.3 5,778 30,222
1975-76 409,800 25,700 6.47% 7,694 20.0 1,570 4.1 6,124 19,576
1976-77 418,000 8,200 1.98% 8,175 19.9 1,612 3.9 6,563 1,637
1977-78 411,600 -6,400 -1.54% 8,668 20.7 1,654 4.0 7,014 -13,414
1978-79 413,700 2,100 0.51% 9,043 22.0 1,654 4.0 7,389 -5,289
1979-80 419,800 6,100 1.46% 9,400 22.7 1,671 4.0 7,729 -1,629
1980-81 434,300 14,500 3.40% 9,912 23.6 1,738 4.1 8,174 6,326
1981-82 464,300 30,000 6.68% 10,783 24.8 1,775 4.1 9,008 20,992
1982-83 499,100 34,800 7.22% 11,728 25.3 1,862 4.0 9,866 24,934
1983-84 524,000 24,900 4.87% 12,319 24.7 1,945 3.9 10,374 14,526
1984-85 543,900 19,900 3.73% 12,727 24.3 2,033 3.9 10,694 9,206
1985-86 550,700 6,800 1.24% 12,556 23.1 2,110 3.9 10,446 -3,646
1986-87 541,300 -9,400 -1.72% 11,941 21.7 2,096 3.8 9,845 -19,245
1987-88 535,000 -6,300 -1.17% 11,483 21.2 2,073 3.8 9,410 -15,710
1988-89 538,900 3,900 0.73% 11,468 21.4 2,088 3.9 9,380 -5,480
1989-90 553,171 14,271 2.61% 11,776 21.9 2,142 4.0 9,634 4,637
1990-91 569,054 15,883 2.83% 11,798 21.3 2,225 4.0 9,573 6,310
1991-92 586,722 17,668 3.06% 11,744 20.6 2,214 3.9 9,530 8,138
1992-93 596,906 10,184 1.72% 11,347 19.3 2,477 4.2 8,870 1,314
1993-94 600,622 3,716 0.62% 10,978 18.4 2,422 4.1 8,556 -4,840
1994-95 601,581 959 0.16% 10,439 17.4 2,500 4.2 7,939 -6,980
1995-96 605,212 3,631 0.60% 10,079 16.8 2,707 4.5 7,372 -3,741
1996-97 609,655 4,443 0.73% 10,018 16.6 2,574 4.3 7,444 -3,001
1997-98 617,082 7,427 1.21% 9,924 16.3 2,642 4.3 7,282 145
1998-99 622,000 4,918 0.79% 9,864 16.0 2,609 4.2 7,255 -2,337
1999-00 627,504 5,504 0.88% 10,102 16.2 2,829 4.5 7,273 -1,769
2000-01 632,389 4,885 0.78% 9,980 15.9 2,934 4.7 7,046 -2,161
2001-02 640,841 8,452 1.33% 9,889 15.6 3,072 4.9 6,817 1,635
2002-03 648,280 7,439 1.15% 10,017 15.6 3,098 4.8 6,919 520
2003-04 * 655,435 7,155 1.10% 10,271 15.8 3,030 4.7 7,241 -86
* Provisional
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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out-migration in the period 1985-89 was about 45,900 persons,
as compared to a net out-migration of 20,400 during
the post-pipeline period. This population loss was equal to
about 8.3% of the state’s peak 1986 population. This loss
would be proportionally equivalent to the loss of Spokane
to the state of Washington or the loss of the San Diego
metropolitan statistical area to California. By 1989, net outmigration
slowed enough to allow the natural increase of
births over deaths to produce the first increase in population
since 1986. In the final analysis, the average annual
rate of population increase for Alaska during the period
from July 1, 1980, to July 1, 1990, was 2.8%, whereas for
the United States during that period change averaged just
0.9% per year.
Between 1990-2000, the state’s population continued
to increase. Population growth averaged 1.3% annually,
ranging from a low increase of 0.2% between 1994-95 to
a high of 3.0% between1991-92. Since 1993, it has been
natural population increase, or more births than deaths,
that has provided the major stimulus for growth. Alaska
still has one of the highest rates of natural increase in
the nation, but as in the nation as a whole, birth rates
are currently falling. Because of the substantial declines
in military and dependent population due to base closures
and reorganizations during the mid 1990s, Alaska
experienced a protracted period of net out-migration.
The military movements were large enough to offset any
civilian immigration during this period. During the late
1990s, the extremely good economic opportunities in the
states which have traditionally provided most of Alaska’s
migrants, combined with Alaska’s lack of growth in income
and the continued high cost of living, dampened in-migration
to the state relative to levels seen in the early
1980s and 1990s. With the national economic downturn
of 1999, most movement nationwide declined. With the
decline in opportunities in Alaska’s feeder states, in-migration
became positive for the first time in 2001-2002
accounting for a modest growth equaling about half of our
natural increase in that year. Since the 2001-2002 period,
net migration has fallen, and is roughly zero for the 2003-
2004 period.
Factors Which Influence Change
The overall prosperity of Alaska in terms of revenues, as
in the past, remains heavily dependent upon demand for
its natural resources both at home and abroad. Government
spending and policy decisions also have a substantial
effect on the economy and population growth in Alaska.
Government remains Alaska’s largest primary employer.
In 2004, close to a third of Alaska’s total labor force was
directly employed by the military, federal, state, and local
governments. Reductions in federal agency spending, state
operating revenues, and loss of revenue sharing to local
communities are all part of a trend that has slowed Alaska’s
economy and overall population growth in the past. The
largest positive growth sector in employment since 1990
has been in the service sector.
Major expenditures on privately funded, federal- and
state-sponsored construction, while beneficial to the state’s
economy in the short term, generally have caused only a
temporary surge in population. Rapid expansion has historically
been followed by economic downturn.
Alaska’s population has increased six-fold since 1946.
Despite fluctuations in population growth in Alaska, the
overall trend during the post-World War II period has been
one of positive growth. While Alaska is currently attempting
to achieve a more stable and balanced type of economic
growth, its economy is still largely dependent on natural
resources, especially oil and gas.
The physical resources of this state will continue to be
unique. Demand to extract Alaska minerals such as oil, gas,
gold, and coal should remain strong. Fishing and forestry will
continue to play a modest and probably declining role in Alaska’s
future. Tourism continues strong and brings demands for
increased access to the scenic beauty of the state. Beyond
the economic considerations, the intangible quality of Alaska
as a place of wilderness, beauty, and special way of life will
continue to attract some migrants to the last frontier.
Components of Change
Population change is made up of natural increase (births minus
deaths) and migration as shown in Table 1.1 and Figure
1.2. Natural increase is the fairly stable component of population
change. Death rates change very slowly, and while
current fertility depends on a variety of factors, the general
birth trend does not change direction quickly. Migration is
the unstable component of population change in the state,
often changing dramatically from one year to the next.
Births and Deaths
Nationwide fertility rates declined from the 1970s to mid-
1980s. In the latter 1980s this trend reversed. From a
nationwide low in 1987 of 1.8 children per family, fertility
increased to a 1990 high of 2.1 children per family. This
increase was primarily the result of increased fertility for
older baby boom women who had postponed marriage and
childbearing. Alaska’s fertility rate has always been well
above the national average. In 1990, Alaska had one of the
higher levels of fertility among the states, with 2.6 children
per family. Decade trends in crude birth rates for Alaska,
its boroughs and census areas can be seen in Table 2.3.
Following a brief increase in birth rates around 1990, birth
rates have declined somewhat in Alaska and nationwide. In
2004, Alaska’s fertility is about 2.3 children per family, up
slightly from 2.2 in 2002.
Between July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2004 an estimated
10,271 persons were born in Alaska and an estimated
3,030 persons died, a net natural increase of 7,241 persons.
This translated into a growth rate of 1.1% as a result
of natural increase. Births were equivalent to about 1.6%
of the population. Approximately 0.5% of the population in
Alaska died.
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Most of the growth in Native American population was due
to natural increase. Birth rates among Native Americans
have traditionally been very high. In 2003-2004, the crude
birth rate for Native Americans was 25.0 per 1,000, reversing
the recent, declining trend. The crude death rate was
7.2 per 1,000 for a natural increase of 1.8% per year. In
1970, the average number of children for Native American
families was 4.6. The number declined to a low of 2.7
in 1976, but has slowly risen after that year. The average
number of children in 1990 had returned to a peak of
about 3.9 children per family. In 2004, the average Native
American household in Alaska had declined to 3.2 children
per family.
In contrast, the size of White families in Alaska generally
has been relatively stable since the mid-1970s. The crude
birth rate for Whites in 2003-2004 was 15.8 per thousand,
and the crude death rate was 4.6 per thousand, for a
natural increase of 1.1%. The average number of children
reached a high of about 2.3 per family in the early 1980s
and rose higher still to 2.4 in the early 1990s. The low
point for White fertility came during the economic recession
of the late 1980s, when White families were averaging
close to 2.0 children per family. White fertility in 2004 is 2.2
children per household.
The crude birth rate for African-Americans in Alaska in
2003-2004 was 17.7 per thousand, and the death rate
was 3.5 per thousand, a natural increase of 1.4% per
year. Similarly, the crude birth rate for Asians was 26.6 per
thousand, and the death rate was 3.8 per thousand, for a
natural increase of 2.8%. Crude birth rates for Hispanics
were 24.0 per thousand and crude death rates were 1.6
per thousand, for a natural increase of 2.2%. Asians currently
have the highest crude birth rate and rate of natural
increase of any racial group.
The largest single numerical increase due to migration,
30,222 persons, or an 8.7% growth rate, occurred during
pipeline construction in 1974-75. A severe economic recession
led to the largest numerical loss, 19,245 out-migrants
or a 3.5% population decrease, in 1986-87 and was larger
than the 13,414 out-migrants, or -3.2%, which occurred at
the end of the pipeline construction in 1977-78.
Historically, the majority of growth from migration in the
U.S. occurs in relatively few of the 3,141 counties. Most
communities in the U.S. attract relatively few in-migrants
each year. Nationally, the highest rates of movement are
found among young adults in their twenties. About onethird
of persons 20-29 years old moved the previous year.
This rate was twice the annual rate found for all persons
one year and over. The movement of persons in their twenties
also accounts for the fact that about a quarter of all
persons under five years of age also moved in the previous
year. Most of the movement of young adults is to college,
military or first job. Moving rates continue to decline with
increasing age.
Recent Migration Trends and Characteristics
Statistics on the movement of people between states
and counties are derived from change of address on U.S.
Internal Revenue Service tax returns. Alaska tends to have
among the highest levels of migration to and from the
state, and gross migration of any state in the union. Information
on the characteristics of migrants is derived from
the 2000 census. Migration to and from the state is partly
dependent upon federal military and program policies,
which tend to result from unique historical events rather
than easily predictable trends. The overall economies of
the Pacific and Mountain regions relative to that of Alaska
strongly influence migration to and from this state. When
employment in Washington, California and Oregon be-
Historical Migration to and
from Alaska
As seen in Figure 1.2, migration to or from Alaska
has varied widely from year to year. There is no
typical migration trend for the state. Rapid growth
occurred during and after World War II, represented
by an influx of 12,710 persons, or a 12.7%
rate of proportional growth due to migration for
1946-47. The highest post-World War II proportional
growth due to migration occurred during
the build-up for the Korean War in 1950-51 with
in-migration of 20,100 persons producing a 14.7%
rate of growth; and in 1951-52, with 21,680 immigrants
resulting in a 13.6% growth rate. These
high percentages were partly related to the small
population base in these years. While the net migration
for 1981-82 and 1982-83 was numerically
larger than that for 1950-51 and 1951-52, it was
proportionally much smaller. By 1983-84, the net
influx of 24,900 immigrants accounted for only a
5.0% increase in the population.
Figure 1.2
Components of Population Change, 1946-2004
Thousands
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
1946
1950
Natural Increase
1955
1960
Net Migration
1965
1970
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2004
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comes relatively weak, there is a greater tendency to look
to Alaska for opportunity and vice versa. As shown in part
in Table 1.2, changes in migration to or from Alaska are
more a result of the decline of migrants to Alaska than to
changes in out-migration. A net loss or gain results from an
increase or decrease in the number of in-migrants relative
to out-migrants. The higher the rate of gross migration or
turnover, the more unstable the population. Thus, one cannot
always tell by observing what appears to be a net gain
or loss of population whether changes of in-migration or
out-migration are the cause. What appears to be massive
Figure 1.3
Migration to/from Alaska by Region 1990-2000
West 45.4%
Mountain 16.7%
West South Central 11.2%
Pacific 29.4%
East South Central 4.7%
South 32.2%
Foreign 3.8%
South Atlantic 15.0%
Northeast 6.0%
Midwest 13.1%
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research
and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
Figure 1.4
Migration to/from Alaska by Region 2003-2004
West 45.2%
Mountain 18.9%
Pacific 26.3%
West South Central 11.5%
East South Central 4.4%
South 31.9%
Foreign 4.2%
South Atlantic 16.0%
Northeast 5.7%
Midwest 13.0%
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research
and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
out-migration may be a normal six to seven percent outmigration
with a sharp decline of in-migrants to the state.
Most of the fluctuation of migrants is accounted for by non-
Native migration to or from the state. While there has historically
been a moderate migration flow of Alaska Natives
to and from the state each year, the flows have been fairly
balanced. The net effect has been very little gain or loss of
Alaska Natives as a result of migration outside the state.
The vast majority of all persons living in Alaska at the
time of the census in 2000 were migrants to Alaska. Only
38.1% of Alaskans were born in the state. Regionally,
these proportions varied from a low of 25.0% born in Alaska
in Aleutians West Census Area, which was dominated by
the highly transient city of Unalaska, to a high of 94.1% for
Wade Hampton Census Area. Generally, over 75 percent of
the residents of rural Alaska were born in Alaska, compared
to 32.1% for Anchorage, 29.5% for Fairbanks and from 33
to 38 percent for Matanuska-Susitna, Kenai and Juneau.
For persons not born in Alaska, 23.2% were born in the
West, 13.5% in the Midwest, 11.2% in the South, and
6.5% in the Northeast. Another 1.3% were born abroad to
American parents and 5.9% of Alaskans were foreign born.
The proportion of foreign born in 1990 was 4.5%. This
increase reflects, but is lower than, the general U.S. trend.
In 2000, about 11% of all persons in the U.S. were foreign
born. Similarly, 2.7% of all Alaskans were not U.S. citizens
compared to 6.6% for the U.S. as a whole.
Gross migration is the total volume of migration to and from
the state that occurs in a year. This is the statistic often used
by businesses that depend on turnover of population for
their activity, such as shipping companies, moving companies
and realtors. These flows are shown in Tables 1.2 and
1.3 and Figures 1.3 and 1.4. Alaska had the third highest
level of gross migration (11.6%) of any state in 2004,
slightly lower than Nevada (11.8%), and slightly higher than
Wyoming (10.3%). The District of Columbia (18.7%) was
significantly higher. The average for all states is 6.1% and
the lowest gross migration is found in Wisconsin, California,
Ohio and Michigan who range from 3.5% down to
3.0%. Alaska’s resident population continues to have a very
transient component. This doesn’t count the highly seasonal
workforce.
During the 1980s, gross migration ranged from a high of
about 110,500 during 1985-86 to a low of about 84,500
in 1987-88. On average during the 1980s, gross migration
represented a number of migrants equal to 18.9% of the
state’s population each year. The range was between 15%
and 22%. Each year between 1980 and 1990 the number
of inmigrants averaged 9.9% of the state’s population. This
number ranged from a low of 6.2% to a high of 13.6%.
Similarly, an average number equal to 9.0% of the state’s
population left Alaska each year. Out-migrants ranged from
a low of 8.3% to 10.3% of the population. Armed Forces
rotation probably accounted for one-fifth of these migration
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flows statewide each year. Flows to or from certain states
with key bases are a regular part of the overall migration
to or from Alaska, and in some instances strongly influence
the importance of certain states in the pattern of migration
to or from Alaska.
Since 1995, in-migration flows have averaged 6.6% of the
state’s population. The rate ranged from a high of 6.9%
in 1996-97 to a low of 5.7% in 2000-2001. Out-migration
averaged 7.0% during the same period. The movement out
of state varied from a high of 7.7% in 1994-95 to a low of
5.9% in 2001-2002 reflecting the then-current lack of economic
opportunity in our feeder states. The gross migration
rate for 2000-2001 was 11.7%. The general trend over
time has been towards lower gross migration to and from
Alaska since the early 1980s. This rate has declined steadily
from a high of 22.8% gross migration in 1981-82. The
general slowdown of migration during the 1990s reflected
economic conditions, both within the state and nationwide.
If jobs and economic opportunity are available close to
home, the tendency to relocate in search of work is diminished.
The recent recession slowed migration from Alaska,
with little corresponding increase in the rate of migration to
Alaska. A small increase in 2003-2004 to 12.5% continues
the slightly increasing trend since 2001.
Migration to and from Alaska by geographic region of the
United States has been relatively consistent over time.
During the 1980s, Alaska’s average gross migration was
49.6% with the West, 27.4% with the South, 13.9% with
the Midwest, and 6.6% with the Northeast. These regional
proportions generally varied by less than two to three
percentage points over the course of the decade as shown
in Table 1.3.
In 2003-2004, the most recent period for which Internal
Revenue Service data are available, 45.2% of gross migration
was between Alaska and the West, of which 26.3%
was with the Pacific states and 18.9% to or from the Mountain
states. Of the Pacific states, Washington accounted for
10.9%, California 8.7% and Oregon 4.9% of the migration.
In the 1980’s 49.6% of the migration to Alaska came
from the West: 34.4% from the Pacific and 15.3% from
the Mountain states. The share to and from Washington
and California has tended to decline slightly over time and
the share with the southern Mountain states has tended to
increase.
Similarly, in 2003-2004, the South contributed 31.9% of
Alaska’s gross migration. The migration to and from the
South has remained relatively stable since 1990. Of the
Southern flows in 2003-2004, 16.0% were to or from the
South Atlantic region, and 11.5% were to or from the West
South Central region. Most of this migration is associated
with the military. The single southern state contributing
most to Alaska’s migration was Texas with 7.6%, a flow
jointly associated with the oil industry and the military. In
2003-2004, migration to or from the Midwest at 13.0% and
Table 1.2
Migration to and from Alaska 1980-2004
July 1
to June 30
Net
Migrants
In
Migrants
Out
Migrants
Gross
Migrants
1980-81 6,326 47,210 40,884 88,094
1981-82 20,992 60,035 39,043 99,078
1982-83 24,934 64,682 39,748 104,430
1983-84 14,526 57,992 43,466 101,458
1984-85 9,206 54,986 45,780 100,766
1985-86 -3,646 53,451 57,097 110,548
1986-87 -19,245 38,085 57,330 95,415
1987-88 -15,710 34,393 50,103 84,496
1988-89 -5,480 41,185 46,665 87,850
1989-90 4,637 42,777 38,140 80,917
1990-91 6,310 44,890 38,580 83,470
1991-92 8,138 51,432 43,294 94,726
1992-93 1,314 47,171 45,857 93,028
1993-94 -4,840 42,329 47,169 89,498
1994-95 -6,980 38,999 45,979 84,978
1995-96 -3,741 40,282 44,023 84,305
1996-97 -3,001 41,476 44,477 85,953
1997-98 145 40,974 40,829 81,803
1998-99 -2,337 39,885 42,222 82,107
1999-00 -1,769 38,307 40,076 78,383
2000-01 -2,161 35,630 37,791 73,421
2001-02 1,635 38,847 37,212 76,059
2002-03 520 39,608 39,088 78,696
2003-04* -86 40,547 40,633 81,180
Migration Rate (Percent of Population)
1980-81 1.5 11.0 9.6 20.6
1981-82 4.8 13.8 9.0 22.8
1982-83 5.4 13.9 8.6 22.5
1983-84 2.9 11.6 8.7 20.3
1984-85 1.8 10.5 8.7 19.2
1985-86 -0.7 9.8 10.5 20.3
1986-87 -3.5 6.9 10.4 17.3
1987-88 -2.9 6.4 9.3 15.6
1988-89 -1.0 7.7 8.7 16.4
1989-90 0.9 7.9 7.1 15.0
1990-91 1.1 8.1 7.0 15.1
1991-92 1.4 9.0 7.6 16.6
1992-93 0.2 8.0 7.8 15.9
1993-94 -0.8 7.1 7.9 15.0
1994-95 -1.2 6.5 7.7 14.1
1995-96 -0.6 6.7 7.3 14.0
1996-97 -0.5 6.9 7.3 14.2
1997-98 0.0 6.7 6.7 13.4
1998-99 -0.4 6.5 6.8 13.3
1999-00 -0.3 6.2 6.4 12.6
2000-01 -0.3 5.7 6.0 11.7
2001-02 0.3 6.1 5.9 12.0
2002-03 0.1 6.2 6.1 12.3
2003-04* -0.0 6.3 6.3 12.5
* Provisional
Source: Alaska Department Of Labor & Workforce Development,
Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.3
Migration Rates to and from Alaska by Region and Selected States, 1980-2004
2003
-2004
Average Annual In-Migration (percent)
2001 2000 1995 1990
-2002 -2001 -2000 -1995
2002
-2003
1990
-2000
1980
-1990
2003
-2004
Average Annual Out-Migration (percent)
2002 2001 2000 1995 1990 1990
-2003 -2002 -2001 -2000 -1995 -2000
1980
-1990
Northeast 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.5 6.7
New England 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.6 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.8
Middle Atlantic 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.9
New York 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Midwest 13.9 13.3 13.2 13.6 12.6 13.2 12.9 15.1 12.2 12.4 12.0 12.1 13.2 13.4 13.3 12.7
East North Central 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.1 6.5 6.3 7.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.5
Michigan 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7
West North Central 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.7 6.6 7.4 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.2
Minnesota 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4
South 31.0 31.4 32.1 32.9 31.4 30.4 30.8 27.8 32.8 32.1 31.7 30.3 31.1 31.2 31.2 27.6
South Atlantic 15.2 15.3 14.8 15.9 15.4 14.8 15.1 12.4 16.9 16.1 16.2 16.0 15.4 14.7 15.0 13.2
Florida 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.3 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.8
Georgia 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.2 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.1
North Carolina 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.1 2.1 3.1 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.1 2.6 2.8 1.8
Virginia 2.3 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.3
East South Central 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.2
West South Central 11.1 11.5 12.2 12.5 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.8 11.8 11.1 10.4 11.1 11.4 11.2 10.2
Oklahoma 1.5 1.8 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.6
Texas 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.8 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.7 7.7 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.2 7.0 6.3
West 43.8 44.3 43.8 43.1 44.9 45.3 45.1 47.9 46.6 47.0 46.6 48.7 47.0 46.9 47.0 50.6
Mountain 17.7 18.9 17.7 17.4 17.0 15.2 16.0 15.7 20.0 19.7 18.9 19.3 17.9 16.7 17.2 14.7
Arizona 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.8 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.7 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.2
Colorado 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2
Idaho 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.3 1.9 2.0 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.0
Montana 2.0 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6
Nevada 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.1 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.2 1.6 1.9 1.3
New Mexico 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.6 0.9 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.3
Pacific 26.1 25.3 26.1 25.7 27.9 30.1 29.1 32.2 26.5 27.3 27.7 29.4 29.1 30.2 29.7 35.9
California 9.0 8.8 9.0 9.3 10.1 12.1 11.2 10.8 8.5 8.8 8.2 8.7 8.4 9.0 8.7 12.7
Oregon 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.6 5.3 6.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.4
Washington 10.3 10.1 10.4 9.9 11.2 11.1 11.2 13.2 11.5 11.4 12.2 13.1 13.4 13.7 13.5 15.2
Foreign 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.7 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.4
Average Annual
Estimated Migration
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
40,547 39,608 38,847 35,630 40,185 44,964 46,138 50,281 40,633 39,088 37,212 37,791 42,325 44,176 43,251 46,608
Note: Values may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Source: IRS State to State Migration Flows and Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographic Unit
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Table 1.3
(continued)
2003
-2004
Average Annual Gross Migration (%)
2001 2000 1995 1990
-2002 -2001 -2000 -1995
2002
-2003
1990
-2000
1980
-1990
Northeast 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.6
New England 1.8 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6
Middle Atlantic 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0
New York 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Midwest 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.9 12.9 13.3 13.1 13.9
East North Central 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 7.1
Michigan 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.0
West North Central 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8
Minnesota 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.9
South 31.9 31.8 31.9 31.5 31.2 30.8 31.0 27.4
South Atlantic 16.0 15.7 15.5 15.9 15.4 14.8 15.0 12.7
Florida 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.5
Georgia 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.2
North Carolina 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.0
Virginia 2.6 2.7 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3
East South Central 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.2
West South Central 11.5 11.7 11.7 11.4 11.1 11.3 11.2 10.5
Oklahoma 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7
Texas 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.3 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.4
West 45.2 45.6 45.2 46.0 46.0 46.1 46.1 49.6
Mountain 18.9 19.3 18.3 18.4 17.5 15.9 16.7 15.3
Arizona 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.0
Colorado 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.3
Idaho 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.4
Montana 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0
Nevada 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.2
New Mexico 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.3
Pacifi c 26.3 26.3 26.9 27.6 28.6 30.2 29.4 34.4
California 8.7 8.8 8.6 9.0 9.2 10.5 9.9 11.8
Oregon 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.7 6.8
Washington 10.9 10.8 11.3 11.6 12.3 12.4 12.4 14.4
Foreign 4.2 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8 2.5
Average Annual
Estimated Migration
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
81,180 78,696 76,059 73,421 82,510 89,140 85,825 96,889
the Northeast at 5.7%. These regions have
generally declined in contribution since the
1980s. Alaska’s migration to or from foreign
countries has increased from 2.5% in the
1980s to 4.2% in 2003-2004, down slightly
from a high of 4.4% in 2001-2002. This movement
is largely a combination of immigration
and military rotations to or from overseas
bases. Foreign immigrants, who currently
number about 1,300 per year, have continued
to be a larger share of all migration to Alaska
since 2000. In 2000, 5.9% of the population of
Alaska was foreign born, 2.7% of the population
were not U.S. citizens and 3.2% were
naturalized citizens.
Population Composition:
Historical Race Composition
Prior to the 1929 territorial census, little reliable
data were available on Alaska’s Native Americans.
In 1929, some 29,983 Native Americans
made up 50.6% of the state’s population.
Although their numbers have grown rapidly since
1929, the non-Native population has grown
more rapidly, resulting in a gradual decline in the
proportion of Alaska’s population who are Native
American. Since 1990, however, the proportion
of Native Americans has slowly increased from
15.7% to about 17.7% in 2000 (Table 1.4) as a
result of military cutbacks and the overall slowing
of non-Native migration to Alaska.
In the late 1990s, the Federal Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) redefined the way
race is collected to allow individuals to define
themselves as “multi-race”. With the 2000
census, people could check all of the races that
they thought defined them. As a result, race as
reported in 2000 is no longer compatible with
earlier data and statistics on race are far more
complex. In recent decades, one had to choose
one of four races: White, Black or African
American, American Indian or Alaska Native, or
Asian and Pacific Islander.
The new OMB guidelines establish a five race
classification for federal race data on race and
ethnicity. It also allows for identifying origins in
more than one race.
American Indian or Alaska Native: A person
having origins in any of the original peoples
of North or South America (including Central
America), who maintains tribal affiliation or
community attachment.
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Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent,
including Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Black or African American: A person having origins in any of
the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as “Haitian” or
“Negro” can be used in addition to “Black or African American”.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: A person having
origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam,
Samoa or other Pacific Islands.
White: A person having origins in any set of the original
peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
With respect to ethnicity, the standards provide for the collection
of data on whether or not a person is of “Hispanic
or Latino” culture or origin. A person of Cuban, Mexican,
Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or Other Spanish
culture or origin can identify themselves as such, regardless
of race. The term “Spanish Origin,” can be used in addition
to “Hispanic or Latino”.
Table 1.4
Native American and Total Population of
Alaska, selected years, 1910-2004
Year
American
Indian or
Alaska
Native
Alone
Percent
Native
American
Population
Percent
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Alone or in
Combination
Percent
Total
Population
Total
Responses
1910 - - 25,331 39.4 - - 64,356
1920 - - 26,558 48.3 - - 55,036
1929 - - 29,983 50.6 - - 59,278
1939 - - 32,458 44.8 - - 72,524
1950 - - 33,863 26.3 - - 128,643
1960 - - 42,522 18.8 - - 226,167
1970 - - 50,605 16.7 - - 302,583
1980 - - 64,103 16.0 - - 401,851
1990 - - 86,252 15.7 - - 550,043
1991 - - 89,286 15.7 - - 569,054
1992 - - 91,933 15.7 - - 586,722
1993 - - 94,176 15.8 - - 596,906
1994 - - 96,182 16.0 - - 600,622
1995 - - 98,058 16.3 - - 601,581
1996 - - 99,678 16.5 - - 605,212
1997 - - 101,751 16.7 - - 609,655
1998 - - 103,361 16.7 - - 617,082
1999 - - 104,745 16.8 - - 622,000
2000 98,043 15.6 111,091* 17.7* 119,241 18.1 626,932 658,723
2001 100,411 15.8 109,901* 17.3* 121,857 18.2 633,630 667,831
2002 102,523 15.9 111,149* 17.3* 124,803 18.3 643,786 680,669
2003 102,542 15.8 113,848* 17.7* 125,062 18.2 648,280 686,601
2004 103,871 15.8 115,479* 17.6* 127,008 18.3 655,435 695,852
*Bridge Estimate
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
Under the new guidelines, OMB provides for multi-race
reporting. This allowed persons of mixed race to identify
themselves as a combination of races rather than being
forced to choose one race. The permutations and combinations
of five races result in 63 possible race/ethnicity
categories. All race in the 2000 census is self reported and
represents each individual’s interpretation of the choices presented.
In addition to the race and ethnic categories recognized
by OMB, the census allowed people to define themselves
as “some other race” and to write in their race. Most
often the “some other race” response involved confusion
over Hispanic or Latino as a race rather than an ethnicity. To
make data comply with federal program uses the Census Bureau
has created a new set of modified race estimates that
allocates “some other race” to the OMB categories. In 1990,
the bureau created a Modified Age, Race, Sex (MARS) file
to correct for errors in race and age reporting. The bureau
has created a comparable set of estimates from the 2000
Modified Race to distribute the “other race” and our office
has modified it further to correct for age errors in the 2000
census in Alaska.
The changes in the definition of race makes 2000 race data
incompatible with prior censuses. There is no longer a direct
answer to “How many Alaska Natives live in Alaska” Because
of multi-race, the answer must be in the form of a
range rather than a single number. The number of American
Indians or Alaska Natives who declared one race alone in
2000 was 98,043 or 15.5% of
the population. The number
of American Indians or Alaska
Natives who declared this race
Alone or in Combination with
one or more races was 119,241
or 18.1% of the population.
Alaska had the second highest
proportion of multi-race in the
U.S. after Hawaii.
As of this date, figuring rates
of occurrence for births,
deaths and other social and
work related programs is also
more difficult because data
on these characteristics are
not yet collected on a multirace
basis. In addition, most
federal programs that use race
have not yet revised their requirements
to define how they
will deal with multi-race. The
use of current incidence statistics
not collected on a multirace
basis with multi-race
denominators will produce
misleading rates. In addition
to multi-race estimates, our
office produces “bridge” series
race estimates which define
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Figure 1.5
Alaska population by Age, Race and Sex, 2004
95+
90
85
80
75
70
65
White
Native
Asian
Black
Pacific
2+ Races
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Male
Thousands
Female
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.5
Population by Race and Tribal Group, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
Race:
Alaska
April 1
2000
% of
Population
% of
Responses
Alaska
April 1
1990 Percent
Change
1990-
2000
Avg. Ann.
%
Change
Alaska as
% of U.S.
2000
Total 626,932 100.0 550,043 100.0 76,889 1.3% 0.22%
Total Responses 658,723 100.0
White
White Alone 434,534 69.3 0.21%
White (Bridge estimate) 455,284 72.6 415,492 75.5 39,792 0.9%
White Alone or in Combination 463,999 70.4 0.21%
American Indian and Alaska Native
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 98,043 15.6 3.96%
Native American (Bridge Estimate) 111,091 17.7 85,698 15.6 25,393 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
or in combination with one or more races 119,241 18.1 2.89%
Black or African American
Black or African American alone 21,787 3.5 0.06%
Black (Bridge estimate) 25,547 4.1 22,451 4.1 3,096 1.3%
Black or African American alone or in
combination with one or more races 27,147 4.1 0.07%
Asian & Pacific Islander
Asian Alone 25,116 4.0 0.25%
Asian & Pacifi c Islander (Bridge estimate) 35,010 5.6 19,728 3.6 15,282 5.6%
Asian Alone or in Combination 32,686 5.0 0.27%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacifi c Islander alone 3,309 0.5 0.83%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacifi c Islander alone
or in combination with one or more races 5,515 0.8 0.63%
Other and Unknown Race
Some Other Race alone 9,997 1.6 0.07%
Other and Unknown Race (1990) --- 6,674 1.2
Some Other Race alone or in combination
with one or more races 15,151 2.3 0.08%
Two or more races 34,146 5.4 0.50%
Two Races excluding Some Other Race
and Three or More Races 29,600 4.5 0.77%
Ethnicity:
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 25,852 4.1 17,803 3.2 8,049 3.7% 0.07%
Mexican 13,334 2.1 0.06%
[Note persons of Hispanic Origin can be of any race]
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 and 1990 Census of Population and Housing; and Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and
Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.5
(continued)
Alaska as
% of U.S.
1990
U.S.
April 1
2000
% of
Population
% of
Responses
U.S.
April 1
1990 Percent
0.22% 281,421,906 100.00 248,709,873 100.0
288,764,438
211,460,626 75.14
0.21% --- 199,686,070 80.3
216,930,975 75.12
2,475,956 0.88
4.37% --- 1,959,234 0.8
4,119,301 1.43
34,658,190 12.32
0.07% --- 29,986,060 12.1
36,419,434 12.61
10,242,998 3.64
0.27% --- 7,273,662 2.9
11,898,828 4.12
398,835 0.14
874,414 0.30
15,359,073 5.46
0.07% --- 9,804,847 3.9
18,521,486 6.41
6,826,228 2.43
3,824,670 1.32
35,305,818 12.55 22,354,059 9.0
20,640,711 7.33
race as it was defined in the 1990s. Until numerator data is
produced on a multi-race basis we recommend that anyone
producing incidence rates use the “bridge” series denominators.
For a more extensive discussion of multi-race, the
reader is directed to Greg Williams’ Race and Ethnicity in
Alaska, Alaska Economic Trends, October 2001.
In addition to the problems of race in the 2000 Alaska
census, problems in processing the 2000 census have led
to problems of misrepresentation of age for children under
18. The problems are particularly noticeable in rural Alaska.
The basic census form used in door-to-door enumeration
allowed for only 5 household members to respond (six on
the mail-out form). If the household was larger, the persons
were listed on the back and a supplementary form was
used for the characteristics of the additional persons. In
the processing, the private data contractor separated the
supplementary forms and the connecting information was
lost. This meant that the age of children less than 18 years
of age had to be “imputed” for a substantial number of children
based on the age distribution of similar households by
a method statisticians refer to as a “hot deck”. The method
assumes that people list their children on the census form
in random order, rather than sequentially. In fact, most
persons listed their children in age order. As a result, a large
number of children whose age had to be imputed were
young children rather than a normal distribution by age
under 18 years of age. The result was that for parts of rural
Alaska with large households the census reported too many
children ages 10-17 and too few children 0-9. The problem
is particularly acute for ages 0, 1 and 2. Ten census areas
had errors of at least 6%. In Wade Hampton, we estimate
that 16% of the children had misreported age and Bethel
had almost 15%. We have adjusted the age structure of 10
rural Alaska boroughs and census areas and the state total
to correct for this problem. Users of 2000 census data for
children by age group should be aware that the data for
rural Alaska as reported in census tables may be inaccurate.
Data for children under 18 as a whole should be accurate.
Children were not missed by the census, but their reported
age may be in error. The corrected areas are: Wade Hampton
Census Area, Bethel Census Area, Dillingham Census
Area, Nome Census Area, North Slope Borough, Valdez-
Cordova Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, Yukon-
Koyukuk Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area and
Lake and Peninsula Borough. Since large families in these
areas are predominately Alaska Native, the correction was
applied only to the American Indian and Alaska Native race
group. There also appears to be a small erroneous imputation
of sex as well in ages 0, 1 and 2 for Alaska in the 2000
census. Because of time constraints, we have not attempted
to correct for this error in this set of estimates.
Looking at 2000 census data before adjustment to distribute
“Other Race”, the census showed that 192,398
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persons, or 30.7% of the population of Alaska, considered
themselves to be either wholly or partly some race other
than White. The number and proportions of persons by
race and broad tribal group for 1980 and 1990 are shown
in Tables 1.5-1.7. Of the 626,932 persons in Alaska in
2000, Native Americans Alone made up 98,043 and of the
658,723 race responses; the number of persons reporting
Native American Alone or in Combination was 119,241.
For these estimates, all Native Americans living in Alaska
are referred to as Alaska Natives, even though a small
percentage of them belong to continental U.S. tribal
groups. About 20 percent of all Alaska Natives are estimated
to be living outside of Alaska. The economic boom
of the early 1980s brought many non-Natives to the state.
As a result, the proportion of Alaska Natives dropped from
16.0% in 1980 to 15.7% in 1990. By 2000, the percentage
of Native Americans was between 15.6 and 18.1%.
Alaska Natives made up 4.4% of all Native Americans
nationally in 1990.
In 2000, Alaska American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN)
in Alaska made up 4.0% of AIAN Alone and 2.9% of AIAN
Alone or in Combination nationwide. In 2000, the White
Figure 1.6
Alaska Population by Age and Sex 2000, 2004
Age
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
2004 Estimate
2000 Census
0
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Male
Thousands
Female
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and
Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
population accounted for between 434,534 and 463,999
persons, or 69.3% to 70.4% of the population. Other races,
primarily African-American, Asian and Pacific Islanders accounted
for at least 9.6% of the population in 2000. These
groups accounted for 48,853 persons, or 8.9% of the 1990
population. These groups were up from 27,521, or 6.8%, in
1980. In 1990, there were some 17,803 persons of Hispanic
origin in Alaska. In 2000, the number had increased sharply
to 25,852 Hispanics (4.1%)
Current Population Composition
The July 2004 state estimates are based on the April 1,
2000, Modified Age, Race, Sex (MARS) estimates. As
stated earlier, the MARS estimates adjust the census race
data to eliminate “other races” and adjust for errors in age
reporting at the time of the census. The 2004 estimates by
age and sex for single year of age for the state as a whole
are presented in Table 1.8. The 2004 and 2003 estimates
by age/race/sex and ethnicity for the state as a whole
are presented in Tables 1.9 to 1.12. Similar tables for the
state’s 27 boroughs and census areas are available from
the Alaska Department of Labor, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit web site http://almis.labor.
state.ak.us/ under Population Estimates and Projections.
Tables 1.11, 1.13, 1.15 and 1.17 contain population for the
entire state by age, Race Alone and sex for 2003, 2002,
2001 and 2000 respectively. Tables 1.12, 1.14, 1.16 and
1.18 contain population for the entire state by age, Race
Alone and in Combination and sex for the same four years.
These tables for Race Alone or in Combination count the
responses, not the individuals. In these tables, a person
who marked two or more race categories was counted two
or more times, so that the total is higher than the state
population. These tables are for selected age groups. Tables
for races Alone and Alone or in Combination by single
year and the “bridged” race estimates for these years by
single year of age are available on our web site.
The size of each age group in the population is affected
by its birth, death and migration history and life cycle
events. These patterns can be seen in Figures 1.5 and 1.6.
For Alaska, the largest factor affecting change in the size
of each age group is migration. Migration is particularly
high for 18-to-35 year olds and their young children under
school age. Migration began to increase sharply during the
1970s. This accounts for much of the dramatic increase in
persons currently over 40. The large bulge at ages 35-45
was created by the 1980-90 migration to Alaska. The age
structure of Alaska’s population compared to that of the
U.S. as a whole can be seen in Figure 1.7.
Population Cohorts and Life Cycle Events
The shape of a population depends upon a series of historical
and life cycle events. The number of births that occur
in a given year creates a “cohort” of persons that gives
that group of persons a character that is associated with
it for a lifetime. The increase in family size following the
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depression and WWII created a series of cohorts that is
widely known as the “baby boom”. These larger groups
of children strained schools at every level as they passed,
experienced reduced job opportunities as they entered the
labor market, and will strain the social security system and
medical systems as they grow old. Cohorts in local areas
are shaped over their lifetime by death and migration. They
are increased by forces encouraging in-migration. They are
reduced by forces of death and out-migration.
Specific Age Groups
The growth trends for various age groups often differ
sharply from those of the population as a whole. These differences
in age groups are found in Table 1.19 and Figures
1.8 and 1.9.
While Alaska’s total population increased 18.5% between
July 1, 1990 and July 1, 2004, children under the age of five
declined 5.9%, from 55,859 to 52,537. This age group currently
makes up 8.0% of the state’s population. From a high
in 1993, the number of young children steadily declined to a
low of 48,525 in 2000, rising slowly but steadily over the last
four years. The number in this age group is extremely volatile,
depending on economic conditions. As a result, children
under five are generally unreliable as a planning indicator
for future elementary school facilities because economic
booms and busts can quickly change the size of this age
group. Cutbacks in military personnel in the mid 1990s and
fewer young adults as a result of low birth rates nationwide
in the 1970s and low in-migration have acted to reduce the
number of young children in the state.
The population aged five to 13 are the children of elementary
and junior high school age. This group has shrunk by
5.5% since its peak of 101,208 in 1998. Children age 14 in
2004 represent the peak of the “echo boom”, that is, they
are the children of the last of the baby boomers. Peak baby
boomers born in the late 1950s and 1960s tended to get
married later and postpone childbearing. Since the largest
cohort of “echo boom” kids is just entering high school, the
current pressures on middle and high school capacities will
ease, and decline in the near future.
The number of high school-age children have tended to be
more stable over the years. Alaska’s adult population has
traditionally been too young to have large numbers of high
school-age children. However, their numbers have increased
steadily since 1990. In 2004, there were 45,353 youth aged
14-17 in Alaska, up from 30,356 in 1990. This age group
has increased from 5.5% of the state’s population in 1990
to 6.9% in 2004, the highest proportion since the 1970s. In
general, teenagers are less subject to changes in migration
flows than younger age groups because their parents are
older and generally have more stable jobs. Cutbacks in longstanding
oil and government jobs, however, could negatively
impact this group. Except for rapid growth areas like Mat-Su,
the number of high school students should begin to stabilize
and decline in the next year of so.
The age group 18-24 is most subject to increases and
declines in economic conditions. While nationwide this
group was declining, in Alaska it reached a high of 70,175
in 1984. Since 1984, this group decreased to 56,189 by
1990, a loss of 20% in six years. In 1995, this age group
hit a low point at 47,656. Cuts in the military population
have also influenced the downward trend in this age group.
This group has seen the passing of children born following
the end of the baby boom in the early 1970s when fertility
hit an all time low. While some have mistakenly interpreted
the decline in the size of this age group to out-migration
from Alaska, the trend in the size of this age group is in
fact primarily a result of the passing of the “baby bust”
cohorts through their early 20s. Since 1995, this group has
increased steadily with the passing of the leading edge of
the “echo boom” into these ages. The small size of this
segment of population is a portion of the reason for the
relatively low unemployment rates currently being seen
in Alaska and nationwide. The decreased supply of labor
provided by this smaller generation should create a unique
opportunity to increase the employability of persons not
currently in the labor force or employed, so long as demand
stays firm.
Figure 1.7
Alaska and U.S. Population by Age and Sex
2004 (percent distribution)
Age
95+
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
0.8
United States
Alaska
0.6 0.4
Male
0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Percent Female
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and
Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.6
Population for American Indian, Alaska Native and Tribal Group, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
Race:
Alaska
April 1
2000
% of
Population
% of
Responses
Alaska
April 1
1990 Percent
Alaska as
% of U.S.
2000
Alaska as
% of U.S.
1990
U.S.
April 1
2000
Total 626,932 100.0 550,043 100.0 0.22% 0.22% 281,421,906
Total Responses 658,723 100.0 288,764,438
American Indian and Alaska Native
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 98,043 15.6 3.96% 2,475,956
Native American (Bridge Estimate) 111,091 17.7 85,698 15.6 4.37% ---
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
or in combination with one or more races 119,241 18.1 2.89% 4,119,301
Tribe
Tribe specifi ed alone 74,011 11.8 3.77% 1,963,996
Tribe specifi ed (1990) --- 83,532 15.2 4.97% ---
Tribe specifi ed alone or in combination 92,498 14.0 3.02% 3,062,844
Eskimo Alone 41,481 6.6 90.34% 45,919
Eskimo (1990) --- 44,401 8.1 77.69% ---
Eskimo Alone or in Combination 46,733 7.1 85.34% 54,761
Aleut Alone 8,282 1.3 69.36% 11,941
Aleut (1990) --- 10,052 1.8 42.24% ---
Aleut Alone or in Combination 10,695 1.6 62.99% 16,978
Alaskan Athabascan alone 11,910 1.9 82.02% 14,520
Alaska Athabaskan (1990) --- 11,696 2.1 85.14% ---
Alaskan Athabascan alone or in
combination with one or more races 14,546 2.2 77.22% 18,838
Tlingit-Haida alone 9,153 1.5 61.74% 14,825
Tlingit & Haida (1990) --- 10,531 1.9 66.95% ---
Tlingit (1990) --- 9,448 1.7 67.85% ---
Haida (1990) --- 1,083 0.2 60.00% ---
Tlingit-Haida alone or in
combination with one or more races 12,523 1.9 55.99% 22,365
---
Tsimshian (1990) --- 1,653 0.3 67.97% ---
Alaska Native (Other) (1990) --- 566 0.1 -- ---
Other Specifi ed North American Tribes Alone 3,185 0.5 1,364,831
Other Specified North American Tribes (1990) --- 4,633 0.8 0.30% ---
Other Specifi ed North American Tribes Alone
or in combination 8,001 1.2 0.42% 1,893,445
Tribe not reported or specifi ed alone 24,032 3.8 511,960
Tribe not reported or specified (1990) --- 2,166 0.4 0.78% ---
Tribe not reported or specifi ed alone
or in combination 26,743 4.1 2.53% 1,056,457
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 and 1990 Census of Population and Housing; and Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and
Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.6
(continued)
% of
Population
% of
Responses
U.S.
April 1
1990 Percent
100.00 248,709,873 100.00
100.00
0.88
1.43
1,959,234 0.80
The population aged 25-34 is composed of young adults
in the prime ages for family and household formation. It is
estimated that this age group peaked in Alaska at 128,401
in 1986. The last part of the “baby boom” has now passed
through this age group and these ages increasingly are
made up of “baby bust” cohorts. The families in this age
group contribute heavily to the number of children under
five years of age. By 1990, the persons in this age category
numbered 113,233, a loss of 11.8% of young householders
since 1986. This age group hit a low of 84,518 in
1999, and has since rebounded slightly to 88,296. As the
“baby boomers” moved out of it, this age group declined
from 23.7% of the state’s population in the early 1980s to
just 13.5% in 2004.
0.70
0.02
0.00
0.01
1.06
0.02
0.01
0.01
1,682,114 0.68
57,152 0.03
23,797 0.01
13,738 0.01
Since 1980, growth in the 35-44 age group has been faster
than average. This age group still contains a portion of the
baby boom generation, defined as individuals born between
1946 and 1964. In-migration of more established families
during the 1980s added to the numbers of this naturally
large population cohort. In spite of overall losses in the
state’s population due to the severe economic recession
in the 1986-87 period, this age group continued to grow,
reaching its highest level of 120,566 persons in 1996. By
2004, the numbers in this age group are falling substantially
as more baby boomers age into the 45-54 age group.
From almost 20% in the mid 1990s, this age group has
declined to 15.9% in 2004.
0.01
0.01
15,730 0.01
13,925 0.01
1,805 0.00
The 45-54 age group now includes the majority of the post
World War II baby boom. This segment of the population
grew in Alaska from 8.5% in 1980 to 16.0% in 2004. As of
July 1, 2004, there were an estimated 105,137 persons 45-
54 years old.
2,432 0.00
--- -- --
0.49
1,569,265 0.79
0.66
0.18
277,120 0.14
0.37
The ages 55-64 have traditionally been the ages at which
some Alaskans have begun to move out of state as a result
of early retirement. This age group’s share of Alaska’s population
has shown small, but steady increases since 1983 as
their numbers have increased by 100 percent. This growth
should continue in Alaska over the next 10 years as the oldest
baby boomers begin to enter their sixties. There were
59,527 persons aged 55-64 in the state in 2004. Persons 65
years old and older numbered 41,582 in 2004. The size of
the population currently 55-64 suggests that the number of
senior Alaskans will continue to increase dramatically in coming
years. Large numbers of persons over age 40 are also
reaching the point in the life cycle where they are beginning
to have older parents to care for. Such care, in some cases,
is more easily provided in Alaska than by long distance in
other states. In-migration of older persons to Alaska, however,
remains a very tiny part of either growth or migration.
This age group has increased from 2.9% of the total in 1980
to 4.1% in 1990, to 6.3% in 2004. The rate of Alaska’s
increase tops that of any other state. In spite of the rapid
rate of increase, Alaska has by far the smallest proportion of
persons 65 and over (6.9%) in the nation. The next smallest
percentage is in Utah (8.5% in 2000). The average percent-
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Table 1.7
Population for Asian and Pacific Islander, Alaska and U.S., 1990, 2000
Race:
Alaska
April 1
2000
% of
Population
% of
Population
Alaska
April 1
1990 Percent
Alaska as
% of U.S.
2000
Alaska as
% of U.S.
1990
U.S.
April 1
2000
Total 626,932 100.0 550,043 100.0 0.22% 0.22% 281,421,906
Total Responses 658,723 100.0 288,764,438
Asian & Pacific Islander
Asian Alone 25,116 4.0 0.25% 10,242,998
Asian & Pacifi c Islander (Bridge estimate) 35,010 5.6 19,728 3.6 0.27% ---
Asian Alone or in Combination 32,686 5.0 0.27% 11,898,828
Filipino alone 12,712 2.0 0.69% 1,850,314
Filipino (1990) --- 7,976 1.5 0.57% ---
Filipino alone or in combination
with one or more races 16,170 2.5 0.68% 2,364,815
Korean alone 4,573 0.7 0.42% 1,076,872
Korean (1990) --- 4,163 0.8 0.52% ---
Korean alone or in combination
with one or more races 5,687 0.9 0.46% 1,228,427
Japanese alone 1,414 0.2 0.18% 796,700
Japanese (1990) --- 2,066 0.4 0.24% ---
Japanese alone or in combination
with one or more races 3,011 0.5 0.26% 1,148,932
Chinese alone 1,464 0.2 0.06% 2,432,585
Chinese (1990) --- 1,342 0.2 0.08% ---
Chinese alone or in combination
with one or more races 2,459 0.4 0.09% 2,865,232
Vietnamese alone 814 0.1 0.07% 1,122,528
Vietnamese (1990) 582 0.1 0.09%
Vietnamese alone or in combination
with one or more races 1,050 0.2 0.09% 1,223,736
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacifi c Islander alone 3,309 0.5 0.83% 398,835
Pacifi c Islander (1990) 1,914 0.3 0.52%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacifi c Islander alone
or in combination with one or more races 5,515 0.8 0.63% 874,414
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 and 1990 Census of Population and Housing; and Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development,
Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.7
(continued)
% of
Population
% of
Population
U.S.
April 1
1990 Percent
100.00 248,709,873 100.0
100.00
3.64
0.66
0.38
0.28
0.86
0.40
0.14
4.12
0.82
0.43
0.40
0.99
0.42
0.30
7,273,662 2.9
1,406,770 0.7
798,849 0.4
847,562 0.4
1,645,472 0.8
614,517 0.2
365,024 0.1
age of the population over 65 for the U.S. in 2002 is 12.3%.
According to Census 2000, Alaska has the third highest rate
of out-migration of its elder population after Washington D.C.
and New York. Between 1995 and 2000, there was a net
loss of almost 4 percent of persons 65+. Net loss of older
Alaskans is somewhat less today than it was during the economic
downturn of 1985-90, when the loss was about 5.5%.
Median Age
The population in Alaska is younger than the national average
but, because of recent slowing of migration, this gap
is narrowing. The 2004 median age in the United States
was 36.0, while the median age for Alaska was 33.2 years.
By race, the median ages of Alaskans in 2004 are: White
Alone 35.7, Native American Alone 26.1, African-American
Alone 28.1, Asian Alone 36.1, Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Alone 23.4 and Two or More Races 16.1. The median
age of Hispanics is 24.7. The Native American, Hawaiian
and Pacific Islanders and Hispanic populations are much
younger because of their higher fertility rates. The African-
American population is young because it is largely military.
The extremely young age of persons of Two or More Races
is the result of an increasing proportion of multi-racial
children and a greater tendency of younger Alaskans who
may be multi-racial to identify themselves as such. The
2004 median ages by race for the United States as a whole
were: White Alone 38.2, Native American Alone 31.8,
African-American Alone 31.0, Asian Alone 34.3, Hawaiian
and Pacific Islanders Alone 29.7 and Two or More Races
18.6. Nationwide, the median age of Hispanics was 26.7.
In 2004 Alaska had the third youngest population in the
U.S., after Utah (29.9) and Texas (32.8).
Voting Age Population
According to the July 1, 2003, estimates, the voting age
population, those over 18 years old, in Alaska totaled
483,936. Of that population, Whites made up 344,727
(74.6%), Alaska Natives 65,915 (14.3%), Asian 19,662
(4.3%), Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders 2,045 (0.04%), African-Americans
16,646 (3.4%) and Persons of Two or More
Races 13,892 (3.0%). Hispanics may be of any race. In
2004, there were an estimated 15,933 voting-aged persons
of Hispanic origin. This number is equivalent to 3.3% of
the voting age population. In November 2004, there were
472,160 registered voters in Alaska. Thus, a number of
registered voters equivalent to 97.6% of the eligible voting
age population are currently on the voter registration rolls,
down from 103 percent in 2002. While Alaska attempts to
purge voter registration rolls, a 13% gross migration each
year means that the number of persons on the registers
is not a valid measure of the proportion of eligible voters
who are registered. Approximately 65% of the voting age
population voted in the presidential election in 2004. More
detailed data on age of population by election district are
shown in Table 3.4.
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Table 1.8
Alaska Total Population By Age and Sex, July 1, 2004
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Age Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Age Total Male Female
Under 1 10,421 5,323 5,098 35 9,648 4,933 4,715 70 2,386 1,194 1,192
1 10,479 5,459 5,020 36 9,180 4,635 4,545 71 2,244 1,073 1,171
2 10,546 5,394 5,152 37 9,364 4,783 4,581 72 1,998 998 1,000
3 10,680 5,556 5,124 38 9,658 5,006 4,652 73 2,010 939 1,071
4 10,411 5,417 4,994 39 10,383 5,278 5,105 74 2,002 986 1,016
0-4 52,537 27,149 25,388 35-39 48,233 24,635 23,598 70-74 10,640 5,190 5,450
5 10,199 5,271 4,928 40 10,875 5,707 5,168 75 1,871 902 969
6 10,167 5,170 4,997 41 11,103 5,687 5,416 76 1,668 833 835
7 9,892 5,120 4,772 42 11,187 5,590 5,597 77 1,533 702 831
8 10,301 5,224 5,077 43 11,421 5,776 5,645 78 1,380 618 762
9 10,297 5,228 5,069 44 11,590 5,998 5,592 79 1,343 595 748
5-9 50,856 26,013 24,843 40-44 56,176 28,758 27,418 75-79 7,795 3,650 4,145
10 10,723 5,427 5,296 45 10,889 5,550 5,339 80 1,188 507 681
11 10,968 5,597 5,371 46 11,445 5,861 5,584 81 1,098 481 617
12 11,360 5,821 5,539 47 11,375 5,799 5,576 82 1,011 446 565
13 11,751 6,022 5,729 48 11,043 5,700 5,343 83 854 339 515
14 11,960 6,100 5,860 49 11,191 5,728 5,463 84 777 309 468
10-14 56,762 28,967 27,795 45-49 55,943 28,638 27,305 80-84 4,928 2,082 2,846
15 11,344 5,843 5,501 50 10,731 5,550 5,181 85 594 254 340
16 11,205 5,768 5,437 51 10,471 5,475 4,996 86 569 239 330
17 10,844 5,614 5,230 52 9,880 5,095 4,785 87 430 160 270
18 10,564 5,497 5,067 53 9,101 4,824 4,277 88 391 126 265
19 10,103 5,161 4,942 54 9,011 4,883 4,128 89 354 127 227
15-19 54,060 27,883 26,177 50-54 49,194 25,827 23,367 85-89 2338 906 1432
20 9,175 4,648 4,527 55 8,452 4,471 3,981 90 301 101 200
21 9,311 4,761 4,550 56 7,820 4,188 3,632 91 196 57 139
22 8,229 4,306 3,923 57 8,015 4,279 3,736 92 187 52 135
23 7,538 3,962 3,576 58 6,164 3,268 2,896 93 144 46 98
24 8,016 4,229 3,787 59 5,711 2,986 2,725 94 107 39 68
20-24 42,269 21,906 20,363 55-59 36,162 19,192 16,970 90-94 935 295 640
25 8,050 4,247 3,803 60 5,447 2,884 2,563 95+ 324 73 251
26 8,331 4,355 3,976 61 5,297 2,846 2,451
27 8,540 4,419 4,121 62 4,669 2,455 2,214 Total 655,435 336,817 318,618
28 8,431 4,349 4,082 63 4,182 2,213 1,969
29 8,956 4,695 4,261 64 3,770 2,033 1,737 16+ 483,936 248,845 235,091
18+ 461,887 237,463 224,424
25-29 42,308 22,065 20,243 60-64 23,365 12,431 10,934 65+ 41,582 19,777 21,805
30 8,597 4,306 4,291 65 3,339 1,753 1,586 Median Age 33.3 33.2 33.3
31 8,945 4,576 4,369 66 3,158 1,668 1,490
32 8,953 4,658 4,295 67 2,906 1,511 1,395 Males Per 100 Females 105.7
33 9,549 4,849 4,700 68 2,636 1,335 1,301 Youth Dependency (

Dependency
Dependency ratios show how large a burden of support is
placed on the working age population by the young and the
old. In 2004, every 100 Alaskans of working age supported
46.0 children under 18 years of age (down from 47.7 in
2002) and 9.9 persons over 65 (up from 9.4 in 2002) and
a total dependency of 55.9. In 2004, every 100 persons of
working age in the United States
as a whole supported 46.5 children
and 19.9 persons over 65
for a total dependency of 66.4.
Thus, working Alaskans have a
lower dependency burden than
the average American because of
the lower burden of elders. It is
important to note that the dependency
burden for White Alaskans
is far less than that for Alaska
Natives. Every 100 Alaska Native
persons of working age must
support 74.5 additional persons
compared to 50.2 for Whites. This
added burden is made worse by
the higher unemployment, lower
labor force participation and lower
incomes of many Alaska Natives.
Male/Female Composition
In July of 2004, an estimated
318,618 persons, or 48.6% of
Alaska’s population, were female,
compared to 50.9% nationwide.
Considered another way, there
were 106 males for every 100
females in Alaska in 2004. By race,
there were 108.5 White, 101.9
Native American, 108.6 African-
American, 88.0 Asian, and 104.2
Pacific Islander males for every
100 females in each racial group.
The higher ratio for African-Americans
tends to be a reflection of the
larger number of young African-
American males in the military, and
is significantly lower than the 113.2
figure recorded in 2002. Other
states with high male/female ratios
from Census 2000 are Nevada
104, Colorado 101, Wyoming 101,
Hawaii 101, Idaho 101, and Utah
100 males for every 100 females.
While Alaska continues to have the
lowest overall percentage of women
of any state, the difference
is small and has frequently been
greatly exaggerated in the popular
press. A few Alaska communities
tend to be more heavily male because employment is
transient or concentrated in occupations that traditionally
have employed mostly males. Military installations, fishing
and mining operations are the main sources of distortion of
these ratios. Most communities, however, have male/female
ratios more in line with the rest of the nation.
Figure 1.8
Alaska Population by Age Group, Selected Years 1980 to 2004
Thousands
125
100
75
50
25
0
0-4 5-13 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Age Group
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section,
Demographics Unit
Figure 1.9 - Alaska Population by Age Group
Percent Distribution, Selected Years 1980 to 2004
Percent
25
20
15
10
5
0
0-4 5-13 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Age Group
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section,
Demographics Unit
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 31

Table 1.9
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2004
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Population White Alone Native American Alone African American Alone
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 52,537 27,149 25,388 100.00 31,985 16,605 15,380 60.88 10,589 5,500 5,089 20.16 1,748 897 851 3.33
5-9 50,856 26,013 24,843 100.00 32,598 16,584 16,014 64.10 9,750 5,160 4,590 19.17 1,995 943 1,052 3.92
10-14 56,762 28,967 27,795 100.00 36,980 18,978 18,002 65.15 11,101 5,718 5,383 19.56 2,007 935 1,072 3.54
15-19 54,060 27,883 26,177 100.00 35,495 18,319 17,176 65.66 10,498 5,398 5,100 19.42 1,816 922 894 3.36
20-24 42,269 21,906 20,363 100.00 26,911 13,780 13,131 63.67 8,519 4,487 4,032 20.15 2,224 1,272 952 5.26
25-29 42,308 22,065 20,243 100.00 30,297 15,983 14,314 71.61 6,481 3,212 3,269 15.32 2,206 1,273 933 5.21
30-34 45,988 23,576 22,412 100.00 34,539 17,976 16,563 75.10 6,363 3,119 3,244 13.84 1,746 940 806 3.80
35-39 48,233 24,635 23,598 100.00 35,768 18,332 17,436 74.16 7,258 3,715 3,543 15.05 1,732 921 811 3.59
40-44 56,176 28,758 27,418 100.00 42,647 22,107 20,540 75.92 7,638 3,778 3,860 13.60 1,822 1,015 807 3.24
45-49 55,943 28,638 27,305 100.00 43,478 22,620 20,858 77.72 6,840 3,392 3,448 12.23 1,619 784 835 2.89
50-54 49,194 25,827 23,367 100.00 39,022 20,836 18,186 79.32 5,533 2,748 2,785 11.25 1,368 715 653 2.78
55-59 36,162 19,192 16,970 100.00 28,797 15,701 13,096 79.63 3,994 1,891 2,103 11.04 846 438 408 2.34
60-64 23,365 12,431 10,934 100.00 18,427 10,078 8,349 78.87 2,922 1,430 1,492 12.51 478 245 233 2.05
65-69 14,622 7,581 7,041 100.00 11,026 5,876 5,150 75.41 2,177 1,066 1,111 14.89 352 172 180 2.41
70-74 10,640 5,190 5,450 100.00 7,806 3,943 3,863 73.36 1,796 805 991 16.88 208 105 103 1.95
75-79 7,795 3,650 4,145 100.00 5,840 2,808 3,032 74.92 1,179 530 649 15.13 157 79 78 2.01
80-84 4,928 2,082 2,846 100.00 3,753 1,608 2,145 76.16 705 305 400 14.31 102 39 63 2.07
85-89 2,338 906 1,432 100.00 1,811 706 1,105 77.46 308 121 187 13.17 76 28 48 3.25
90-94 935 295 640 100.00 698 234 464 74.65 166 41 125 17.75 26 6 20 2.78
95+ 324 73 251 100.00 257 50 207 79.32 54 19 35 16.67 5 0 5 1.54
Total 655,435 336,817 318,618 100.00 468,135 243,124 225,011 71.42 103,871 52,435 51,436 15.85 22,533 11,729 10,804 3.44
Selected ages
Under 1 10,421 5,323 5,098 100.00 5,978 3,049 2,929 57.37 2,243 1,172 1,071 21.52 317 164 153 3.04
1-2 21,025 10,853 10,172 100.00 12,703 6,648 6,055 60.42 4,292 2,169 2,123 20.41 659 351 308 3.13
5 10,199 5,271 4,928 100.00 6,525 3,377 3,148 63.98 1,958 1,034 924 19.20 393 176 217 3.85
6 10,167 5,170 4,997 100.00 6,447 3,274 3,173 63.41 2,024 1,066 958 19.91 404 190 214 3.97
10-11 21,691 11,024 10,667 100.00 14,112 7,197 6,915 65.06 4,143 2,132 2,011 19.10 772 366 406 3.56
12-13 23,111 11,843 11,268 100.00 15,047 7,787 7,260 65.11 4,613 2,366 2,247 19.96 811 371 440 3.51
15 11,344 5,843 5,501 100.00 7,297 3,793 3,504 64.32 2,282 1,139 1,143 20.12 409 201 208 3.61
16 11,205 5,768 5,437 100.00 7,374 3,851 3,523 65.81 2,174 1,091 1,083 19.40 360 182 178 3.21
17 10,844 5,614 5,230 100.00 7,174 3,697 3,477 66.16 2,060 1,057 1,003 19.00 368 193 175 3.39
18 10,564 5,497 5,067 100.00 6,979 3,608 3,371 66.06 2,036 1,082 954 19.27 345 169 176 3.27
19 10,103 5,161 4,942 100.00 6,671 3,370 3,301 66.03 1,946 1,029 917 19.26 334 177 157 3.31
20 9,175 4,648 4,527 100.00 5,800 2,869 2,931 63.22 1,928 1,017 911 21.01 353 185 168 3.85
21 9,311 4,761 4,550 100.00 5,897 2,975 2,922 63.33 1,900 996 904 20.41 416 228 188 4.47
22 8,229 4,306 3,923 100.00 5,206 2,686 2,520 63.26 1,669 891 778 20.28 415 244 171 5.04
60-61 10,744 5,730 5,014 100.00 8,500 4,642 3,858 79.11 1,286 643 643 11.97 236 125 111 2.20
16+ 483,936 248,845 235,091 100.00 359,275 187,164 172,111 74.24 70,149 34,918 35,231 14.50 16,374 8,753 7,621 3.38
18+ 461,887 237,463 224,424 100.00 344,727 179,616 165,111 74.63 65,915 32,770 33,145 14.27 15,646 8,378 7,268 3.39
65+ 41,582 19,777 21,805 100.00 31,191 15,225 15,966 75.01 6,385 2,887 3,498 15.36 926 429 497 2.23
Median
Age 33.3 33.2 33.3 35.7 35.9 35.5 26.1 24.9 27.3 28.1 28.3 27.9
Males /
100 Females 105.7 108.1 101.9 108.6
Youth
Dependency 46.1 39.4 63.8 46.8
(

Table 1.9 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2004
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Alone Two or More Races
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 1,986 1,011 975 3.78 341 176 165 0.65 5,888 2,960 2,928 11.21
5-9 1,843 881 962 3.62 341 167 174 0.67 4,329 2,278 2,051 8.51
10-14 1,990 1,002 988 3.51 414 216 198 0.73 4,270 2,118 2,152 7.52
15-19 2,049 1,056 993 3.79 386 198 188 0.71 3,816 1,990 1,826 7.06
20-24 1,790 921 869 4.23 303 152 151 0.72 2,522 1,294 1,228 5.97
25-29 1,566 787 779 3.70 265 137 128 0.63 1,493 673 820 3.53
30-34 1,729 820 909 3.76 242 113 129 0.53 1,369 608 761 2.98
35-39 1,996 953 1,043 4.14 239 122 117 0.50 1,240 592 648 2.57
40-44 2,359 1,107 1,252 4.20 242 124 118 0.43 1,468 627 841 2.61
45-49 2,415 1,069 1,346 4.32 185 92 93 0.33 1,406 681 725 2.51
50-54 2,057 880 1,177 4.18 140 83 57 0.28 1,074 565 509 2.18
55-59 1,649 706 943 4.56 114 55 59 0.32 762 401 361 2.11
60-64 1,066 461 605 4.56 62 38 24 0.27 410 179 231 1.75
65-69 775 323 452 5.30 32 19 13 0.22 260 125 135 1.78
70-74 551 212 339 5.18 39 18 21 0.37 240 107 133 2.26
75-79 446 160 286 5.72 25 12 13 0.32 148 61 87 1.90
80-84 293 104 189 5.95 6 2 4 0.12 69 24 45 1.40
85-89 124 42 82 5.30 2 1 1 0.09 17 8 9 0.73
90-94 38 15 23 4.06 2 0 2 0.21 6 0 6 0.64
95+ 7 3 4 2.16 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
Total 26,729 12,513 14,216 4.08 3,380 1,725 1,655 0.52 30,787 15,291 15,496 4.70
Selected ages
Under 1 403 200 203 3.87 82 43 39 0.79 1,398 695 703 13.42
1-2 828 422 406 3.94 146 81 65 0.69 2,397 1,182 1,215 11.40
5 347 171 176 3.40 67 28 39 0.66 909 485 424 8.91
6 356 170 186 3.50 62 29 33 0.61 874 441 433 8.60
10-11 791 400 391 3.65 154 80 74 0.71 1,719 849 870 7.93
12-13 792 399 393 3.43 172 91 81 0.74 1,676 829 847 7.25
15 405 214 191 3.57 87 44 43 0.77 864 452 412 7.62
16 424 213 211 3.78 82 39 43 0.73 791 392 399 7.06
17 419 229 190 3.86 70 31 39 0.65 753 407 346 6.94
18 403 202 201 3.81 74 45 29 0.70 727 391 336 6.88
19 398 198 200 3.94 73 39 34 0.72 681 348 333 6.74
20 373 191 182 4.07 71 43 28 0.77 650 343 307 7.08
21 389 195 194 4.18 61 35 26 0.66 648 332 316 6.96
22 387 201 186 4.70 52 23 29 0.63 500 261 239 6.08
60-61 479 203 276 4.46 39 24 15 0.36 204 93 111 1.90
16+ 20,505 9,405 11,100 4.24 2,197 1,122 1,075 0.45 15,436 7,483 7,953 3.19
18+ 19,662 8,963 10,699 4.26 2,045 1,052 993 0.44 13,892 6,684 7,208 3.01
65+ 2,234 859 1,375 5.37 106 52 54 0.26 740 325 415 1.78
Median
Age 36.1 33.7 38.1 23.4 23.2 23.6 16.1 15.6 16.5
Males /
100 Females 88.0 104.2 98.7
Youth
Dependency 40.6 68.9 128.5
(

Table 1.10
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2004
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Responses
White Alone
or in Combination
Native American Alone
or in Combination
African American Alone
or in Combination
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 59,524 30,961 28,563 100.00 37,643 19,502 18,141 63.24 14,260 7,397 6,863 23.96 3,186 1,753 1,433 5.35
5-9 56,891 29,117 27,774 100.00 37,355 19,081 18,274 65.66 12,595 6,678 5,917 22.14 3,158 1,497 1,661 5.55
10-14 62,318 31,680 30,638 100.00 41,451 21,207 20,244 66.52 14,061 7,191 6,870 22.56 2,898 1,336 1,562 4.65
15-19 58,760 30,283 28,477 100.00 39,261 20,254 19,007 66.82 13,313 6,865 6,448 22.66 2,449 1,242 1,207 4.17
20-24 45,487 23,546 21,941 100.00 29,244 14,934 14,310 64.29 10,557 5,578 4,979 23.21 2,711 1,502 1,209 5.96
25-29 44,844 23,417 21,427 100.00 32,134 16,909 15,225 71.66 7,710 3,825 3,885 17.19 2,512 1,428 1,084 5.60
30-34 48,028 24,610 23,418 100.00 36,124 18,736 17,388 75.21 7,474 3,665 3,809 15.56 1,919 1,023 896 4.00
35-39 50,168 25,571 24,597 100.00 37,203 18,996 18,207 74.16 8,399 4,275 4,124 16.74 1,858 983 875 3.70
40-44 58,182 29,765 28,417 100.00 44,171 22,818 21,353 75.92 8,949 4,392 4,557 15.38 1,955 1,075 880 3.36
45-49 57,574 29,431 28,143 100.00 44,768 23,244 21,524 77.76 8,042 3,970 4,072 13.97 1,750 851 899 3.04
50-54 50,428 26,453 23,975 100.00 40,000 21,339 18,661 79.32 6,473 3,241 3,232 12.84 1,466 762 704 2.91
55-59 37,049 19,653 17,396 100.00 29,489 16,064 13,425 79.59 4,682 2,251 2,431 12.64 919 478 441 2.48
60-64 23,956 12,736 11,220 100.00 18,844 10,279 8,565 78.66 3,358 1,637 1,721 14.02 514 261 253 2.15
65-69 14,981 7,766 7,215 100.00 11,286 6,012 5,274 75.34 2,442 1,202 1,240 16.30 374 178 196 2.50
70-74 10,939 5,322 5,617 100.00 8,037 4,047 3,990 73.47 2,023 904 1,119 18.49 224 112 112 2.05
75-79 7,998 3,745 4,253 100.00 5,993 2,876 3,117 74.93 1,323 593 730 16.54 172 85 87 2.15
80-84 5,046 2,131 2,915 100.00 3,833 1,638 2,195 75.96 778 333 445 15.42 112 41 71 2.22
85-89 2,392 929 1,463 100.00 1,841 716 1,125 76.96 335 130 205 14.01 79 31 48 3.30
90-94 956 302 654 100.00 708 236 472 74.06 176 43 133 18.41 29 7 22 3.03
95+ 331 76 255 100.00 261 52 209 78.85 58 21 37 17.52 5 0 5 1.51
Total 695,852 357,494 338,358 100.00 499,646 258,940 240,706 71.80 127,008 64,191 62,817 18.25 28,290 14,645 13,645 4.07
Selected ages
Under 1 11,596 5,972 5,624 100.00 7,050 3,588 3,462 60.80 3,030 1,581 1,449 26.13 581 322 259 5.01
1-2 23,810 12,403 11,407 100.00 14,958 7,812 7,146 62.82 5,784 2,919 2,865 24.29 1,206 687 519 5.07
5 11,448 5,941 5,507 100.00 7,535 3,930 3,605 65.82 2,535 1,349 1,186 22.14 648 301 347 5.66
6 11,417 5,774 5,643 100.00 7,438 3,767 3,671 65.15 2,588 1,350 1,238 22.67 647 299 348 5.67
10-11 23,991 12,107 11,884 100.00 15,956 8,094 7,862 66.51 5,322 2,710 2,612 22.18 1,155 535 620 4.81
12-13 25,212 12,888 12,324 100.00 16,739 8,640 8,099 66.39 5,755 2,936 2,819 22.83 1,170 531 639 4.64
15 12,406 6,411 5,995 100.00 8,169 4,257 3,912 65.85 2,900 1,471 1,429 23.38 554 275 279 4.47
16 12,182 6,236 5,946 100.00 8,170 4,241 3,929 67.07 2,746 1,367 1,379 22.54 494 247 247 4.06
17 11,804 6,142 5,662 100.00 7,941 4,117 3,824 67.27 2,616 1,363 1,253 22.16 494 262 232 4.19
18 11,445 5,942 5,503 100.00 7,676 3,966 3,710 67.07 2,569 1,359 1,210 22.45 472 238 234 4.12
19 10,923 5,552 5,371 100.00 7,305 3,673 3,632 66.88 2,482 1,305 1,177 22.72 435 220 215 3.98
20 9,931 5,036 4,895 100.00 6,365 3,150 3,215 64.09 2,440 1,297 1,143 24.57 459 237 222 4.62
21 10,086 5,139 4,947 100.00 6,471 3,251 3,220 64.16 2,418 1,266 1,152 23.97 532 280 252 5.27
22 8,828 4,618 4,210 100.00 5,646 2,909 2,737 63.96 2,066 1,109 957 23.40 517 291 226 5.86
60-61 10,994 5,850 5,144 100.00 8,686 4,728 3,958 79.01 1,488 736 752 13.53 253 133 120 2.30
16+ 504,713 259,325 245,388 100.00 375,028 194,893 180,135 74.31 83,192 41,454 41,738 16.48 18,494 9,784 8,710 3.66
18+ 480,727 246,947 233,780 100.00 358,917 186,535 172,382 74.66 77,830 38,724 39,106 16.19 17,506 9,275 8,231 3.64
65+ 42,643 20,271 22,372 100.00 31,959 15,577 16,382 74.95 7,135 3,226 3,909 16.73 995 454 541 2.33
Median
Age 32.2 32.1 32.3 34.6 34.7 34.4 24.3 23.3 25.4 24.6 25.0 24.1
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.10 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2004
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
or in Combination
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander
Alone or in Combination Hispanic Origin or Latino
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 3,641 1,851 1,790 6.12 794 458 336 1.33 3,394 1,709 1,685 6.46
5-9 3,134 1,539 1,595 5.51 649 322 327 1.14 2,817 1,414 1,403 5.54
10-14 3,212 1,597 1,615 5.15 696 349 347 1.12 2,589 1,307 1,282 4.56
15-19 3,087 1,580 1,507 5.25 650 342 308 1.11 2,143 1,062 1,081 3.96
20-24 2,481 1,279 1,202 5.45 494 253 241 1.09 2,237 1,204 1,033 5.29
25-29 2,085 1,047 1,038 4.65 403 208 195 0.90 2,009 1,059 950 4.75
30-34 2,158 1,014 1,144 4.49 353 172 181 0.74 1,884 940 944 4.10
35-39 2,354 1,130 1,224 4.69 354 187 167 0.71 1,997 1,052 945 4.14
40-44 2,740 1,292 1,448 4.71 367 188 179 0.63 1,985 1,035 950 3.53
45-49 2,725 1,217 1,508 4.73 289 149 140 0.50 1,683 882 801 3.01
50-54 2,271 986 1,285 4.50 218 125 93 0.43 1,281 674 607 2.60
55-59 1,787 774 1,013 4.82 172 86 86 0.46 821 399 422 2.27
60-64 1,146 503 643 4.78 94 56 38 0.39 491 224 267 2.10
65-69 826 346 480 5.51 53 28 25 0.35 319 126 193 2.18
70-74 595 232 363 5.44 60 27 33 0.55 216 93 123 2.03
75-79 475 172 303 5.94 35 19 16 0.44 100 54 46 1.28
80-84 314 115 199 6.22 9 4 5 0.18 56 19 37 1.14
85-89 134 50 84 5.60 3 2 1 0.13 30 8 22 1.28
90-94 41 16 25 4.29 2 0 2 0.21 17 4 13 1.82
95+ 7 3 4 2.11 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0.62
Total 35,213 16,743 18,470 5.06 5,695 2,975 2,720 0.82 26,071 13,265 12,806 3.98
Selected ages
Under 1 743 369 374 6.41 192 112 80 1.66 806 397 409 7.73
1-2 1,519 774 745 6.38 343 211 132 1.44 1,457 742 715 6.93
5 601 300 301 5.25 129 61 68 1.13 600 289 311 5.88
6 618 298 320 5.41 126 60 66 1.10 573 270 303 5.64
10-11 1,288 634 654 5.37 270 134 136 1.13 1,071 570 501 4.94
12-13 1,269 643 626 5.03 279 138 141 1.11 1,040 523 517 4.50
15 638 332 306 5.14 145 76 69 1.17 474 212 262 4.18
16 636 314 322 5.22 136 67 69 1.12 432 211 221 3.86
17 629 337 292 5.33 124 63 61 1.05 432 228 204 3.98
18 607 310 297 5.30 121 69 52 1.06 424 217 207 4.01
19 577 287 290 5.28 124 67 57 1.14 381 194 187 3.77
20 548 284 264 5.52 119 68 51 1.20 431 223 208 4.70
21 557 281 276 5.52 108 61 47 1.07 445 216 229 4.78
22 513 267 246 5.81 86 42 44 0.97 417 225 192 5.07
60-61 515 222 293 4.68 52 31 21 0.47 210 93 117 1.95
16+ 24,588 11,424 13,164 4.87 3,411 1,770 1,641 0.68 16,797 8,623 8,174 3.47
18+ 23,323 10,773 12,550 4.85 3,151 1,640 1,511 0.66 15,933 8,184 7,749 3.45
65+ 2,392 934 1,458 5.61 162 80 82 0.38 740 304 436 1.78
Median
age 29.9 27.5 32.1 20.5 20.2 20.8 24.7 24.8 24.6
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.11
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2003
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Population White Alone Native American Alone African American Alone
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 51,494 26,569 24,925 100.00 31,349 16,213 15,136 60.88 10,361 5,390 4,971 20.12 1,900 950 950 3.69
5-9 50,947 25,963 24,984 100.00 32,383 16,411 15,972 63.56 9,838 5,156 4,682 19.31 2,083 1,022 1,061 4.09
10-14 57,167 29,273 27,894 100.00 36,776 18,949 17,827 64.33 11,416 5,851 5,565 19.97 2,171 1,031 1,140 3.80
15-19 53,366 27,559 25,807 100.00 35,123 18,131 16,992 65.82 10,241 5,308 4,933 19.19 1,829 929 900 3.43
20-24 41,365 21,727 19,638 100.00 26,555 13,912 12,643 64.20 8,065 4,223 3,842 19.50 2,322 1,334 988 5.61
25-29 41,764 21,611 20,153 100.00 29,873 15,637 14,236 71.53 6,375 3,146 3,229 15.26 2,125 1,201 924 5.09
30-34 46,557 23,998 22,559 100.00 34,776 18,186 16,590 74.70 6,392 3,145 3,247 13.73 1,881 1,022 859 4.04
35-39 49,541 25,471 24,070 100.00 36,378 18,838 17,540 73.43 7,535 3,848 3,687 15.21 1,890 1,017 873 3.82
40-44 56,608 28,866 27,742 100.00 43,037 22,277 20,760 76.03 7,501 3,659 3,842 13.25 1,887 1,040 847 3.33
45-49 56,235 28,855 27,380 100.00 43,934 22,842 21,092 78.13 6,670 3,337 3,333 11.86 1,637 811 826 2.91
50-54 47,488 25,099 22,389 100.00 37,670 20,287 17,383 79.33 5,339 2,633 2,706 11.24 1,298 702 596 2.73
55-59 33,729 17,968 15,761 100.00 26,853 14,663 12,190 79.61 3,784 1,810 1,974 11.22 760 391 369 2.25
60-64 21,847 11,674 10,173 100.00 17,244 9,469 7,775 78.93 2,735 1,353 1,382 12.52 429 213 216 1.96
65-69 14,050 7,275 6,775 100.00 10,437 5,598 4,839 74.28 2,222 1,067 1,155 15.82 353 174 179 2.51
70-74 10,539 5,151 5,388 100.00 7,776 3,929 3,847 73.78 1,735 781 954 16.46 196 100 96 1.86
75-79 7,536 3,496 4,040 100.00 5,708 2,705 3,003 75.74 1,111 503 608 14.74 154 79 75 2.04
80-84 4,642 1,965 2,677 100.00 3,526 1,514 2,012 75.96 678 288 390 14.61 92 40 52 1.98
85-89 2,247 828 1,419 100.00 1,748 657 1,091 77.79 320 111 209 14.24 63 21 42 2.80
90-94 859 264 595 100.00 626 193 433 72.88 171 50 121 19.91 22 4 18 2.56
95+ 299 74 225 100.00 234 48 186 78.26 53 20 33 17.73 2 0 2 0.67
Total 648,280 333,686 314,594 100.00 462,006 240,459 221,547 71.27 102,542 51,679 50,863 15.82 23,094 12,081 11,013 3.56
Selected ages
Under 1 10,195 5,268 4,927 100.00 5,824 3,020 2,804 57.13 2,206 1,135 1,071 21.64 326 178 148 3.20
1-2 20,919 10,764 10,155 100.00 12,676 6,546 6,130 60.60 4,263 2,190 2,073 20.38 744 397 347 3.56
5 10,057 5,129 4,928 100.00 6,277 3,201 3,076 62.41 2,035 1,069 966 20.23 423 202 221 4.21
6 9,798 5,046 4,752 100.00 6,130 3,132 2,998 62.56 1,931 1,030 901 19.71 422 212 210 4.31
10-11 22,159 11,364 10,795 100.00 14,167 7,311 6,856 63.93 4,440 2,290 2,150 20.04 854 401 453 3.85
12-13 23,646 12,071 11,575 100.00 15,360 7,878 7,482 64.96 4,681 2,419 2,262 19.80 883 416 467 3.73
15 11,232 5,770 5,462 100.00 7,328 3,825 3,503 65.24 2,189 1,095 1,094 19.49 387 195 192 3.45
16 11,021 5,687 5,334 100.00 7,272 3,743 3,529 65.98 2,079 1,061 1,018 18.86 394 204 190 3.58
17 10,960 5,722 5,238 100.00 7,296 3,802 3,494 66.57 2,058 1,090 968 18.78 365 177 188 3.33
18 10,647 5,498 5,149 100.00 7,148 3,682 3,466 67.14 1,966 1,035 931 18.47 341 178 163 3.20
19 9,506 4,882 4,624 100.00 6,079 3,079 3,000 63.95 1,949 1,027 922 20.50 342 175 167 3.60
20 9,531 4,894 4,637 100.00 6,075 3,093 2,982 63.74 1,920 1,002 918 20.14 391 210 181 4.10
21 8,447 4,410 4,037 100.00 5,385 2,774 2,611 63.75 1,688 896 792 19.98 386 225 161 4.57
22 7,616 4,052 3,564 100.00 4,768 2,532 2,236 62.61 1,578 828 750 20.72 462 273 189 6.07
60-61 10,222 5,476 4,746 100.00 8,204 4,554 3,650 80.26 1,168 566 602 11.43 193 99 94 1.89
16+ 477,440 246,111 231,329 100.00 354,170 185,061 169,109 74.18 68,738 34,187 34,551 14.40 16,553 8,883 7,670 3.47
18+ 455,459 234,702 220,757 100.00 339,602 177,516 162,086 74.56 64,601 32,036 32,565 14.18 15,794 8,502 7,292 3.47
65+ 40,172 19,053 21,119 100.00 30,055 14,644 15,411 74.82 6,290 2,820 3,470 15.66 882 418 464 2.20
Median
age 33.1 33.0 33.2 35.6 35.8 35.4 26.0 24.9 27.2 27.8 28.0 27.4
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.11 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2003
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Alone Two or More Races
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 1,938 993 945 3.76 347 172 175 0.67 5,599 2,851 2,748 10.87
5-9 1,845 889 956 3.62 364 192 172 0.71 4,434 2,293 2,141 8.70
10-14 1,999 1,026 973 3.50 435 222 213 0.76 4,370 2,194 2,176 7.64
15-19 2,043 1,041 1,002 3.83 392 206 186 0.73 3,738 1,944 1,794 7.00
20-24 1,782 931 851 4.31 316 150 166 0.76 2,325 1,177 1,148 5.62
25-29 1,577 780 797 3.78 271 140 131 0.65 1,543 707 836 3.69
30-34 1,814 852 962 3.90 272 133 139 0.58 1,422 660 762 3.05
35-39 2,102 991 1,111 4.24 254 125 129 0.51 1,382 652 730 2.79
40-44 2,416 1,115 1,301 4.27 261 136 125 0.46 1,506 639 867 2.66
45-49 2,422 1,074 1,348 4.31 189 90 99 0.34 1,383 701 682 2.46
50-54 1,991 850 1,141 4.19 152 86 66 0.32 1,038 541 497 2.19
55-59 1,511 665 846 4.48 109 59 50 0.32 712 380 332 2.11
60-64 1,001 435 566 4.58 48 28 20 0.22 390 176 214 1.79
65-69 742 292 450 5.28 35 19 16 0.25 261 125 136 1.86
70-74 550 214 336 5.22 41 18 23 0.39 241 109 132 2.29
75-79 403 142 261 5.35 17 9 8 0.23 143 58 85 1.90
80-84 280 98 182 6.03 6 1 5 0.13 60 24 36 1.29
85-89 97 33 64 4.32 2 1 1 0.09 17 5 12 0.76
90-94 33 16 17 3.84 1 0 1 0.12 6 1 5 0.70
95+ 9 5 4 3.01 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0.33
Total 26,555 12,442 14,113 4.10 3,512 1,787 1,725 0.54 30,571 15,238 15,333 4.72
Selected ages
Under 1 460 238 222 4.51 83 48 35 0.81 1,296 649 647 12.71
1-2 759 391 368 3.63 139 72 67 0.66 2,338 1,168 1,170 11.18
5 351 170 181 3.49 64 31 33 0.64 907 456 451 9.02
6 370 183 187 3.78 73 38 35 0.75 872 451 421 8.90
10-11 788 418 370 3.56 164 80 84 0.74 1,746 864 882 7.88
12-13 806 395 411 3.41 180 96 84 0.76 1,736 867 869 7.34
15 426 212 214 3.79 85 40 45 0.76 817 403 414 7.27
16 423 229 194 3.84 73 32 41 0.66 780 418 362 7.08
17 408 203 205 3.72 79 47 32 0.72 754 403 351 6.88
18 405 201 204 3.80 78 41 37 0.73 709 361 348 6.66
19 381 196 185 4.01 77 46 31 0.81 678 359 319 7.13
20 400 202 198 4.20 67 38 29 0.70 678 349 329 7.11
21 400 210 190 4.74 58 26 32 0.69 530 279 251 6.27
22 332 178 154 4.36 64 29 35 0.84 412 212 200 5.41
60-61 444 169 275 4.34 25 13 12 0.24 188 75 113 1.84
16+ 20,347 9,322 11,025 4.26 2,281 1,161 1,120 0.48 15,351 7,497 7,854 3.22
18+ 19,516 8,890 10,626 4.29 2,129 1,082 1,047 0.47 13,817 6,676 7,141 3.03
65+ 2,114 800 1,314 5.26 102 48 54 0.25 729 323 406 1.81
Median
age 35.7 33.4 37.6 23.4 23.3 23.5 16.1 15.7 16.5
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.12
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2003
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Responses
White Alone
or in Combination
Native American Alone
or in Combination
African American Alone
or in Combination
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 58,236 30,223 28,013 100.00 36,739 18,999 17,740 63.09 13,841 7,203 6,638 23.77 3,387 1,807 1,580 5.82
5-9 56,777 28,881 27,896 100.00 36,996 18,768 18,228 65.16 12,727 6,656 6,071 22.42 3,253 1,575 1,678 5.73
10-14 62,454 31,944 30,510 100.00 41,095 21,147 19,948 65.80 14,394 7,364 7,030 23.05 3,055 1,452 1,603 4.89
15-19 57,811 29,815 27,996 100.00 38,692 19,955 18,737 66.93 12,976 6,732 6,244 22.45 2,448 1,236 1,212 4.23
20-24 44,263 23,197 21,066 100.00 28,703 14,981 13,722 64.85 9,868 5,167 4,701 22.29 2,759 1,538 1,221 6.23
25-29 44,028 22,811 21,217 100.00 31,575 16,490 15,085 71.72 7,564 3,740 3,824 17.18 2,403 1,342 1,061 5.46
30-34 48,502 24,986 23,516 100.00 36,307 18,928 17,379 74.86 7,512 3,701 3,811 15.49 2,052 1,107 945 4.23
35-39 51,452 26,374 25,078 100.00 37,834 19,507 18,327 73.53 8,731 4,421 4,310 16.97 2,031 1,083 948 3.95
40-44 58,503 29,797 28,706 100.00 44,512 22,953 21,559 76.09 8,792 4,250 4,542 15.03 2,026 1,104 922 3.46
45-49 57,803 29,630 28,173 100.00 45,179 23,462 21,717 78.16 7,837 3,920 3,917 13.56 1,768 880 888 3.06
50-54 48,677 25,703 22,974 100.00 38,612 20,769 17,843 79.32 6,245 3,104 3,141 12.83 1,394 750 644 2.86
55-59 34,530 18,391 16,139 100.00 27,488 15,002 12,486 79.61 4,423 2,146 2,277 12.81 823 426 397 2.38
60-64 22,403 11,971 10,432 100.00 17,643 9,670 7,973 78.75 3,141 1,556 1,585 14.02 463 227 236 2.07
65-69 14,382 7,440 6,942 100.00 10,686 5,724 4,962 74.30 2,475 1,192 1,283 17.21 375 182 193 2.61
70-74 10,825 5,279 5,546 100.00 8,006 4,034 3,972 73.96 1,956 880 1,076 18.07 213 107 106 1.97
75-79 7,731 3,585 4,146 100.00 5,855 2,769 3,086 75.73 1,250 562 688 16.17 168 84 84 2.17
80-84 4,739 2,005 2,734 100.00 3,591 1,539 2,052 75.78 742 313 429 15.66 100 42 58 2.11
85-89 2,301 848 1,453 100.00 1,778 665 1,113 77.27 348 119 229 15.12 66 23 43 2.87
90-94 873 269 604 100.00 634 195 439 72.62 179 52 127 20.50 24 5 19 2.75
95+ 311 86 225 100.00 239 53 186 76.85 61 28 33 19.61 2 0 2 0.64
Total 686,601 353,235 333,366 100.00 492,164 255,610 236,554 71.68 125,062 63,106 61,956 18.21 28,810 14,970 13,840 4.20
Selected ages
Under 1 11,477 5,990 5,487 100.00 6,862 3,551 3,311 59.79 2,975 1,529 1,446 25.92 598 348 250 5.21
1-2 23,715 12,303 11,412 100.00 14,911 7,684 7,227 62.88 5,736 2,943 2,793 24.19 1,358 774 584 5.73
5 11,262 5,717 5,545 100.00 7,242 3,683 3,559 64.30 2,603 1,354 1,249 23.11 677 318 359 6.01
6 10,938 5,633 5,305 100.00 7,023 3,595 3,428 64.21 2,490 1,326 1,164 22.76 670 331 339 6.13
10-11 24,287 12,411 11,876 100.00 15,890 8,169 7,721 65.43 5,599 2,869 2,730 23.05 1,245 582 663 5.13
12-13 25,758 13,135 12,623 100.00 17,090 8,758 8,332 66.35 5,878 3,020 2,858 22.82 1,222 577 645 4.74
15 12,196 6,230 5,966 100.00 8,120 4,213 3,907 66.58 2,765 1,372 1,393 22.67 532 265 267 4.36
16 11,983 6,216 5,767 100.00 8,050 4,169 3,881 67.18 2,640 1,368 1,272 22.03 529 277 252 4.41
17 11,865 6,181 5,684 100.00 8,025 4,179 3,846 67.64 2,597 1,369 1,228 21.89 499 249 250 4.21
18 11,498 5,909 5,589 100.00 7,826 4,013 3,813 68.06 2,508 1,313 1,195 21.81 444 221 223 3.86
19 10,269 5,279 4,990 100.00 6,671 3,381 3,290 64.96 2,466 1,310 1,156 24.01 444 224 220 4.32
20 10,302 5,269 5,033 100.00 6,666 3,380 3,286 64.71 2,444 1,274 1,170 23.72 499 257 242 4.84
21 9,036 4,715 4,321 100.00 5,840 3,005 2,835 64.63 2,089 1,115 974 23.12 480 268 212 5.31
22 8,137 4,325 3,812 100.00 5,151 2,729 2,422 63.30 1,906 1,006 900 23.42 539 309 230 6.62
60-61 10,465 5,585 4,880 100.00 8,384 4,629 3,755 80.11 1,351 642 709 12.91 209 106 103 2.00
16+ 496,938 255,957 240,981 100.00 369,214 192,483 176,731 74.30 81,335 40,511 40,824 16.37 18,583 9,871 8,712 3.74
18+ 473,090 243,560 229,530 100.00 353,139 184,135 169,004 74.65 76,098 37,774 38,324 16.09 17,555 9,345 8,210 3.71
65+ 41,162 19,512 21,650 100.00 30,789 14,979 15,810 74.80 7,011 3,146 3,865 17.03 948 443 505 2.30
Median
age 32.1 32.0 32.2 34.5 34.6 34.3 24.2 23.2 25.4 24.2 24.6 23.6
Males /
100 Females
106.0 108.1 101.9 108.2
Youth 49.4 43.1 70.9 67.8
Dependency
(

Table 1.12 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2003
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
or in Combination
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander
Alone or in Combination
Hispanic Origin or Latino
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 3,491 1,780 1,711 5.99 778 434 344 1.34 3,323 1,667 1,656 6.45
5-9 3,124 1,534 1,590 5.50 677 348 329 1.19 2,888 1,469 1,419 5.67
10-14 3,182 1,615 1,567 5.10 728 366 362 1.17 2,662 1,315 1,347 4.66
15-19 3,036 1,544 1,492 5.25 659 348 311 1.14 2,228 1,142 1,086 4.18
20-24 2,424 1,260 1,164 5.48 509 251 258 1.15 2,307 1,257 1,050 5.58
25-29 2,076 1,026 1,050 4.72 410 213 197 0.93 2,067 1,080 987 4.95
30-34 2,234 1,048 1,186 4.61 397 202 195 0.82 2,038 1,037 1,001 4.38
35-39 2,473 1,170 1,303 4.81 383 193 190 0.74 2,095 1,110 985 4.23
40-44 2,786 1,290 1,496 4.76 387 200 187 0.66 1,954 1,014 940 3.45
45-49 2,717 1,218 1,499 4.70 302 150 152 0.52 1,667 877 790 2.96
50-54 2,191 948 1,243 4.50 235 132 103 0.48 1,230 635 595 2.59
55-59 1,634 730 904 4.73 162 87 75 0.47 742 363 379 2.20
60-64 1,074 472 602 4.79 82 46 36 0.37 468 216 252 2.14
65-69 790 314 476 5.49 56 28 28 0.39 297 119 178 2.11
70-74 592 233 359 5.47 58 25 33 0.54 204 97 107 1.94
75-79 432 154 278 5.59 26 16 10 0.34 81 42 39 1.07
80-84 298 109 189 6.29 8 2 6 0.17 56 19 37 1.21
85-89 106 39 67 4.61 3 2 1 0.13 29 5 24 1.29
90-94 35 17 18 4.01 1 0 1 0.11 14 4 10 1.63
95+ 9 5 4 2.89 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.33
Total 34,704 16,506 18,198 5.05 5,861 3,043 2,818 0.85 26,351 13,468 12,883 4.06
Selected ages
Under 1 845 437 408 7.36 197 125 72 1.72 760 385 375 7.45
1-2 1,387 715 672 5.85 323 187 136 1.36 1,316 676 640 6.29
5 610 298 312 5.42 130 64 66 1.15 600 284 316 5.97
6 620 311 309 5.67 135 70 65 1.23 577 299 278 5.89
10-11 1,273 659 614 5.24 280 132 148 1.15 1,115 585 530 5.03
12-13 1,272 626 646 4.94 296 154 142 1.15 1,044 502 542 4.42
15 639 312 327 5.24 140 68 72 1.15 463 228 235 4.12
16 635 337 298 5.30 129 65 64 1.08 465 246 219 4.22
17 615 312 303 5.18 129 72 57 1.09 452 233 219 4.12
18 588 292 296 5.11 132 70 62 1.15 405 207 198 3.80
19 559 291 268 5.44 129 73 56 1.26 443 228 215 4.66
20 573 291 282 5.56 120 67 53 1.16 448 215 233 4.70
21 530 279 251 5.87 97 48 49 1.07 418 222 196 4.95
22 446 237 209 5.48 95 44 51 1.17 463 254 209 6.08
60-61 478 185 293 4.57 43 23 20 0.41 212 103 109 2.07
16+ 24,268 11,265 13,003 4.88 3,538 1,827 1,711 0.71 17,015 8,789 8,226 3.56
18+ 23,018 10,616 12,402 4.87 3,280 1,690 1,590 0.69 16,098 8,310 7,788 3.53
65+ 2,262 871 1,391 5.50 152 73 79 0.37 682 286 396 1.70
Median
age 30.0 27.4 32.2 20.7 20.4 21.2 24.5 24.6 24.4
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.13
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2002
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Population White Alone Native American Alone African American Alone
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 50,536 25,922 24,614 100.00 30,807 15,796 15,011 60.96 10,134 5,288 4,846 20.05 2,041 1,000 1,041 4.04
5-9 51,369 26,201 25,168 100.00 32,530 16,523 16,007 63.33 9,915 5,168 4,747 19.30 2,142 1,057 1,085 4.17
10-14 57,342 29,325 28,017 100.00 36,835 18,975 17,860 64.24 11,425 5,804 5,621 19.92 2,212 1,079 1,133 3.86
15-19 52,966 27,388 25,578 100.00 34,955 18,048 16,907 66.00 9,988 5,191 4,797 18.86 1,870 953 917 3.53
20-24 40,094 21,263 18,831 100.00 26,195 13,954 12,241 65.33 7,436 3,839 3,597 18.55 2,343 1,362 981 5.84
25-29 41,524 21,441 20,083 100.00 29,701 15,481 14,220 71.53 6,232 3,121 3,111 15.01 2,068 1,151 917 4.98
30-34 46,435 23,900 22,535 100.00 34,547 18,012 16,535 74.40 6,336 3,133 3,203 13.64 1,934 1,046 888 4.17
35-39 51,582 26,582 25,000 100.00 37,876 19,720 18,156 73.43 7,732 3,906 3,826 14.99 2,012 1,089 923 3.90
40-44 57,369 29,256 28,113 100.00 43,890 22,740 21,150 76.50 7,352 3,564 3,788 12.82 1,891 1,029 862 3.30
45-49 55,635 28,626 27,009 100.00 43,723 22,775 20,948 78.59 6,380 3,177 3,203 11.47 1,626 825 801 2.92
50-54 45,592 24,306 21,286 100.00 36,321 19,752 16,569 79.67 5,033 2,494 2,539 11.04 1,195 645 550 2.62
55-59 31,679 16,884 14,795 100.00 25,247 13,797 11,450 79.70 3,546 1,709 1,837 11.19 698 369 329 2.20
60-64 20,091 10,725 9,366 100.00 15,680 8,592 7,088 78.04 2,660 1,314 1,346 13.24 412 205 207 2.05
65-69 13,495 6,910 6,585 100.00 9,959 5,289 4,670 73.80 2,189 1,042 1,147 16.22 343 169 174 2.54
70-74 10,350 5,148 5,202 100.00 7,679 3,944 3,735 74.19 1,661 764 897 16.05 187 102 85 1.81
75-79 7,329 3,356 3,973 100.00 5,563 2,587 2,976 75.90 1,095 508 587 14.94 142 63 79 1.94
80-84 4,350 1,836 2,514 100.00 3,330 1,427 1,903 76.55 618 253 365 14.21 89 44 45 2.05
85-89 2,012 699 1,313 100.00 1,546 555 991 76.84 314 97 217 15.61 55 16 39 2.73
90-94 839 256 583 100.00 621 187 434 74.02 159 45 114 18.95 20 4 16 2.38
95+ 252 75 177 100.00 190 45 145 75.40 46 22 24 18.25 3 0 3 1.19
Total 640,841 330,099 310,742 100.00 457,195 238,199 218,996 71.34 100,251 50,439 49,812 15.64 23,283 12,208 11,075 3.63
Selected ages
Under 1 10,123 5,147 4,976 100.00 5,978 3,090 2,888 59.05 2,094 1,039 1,055 20.69 368 190 178 3.64
1-2 20,486 10,618 9,868 100.00 12,482 6,437 6,045 60.93 4,057 2,157 1,900 19.80 819 409 410 4.00
5 9,765 5,020 4,745 100.00 6,068 3,094 2,974 62.14 1,925 1,023 902 19.71 431 218 213 4.41
6 10,080 5,130 4,950 100.00 6,358 3,204 3,154 63.08 1,931 1,020 911 19.16 432 211 221 4.29
10-11 22,861 11,719 11,142 100.00 14,661 7,572 7,089 64.13 4,601 2,360 2,241 20.13 897 429 468 3.92
12-13 23,241 11,858 11,383 100.00 14,881 7,614 7,267 64.03 4,633 2,353 2,280 19.93 912 447 465 3.92
15 10,998 5,662 5,336 100.00 7,200 3,703 3,497 65.47 2,081 1,056 1,025 18.92 411 212 199 3.74
16 11,115 5,782 5,333 100.00 7,397 3,845 3,552 66.55 2,064 1,087 977 18.57 381 184 197 3.43
17 10,984 5,653 5,331 100.00 7,434 3,824 3,610 67.68 1,972 1,030 942 17.95 352 182 170 3.20
18 10,089 5,224 4,865 100.00 6,629 3,416 3,213 65.71 1,949 1,020 929 19.32 344 173 171 3.41
19 9,780 5,067 4,713 100.00 6,295 3,260 3,035 64.37 1,922 998 924 19.65 382 202 180 3.91
20 8,657 4,569 4,088 100.00 5,581 2,931 2,650 64.47 1,686 891 795 19.48 367 212 155 4.24
21 7,818 4,116 3,702 100.00 4,961 2,595 2,366 63.46 1,573 821 752 20.12 438 257 181 5.60
22 7,993 4,315 3,678 100.00 5,204 2,853 2,351 65.11 1,465 758 707 18.33 522 302 220 6.53
60-61 9,271 4,945 4,326 100.00 7,318 4,029 3,289 78.93 1,175 564 611 12.67 172 95 77 1.86
16+ 470,596 242,989 227,607 100.00 349,823 183,202 166,621 74.34 66,696 33,123 33,573 14.17 16,477 8,860 7,617 3.50
18+ 448,497 231,554 216,943 100.00 334,992 175,533 159,459 74.69 62,660 31,006 31,654 13.97 15,744 8,494 7,250 3.51
65+ 38,627 18,280 20,347 100.00 28,888 14,034 14,854 74.79 6,082 2,731 3,351 15.75 839 398 441 2.17
Median
age 32.9 32.8 32.9 35.4 35.7 35.2 26.0 24.9 27.1 27.4 27.7 27.0
Males /
100 Females
106.2 108.8 101.3 110.2
Youth
Dependency
46.9 39.9 66.4 50.6
(

Table 1.13 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2002
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Alone Two or More Races
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 1,838 932 906 3.64 334 159 175 0.66 5,382 2,747 2,635 10.65
5-9 1,888 934 954 3.68 376 197 179 0.73 4,518 2,322 2,196 8.80
10-14 2,018 1,025 993 3.52 444 226 218 0.77 4,408 2,216 2,192 7.69
15-19 2,036 1,039 997 3.84 384 209 175 0.73 3,733 1,948 1,785 7.05
20-24 1,713 907 806 4.27 317 148 169 0.79 2,090 1,053 1,037 5.21
25-29 1,654 804 850 3.98 275 141 134 0.66 1,594 743 851 3.84
30-34 1,894 879 1,015 4.08 282 140 142 0.61 1,442 690 752 3.11
35-39 2,190 1,031 1,159 4.25 255 121 134 0.49 1,517 715 802 2.94
40-44 2,461 1,118 1,343 4.29 252 132 120 0.44 1,523 673 850 2.65
45-49 2,370 1,067 1,303 4.26 190 97 93 0.34 1,346 685 661 2.42
50-54 1,901 810 1,091 4.17 138 72 66 0.30 1,004 533 471 2.20
55-59 1,421 609 812 4.49 107 62 45 0.34 660 338 322 2.08
60-64 928 411 517 4.62 39 22 17 0.19 372 181 191 1.85
65-69 701 267 434 5.19 36 18 18 0.27 267 125 142 1.98
70-74 550 214 336 5.31 40 18 22 0.39 233 106 127 2.25
75-79 372 134 238 5.08 13 8 5 0.18 144 56 88 1.96
80-84 251 87 164 5.77 5 0 5 0.12 57 25 32 1.31
85-89 79 27 52 3.93 3 1 2 0.15 15 3 12 0.75
90-94 30 17 13 3.58 0 0 0 0.00 9 3 6 1.07
95+ 10 6 4 3.97 0 0 0 0.00 3 2 1 1.19
Total 26,305 12,318 13,987 4.10 3,490 1,771 1,719 0.54 30,317 15,164 15,153 4.73
Selected ages
Under 1 381 190 191 3.76 75 39 36 0.74 1,227 599 628 12.12
1-2 762 398 364 3.72 124 58 66 0.61 2,242 1,159 1,083 10.94
5 368 183 185 3.77 73 38 35 0.75 900 464 436 9.22
6 369 180 189 3.66 70 33 37 0.69 920 482 438 9.13
10-11 779 395 384 3.41 176 93 83 0.77 1,747 870 877 7.64
12-13 812 418 394 3.49 183 93 90 0.79 1,820 933 887 7.83
15 426 230 196 3.87 75 33 42 0.68 805 428 377 7.32
16 411 204 207 3.70 81 48 33 0.73 781 414 367 7.03
17 409 203 206 3.72 80 42 38 0.73 737 372 365 6.71
18 384 197 187 3.81 79 47 32 0.78 704 371 333 6.98
19 406 205 201 4.15 69 39 30 0.71 706 363 343 7.22
20 406 214 192 4.69 60 27 33 0.69 557 294 263 6.43
21 340 183 157 4.35 67 31 36 0.86 439 229 210 5.62
22 339 176 163 4.24 68 29 39 0.85 395 197 198 4.94
60-61 409 168 241 4.41 19 9 10 0.21 178 80 98 1.92
16+ 20,135 9,197 10,938 4.28 2,261 1,156 1,105 0.48 15,204 7,451 7,753 3.23
18+ 19,315 8,790 10,525 4.31 2,100 1,066 1,034 0.47 13,686 6,665 7,021 3.05
65+ 1,993 752 1,241 5.16 97 45 52 0.25 728 320 408 1.88
Median
age 35.3 33.0 37.2 23.2 23.3 23.1 16.1 15.7 16.5
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.14
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2002
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Responses
White Alone
or in Combination
Native American Alone
or in Combination
African American Alone
or in Combination
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 56,890 29,275 27,615 100.00 35,955 18,433 17,522 63.20 13,394 6,981 6,413 23.54 3,542 1,824 1,718 6.23
5-9 56,855 28,961 27,894 100.00 36,964 18,787 18,177 65.01 12,796 6,657 6,139 22.51 3,280 1,605 1,675 5.77
10-14 62,444 31,889 30,555 100.00 41,052 21,112 19,940 65.74 14,397 7,304 7,093 23.06 3,083 1,501 1,582 4.94
15-19 57,227 29,570 27,657 100.00 38,429 19,832 18,597 67.15 12,675 6,604 6,071 22.15 2,469 1,243 1,226 4.31
20-24 42,602 22,550 20,052 100.00 28,117 14,924 13,193 66.00 8,961 4,634 4,327 21.03 2,732 1,546 1,186 6.41
25-29 43,586 22,502 21,084 100.00 31,320 16,277 15,043 71.86 7,389 3,695 3,694 16.95 2,322 1,278 1,044 5.33
30-34 48,203 24,792 23,411 100.00 35,996 18,718 17,278 74.68 7,410 3,667 3,743 15.37 2,096 1,129 967 4.35
35-39 53,487 27,476 26,011 100.00 39,385 20,416 18,969 73.63 8,977 4,495 4,482 16.78 2,159 1,155 1,004 4.04
40-44 59,167 30,154 29,013 100.00 45,321 23,413 21,908 76.60 8,611 4,151 4,460 14.55 2,036 1,101 935 3.44
45-49 57,095 29,339 27,756 100.00 44,909 23,361 21,548 78.66 7,490 3,733 3,757 13.12 1,750 889 861 3.07
50-54 46,734 24,916 21,818 100.00 37,227 20,233 16,994 79.66 5,912 2,965 2,947 12.65 1,289 696 593 2.76
55-59 32,408 17,248 15,160 100.00 25,836 14,094 11,742 79.72 4,132 2,004 2,128 12.75 753 397 356 2.32
60-64 20,584 10,992 9,592 100.00 16,046 8,786 7,260 77.95 3,029 1,506 1,523 14.72 444 218 226 2.16
65-69 13,813 7,060 6,753 100.00 10,208 5,410 4,798 73.90 2,437 1,159 1,278 17.64 363 176 187 2.63
70-74 10,620 5,270 5,350 100.00 7,899 4,045 3,854 74.38 1,873 860 1,013 17.64 203 109 94 1.91
75-79 7,519 3,438 4,081 100.00 5,707 2,648 3,059 75.90 1,234 563 671 16.41 156 67 89 2.07
80-84 4,438 1,872 2,566 100.00 3,391 1,450 1,941 76.41 679 277 402 15.30 96 47 49 2.16
85-89 2,051 714 1,337 100.00 1,570 562 1,008 76.55 334 102 232 16.28 57 17 40 2.78
90-94 856 263 593 100.00 633 192 441 73.95 169 48 121 19.74 22 5 17 2.57
95+ 271 79 192 100.00 198 47 151 73.06 60 26 34 22.14 3 0 3 1.11
Total 676,850 348,360 328,490 100.00 486,163 252,740 233,423 71.83 121,959 61,431 60,528 18.02 28,855 15,003 13,852 4.26
Selected ages
Under 1 11,398 5,846 5,552 100.00 7,036 3,629 3,407 61.73 2,819 1,397 1,422 24.73 671 371 300 5.89
1-2 23,245 12,081 11,164 100.00 14,669 7,549 7,120 63.11 5,450 2,895 2,555 23.45 1,484 796 688 6.38
5 10,871 5,591 5,280 100.00 6,952 3,552 3,400 63.95 2,482 1,317 1,165 22.83 685 341 344 6.30
6 11,230 5,729 5,501 100.00 7,275 3,683 3,592 64.78 2,494 1,320 1,174 22.21 690 338 352 6.14
10-11 24,878 12,723 12,155 100.00 16,310 8,402 7,908 65.56 5,739 2,928 2,811 23.07 1,294 614 680 5.20
12-13 25,384 12,970 12,414 100.00 16,661 8,537 8,124 65.64 5,891 3,009 2,882 23.21 1,235 611 624 4.87
15 11,938 6,180 5,758 100.00 7,970 4,124 3,846 66.76 2,643 1,362 1,281 22.14 552 288 264 4.62
16 12,014 6,238 5,776 100.00 8,136 4,226 3,910 67.72 2,605 1,366 1,239 21.68 521 259 262 4.34
17 11,843 6,067 5,776 100.00 8,140 4,168 3,972 68.73 2,515 1,306 1,209 21.24 459 226 233 3.88
18 10,885 5,641 5,244 100.00 7,275 3,751 3,524 66.84 2,466 1,301 1,165 22.66 448 222 226 4.12
19 10,547 5,444 5,103 100.00 6,908 3,563 3,345 65.50 2,446 1,269 1,177 23.19 489 248 241 4.64
20 9,234 4,871 4,363 100.00 6,053 3,175 2,878 65.55 2,086 1,109 977 22.59 457 253 204 4.95
21 8,328 4,376 3,952 100.00 5,360 2,797 2,563 64.36 1,901 998 903 22.83 511 291 220 6.14
22 8,488 4,569 3,919 100.00 5,572 3,040 2,532 65.65 1,753 904 849 20.65 600 340 260 7.07
60-61 9,491 5,058 4,433 100.00 7,488 4,111 3,377 78.90 1,340 642 698 14.12 186 102 84 1.96
16+ 488,723 252,055 236,668 100.00 364,222 190,284 173,938 74.53 78,729 39,127 39,602 16.11 18,398 9,785 8,613 3.76
18+ 464,866 239,750 225,116 100.00 347,946 181,890 166,056 74.85 73,609 36,455 37,154 15.83 17,418 9,300 8,118 3.75
65+ 39,568 18,696 20,872 100.00 29,606 14,354 15,252 74.82 6,786 3,035 3,751 17.15 900 421 479 2.27
Median
age 34.3 34.5 34.1 24.2 23.2 25.3 23.8 24.3 23.2
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.14 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2002
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
or in Combination
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander
Alone or in Combination
Hispanic Origin or Latino
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 3,274 1,654 1,620 5.76 725 383 342 1.27 3,236 1,604 1,632 6.40
5-9 3,132 1,564 1,568 5.51 683 348 335 1.20 2,933 1,540 1,393 5.71
10-14 3,180 1,602 1,578 5.09 732 370 362 1.17 2,650 1,278 1,372 4.62
15-19 2,997 1,534 1,463 5.24 657 357 300 1.15 2,288 1,168 1,120 4.32
20-24 2,299 1,208 1,091 5.40 493 238 255 1.16 2,321 1,296 1,025 5.79
25-29 2,145 1,039 1,106 4.92 410 213 197 0.94 2,122 1,093 1,029 5.11
30-34 2,294 1,069 1,225 4.76 407 209 198 0.84 2,087 1,082 1,005 4.49
35-39 2,575 1,217 1,358 4.81 391 193 198 0.73 2,107 1,113 994 4.08
40-44 2,819 1,289 1,530 4.76 380 200 180 0.64 1,988 1,026 962 3.47
45-49 2,648 1,204 1,444 4.64 298 152 146 0.52 1,595 850 745 2.87
50-54 2,088 904 1,184 4.47 218 118 100 0.47 1,131 562 569 2.48
55-59 1,532 667 865 4.73 155 86 69 0.48 702 350 352 2.22
60-64 993 444 549 4.82 72 38 34 0.35 456 211 245 2.27
65-69 748 288 460 5.42 57 27 30 0.41 270 117 153 2.00
70-74 589 231 358 5.55 56 25 31 0.53 185 91 94 1.79
75-79 401 146 255 5.33 21 14 7 0.28 87 39 48 1.19
80-84 267 98 169 6.02 5 0 5 0.11 49 12 37 1.13
85-89 86 31 55 4.19 4 2 2 0.20 30 8 22 1.49
90-94 32 18 14 3.74 0 0 0 0.00 10 2 8 1.19
95+ 10 6 4 3.69 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.40
Total 34,109 16,213 17,896 5.04 5,764 2,973 2,791 0.85 26,248 13,442 12,806 4.10
Selected ages
Under 1 698 348 350 6.12 174 101 73 1.53 763 389 374 7.54
1-2 1,358 691 667 5.84 284 150 134 1.22 1,216 612 604 5.94
5 617 311 306 5.68 135 70 65 1.24 594 308 286 6.08
6 634 318 316 5.65 137 70 67 1.22 590 310 280 5.85
10-11 1,248 637 611 5.02 287 142 145 1.15 1,124 565 559 4.92
12-13 1,292 653 639 5.09 305 160 145 1.20 1,043 474 569 4.49
15 640 339 301 5.36 133 67 66 1.11 485 257 228 4.41
16 619 313 306 5.15 133 74 59 1.11 473 245 228 4.26
17 594 295 299 5.02 135 72 63 1.14 423 217 206 3.85
18 563 292 271 5.17 133 75 58 1.22 455 234 221 4.51
19 581 295 286 5.51 123 69 54 1.17 452 215 237 4.62
20 538 284 254 5.83 100 50 50 1.08 416 219 197 4.81
21 457 243 214 5.49 99 47 52 1.19 457 248 209 5.85
22 457 237 220 5.38 106 48 58 1.25 498 293 205 6.23
60-61 440 185 255 4.64 37 18 19 0.39 196 102 94 2.11
16+ 23,883 11,054 12,829 4.89 3,491 1,805 1,686 0.71 16,944 8,763 8,181 3.60
18+ 22,670 10,446 12,224 4.88 3,223 1,659 1,564 0.69 16,048 8,301 7,747 3.58
65+ 2,133 818 1,315 5.39 143 68 75 0.36 632 269 363 1.64
Median
age 30.1 27.6 32.1 20.9 20.6 21.1 24.4 24.4 24.3
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.15
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2001
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Population White Alone Native American Alone African American Alone
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 49,550 25,526 24,024 100.00 30,052 15,420 14,632 60.65 10,049 5,309 4,740 20.28 2,107 1,032 1,075 4.25
5-9 52,464 26,760 25,704 100.00 33,104 16,857 16,247 63.10 10,337 5,333 5,004 19.70 2,167 1,071 1,096 4.13
10-14 56,951 29,124 27,827 100.00 36,598 18,811 17,787 64.26 11,271 5,714 5,557 19.79 2,220 1,107 1,113 3.90
15-19 51,705 26,944 24,761 100.00 34,183 17,852 16,331 66.11 9,694 5,059 4,635 18.75 1,832 945 887 3.54
20-24 39,336 20,877 18,459 100.00 26,034 13,920 12,114 66.18 7,089 3,626 3,463 18.02 2,301 1,311 990 5.85
25-29 41,490 21,415 20,075 100.00 29,593 15,430 14,163 71.33 6,270 3,141 3,129 15.11 2,009 1,125 884 4.84
30-34 46,382 23,772 22,610 100.00 34,240 17,768 16,472 73.82 6,545 3,223 3,322 14.11 1,920 1,036 884 4.14
35-39 53,514 27,583 25,931 100.00 39,421 20,555 18,866 73.66 7,833 3,929 3,904 14.64 2,093 1,137 956 3.91
40-44 57,703 29,439 28,264 100.00 44,269 22,934 21,335 76.72 7,274 3,543 3,731 12.61 1,897 1,008 889 3.29
45-49 54,431 28,132 26,299 100.00 42,870 22,449 20,421 78.76 6,166 3,064 3,102 11.33 1,588 830 758 2.92
50-54 44,155 23,716 20,439 100.00 35,339 19,382 15,957 80.03 4,775 2,356 2,419 10.81 1,088 592 496 2.46
55-59 28,936 15,400 13,536 100.00 23,007 12,572 10,435 79.51 3,363 1,625 1,738 11.62 611 332 279 2.11
60-64 18,658 9,926 8,732 100.00 14,329 7,798 6,531 76.80 2,627 1,316 1,311 14.08 419 211 208 2.25
65-69 12,909 6,578 6,331 100.00 9,515 5,026 4,489 73.71 2,122 996 1,126 16.44 320 160 160 2.48
70-74 10,217 5,052 5,165 100.00 7,580 3,864 3,716 74.19 1,643 762 881 16.08 189 98 91 1.85
75-79 7,098 3,221 3,877 100.00 5,384 2,465 2,919 75.85 1,069 503 566 15.06 137 62 75 1.93
80-84 4,020 1,678 2,342 100.00 3,062 1,306 1,756 76.17 588 230 358 14.63 84 40 44 2.09
85-89 1,908 677 1,231 100.00 1,457 539 918 76.36 316 95 221 16.56 49 14 35 2.57
90-94 747 223 524 100.00 552 156 396 73.90 141 44 97 18.88 15 2 13 2.01
95+ 215 62 153 100.00 158 38 120 73.49 45 17 28 20.93 2 0 2 0.93
Total 632,389 326,105 306,284 100.00 450,747 235,142 215,605 71.28 99,217 49,885 49,332 15.69 23,048 12,113 10,935 3.64
Selected ages
Under 1 10,138 5,276 4,862 100.00 5,915 3,053 2,862 58.34 2,160 1,145 1,015 21.31 393 215 178 3.88
1-2 19,857 10,247 9,610 100.00 12,164 6,274 5,890 61.26 3,906 2,065 1,841 19.67 850 388 462 4.28
5 10,016 5,099 4,917 100.00 6,262 3,155 3,107 62.52 1,948 1,026 922 19.45 432 213 219 4.31
6 10,150 5,177 4,973 100.00 6,429 3,250 3,179 63.34 1,936 1,005 931 19.07 433 214 219 4.27
10-11 23,355 11,909 11,446 100.00 14,986 7,655 7,331 64.17 4,676 2,417 2,259 20.02 932 452 480 3.99
12-13 22,568 11,557 11,011 100.00 14,424 7,473 6,951 63.91 4,498 2,236 2,262 19.93 868 438 430 3.85
15 11,163 5,807 5,356 100.00 7,398 3,855 3,543 66.27 2,078 1,090 988 18.62 394 190 204 3.53
16 11,063 5,697 5,366 100.00 7,454 3,849 3,605 67.38 1,994 1,038 956 18.02 364 186 178 3.29
17 10,469 5,435 5,034 100.00 6,957 3,612 3,345 66.45 1,970 1,026 944 18.82 349 173 176 3.33
18 10,163 5,284 4,879 100.00 6,635 3,463 3,172 65.29 1,945 1,007 938 19.14 377 197 180 3.71
19 8,847 4,721 4,126 100.00 5,739 3,073 2,666 64.87 1,707 898 809 19.29 348 199 149 3.93
20 8,024 4,261 3,763 100.00 5,144 2,732 2,412 64.11 1,595 830 765 19.88 407 236 171 5.07
21 8,038 4,306 3,732 100.00 5,229 2,837 2,392 65.05 1,492 769 723 18.56 485 278 207 6.03
22 7,751 4,134 3,617 100.00 5,058 2,722 2,336 65.26 1,423 737 686 18.36 495 279 216 6.39
60-61 8,523 4,566 3,957 100.00 6,617 3,623 2,994 77.64 1,159 567 592 13.60 177 95 82 2.08
16+ 462,261 238,888 223,373 100.00 343,595 180,199 163,396 74.33 65,482 32,439 33,043 14.17 16,160 8,713 7,447 3.50
18+ 440,729 227,756 212,973 100.00 329,184 172,738 156,446 74.69 61,518 30,375 31,143 13.96 15,447 8,354 7,093 3.50
65+ 37,114 17,491 19,623 100.00 27,708 13,394 14,314 74.66 5,924 2,647 3,277 15.96 796 376 420 2.14
Median
age 32.6 32.6 32.7 35.2 35.4 35.0 25.9 24.8 27.0 27.2 27.6 26.7
Males /
100 Females
Youth
Dependency
(

Table 1.15 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, July 1, 2001
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
Hawaiian & Pacific
Islander Alone
Two or More Races
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 1,820 925 895 3.67 334 161 173 0.67 5,188 2,679 2,509 10.47
5-9 1,864 947 917 3.55 390 207 183 0.74 4,602 2,345 2,257 8.77
10-14 2,043 1,043 1,000 3.59 436 217 219 0.77 4,383 2,232 2,151 7.70
15-19 2,021 1,022 999 3.91 374 204 170 0.72 3,601 1,862 1,739 6.96
20-24 1,648 877 771 4.19 315 156 159 0.80 1,949 987 962 4.95
25-29 1,679 804 875 4.05 281 138 143 0.68 1,658 777 881 4.00
30-34 1,955 901 1,054 4.22 293 147 146 0.63 1,429 697 732 3.08
35-39 2,271 1,072 1,199 4.24 261 124 137 0.49 1,635 766 869 3.06
40-44 2,484 1,113 1,371 4.30 234 120 114 0.41 1,545 721 824 2.68
45-49 2,301 1,032 1,269 4.23 189 100 89 0.35 1,317 657 660 2.42
50-54 1,876 809 1,067 4.25 138 71 67 0.31 939 506 433 2.13
55-59 1,258 525 733 4.35 92 51 41 0.32 605 295 310 2.09
60-64 882 389 493 4.73 37 21 16 0.20 364 191 173 1.95
65-69 649 251 398 5.03 41 20 21 0.32 262 125 137 2.03
70-74 547 206 341 5.35 34 17 17 0.33 224 105 119 2.19
75-79 363 138 225 5.11 9 5 4 0.13 136 48 88 1.92
80-84 222 75 147 5.52 5 0 5 0.12 59 27 32 1.47
85-89 68 24 44 3.56 3 1 2 0.16 15 4 11 0.79
90-94 28 18 10 3.75 0 0 0 0.00 11 3 8 1.47
95+ 8 5 3 3.72 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0.93
Total 25,987 12,176 13,811 4.11 3,466 1,760 1,706 0.55 29,924 15,029 14,895 4.73
Selected ages
Under 1 387 204 183 3.82 68 35 33 0.67 1,215 624 591 11.98
1-2 720 368 352 3.63 128 55 73 0.64 2,089 1,097 992 10.52
5 362 179 183 3.61 70 34 36 0.70 942 492 450 9.41
6 366 173 193 3.61 74 44 30 0.73 912 491 421 8.99
10-11 793 391 402 3.40 182 98 84 0.78 1,786 896 890 7.65
12-13 827 424 403 3.66 178 86 92 0.79 1,773 900 873 7.86
15 409 202 207 3.66 82 48 34 0.73 802 422 380 7.18
16 409 201 208 3.70 81 42 39 0.73 761 381 380 6.88
17 385 197 188 3.68 80 47 33 0.76 728 380 348 6.95
18 407 205 202 4.00 70 39 31 0.69 729 373 356 7.17
19 411 217 194 4.65 61 28 33 0.69 581 306 275 6.57
20 346 188 158 4.31 68 32 36 0.85 464 243 221 5.78
21 345 181 164 4.29 69 30 39 0.86 418 211 207 5.20
22 329 179 150 4.24 64 31 33 0.83 382 186 196 4.93
60-61 386 179 207 4.53 20 12 8 0.23 164 90 74 1.92
16+ 19,851 9,059 10,792 4.29 2,224 1,127 1,097 0.48 14,949 7,351 7,598 3.23
18+ 19,057 8,661 10,396 4.32 2,063 1,038 1,025 0.47 13,460 6,590 6,870 3.05
65+ 1,885 717 1,168 5.08 92 43 49 0.25 709 314 395 1.91
Median
age 34.9 32.7 36.7 23.0 22.9 23.0 16.0 15.6 16.4
Males /
100 Females 88.2 103.2 100.9
Youth
Dependency 40.4 71.2 129.1
(

Table 1.16
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2001
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Responses
White Alone
or in Combination
Native American Alone
or in Combination
African American Alone
or in Combination
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 55,821 28,772 27,049 100.00 34,998 17,935 17,063 62.70 13,265 6,988 6,277 23.76 3,623 1,850 1,773 6.49
5-9 57,751 29,412 28,339 100.00 37,443 19,056 18,387 64.84 13,266 6,828 6,438 22.97 3,264 1,601 1,663 5.65
10-14 61,853 31,640 30,213 100.00 40,697 20,922 19,775 65.80 14,231 7,230 7,001 23.01 3,038 1,519 1,519 4.91
15-19 55,603 28,921 26,682 100.00 37,438 19,512 17,926 67.33 12,244 6,390 5,854 22.02 2,386 1,200 1,186 4.29
20-24 41,578 22,035 19,543 100.00 27,793 14,820 12,973 66.85 8,457 4,332 4,125 20.34 2,640 1,475 1,165 6.35
25-29 43,429 22,364 21,065 100.00 31,158 16,176 14,982 71.74 7,441 3,713 3,728 17.13 2,244 1,239 1,005 5.17
30-34 47,997 24,572 23,425 100.00 35,599 18,423 17,176 74.17 7,583 3,738 3,845 15.80 2,067 1,113 954 4.31
35-39 55,416 28,468 26,948 100.00 40,961 21,270 19,691 73.92 9,143 4,541 4,602 16.50 2,247 1,203 1,044 4.05
40-44 59,450 30,315 29,135 100.00 45,670 23,609 22,061 76.82 8,534 4,144 4,390 14.36 2,051 1,090 961 3.45
45-49 55,884 28,840 27,044 100.00 44,030 23,016 21,014 78.79 7,268 3,610 3,658 13.01 1,710 892 818 3.06
50-54 45,186 24,272 20,914 100.00 36,176 19,831 16,345 80.06 5,587 2,796 2,791 12.36 1,171 639 532 2.59
55-59 29,595 15,720 13,875 100.00 23,546 12,833 10,713 79.56 3,895 1,880 2,015 13.16 657 355 302 2.22
60-64 19,112 10,175 8,937 100.00 14,673 7,990 6,683 76.77 2,980 1,509 1,471 15.59 451 224 227 2.36
65-69 13,208 6,724 6,484 100.00 9,755 5,143 4,612 73.86 2,364 1,114 1,250 17.90 336 166 170 2.54
70-74 10,473 5,175 5,298 100.00 7,792 3,966 3,826 74.40 1,844 858 986 17.61 207 106 101 1.98
75-79 7,259 3,282 3,977 100.00 5,512 2,512 3,000 75.93 1,194 548 646 16.45 148 64 84 2.04
80-84 4,105 1,716 2,389 100.00 3,123 1,331 1,792 76.08 649 255 394 15.81 90 43 47 2.19
85-89 1,948 691 1,257 100.00 1,479 545 934 75.92 338 101 237 17.35 53 16 37 2.72
90-94 759 228 531 100.00 563 160 403 74.18 153 48 105 20.16 15 2 13 1.98
95+ 217 64 153 100.00 160 40 120 73.73 47 19 28 21.66 2 0 2 0.92
Total 666,644 343,386 323,258 100.00 478,566 249,090 229,476 71.79 120,483 60,642 59,841 18.07 28,400 14,797 13,603 4.26
Selected ages

Table 1.16 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, July 1, 2001
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
or in Combination
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander
Alone or in Combination
Hispanic Origin or Latino
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 3,222 1,627 1,595 5.77 713 372 341 1.28 3,117 1,550 1,567 6.29
5-9 3,089 1,574 1,515 5.35 689 353 336 1.19 2,975 1,550 1,425 5.67
10-14 3,157 1,597 1,560 5.10 730 372 358 1.18 2,635 1,290 1,345 4.63
15-19 2,901 1,477 1,424 5.22 634 342 292 1.14 2,280 1,160 1,120 4.41
20-24 2,204 1,166 1,038 5.30 484 242 242 1.16 2,337 1,297 1,040 5.94
25-29 2,173 1,028 1,145 5.00 413 208 205 0.95 2,166 1,138 1,028 5.22
30-34 2,331 1,083 1,248 4.86 417 215 202 0.87 2,137 1,106 1,031 4.61
35-39 2,664 1,259 1,405 4.81 401 195 206 0.72 2,134 1,115 1,019 3.99
40-44 2,832 1,282 1,550 4.76 363 190 173 0.61 1,949 1,013 936 3.38
45-49 2,570 1,163 1,407 4.60 306 159 147 0.55 1,505 795 710 2.77
50-54 2,041 892 1,149 4.52 211 114 97 0.47 1,064 533 531 2.41
55-59 1,358 577 781 4.59 139 75 64 0.47 644 330 314 2.23
60-64 942 419 523 4.93 66 33 33 0.35 420 190 230 2.25
65-69 693 272 421 5.25 60 29 31 0.45 247 112 135 1.91
70-74 583 222 361 5.57 47 23 24 0.45 173 87 86 1.69
75-79 389 148 241 5.36 16 10 6 0.22 82 33 49 1.16
80-84 238 87 151 5.80 5 0 5 0.12 48 10 38 1.19
85-89 74 27 47 3.80 4 2 2 0.21 23 8 15 1.21
90-94 28 18 10 3.69 0 0 0 0.00 11 2 9 1.47
95+ 8 5 3 3.69 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.47
Total 33,497 15,923 17,574 5.02 5,698 2,934 2,764 0.85 25,948 13,319 12,629 4.10
Selected ages
Under 1 732 371 361 6.22 181 105 76 1.54 589 305 284 5.81
1-2 1,272 646 626 5.70 265 129 136 1.19 1,296 632 664 6.53
5 623 317 306 5.60 137 72 65 1.23 603 317 286 6.02
6 604 305 299 5.41 132 71 61 1.18 607 315 292 5.98
10-11 1,252 620 632 4.93 299 157 142 1.18 1,102 532 570 4.72
12-13 1,270 641 629 5.18 296 148 148 1.21 1,032 492 540 4.57
15 616 310 306 5.11 135 74 61 1.12 492 255 237 4.41
16 594 292 302 4.99 137 72 65 1.15 442 227 215 4.00
17 564 292 272 5.00 135 75 60 1.20 470 242 228 4.49
18 582 295 287 5.32 125 69 56 1.14 461 219 242 4.54
19 545 288 257 5.79 102 52 50 1.08 415 217 198 4.69
20 465 250 215 5.45 101 49 52 1.18 447 240 207 5.57
21 465 243 222 5.46 108 50 58 1.27 487 284 203 6.06
22 443 235 208 5.40 99 48 51 1.21 474 267 207 6.12
60-61 412 194 218 4.73 30 17 13 0.34 195 94 101 2.29
16+ 23,413 10,815 12,598 4.89 3,431 1,763 1,668 0.72 16,729 8,674 8,055 3.62
18+ 22,255 10,231 12,024 4.88 3,159 1,616 1,543 0.69 15,817 8,205 7,612 3.59
65+ 2,013 779 1,234 5.30 132 64 68 0.35 585 252 333 1.58
Median
age 30.0 27.6 32.1 20.8 20.6 21.1 24.2 24.2 24.2
Males /
100 Females
90.6 106.2 105.5
Youth
Dependency 55.5 83.9 66.5
(

Table 1.17
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, April 1, 2000
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Population White Alone Native American Alone African American Alone
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 48,525 24,887 23,638 100.00 29,073 14,839 14,234 59.91 10,083 5,316 4,767 20.78 2,186 1,052 1,134 4.50
5-9 53,822 27,515 26,307 100.00 33,693 17,265 16,428 62.60 10,942 5,608 5,334 20.33 2,258 1,120 1,138 4.20
10-14 56,061 28,803 27,258 100.00 35,912 18,525 17,387 64.06 11,083 5,645 5,438 19.77 2,187 1,098 1,089 3.90
15-19 49,709 26,163 23,546 100.00 32,897 17,432 15,465 66.18 9,295 4,820 4,475 18.70 1,864 999 865 3.75
20-24 39,892 21,192 18,700 100.00 26,893 14,459 12,434 67.41 6,948 3,522 3,426 17.42 2,129 1,181 948 5.34
25-29 42,987 22,186 20,801 100.00 30,709 16,055 14,654 71.44 6,475 3,191 3,284 15.06 2,058 1,161 897 4.79
30-34 46,486 24,121 22,365 100.00 33,633 17,719 15,914 72.35 7,034 3,507 3,527 15.13 1,997 1,074 923 4.30
35-39 55,723 28,555 27,168 100.00 41,288 21,394 19,894 74.10 7,848 3,912 3,936 14.08 2,193 1,194 999 3.94
40-44 58,326 29,799 28,527 100.00 44,990 23,290 21,700 77.14 7,141 3,507 3,634 12.24 1,893 976 917 3.25
45-49 53,515 27,950 25,565 100.00 42,387 22,487 19,900 79.21 5,962 2,949 3,013 11.14 1,503 815 688 2.81
50-54 41,437 22,311 19,126 100.00 33,315 18,344 14,971 80.40 4,398 2,155 2,243 10.61 924 512 412 2.23
55-59 27,423 14,698 12,725 100.00 21,722 11,916 9,806 79.21 3,357 1,650 1,707 12.24 566 318 248 2.06
60-64 17,327 9,208 8,119 100.00 13,227 7,191 6,036 76.34 2,447 1,239 1,208 14.12 429 214 215 2.48
65-69 12,626 6,371 6,255 100.00 9,291 4,857 4,434 73.59 2,129 998 1,131 16.86 276 135 141 2.19
70-74 9,881 4,862 5,019 100.00 7,368 3,727 3,641 74.57 1,552 727 825 15.71 190 92 98 1.92
75-79 6,863 3,066 3,797 100.00 5,222 2,357 2,865 76.09 1,030 470 560 15.01 125 59 66 1.82
80-84 3,695 1,522 2,173 100.00 2,833 1,187 1,646 76.67 542 208 334 14.67 82 39 43 2.22
85-89 1,779 644 1,135 100.00 1,309 486 823 73.58 343 109 234 19.28 37 13 24 2.08
90-94 663 201 462 100.00 527 146 381 79.49 96 38 58 14.48 10 0 10 1.51
95+ 192 58 134 100.00 145 42 103 75.52 36 11 25 18.75 1 0 1 0.52
Total 626,932 324,114 302,818 100.00 446,434 233,718 212,716 71.21 98,741 49,584 49,157 15.75 22,908 12,052 10,856 3.65
Selected ages:
Under 1 9,625 5,026 4,599 100.00 5,665 2,978 2,687 58.86 1,978 1,059 919 20.55 444 197 247 4.61
1-2 19,432 9,870 9,562 100.00 11,569 5,839 5,730 59.54 4,155 2,174 1,981 21.38 865 414 451 4.45
5 10,082 5,169 4,913 100.00 6,311 3,211 3,100 62.60 1,961 1,013 948 19.45 443 222 221 4.39
6 10,268 5,185 5,083 100.00 6,361 3,226 3,135 61.95 2,072 1,038 1,034 20.18 414 220 194 4.03
10-11 22,709 11,628 11,081 100.00 14,227 7,303 6,924 62.65 4,673 2,362 2,311 20.58 945 477 468 4.16
12-13 22,113 11,321 10,792 100.00 14,265 7,339 6,926 64.51 4,300 2,167 2,133 19.45 845 435 410 3.82
15 11,051 5,682 5,369 100.00 7,409 3,834 3,575 67.04 1,998 1,029 969 18.08 374 195 179 3.38
16 10,553 5,522 5,031 100.00 6,970 3,664 3,306 66.05 2,011 1,043 968 19.06 359 174 185 3.40
17 10,705 5,592 5,113 100.00 7,085 3,735 3,350 66.18 1,976 1,020 956 18.46 394 208 186 3.68
18 9,106 4,929 4,177 100.00 6,052 3,294 2,758 66.46 1,685 892 793 18.50 330 192 138 3.62
19 8,294 4,438 3,856 100.00 5,381 2,905 2,476 64.88 1,625 836 789 19.59 407 230 177 4.91
20 8,341 4,482 3,859 100.00 5,492 3,005 2,487 65.84 1,510 773 737 18.10 466 262 204 5.59
21 7,927 4,244 3,683 100.00 5,208 2,819 2,389 65.70 1,465 760 705 18.48 452 247 205 5.70
22 7,915 4,208 3,707 100.00 5,395 2,921 2,474 68.16 1,352 651 701 17.08 413 246 167 5.22
60-61 7,726 4,154 3,572 100.00 6,021 3,288 2,733 77.93 997 514 483 12.90 170 83 87 2.20
16+ 457,473 237,225 220,248 100.00 340,347 179,255 161,092 74.40 64,635 31,984 32,651 14.13 15,903 8,587 7,316 3.48
18+ 436,215 226,111 210,104 100.00 326,292 171,856 154,436 74.80 60,648 29,921 30,727 13.90 15,150 8,205 6,945 3.47
65+ 35,699 16,724 18,975 100.00 26,695 12,802 13,893 74.78 5,728 2,561 3,167 16.05 721 338 383 2.02
Median
Age:
Males
/100 Females:
Youth
Dependency:
(

Table 1.17 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone and Sex, April 1, 2000
Universe: MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
Hawaiian & Pacific
Islander Alone
Two or More Races
Age Total Male Female
Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 1,772 892 880 3.65 357 172 185 0.74 5,054 2,616 2,438 10.42
5-9 1,882 960 922 3.50 413 231 182 0.77 4,634 2,331 2,303 8.61
10-14 2,049 1,051 998 3.66 424 212 212 0.76 4,406 2,272 2,134 7.86
15-19 1,962 1,014 948 3.95 362 187 175 0.73 3,329 1,711 1,618 6.70
20-24 1,639 859 780 4.11 306 160 146 0.77 1,977 1,011 966 4.96
25-29 1,777 837 940 4.13 276 127 149 0.64 1,692 815 877 3.94
30-34 2,050 951 1,099 4.41 286 147 139 0.62 1,486 723 763 3.20
35-39 2,355 1,092 1,263 4.23 284 139 145 0.51 1,755 824 931 3.15
40-44 2,478 1,129 1,349 4.25 221 111 110 0.38 1,603 786 817 2.75
45-49 2,237 976 1,261 4.18 175 97 78 0.33 1,251 626 625 2.34
50-54 1,787 771 1,016 4.31 138 68 70 0.33 875 461 414 2.11
55-59 1,134 486 648 4.14 73 41 32 0.27 571 287 284 2.08
60-64 824 356 468 4.76 31 17 14 0.18 369 191 178 2.13
65-69 613 235 378 4.86 40 18 22 0.32 277 128 149 2.19
70-74 519 196 323 5.25 25 13 12 0.25 227 107 120 2.30
75-79 352 128 224 5.13 8 3 5 0.12 126 49 77 1.84
80-84 171 59 112 4.63 4 1 3 0.11 63 28 35 1.71
85-89 67 31 36 3.77 2 0 2 0.11 21 5 16 1.18
90-94 20 12 8 3.02 0 0 0 0.00 10 5 5 1.51
95+ 7 3 4 3.65 0 0 0 0.00 3 2 1 1.56
Total 25,695 12,038 13,657 4.10 3,425 1,744 1,681 0.55 29,729 14,978 14,751 4.74
Selected ages:
Under 1 344 179 165 3.57 70 29 41 0.73 1,124 584 540 11.68
1-2 701 348 353 3.61 140 67 73 0.72 2,002 1,028 974 10.30
5 362 171 191 3.59 76 49 27 0.75 929 503 426 9.21
6 357 185 172 3.48 84 47 37 0.82 980 469 511 9.54
10-11 795 417 378 3.50 184 92 92 0.81 1,885 977 908 8.30
12-13 847 442 405 3.83 156 68 88 0.71 1,700 870 830 7.69
15 412 204 208 3.73 81 39 42 0.73 777 381 396 7.03
16 383 196 187 3.63 80 49 31 0.76 750 396 354 7.11
17 420 209 211 3.92 69 37 32 0.64 761 383 378 7.11
18 415 223 192 4.56 60 26 34 0.66 564 302 262 6.19
19 332 182 150 4.00 72 36 36 0.87 477 249 228 5.75
20 360 189 171 4.32 70 30 40 0.84 443 223 220 5.31
21 331 185 146 4.18 65 33 32 0.82 406 200 206 5.12
22 310 164 146 3.92 61 33 28 0.77 384 193 191 4.85
60-61 352 170 182 4.56 13 8 5 0.17 173 91 82 2.24
16+ 19,580 8,931 10,649 4.28 2,150 1,090 1,060 0.47 14,858 7,378 7,480 3.25
18+ 18,777 8,526 10,251 4.30 2,001 1,004 997 0.46 13,347 6,599 6,748 3.06
65+ 1,749 664 1,085 4.90 79 35 44 0.22 727 324 403 2.04
Median
Age:
Males /100
Females:
Youth Dependency:
(

Table 1.18
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, April 1, 2000
Universe: Number of Responses; MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Total Responses
White Alone
or in Combination
Native American Alone
or in Combination
African American Alone
or in Combination
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 54,034 27,743 26,291 100.00 33,561 17,166 16,395 62.11 13,099 6,903 6,196 24.24 3,599 1,759 1,840 6.66
5-9 58,824 30,020 28,804 100.00 37,839 19,356 18,483 64.33 13,921 7,104 6,817 23.67 3,316 1,631 1,685 5.64
10-14 60,766 31,227 29,539 100.00 39,888 20,584 19,304 65.64 14,050 7,176 6,874 23.12 2,970 1,505 1,465 4.89
15-19 53,269 27,989 25,280 100.00 35,911 18,983 16,928 67.41 11,656 6,058 5,598 21.88 2,344 1,209 1,135 4.40
20-24 42,014 22,281 19,733 100.00 28,626 15,352 13,274 68.13 8,272 4,196 4,076 19.69 2,443 1,331 1,112 5.81
25-29 44,773 23,045 21,728 100.00 32,202 16,772 15,430 71.92 7,644 3,761 3,883 17.07 2,272 1,269 1,003 5.07
30-34 48,048 24,880 23,168 100.00 34,961 18,353 16,608 72.76 8,115 4,035 4,080 16.89 2,141 1,150 991 4.46
35-39 57,554 29,411 28,143 100.00 42,833 22,114 20,719 74.42 9,194 4,545 4,649 15.97 2,351 1,258 1,093 4.08
40-44 60,026 30,630 29,396 100.00 46,393 23,972 22,421 77.29 8,416 4,121 4,295 14.02 2,052 1,064 988 3.42
45-49 54,837 28,613 26,224 100.00 43,479 23,030 20,449 79.29 6,987 3,469 3,518 12.74 1,612 870 742 2.94
50-54 42,378 22,804 19,574 100.00 34,094 18,754 15,340 80.45 5,151 2,551 2,600 12.15 998 553 445 2.36
55-59 28,024 15,007 13,017 100.00 22,228 12,170 10,058 79.32 3,859 1,902 1,957 13.77 607 340 267 2.17
60-64 17,709 9,403 8,306 100.00 13,544 7,363 6,181 76.48 2,774 1,412 1,362 15.66 458 223 235 2.59
65-69 12,916 6,503 6,413 100.00 9,538 4,971 4,567 73.85 2,373 1,110 1,263 18.37 291 141 150 2.25
70-74 10,121 4,977 5,144 100.00 7,576 3,826 3,750 74.85 1,747 822 925 17.26 208 100 108 2.06
75-79 6,997 3,116 3,881 100.00 5,333 2,400 2,933 76.22 1,140 511 629 16.29 134 60 74 1.92
80-84 3,761 1,553 2,208 100.00 2,886 1,207 1,679 76.74 595 227 368 15.82 86 42 44 2.29
85-89 1,806 654 1,152 100.00 1,328 491 837 73.53 362 114 248 20.04 41 15 26 2.27
90-94 672 206 466 100.00 536 151 385 79.76 106 43 63 15.77 10 0 10 1.49
95+ 194 59 135 100.00 147 43 104 75.77 38 12 26 19.59 2 1 1 1.03
Total 658,723 340,121 318,602 100.00 472,903 247,058 225,845 71.79 119,499 59,910 59,331 18.14 27,935 14,521 13,414 4.24
Selected ages:

Table 1.18 (continued)
Alaska Population By Age, Race Alone or in Combination and Ethnicity by Sex, April 1, 2000
Universe: Number of Responses; MARS with Imputation Adjustment
Asian Alone
or in Combination
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander
Alone or in Combination
Hispanic Origin or Latino
Age Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct. Total Male Female Pct.
0-4 3,061 1,549 1,512 5.67 714 366 348 1.32 3,202 1,587 1,615 6.60
5-9 3,048 1,561 1,487 5.18 700 368 332 1.19 3,007 1,557 1,450 5.59
10-14 3,149 1,598 1,551 5.18 709 364 345 1.17 2,621 1,289 1,332 4.68
15-19 2,757 1,426 1,331 5.18 601 313 288 1.13 2,302 1,175 1,127 4.63
20-24 2,196 1,152 1,044 5.23 477 250 227 1.14 2,330 1,287 1,043 5.84
25-29 2,254 1,049 1,205 5.03 401 194 207 0.90 2,256 1,168 1,088 5.25
30-34 2,419 1,127 1,292 5.03 412 215 197 0.86 2,149 1,129 1,020 4.62
35-39 2,753 1,283 1,470 4.78 423 211 212 0.74 2,169 1,122 1,047 3.89
40-44 2,818 1,294 1,524 4.69 347 179 168 0.58 1,908 986 922 3.27
45-49 2,480 1,096 1,384 4.52 279 148 131 0.51 1,404 740 664 2.62
50-54 1,933 841 1,092 4.56 202 105 97 0.48 980 498 482 2.37
55-59 1,224 538 686 4.37 106 57 49 0.38 585 311 274 2.13
60-64 879 380 499 4.96 54 25 29 0.31 403 189 214 2.33
65-69 657 255 402 5.09 57 26 31 0.44 225 101 124 1.78
70-74 553 211 342 5.46 37 18 19 0.37 149 75 74 1.51
75-79 375 138 237 5.36 15 7 8 0.21 85 29 56 1.24
80-84 184 70 114 4.89 10 7 3 0.27 45 16 29 1.22
85-89 72 33 39 3.99 3 1 2 0.17 23 7 16 1.29
90-94 20 12 8 2.98 0 0 0 0.00 6 1 5 0.91
95+ 7 3 4 3.61 0 0 0 0.00 3 1 2 1.56
Total 32,839 15,616 17,223 4.99 5,547 2,854 2,693 0.84 25,852 13,268 12,584 4.12
Selected ages:
Under 1 598 294 304 5.51 158 75 83 1.45 672 319 353 6.98
1-2 1,228 622 606 5.68 277 142 135 1.28 1,301 624 677 6.70
5 597 301 296 5.39 134 79 55 1.21 623 321 302 6.18
6 603 306 297 5.32 145 75 70 1.28 606 310 296 5.90
10-11 1,265 652 613 5.12 306 158 148 1.24 1,099 501 598 4.84
12-13 1,271 651 620 5.31 266 126 140 1.11 1,012 525 487 4.58
15 598 296 302 5.03 137 67 70 1.15 456 238 218 4.13
16 562 291 271 4.95 134 78 56 1.18 498 251 247 4.72
17 601 301 300 5.22 123 65 58 1.07 480 227 253 4.48
18 550 296 254 5.66 100 48 52 1.03 412 222 190 4.52
19 446 242 204 5.07 107 55 52 1.22 456 237 219 5.50
20 485 254 231 5.50 109 50 59 1.24 475 277 198 5.69
21 445 243 202 5.32 100 51 49 1.20 468 258 210 5.90
22 418 220 198 5.02 94 50 44 1.13 457 254 203 5.77
60-61 377 181 196 4.77 24 12 12 0.30 189 87 102 2.45
16+ 22,983 10,612 12,371 4.86 3,287 1,689 1,598 0.69 16,566 8,597 7,969 3.62
18+ 21,820 10,020 11,800 4.85 3,030 1,546 1,484 0.67 15,588 8,119 7,469 3.57
65+ 1,868 722 1,146 5.12 122 59 63 0.33 536 230 306 1.50
Median Age: 29.9 27.5 32.0 20.5 20.3 20.6 23.8 24.0 23.7
Males /100
Females:
Youth Dependency:
(

Table 1.19
Alaska Population and Distribution by Selected Age Groups, 1950-2004
Age Groups
Year 0-4 5-13 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
1950 15,579 17,056 5,835 23,597 26,447 18,517 10,656 6,214 4,742
1955 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1960 34,193 43,216 11,487 32,129 39,672 31,981 18,957 9,146 5,386
1965 33,376 54,374 17,390 39,107 44,811 35,257 23,116 11,587 6,181
1970 32,075 64,743 23,041 45,517 49,299 38,021 26,939 13,860 6,887
1975 38,655 68,780 28,595 57,415 77,010 50,287 33,336 18,912 10,111
1980 38,949 62,363 29,433 59,773 90,808 54,022 34,243 20,713 11,547
1985 59,980 77,809 31,698 69,206 127,974 86,068 43,569 28,043 16,953
1990* 55,859 87,602 30,356 56,189 113,233 104,039 53,985 29,422 22,439
1991* 56,719 91,103 31,273 54,987 112,796 110,335 57,675 30,381 23,785
1992* 57,959 94,765 33,216 54,354 112,298 114,379 63,051 31,476 25,224
1993* 58,200 97,255 34,714 52,298 110,169 117,413 67,759 32,293 26,805
1994* 56,874 98,784 36,496 49,612 106,429 119,029 72,199 33,174 28,025
1995* 54,514 99,639 37,951 47,656 101,782 119,821 76,501 34,438 29,279
1996* 52,568 99,966 38,795 48,377 97,426 120,566 81,217 36,047 30,250
1997* 51,970 100,902 40,304 49,474 92,587 120,167 85,182 38,035 31,034
1998* 51,876 101,208 41,116 51,242 88,444 120,318 89,613 40,977 32,288
1999* 51,111 100,645 41,889 53,140 84,518 119,123 94,496 43,437 33,641
2000 48,525 98,342 43,548 57,292 89,473 114,049 94,952 44,750 35,699
2001 49,550 98,387 43,723 58,346 87,872 111,217 98,586 47,594 37,114
2002 50,536 97,471 44,337 59,963 87,959 108,951 101,227 51,770 38,627
2003 51,494 96,746 44,570 61,517 88,321 106,140 103,708 55,575 40,172
2004 52,537 95,658 45,353 62,936 88,296 104,409 105,137 59,527 41,582
* No Adjustment has yet been made for error of closure between 1990’s series and the 2000 census.
Percent Distribution
1950 12.1 13.3 4.5 18.3 20.6 14.4 8.3 4.8 3.7
1955 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1960 15.1 19.1 5.1 14.2 17.5 14.1 8.4 4.0 2.4
1965 12.6 20.5 6.6 14.7 16.9 13.3 8.7 4.4 2.3
1970 10.7 21.6 7.7 15.2 16.4 12.7 9.0 4.6 2.3
1975 10.1 18.0 7.5 15.0 20.1 13.1 8.7 4.9 2.6
1980 9.7 15.5 7.3 14.9 22.6 13.4 8.5 5.2 2.9
1985 11.1 14.4 5.9 12.8 23.6 15.9 8.0 5.2 3.1
1990 10.1 15.8 5.5 10.2 20.5 18.8 9.8 5.3 4.1
1991 10.0 16.0 5.5 9.7 19.8 19.4 10.1 5.3 4.2
1992 9.9 16.2 5.7 9.3 19.1 19.5 10.7 5.4 4.3
1993 9.8 16.3 5.8 8.8 18.5 19.7 11.4 5.4 4.5
1994 9.5 16.4 6.1 8.3 17.7 19.8 12.0 5.5 4.7
1995 9.1 16.6 6.3 7.9 16.9 19.9 12.7 5.7 4.9
1996 8.7 16.5 6.4 8.0 16.1 19.9 13.4 6.0 5.0
1997 8.5 16.6 6.6 8.1 15.2 19.7 14.0 6.2 5.1
1998 8.4 16.4 6.7 8.3 14.3 19.5 14.5 6.6 5.2
1999 8.2 16.2 6.7 8.5 13.6 19.2 15.2 7.0 5.4
2000 7.7 15.7 6.9 9.1 14.3 18.2 15.1 7.1 5.7
2001 7.8 15.6 6.9 9.2 13.9 17.6 15.6 7.5 5.9
2002 7.9 15.2 6.9 9.4 13.7 17.0 15.8 8.1 6.0
2003 7.9 14.9 6.9 9.5 13.6 16.4 16.0 8.6 6.2
2004 8.0 14.6 6.9 9.6 13.5 15.9 16.0 9.1 6.3
--- Information not available
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 1.20
Households by Type, 1990, 2000-2004
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1990
Total Pct. Total Pct. Total Pct. Total Pct. Total Pct. Total Pct.
House- of all House- of all House- of all House- of all House- of all House- of all
holds House- holds House- holds House- holds House- holds House- holds House-
2004 holds 2003 holds 2002 holds 2001 holds 2000 holds 1990 holds
Total Households 234,714 100.0 231,914 100.0 228,365 100.0 224,084 100.0 221,600 100.0 131,463 100.0
15-24 12,952 5.5 13,238 5.7 12,703 5.6 12,744 5.7 13,206 6.0 13,696 10.4
25-34 40,858 17.4 41,185 17.8 40,956 17.9 41,011 18.3 41,925 18.9 53,584 40.8
35-44 55,295 23.6 56,597 24.4 58,011 25.4 59,474 26.5 61,277 27.7 57,783 44.0
45-54 61,490 26.2 60,637 26.1 59,295 26.0 57,632 25.7 55,315 25.0 31,760 24.2
55-64 37,485 16.0 34,536 14.9 32,594 14.3 29,529 13.2 27,241 12.3 17,935 13.6
65-74 16,203 6.9 15,795 6.8 15,326 6.7 14,845 6.6 14,431 6.5 10,084 7.7
75+ 10,431 4.4 9,926 4.3 9,480 4.2 8,849 3.9 8,205 3.7 4,073 3.1
Family Households 157,413 67.1 156,451 67.5 154,959 67.9 152,939 68.3 152,337 68.7 132,837 72.7
15-24 6,390 2.7 6,410 2.8 6,532 2.9 6,564 2.9 7,156 3.2 7,890 6.0
25-34 27,036 11.5 27,566 11.9 27,682 12.1 27,850 12.4 29,308 13.2 37,293 28.4
35-44 38,403 16.4 39,390 17.0 41,921 18.4 43,769 19.5 45,746 20.6 43,275 32.9
45-54 43,445 18.5 42,702 18.4 42,020 18.4 40,804 18.2 39,010 17.6 23,682 18.0
55-64 27,614 11.8 24,172 10.4 22,453 9.8 20,175 9.0 18,193 8.2 12,645 9.6
65-74 10,230 4.4 9,389 4.0 9,215 4.0 9,498 4.2 8,911 4.0 6,038 4.6
75+ 6,011 2.6 5,254 2.3 5,112 2.2 4,302 1.9 4,013 1.8 2,014 1.5
Married Couple Families 114,598 48.8 115,231 49.7 115,437 50.5 115,206 51.4 116,318 52.5 106,079 61.1
With Related Children 57,080 24.3 58,702 25.3 60,072 26.3 61,172 27.3 63,245 28.5 64,720 38.5
Other Families 42,816 18.2 41,220 17.8 39,522 17.3 37,733 16.8 36,019 16.3 26,758 11.6
Male Householder 14,481 6.2 13,917 6.0 13,318 5.8 12,690 5.7 12,082 5.5 8,529 3.8
With Related Children 9,936 4.2 9,477 4.1 8,996 3.9 8,498 3.8 7,996 3.6 5,749 2.1
Female Householder 28,334 12.1 27,303 11.8 26,203 11.5 25,042 11.2 23,937 10.8 18,229 7.8
With Related Children 19,975 8.5 19,339 8.3 18,651 8.2 17,917 8.0 17,243 7.8 14,625 6.1
Nonfamily Households 77,301 32.9 75,463 32.5 73,406 32.1 71,145 31.7 69,263 31.3 56,078 27.3
* 100%
15-24 6,562 2.8 6,828 2.9 6,171 2.7 6,180 2.8 6,050 2.7 5,806 4.4
25-34 13,822 5.9 13,619 5.9 13,274 5.8 13,161 5.9 12,617 5.7 16,291 12.4
35-44 16,892 7.2 17,207 7.4 16,090 7.0 15,705 7.0 15,531 7.0 14,508 11.0
45-54 18,045 7.7 17,935 7.7 17,275 7.6 16,828 7.5 16,305 7.4 8,078 6.1
55-64 9,871 4.2 10,364 4.5 10,141 4.4 9,354 4.2 9,048 4.1 5,290 4.0
65-74 5,973 2.5 6,406 2.8 6,111 2.7 5,347 2.4 5,520 2.5 4,046 3.1
75+ 4,420 1.9 4,672 2.0 4,368 1.9 4,547 2.0 4,192 1.9 2,059 1.6
Householder Living Alone* 58,493 24.9 57,016 24.6 55,376 24.2 53,585 23.9 52,060 23.5 41,826 20.1
Two or more persons 18,808 8.0 18,447 8.0 18,031 7.9 17,561 7.8 17,203 7.8 14,252 7.2
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the U.S. Census of Population and
Housing, 1990,2000
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As shown in Figure 1.10, the highest ratio of males to
females is in the age group 60-64 at 113.7 males per 100
females. Ages 55-59 are close behind with a ratio of 113.1
males per 100 females. The next highest male/female
ratios by age occurred among the groups aged 50-54,
25-29, 65-69, 20-24, where the ratios were 110.5, 109.0,
107.7 and 107.6 respectively. These ages continue to
reflect the male/female pattern of migration at an earlier
period in Alaska history. The relatively young age of
Alaska’s population also adds slightly to the overall male
proportion. States with significant older populations, like
Pennsylvania (median age 38.0), have more women because
of the greater life expectancy among women. The
male/female ratio in Pennsylvania during the 2000 Census
was about 93 men for every 100 women.
Alaska Households and Living Arrangements
The census counts all persons as living either in households
or group quarters. A household occupies a housing unit.
The census currently defines a housing unit as a house, an
apartment, a group of rooms or a single room intended as
separate living quarters. Boats, tents, vans, and caves are
included if they are occupied as a usual place of residence.
Mobile homes are included provided they are intended for
occupancy on the site where they stand. Seasonal residences,
Forest Service cabins, or vacant cabins that are
habitable are included in the inventory.
232,608 housing units, with 188,915 occupied and 43,693
vacant and the percent of housing units used for seasonal,
recreational or occasional use was 7.3%. There was an increase
of 28,355 total housing units during the decade, or
a growth of 12.2%. The number of occupied housing units
or households in Alaska increased by 32,684, or 17.3%,
during the decade.
Following the national trend, the number of persons per
household in Alaska declined by 0.15 person, from 2.89
in 1990 to 2.74 in 2000. During the same period, in the
nation as a whole, persons per household declined by 0.26
person, from 2.63 in 1990 to 2.37 in 2002.
All persons not living in households, live in group quarters.
Two general categories of persons in group quarters
are recognized: (1) institutionalized persons (such
as those in prisons, nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals
and residential treatment facilities) and (2) other persons
in group quarters (such as those in group homes, college
dorms, military barracks, fish processing and logging
camp bunkhouses and emergency shelters). Some
19,349 persons (3.1%) lived in group quarters housing
in Alaska in 2000. In 2004, there were 21,390 persons
living in group quarters in Alaska, up from 18,748 in 2002.
A more detailed discussion of living quarters appears in
Chapter 2.
The 2000 census counted some 260,963 housing units in
Alaska, with 221,599 occupied and 39,364 vacant. Some
21,460, or 8.2%, of all housing units were for seasonal,
recreational or occasional use. In 1990, the census counted
Figure 1.10
Males Per 100 Females by Age, U.S. and Alaska, July 1, 2004
Males per 100 Females
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
U.S.
Alaska
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95
Age
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit; and the U.S. Census Bureau
Households are broken down into family households and
non-family households. A household containing a householder
and one or more persons related by birth or marriage
makes up a family household. By census definition,
not all households contain families.
A household composed of
two or more unrelated individuals
or one person living alone is considered
a non-family household.
The number of persons in households
is shown in Table 1.20 and
Figures 1.11 and 1.12.
Some 529,342 persons lived in
188,915 households in Alaska
in 1990. Of that population,
454,726 persons, or 82.7%, lived
in 132,837 family households.
The remaining 74,616 persons, or
13.6%, lived in 56,078 non-family
households. Overall, 70.3% of
all households are family households
and 29.7% are non-family
households. In 2004, an estimated
234,714 households existed in
Alaska. Of these, 157,413, or
67.1%, were family households
and 77,301, or 32.9%, were nonfamily
households. Households
in the United States as a whole
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in 2004 were almost identical in their distribution:
67.0% family and 33.0% non-family. The
proportion of persons in family households
continues to decline nationwide.
Family household types are husband-wife,
male-headed and female-headed households.
A married couple household is a
family in which the householder and spouse
are counted as members of the same household.
Male- and female-headed households
consist of a single adult head and at least
one younger or older related dependent.
Of Alaska’s 132,837 family households in
1990, 106,079 were husband-wife, 8,529
were male-headed, and 18,299 were femaleheaded.
These comprised 61.1%, 3.8% and
7.8% of all households respectively. By 2004,
it was estimated that there were 114,598
married couple households, down by 839
from 2002, 14,481 male-headed households
(up by 1,163 from 2002) and 28,334 femaleheaded
households (up by 2,131 from 2002)
in Alaska. These made up 48.8%, 6.2% and
12.1% of all households in the state, respectively.
Traditional husband-wife families
continue to decline and today make up less
than half of all households.
In 2003, the latest year for which national
data is available, Alaska’s households are
about as likely to contain married couple
families and somewhat more likely to contain
a male-headed household with no spouse
present than households of the nation as a
whole. Nationwide, 50.5% of all households
were married couples: 4.3% are male-headed,
family households and 12.5% femaleheaded.
In 2004, Alaska had 86,991 households with
related children. Of these related-children
households, 57,080, or 65.6%, were in married-couple
families. A single-female householder
was present in 19,975, or 23.0%, of
the households with related children, and
a single-male householder was present in
9,936, or 11.4%, of the households with
related children. Of all households containing
children living with one parent in 2004,
33.2% were male-headed households and
66.7% were female-headed households.
In 2000 there were 88,484 households within
Alaska with related children. Of these, 63,245,
or 71.5%, were married couple families,
17,243, or 19.5%, female-headed families
and 7,996, or 9.0%, male-headed families.
Figure 1.11
Alaska Households by Type, 2004
Family
Households
Male
Householder
Family
Female
Householder
Family
6.2%
12.1%
Nonfamily Household
2 or more Persons
8.0%
Married Couple Families
65.6%
Male
Householder
11.4%
48.8%
Female
Householder
23.0%
24.9%
Nonfamily
Households
Married
Couple
Families
Householder
Living Alone
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit
Figure 1.12 - Household Living Arrangements
of Children, Alaska, 2004
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and
Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Of all households containing children living with one parent
in 2000, 31.7% were male-headed households and 68.3%
were female-headed households.
Traditional households containing a husband, wife and
related children made up only 24.3% of all households
in Alaska, down from 28.5% in 2000. In 2003, traditional
households made up 25.3% of the total households in
Alaska, somewhat higher than the national average of
22.4% in that year. In part, this reflects Alaska’s younger
population and higher fertility. Between 1990 and 2004, the
proportion of households with children living with married
couple families continued to decline, while the proportion
of female- and male-headed households with children
continued to increase. The number of male and female
householders with related children have both risen, though
the percentage of female-headed households has fallen, as
the number of male-headed households rose faster than
the number of female-headed households.
Persons living alone or unrelated persons living together
account for the non-family households. Of the 69,263
non-family households in 2000, 52,060 contained persons
living alone, and 17,203 contained unrelated persons living
together. In 2004, of an estimated 77,301 non-family
households in Alaska, 58,493 (24.9% of all households)
contained persons living alone, and an additional 18,808
(8.0% of all households) contained two or more unrelated
individuals. Since 2000, these rates in the state have
gradually increased. Nationwide in 2003, the latest year for
which we have nationwide data, the proportion of households
containing a single person living alone was 26.8%,
and the proportion of households containing two or more
unrelated individuals was 5.8%. Alaska’s higher percentage
of households containing two or more unrelated individuals
may reflect our younger population.
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Chapter 2
Alaska Boroughs and Census Areas
Introduction
This chapter presents detailed estimates of population by
race, age, and male/female for all boroughs and census
areas. There is detailed analysis of geographic variation for
population trends, households, components of change, and
population composition.
Boroughs and Census Areas
Alaska is comprised of both organized boroughs and census
areas. As of July 1, 2004, there were 16 organized boroughs
within the state. Boroughs in Alaska are the equivalent
of county governments in the rest of the United States.
Four of these boroughs, the Municipality of Anchorage,
Juneau, Sitka and Haines are city/boroughs, the equivalent
of city/county governments, similar to City and County
of San Francisco, California. Haines Borough became the
fourth city/borough late in 2002. The City of Haines dissolved
on 17 October 2002. The boundaries of the former
City of Haines will become the Haines CDP. The remaining
unorganized territory, which accounts for about 59 percent
of the state’s land area, is divided into 11 census areas for
statistical purposes by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Although
these are only statistical units, they are considered
as county equivalents by the federal government for federal
program purposes. Many, but not all, of the boundaries of
the census areas tend to follow Native regional corporation
boundaries. Ten of the boroughs and all of the census
areas have independent, incorporated cities within their
boundaries. Bristol Bay Borough and Yakutat Borough contain
no organized cities. The reader may refer to the maps
that accompany the place estimates in Chapter Four of this
publication for help in identifying borough and census area
boundaries of Alaska.
Since there have been a number of recent borough formations,
there is no direct historical comparison among all of
the borough and census area boundaries. The boundaries
of the Northwest Arctic Borough correspond to Northwest
Arctic Native Association boundaries and include the 3,298
square miles of land transferred from North Slope Borough
at the time of incorporation. No population was involved in
this land transfer, so the historical series is still 100 percent
compatible with the Kobuk Census Area and North Slope
Borough for 1980 onward.
The Aleutians East Borough and Aleutians West Census
Area were formed out of the 1980 Aleutian Island Census
Area and a small area of unpopulated land transferred
from the 1980 Dillingham Census Area. Similarly, Lake and
Peninsula Borough and the 1990 Dillingham Census Area
were formed out of the 1980 Dillingham Census Area.
At the time of its formation, a segment of the 1980 Dillingham
Census Area containing 22 housing units, but no
population, was annexed to the Kodiak Island Borough.
In addition, a segment of the northernmost part of the
1980 Dillingham Census Area was transferred to the Aniak
Census Subarea of the Bethel Census Area. This segment
contained no population or housing units.
The Denali Borough, incorporated in December of 1990,
was formed primarily out of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census
Area and includes Denali National Park and all communities
on the Parks Highway between Anderson and the Matanuska-Susitna
Borough. These communities are Cantwell,
McKinley Park, Healy, Anderson, Ferry and Lignite. The borough
also included a small portion of Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area which has no population.
In 1992, Yakutat Borough was formed out of the Skagway-
Yakutat-Angoon Census Area. The remaining area has been
renamed the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. In
1997, Yakutat Borough annexed an additional 2,878 square
miles from the Valdez-Cordova Census Area. The incorporation
of all the remaining unorganized territory into boroughs
has been studied, public meetings held and a model
borough plan developed by the Alaska Boundary Commission.
Bills have surfaced almost annually over a long period
in the Alaska legislature to complete the borough formation
process, despite the opposition of many local unincorporated
areas.
Population Trends
Alaska experienced phenomenal growth during recent
decades, most of which has been centered in urban and
suburban areas of the state. This is evident in Figure 2.1,
which shows the dominance by the Anchorage/Matanuska-
Susitna region over other economic regions from about
1959 to the present. Table 2.1 together with Figures 2.1
and 2.2 provide the population estimates and help illustrate
the changing demographics during this period.
In 2004, 78.5 percent of Alaska’s population was found
in the following five boroughs: Municipality of Anchorage
(277,498), Fairbanks North Star Borough (84,979), Matanuska-Susitna
Borough (70,148), Kenai Peninsula Borough
(50,980), and Juneau Borough (30,966). Figure 2.2 compares
the growth trend of these boroughs by decade beginning
in 1960.
Population growth is sometimes sporadic over a period of
time. Between 1980 and 1985, the state grew at an average
annual rate of 5.9%. During the economic bust between
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1985 and 1990, the state only grew at a 0.3% annual rate.
For the 1990-1995 period Alaska grew at a 1.8% annual rate
and for the 1995-2000 period, the average annual growth
slowed to 0.8%. The 2000-2004 period saw an average
annual increase in growth to 1.0% of the state’s population.
After 2000, the majority of the state’s growth occurred in the
Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna region with the Matanuska-
Susitna Borough experiencing the fastest rate of growth.
That area’s population increased an average of 3.9% annually
during the past four years; this was
nearly four times faster than the statewide
average. Faster than average population
growth also occurred during 2000-2004
within the Municipality of Anchorage
(1.5%), and the Wade Hampton and Bethel
census areas (both 1.2%).
Lower than average growth occurred in the
Kenai Peninsula and Fairbanks North Star
Boroughs (both 0.6%), the Nome Census
Area (0.5%), Northwest Arctic Borough
(0.3%), the Juneau City and Borough
(0.2%) and the Southeast Fairbanks Census
Area (0.1%). The growth in Southeast
Fairbanks, which reverses a downward
trend, seems to be attributable to the
reactivation of Fort Greely as a missile
defense base.
In contrast, the remaining seventeen of
Alaska’s county equivalent areas had average
annual losses of population between
2000 and 2004. The largest percentage
losses were in Yakutat City and Borough
(-4.0%), Bristol Bay Borough (-3.2%),
Lake and Peninsula Borough (-3.0%) and
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census
Area (-2.4%). These losses are mainly
attributed to slowdowns in the fishing
and/or logging industries. In Southeast, in
addition to Yakutat and Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (-2.4%), Ketchikan Gateway
Borough (-1.8%), Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area (-1.6%), and Haines Borough
(-1.5%) all declined. In the Southeast
Region, only the Juneau City and Borough
gained population (0.2%), as people
moved there from other areas of the
region. In the Northern and Interior Regions,
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, North
Slope Borough (both -0.9%) and Denali
Borough (-0.6%) lost population.
Group Quarters
As indicated in Chapter 1, two general
categories of persons in group quarters are
recognized: institutionalized persons (such
as those in prisons, nursing homes or military barracks) and
other persons in group quarters (such as those in rooming
houses, group homes, college dorms, emergency shelters,
or logging and fish processing bunkhouses). In 2004, an
estimated 21,390 persons or 3.2% of Alaska’s population
lived in group quarters housing in Alaska, up slightly from
19,349 persons or 3.1% in 2000. Table 2.2 provides housing
information by group quarters for all boroughs and census
areas by labor market regions for the period 2001-2004.
Figure 2.1
Population by Economic Region - 1960 to 2004
Thousands
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
Northern
Southwest
Gulf Coast
Southeast
Interior
Anchorage/Mat-su
0
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit
Figure 2.2 - Average Annual Growth:
Five Most Populous Alaska Boroughs - 1960 to 2004
Percent
13
12
11 2000-2004 1990-2000 1980-1990 1970-1980 1960-1970
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Municipality of
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Borough
Juneau
Borough
Kenai
Borough
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis
Section, Demographics Unit
Mat-Su
Borough
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According to the 1990 census, the proportion of persons
in group quarters housing in Alaska by type was as follows:
military (42.5%); fish processing, logging and
miscellaneous group quarters (26.5%); correctional institutions
(12.7%); college dorms and religious group quarters
(6.3%); nursing homes (5.8%); homeless and abused shelters
(2.2%); juvenile institutions (1.9%); rooming houses,
group homes, halfway houses, etc. (1.6%); visible street
locations (0.4%); and hospitals, including handicapped
(0.4%).
The 2000 census shows the following proportions in group
quarters: military (20.5%); fish processing, logging and
miscellaneous group quarters (20.9%); correctional institutions
(17.2%); college dorms and religious group quarters
(9.5%); nursing homes (4.2%); homeless and abused
shelters (not reported); juvenile institutions (2.2%); rooming
houses, group homes, halfway houses, etc. (9.2%); visible
street locations (not reported); and hospitals, including
handicapped (1.4%).
Approximately 57% of Alaska’s group quarters population
in 2004 were found living in the Municipality of Anchorage
and Fairbanks North Star Borough. Military barracks, University
of Alaska dormitories, State of Alaska correctional
facilities, and a combination of for profit and non-profit
group homes, nursing homes, and homeless shelters made
up the volume of group quarters locations in these more
populated areas.
People living in group quarters housing dropped 48% in
the Aleutians West Census Area between 1990-2000 due
mainly to the closing of the Adak Naval Air Station; however,
the Aleutian Chain continues to be dominated by group
quarters living connected with fishing and the seafood
processing industry, with about 45% of its total population
in group quarters in 2004. In 2004, the Aleutians East
Borough still had the greatest proportion of their population
living in group quarters housing (52.1%) followed by the
Aleutians West Census Area (45.4%). The overall statewide
average was 3.2% in 2004.
Other areas in the state with relatively high proportions of
group quarters housing were Yakutat (9.1%), Fairbanks
North Star Borough and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
(both 5.2%), Denali Borough (4.5%), Northwest Arctic Borough
(4.0%), and Sitka Borough (3.1%). Group quarters in
Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area and Fairbanks
North Star Borough are largely military in character.
A state-run Pioneers’ Home in Sitka as well as an active
Coast Guard presence and Sheldon Jackson College make
up the group quarters housing in that Southeast Alaska
Figure 2.3
Lived in a Foreign Country Five Years Ago, Percent as of April 1, 2000
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
% Living in Foreign Country
0.2% - 0.5%
0.5% - 0.7%
0.7% - 1.4%
1.4% - 2.8%
2.8% - 6.7%
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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community. Logging in Yakutat and the Red Dog Mine in
Northwest Arctic Borough account for the group quarters in
those two areas.
Census Area Housing Units and Households
Comparative information on housing units and households
for Alaska by labor market region and census area are
shown in Table 2.2. The number of occupied households
in Alaska in 2004 was estimated at 234,714, an increase
of 13,115 or 5.9% since 2000. The number of persons per
household on a statewide basis declined slightly from 2.74
in 2000 to 2.70 in 2004.
In 1990, Alaska’s homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%
and the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%. At the time of the
1990 census, 16,991 or 7.3% of housing units classified as
seasonal, recreational or occasional use were vacant. Boroughs
or census areas that had the highest proportion of
such housing were: Lake and Peninsula Borough (34.9%),
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (27.5%), Nome Census Area
(26.7%), Bristol Bay Borough (23.8%), Skagway-Yakutat-
Angoon Census Area (23.4%), Matanuska-Susitna Borough
(21.4)%, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (19.3%),
Valdez-Cordova Census Area (18.6%), Haines Borough
(18.5%), Kenai Peninsula Borough (14.6%), and Dillingham
Census Area (13.0%). In some rural areas, such housing
may be associated with fish camps or fish processing. In
other areas, particularly on the road system, such housing
tends to be primarily for seasonal recreational purposes.
In 2000, Alaska’s homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9% and
the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%. At the time of the 2000
census, 21,474 or 8.2% of housing units classified as
seasonal, recreational or occasional use were vacant. Boroughs
or census areas that had the highest proportion of
such housing were: Lake and Peninsula Borough (58.3%),
Bristol Bay Borough (38.9%), Yakutat Borough (35.7%),
Denali Borough (30.5%), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
(28.9%), Dillingham Census Area (27.1%), Skagway-
Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (22.3%), Northwest Arctic
Borough (22.2%), Haines Borough (21.2%), Nome Census
Area (19.2%), Matanuska-Susitna Borough (19.2%),
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (16.4%), Kenai Peninsula
Borough (18.3%), Valdez-Cordova Census Area
(13.9%), Wade Hampton Census Area (13.4%), Aleutians
East Borough (11.0%), Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
Census Area (10.5%), Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
(9.9%) and Bethel Census Area (9.8%).
A household includes all persons who occupy a housing
unit, which can be a house, an apartment, a mobile
home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied
Figure 2.4
Lived in a Different State Five Years Before, Percent as of April 1, 2000
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
% Living in Different State
2.8% - 6.3%
6.4% - 9.8%
9.9% - 14.5%
14.6% - 20.9%
30% - 31.2%
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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as separate living quarters. Areas associated with larger
households are predominately Native American areas in
northern and western Alaska. In 2004, these areas included
Wade Hampton Census Area with an average of 4.45 persons
per household, followed by Northwest Arctic Borough
(3.81), Bethel Census Area (3.77), North Slope Borough
(3.43), Nome Census Area (3.39), Dillingham Census Area
(3.12), Kodiak Island Borough (2.99), and Lake and Peninsula
Borough (2.91). This ordering is unchanged from
2002, though the persons per household is slightly lower
for each area.
The smallest households were found in Denali Borough
(2.16), followed by Haines Borough (2.26), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (2.27), Aleutians West Census
Area (2.33), Bristol Bay Borough (2.36), Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area (2.44), Ketchikan Gateway Borough and
Valdez-Cordova Census Area (both 2.47). The order in this
list is slightly different than in 2002, as Ketchikan Gateway
Borough and Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area have seen
their household sizes fall below that of Valdez-Cordova. In
every case, however, the household size has fallen slightly,
as the population ages. Southeast Alaska is well-represented
on the list of small household sizes, as the median
age there tends to be older and there is a higher incidence
of households that no longer contain children.
Population Density
The density of Alaska’s population is shown in Table 2.3.
Overall, Alaska’s land area is equal to 16.1% of the entire
United States. In 2004, Alaska averaged 1.15 persons per
square mile compared to 83.01 persons per square mile
nationally. As discussed elsewhere, because of federal,
state and Native ownership and land use and accessibility,
these numbers can be somewhat misleading.
The highest population density in Alaska was found in the
Municipality of Anchorage with 163.52 persons per square
mile. The lowest density of people was found in Alaska’s
interior with the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area averaging less
than 0.04 person per square mile. Sixteen boroughs and
census areas had population densities that averaged less
than 1.0 person per square mile. In 2004, the Municipality
of Anchorage was followed by Fairbanks North Star Borough
(11.54), Juneau Borough (11.40) and Ketchikan Gateway
Borough (10.57), all down slightly from their 2002 levels.
Some borough and census area populations are limited
to small parts of their total area, so population density of
settled areas may be considerably higher than what is officially
given. For example, most of the population of the
Matanuska-Susitna Borough is concentrated in the Susitna
River Valley adjacent to Anchorage. In this case, population
Figure 2.5
Lived in the Same County Five Years Ago, Percent as of April 1, 2000
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
% Living in Same County
55.2% - 66.8%
66.9% - 73.9%
74% - 78.4%
78.5% - 84.2%
84.3% - 92.6%
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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density in this area would be much greater than the 2.84
persons per square mile average that was given for the
borough average.
Census Area Components of Change
Population change consists of two components: natural
increase, which is births minus deaths, and net migration,
which is in-migration minus out-migration. These statistics
are presented in Table 2.3. In addition, birth and death rates
and proportion of Alaska’s population are included for each
of the areas covered. In terms of net population change,
the major population centers garnered the largest increases,
with the Municipality of Anchorage showing the largest
increase between 1990 and 2000, adding 33,945 persons,
followed by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (19,639), Kenai
Peninsula Borough (8,889), Fairbanks North Star Borough
(5,120), Juneau Borough (3,960) and Bethel Census Area
(2,390). The areas which had a net loss of population between
1990 and 2000 included Aleutians West Census Area
(-4,013), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (-1,968), Wrangell-
Petersburg Census Area (-358), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (-244), Bristol Bay Borough (-152), and Prince
of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area (-121).
Between April of 2000 and July of 2004, 8 boroughs and
census areas gained population, while 19 had net losses.
The largest growth from 2000 to 2004 occurred in the
Municipality of Anchorage (3,896) and Fairbanks North Star
Borough (2,848). Matanuska-Susitna Borough (2,622), and
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (281) made up most of
the rest of the state’s growth. The Municipality of Anchorage
grew primarily through natural increase (12,955),
which outstripped net migration (4,260). The Matanuska-
Susitna Borough grew primarily through net migration
(8,424), which exceeded natural increase (2,402). Except
for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, every area with a positive
population change saw their natural increase (positive)
exceed their net migration (generally negative).
Births and Deaths
In 2003-2004, the birth rate for Alaska was 15.8 births per
1,000 population. This was somewhat below the 1990-2000
decade average of 18.6 births per 1,000 population, and a
slight increase from the previous two years’ rates of 15.5
per 1000; however, the state was still above the national
average of 14.1 births. The highest birth rates were found in
areas of the state with a higher than average Native American
population. These areas in 2003-2004 included: Wade
Hampton Census Area with 28.8 births per 1,000 population,
Bethel Census Area (24.8), North Slope Borough (23.7),
Northwest Arctic Borough (23.2) and Nome Census Area
(20.9). The birth rates in these areas have declined since the
Figure 2.6
Average Annual Alaska Net Migration, 1980-1985
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
1980-1985
< -2.0%
-1.9% - 0.0%
0.1% - 1.9%
2.0% - 3.9%
4.0%+
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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1990s, although the Wade Hampton Census Area still has
one of the highest birth rates of any county in the nation.
Birth rates in the state were lowest along the Aleutian
Chain and in Southeast Alaska. The Aleutians East Borough,
and the Aleutians West Census Area, where 65-66
percent of the population is male, many of whom work
in fishing or fish processing, had relatively low birth
rates of 4.9 and 6.4 respectively per 1,000 population in
2003-2004. In Southeast, where the median age of the
population is the oldest in the state, lower than average
birth rates were found in Haines Borough (7.4), Prince of
Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area (8.6), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (9.3), Yakutat Borough (10.2),
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area (11.4), Juneau City and
Borough (12.4), Sitka Borough (12.7) and Ketchikan Gateway
Borough (13.1).
Alaska’s death rate was 4.6 per 1,000 population in 2003-
2004. This was slightly higher than the rate between 1990-
2000. The state’s lowest mortality rate was 2.3 per 1000 in
Aleutians East Borough, followed by the Skagway-Hoonah-
Angoon Census Area (2.9), Denali Borough (3.2), and the
Aleutians West Census Area (3.4). The state’s highest mortality
rates were in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (8.8),
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area (7.8), Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area (7.1) and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and
Nome Census Area (both at 6.6). Below-average mortality
rates for 2003-2004 were reported for three of Alaska’s five
largest urban areas: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Juneau
Borough and Municipality of Anchorage (all at 4.2), while
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (4.7) and Kenai Peninsula Borough
(6.0) were slightly above the average. In the 2003-
2004 period, 2,257, or 74.5%, of all deaths in the state
were reported in these five boroughs.
Patterns of Migration
Migration is the third major component of demographics
after births and deaths that is used to estimate population.
The term migration refers to the movement of people
across a boundary such as a national, state or county
border for the purpose of establishing a new permanent
residence. Movement across international boundaries is
referred to as immigration or emigration. Movement into
or out of a state or county is referred to as in-migration or
out-migration. The difference between in- and out-migration
is net migration. The total volume of migration (in
migration plus out migration) is known as gross migration.
Movement from one location to another within a county
is referred to as local movement. Tracking and explaining
migration may be extremely complex and reflects many life
cycle, work and personal events.
Figure 2.7
Alaska Average Annual Net Migration, 1985-1990
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
1985-1990
< -2.0%
-1.9% - 0.0%
0.1% - 1.9%
2.0% - 3.9%
4.0%+
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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Each decade, the U.S. census asks a sample of the population
over five years of age, where they lived five years
ago. While this question misses short-term movements, it
does tend to capture counties with high and low volumes
of migration and counties that tend to attract in-migrants
from international, U.S., Alaska or local origins. At the time
of the census in 2000, only 46.2% of the state’s residents
stated that they lived in the same house they lived in during
1995. Over half had changed residences at some time
during the last five years. Almost half of these (20.5%)
were local movers who had simply moved to a different
house in the same borough or census area where they
lived in 1995. Another 7.5% lived in a different borough
or census area in 1995 (in-state migrants). The remaining
18.5% moved to Alaska from another state (inter-state
migrants) or abroad between 1995 and 2000. Note that
overall interstate migration is twice as large as in-state
movement on a statewide basis. There is a dramatic difference
in the relative influence of interstate and intrastate
migration in different parts of the state.
Place of residence statistics suggest that there is a high
degree of transience among about a quarter of the state’s
population and that transients are heavily concentrated
in Alaska’s urban areas. For example, 87.6% of the 2000
residents of Wade Hampton were living in the census
area in 1995. In contrast, only 47.2% of the population of
Fairbanks, 52.4% of Matanuska-Susitna, 61.8% of Kenai
Peninsula, and 73.9% of Anchorage, 76.4% of Juneau,
lived in the boroughs in 1995. This urban growth is the
result of migration from outside the state and from rural
areas within Alaska.
Some 12,564 persons (2.2%) indicated that they lived in
a foreign country five years ago. These are not all recent
foreign immigrants. Some are Americans who were living
abroad. The vast majority (95.0%) of these persons
lived in 11 areas: the Municipality of Anchorage (53.1%),
Fairbanks North Star Borough (18.4%), Matanuska-Susitna
Borough (5.6%), Kodiak Island Borough (4.6%), Aleutians
West Census Area (3.0%), Juneau Borough (2.9%), Kenai
Peninsula Borough (2.7%), Southeast Fairbanks Census
Area (1.5%), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (1.3%), Ketchikan
Gateway Borough (1.1%) and North Slope Borough
(1.0%). Figure 2.3 shows the distribution of persons living
in a foreign country five years ago as a percentage of the
borough or census area population. The highest proportion
of foreign population are found in the Aleutians and Kodiak
which have a large number of Asians and Hispanics working
in the fish processing industry. Another concentration of
immigrants is in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, where
there has recently been a large migration of Ukrainian and
Figure 2.8
Alaska Average Annual Net Migration, 1990-1995
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
1990-1995
< -2.0%
-1.9% - 0.0%
0.1% - 1.9%
2.0% - 3.9%
4.0%+
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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Russian immigrants to the Delta Junction area.
Boroughs and census areas differ widely in the share of
recent migrants to Alaska from other states (interstate
migration). Figure 2.4 shows the percentage living in a different
state in 1995. Fairbanks North Star Borough and the
Aleutians have the highest proportions of recent migrants
to Alaska (over 21%). Fairbanks ranks high because such
a large proportion of its population is accounted for by the
Military and University of Alaska. The Aleutians rank high
because of the substantial share of out of state workers
in the fish processing industry. Denali Borough, Southeast
Fairbanks Census Area and the Municipality of Anchorage
also rank high because of military populations and Kodiak
Island Borough and Sitka Borough both rank high because
of Coast Guard and fishing populations.
The boroughs and census areas which are least likely to
have someone migrate to them (Figure 2.5) are in rural
Alaska. In Wade Hampton, Bethel and Nome census areas
and the Northwest Arctic Borough, over 84% of the population
were living in the same borough or census area as
they were five years ago.
There are three additional sources of migration information.
Each has its shortcomings. Each year the IRS produces
migration information based upon the county from which
income tax returns are filed. Specific counts are restricted
by agreement and small numbers are suppressed. Coverage
is limited to those that file tax returns in two consecutive
years. A second source is the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Coverage for the PFD is limited for the military and is only
available for persons who have been in Alaska for a year
as of January 1. Further, migration statistics derived from
the Permanent Fund do not distinguish in-migrants from
births and out-migrants from deaths. Migration is produced
by subtracting births and deaths from the non-matches
(persons not present in consecutive PFD files). Third, migration
can be estimated as a residual net migration. This
is computed as the remainder of the change between two
time periods minus natural increase (births minus deaths).
“Residual net migration” includes migration, but it may
include any error from the population estimates. Computing
migration with each data set produces somewhat different
results. In general, the overall trends are similar.
Figure 2.9
Alaska Average Annual Net Migration, 1995-2000
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
1995-2000
< -2.0%
-1.9% - 0.0%
0.1% - 1.9%
2.0% - 3.9%
4.0%+
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Reasons for migration
There are many reasons why people migrate. First, the
persons most likely to move are young adults between 18
and 30 along with any young children belonging to young
families. The movement of persons in their late teens and
early 20’s is most frequently to seek post secondary educa-
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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tion, enter military service, seek a first job, or accompany
family members. Counties containing colleges and military
facilities are focal points of this movement nationwide.
Similarly, certain types of employment have distinctive patterns
of migration. Persons working in resource industries
and fishing flow to and from the resource. Seasonal industries
such as fishing attract a highly transient workforce. Fish
processing attracts the most non-resident workers and this
group of migrants has high gross migration to and from out
of state locations. “Military rotation” is a relatively constant
migration flow that only changes as the Armed Forces are
expanded or reduced in the state. Military migration tends
to be limited to ages of 18 to about 40 years of age. Military
and dependent rotations may make up as much as 29% of
all of the interstate migration flows to and from Alaska and
these are concentrated in Fairbanks North Star Borough, the
Municipality of Anchorage, Denali Borough and Kodiak Island
Borough. A different pattern of migration is found in retirement,
with flows going to states and counties popular as
retirement locations. This migration has not been large historically
because of the smaller numbers of older Alaskans.
Retirement migration tends to begin after age 50.
Lastly, flows come and go as employment expands or
contracts in communities relative to other communities.
Depending on opportunities elsewhere, the local availability
of employment and local environments may or may not
compete with employment and communities elsewhere to
attract migrants. Similarly, people may remain in a location
even when employment opportunities may not exist. These
are some of the reasons why population growth or decline
may not necessarily match employment growth. Economically
driven migration (such as a plant closing) tends to
be of relatively short duration and generally disappear as
those who have been laid off leave to find other employment.
Rarely, the decline of an industry can lead to the
death of a community. Alaska has many towns that became
“ghost towns”, when the work ran out.
Migration trends since 1980
In 1980, 72.4% of Alaska’s population lived in the Municipality
of Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Juneau Borough.
By the 1990s, 74.8% of the population lived in these boroughs
and by 2000, they contained 77.0% of the state’s population.
Most of this change in population distribution is due to migration.
Figures 2.6-2.10 show the patterns of average annual net
migration rates in five year increments since 1980.
The period from 1980-1985 was unique as a period of
substantial spending of oil revenue on State programs and
Figure 2.10
Alaska Average Annual Net Migration, 2000-2004
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
2000-2004
-4.1% - -2.0%
-1.9 %- 0.0%
0.1% - 1.9%
2.0 %- 3.9%
4%+
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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infrastructure. It reflects the largest period of migration
to Alaska after the building of the pipeline. Almost every
area of the state showed average annual gains through
migration and the few who had losses did not have large
losses. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough,
Kodiak Island Borough, Juneau Borough and Prince
of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area had the greatest
rates of increase. Sitka, Wrangell-Petersburg, Wade Hampton,
the Aleutians and Valdez-Cordova had small losses.
The period from 1985-1990 represents the “bust’ which followed
the boom of the early eighties. The price of oil plummeted
and almost all of Alaska had net migration losses. It
is the only time since 1980 that Matanuska-Susitna Borough
has had net out-migration. Yukon-Koyukuk, Southeast
Fairbanks and Dillingham all had losses of over 2% a year
during this period. While Anchorage had a loss of less
than 2% per year during this period, its numerical loss was
almost 4,000 migrants a year. Of the urban areas, only Fairbanks
North Star Borough grew through migration and this
was primarily because of military expansion. All remaining
gains were in rural Southeast, the Gulf Coast and the Aleutians.
The late 1980s were good years for logging. The pollock
fishery in Unalaska in Aleutians West was expanding
and fish prices were at an all time high which contributed
to the migration in Southeast and Valdez-Cordova.
The early 1990s saw a slight recovery. The Matanuska-
Susitna Borough was the only borough with annual inmigration
of over 2% per year. In addition, Anchorage,
Kenai, Kodiak, Juneau, Haines, Ketchikan, Prince of Wales,
Denali, Yakutat and the North Slope all had small net gains
through migration. However, losses began to appear in
Sitka, Wrangell-Petersburg and Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
as timber started to decline. In addition, the beginnings of
base closures helped lead to migration losses in Fairbanks
North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk, Bristol Bay and Aleutians West.
The losses continued in the remainder of rural Alaska and
in Valdez-Cordova as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The late 1990s showed a further reduction in the areas of
growth through migration. The military cutbacks seen in
the late 1990-1995 period continued into 1995-2000. There
was a strong national economy combined with slow growth
in Alaska. Only Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Aleutians
East Borough had an annual net gain through migration
of more than 2%. Juneau, Haines and Kenai Peninsula
Boroughs, and Dillingham Census Area also had slight
migration gains. Most of Juneau and Haines’ gains were
from declines in other areas of Southeast. The greatest
losses were in Wrangell-Petersburg and Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan census areas as a result of the further
decline in logging. Kodiak had cut-backs in the Coast Guard
Figure 2.11
Alaska Gross Migration Rates, 2000-2004
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Gross Migration Rate (%)
2000-2004
13.0% - 17.3%
17.4% - 21.6%
21.7% - 25.8%
25.9% - 30.1%
30.2% - 34.4%
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Kodiak Island
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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and declines in fishing. Aleutians East gained because of
the movement of a substantial amount of fish processing
on shore. While outflows were not large, all of rural Alaska
continued to have migration losses during this period.
In the 2000-2004 period, only Matanuska-Susitna Borough
and the Municipality of Anchorage had net growth through
migration. During that period, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
gained 8,424 through net migration, representing a gain of
4.3% per year. The decline in suitable land for development
in Anchorage continues to fuel the growth of the valley. In
2000-2004 Anchorage gained 4,260 through net migration,
amounting to a gain of only 0.4% per year. Every other
borough and census area lost population to migration on
average during 2000-2004. The greatest losses occurred in
the Fairbanks North Star Borough (-2,952), Ketchikan Gateway
Borough (-1,382) and Kodiak Island Borough (-1,162).
Fairbanks North Star Borough had substantial losses in
2002-2003 due to military movement. Some of this was
recovered in the 2003-2004 period. The picture in Southeast
Fairbanks is slightly less negative than it was after the
closure of Fort Greely. The renewed activity at Fort Greely
has been at least partially responsible for the gain of 255
there due to net migration. Declines in oil exploration and
production and oil revenues are still causing net migration
losses from the North Slope.
Gross Migration
Gross migration measures the total volume of movement,
or turnover, into and out of a borough or census area.
Historically, the highest turnover tends to occur in areas
of Alaska with large proportions of military or fishing-related
populations. Gross migration is frequently of interest
to the real estate and moving industries whose business
increases with high population turnover. Figure 2.11 shows
the percentage of gross migration for 2000-2004 as measured
by IRS statistics. The highest gross migration in
Alaska was found in Aleutians West Census Area with over
30.2% of the population coming in or leaving. Aleutians
East Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Denali Borough,
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Valdez-Cordova
Census Area and Yakutat Borough also had high turnover,
with between 25.9% and 30.1% of the population entering
or leaving in the last year. The lowest gross migration was
found in Wade Hampton, Bethel and Nome census areas
where gross migration averaged less than 17.3% of the
population.
Interstate Migration
The Aleutian Islands have been high on the list of destinations
for persons from outside Alaska. During the 1980s,
the migration rate for the Aleutians was 2.5 times the state
rate, followed by Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Bristol
Figure 2.12
Net Migration to and from the U.S., 2000-2004
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration to/from U.S.
2000-2004
-273 - -134
-133 - 5
6 - 144
145 - 283
284 - 422
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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Bay Borough, Kodiak Island Borough, and Fairbanks North
Star Borough, all at 1.4 times the state rate of migration.
In contrast, areas such as the North Slope Borough, Nome
Census Area, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula
Borough, Bethel Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough
and Wade Hampton Census Area were the destination of
fewer persons migrating to Alaska from outside the state.
Figure 2.12 shows the net migration to and from boroughs
and census areas for 2000-2004 from outside
Alaska. This slightly longer time period shows that
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Anchorage Municipality,
Juneau Borough, Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Kodiak
Island Borough had the largest net outflows of migrants
from Alaska. Matanuska-Susitna Borough had the largest
net gain from out of state, while Coastal and Southeast
Alaska boroughs and census areas that had net out-migration
lost population to out of state destinations.
Intrastate Migration
A very different pattern emerges when one focuses on instate
migration. The Mat-Su Valley has shown exceptional
growth predominately because of its “suburban” character.
It is a place where one can live a relatively rural Alaskan
lifestyle and still retain the advantages of the big city. The
movement of persons from Anchorage to “the Valley” is the
largest single net migration flow in Alaska usually amounting
to about 2-3 thousand persons a year since 2000.
As shown in Figure 2.13, only three areas, Matanuska-
Susitna Borough, Juneau Borough and Kenai Peninsula
Borough gained population from in-state migration over
2000 and 2004. All other areas had net out-migration or
zero net migration to in-state destinations. In all, over
5,100 or 3.6% of the population of rural Alaska moved
annually to the most urban areas of the state between
2000 and 2004, and about 3,300 returned from the most
urban places. The largest boroughs gained about 1,820
persons or about 1.3% of the population from rural Alaska
each year. The destinations of the migrants were as follows:
the Municipality of Anchorage (47.7%), Fairbanks
North Star Borough (23.1%), Juneau Borough (10.8%),
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (11.0%) and Kenai Peninsula
Borough (7.4%).
Figure 2.13
Net Migration within Alaska, 2000 to 2004
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Net Migration Rate (%)
2000-2004
-4.4% - -3.0%
-2.9% - -1.6%
-1.5% - 0.0%
0.1% - 1.1%
1.2% - 2.6%
Nome
Yukon-Koyukuk
Denali
Southeast
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star
Aleutians West
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Wade
Hampton
Bethel
Bristol
Bay
Kenai
Peninsula
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-
Susitna
Kodiak Island
While Anchorage gained migrants from virtually every area
of the state, it lost over 80% of its gains to Matanuska-
Susitna Borough. Mat-Su gained some migrants from every
borough and census area. Fairbanks North Star Borough
gained from the interior and northern regions. Over 82%
of its gains were from Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Southeast
Fairbanks Census Area, North Slope Borough, North-
Valdez-
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway-
Hoonah-
Angoon
Haines
Sitka
Juneau
Prince of Wales-
Outer Ketchikan
Wrangell-
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Gateway
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west Arctic Borough, Denali Borough and Nome Census
Area. Fairbanks North Star Borough, however, lost more
to Anchorage and Mat-Su than it gained from rural Alaska.
Some 87% of Juneau’s gains were from Southeast Alaska.
Over half of those gains, however, were lost to Anchorage
and Mat-Su. Kenai Peninsula gained from most areas of the
state, predominately from Kodiak Island and Anchorage,
coastal areas and Southeast. It in turn lost about 20% of
its gain to Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Another way of looking at the relative importance of migration
from in-state compared to out-of-state is from a ratio
of in-state to interstate migration for in-migrants to and
out-migrants from Alaska boroughs and census areas.
Migrants into Lake and Peninsula Borough, Yukon Koyukuk
Census Area, Wade Hampton Census Area and Dillingham
Census Area are more than 70% from other areas of
Alaska, while migrants into Fairbanks North Star Borough,
the Municipality of Anchorage, Ketchikan Gateway Borough,
Kodiak Island Borough, and Juneau Borough, are more
than 67% from out of state. Similarly, for out-migrants,
migration from rural Alaska is predominately to Alaska destinations,
as opposed to migrants from urban areas, who
are more likely to leave the state.
Population Composition
As with the total population, borough and census area
population estimates of age, race and sex for the 1990s
will be consistent with the MARS (Modified Age, Race, Sex)
estimates for 2000. MARS estimates eliminate the Other
Races category and adjust for errors in age reporting from
the census.
Race Composition
Racial composition of the state’s boroughs and census
areas (Tables 2.4 to 2.6) tends to be divided into Native
versus non-Native areas.
The outer coastal area extending from the northwest to the
southwest part of the state remains predominately Native
American. Two boroughs (Lake and Peninsula and Northwest
Arctic) and five census areas (Bethel, Dillingham,
Nome, Wade Hampton and Yukon-Koyukuk) were more
than 69% percent Native American in 2004.
On the other hand, the coastal and “railbelt” areas of the
state are largely non-Native. Eleven boroughs (Denali,
Fairbanks North Star, Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Kodiak Island,
Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan Gateway, Yakutat, Matanuska-
Susitna and the Municipality of Anchorage) and three
census areas (Southeast Fairbanks, Aleutians West and
Valdez-Cordova) were more than 69 percent non-Native in
2004. In 2000, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area was also
more than 69% non-Native, while Yakutat had a larger Native
American population (39.7%).
The Municipality of Anchorage had the largest number
of Native Americans Alone and Alone or in Combination
(between 23,415-30,823 respectively) of any borough or
census area in 2004, but the proportion was just 8.4%-
10.4% of the borough’s total population, up slightly from
2000 (7.4%-9.9%). Anchorage has the largest number of
Native Americans of any city in Alaska and ranks 16th for
county Native population in the U.S. The second largest
number of Native Americans was in the Bethel Census Area
(13,686-14,453). Other significant Native populations were
found along the western coast and northern part of the
state. The six largest numerical increases between 2000
and 2004 in the number of Natives occurred in the Municipality
of Anchorage (1,682-3,709), Matanuska-Susitna
Borough (925-1,631), Fairbanks North Star Borough
(766-1,400), Bethel Census Area (505-768), Kenai Peninsula
Borough (380-685) and Wade Hampton Census Area
(264-329).
In 2004, 47,046-49,977 (39.3%-45.3%) Native Americans
lived in areas of the state where Natives made up more than
half of the population. The rate in 2000 was slightly higher
at 47.6%, but significantly lower than the 54.5% rate in
1990. Because of out-migration from rural areas and a faster
than average rate of natural increase, the proportion of Native
Americans living in boroughs with less than ten percent
Native American population grew to 37.0%-41.9% in 2004,
up from 30.1% in 1990 and 22.4% in 1980. Boroughs with
less than ten percent Native population Alone in 2004 included
the Municipality of Anchorage (8.4%-10.4%), Fairbanks
North Star (7.7%-10.7%), Kenai Peninsula (8.1%-10.8%),
Matanuska-Susitna (6.0%-9.1%) and Denali (6.1%-10.6%).
Native American population has shown some geographic
redistribution between 1990 and 2004. Over the last 14
years an increase in the share of the total Native population
has occurred primarily in four boroughs or census
areas. The largest shift in the distribution of the Native
American population has occurred in the Municipality of
Anchorage. In 1990, 17.1% of the Native population lived
in Anchorage. By 2004, that proportion had increased to
22.5%-24.3%. Similarly the Native proportion of the Matanuska-Susitna
Borough increased from 1.5% in 1990 to
4.1%-5.3% of the state’s Native population in 2004. Kenai
Peninsula Borough’s share increased from 3.4% to 4.0%-
4.5%. Fairbanks North Star Borough increased slightly
from 6.2% in 1990 to 6.3%-7.6% in 2004. Denali Borough
and Juneau Borough remained almost constant. Proportionally,
every other area of the state had decreases in their
share of Natives in spite of higher fertility.
The share of Native American population decreased in the
remaining boroughs and census areas. The areas which
showed the greatest percentage point loss in share between
1990 and 2004 were: Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (-1.2%
to-1.8%), Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
(-0.7%), Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area (-0.5% to -0.7%),
Kodiak Island Borough (-0.6%), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (-0.6% to -0.7%), Sitka Borough (-0.3% to
-0.5%) and Aleutians East and Aleutians West (-0.4% to
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Table 2.1
Population of Alaska by Labor Market Area, Borough and Census Area, 1990-2004
Area Name
July 1
Provisional
Estimate
2004
July 1
Revised
Estimate
2003
July 1
Revised
Estimate
2002
July 1
Revised
Estimate
2001
April 1
Census
2000
April 1
Census
1990
2003-
2004
Change
2000-
2004
1990-
2000
Alaska 655,435 648,280 640,841 632,389 626,931 550,043 7,155 28,504 76,888
Anchorage Mat-Su Region 347,646 341,128 332,638 326,990 319,605 266,021 6,518 28,041 53,584
Municipality of Anchorage 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 226,338 3,896 17,215 33,945
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 70,148 67,526 64,291 61,704 59,322 39,683 2,622 10,826 19,639
Gulf Coast Region 74,405 75,422 74,370 73,643 73,799 64,063 -1,017 606 9,736
Kenai Peninsula Borough 50,980 51,398 50,621 50,005 49,691 40,802 -418 1,289 8,889
Kodiak Island Borough 13,466 13,797 13,649 13,555 13,913 13,309 -331 -447 604
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 9,959 10,227 10,100 10,083 10,195 9,952 -268 -236 243
Interior Region 99,290 96,289 98,920 97,586 97,417 92,111 3,001 1,873 5,306
Denali Borough 1,842 1,917 1,888 1,901 1,893 1764 -75 -51 129
Fairbanks North Star Borough 84,979 82,131 84,748 83,284 82,840 77,720 2,848 2,139 5,120
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,192 5,911 5,927 5,915 6,174 5,913 281 18 261
Yukon Koyukuk Census Area 6,277 6,330 6,357 6,486 6,510 6,714 -53 -233 -204
Northern Region 23,813 23,879 23,807 23,626 23,789 20,380 -66 24 3,409
Nome Census Area 9,403 9,358 9,339 9,261 9,196 8,288 45 207 908
North Slope Borough 7,104 7,228 7,236 7,228 7,385 5,979 -124 -281 1,406
Northwest Arctic Borough 7,306 7,293 7,232 7,137 7,208 6,113 13 98 1,095
Southeast Region 70,622 71,767 71,823 71,666 73,082 68,989 -1,145 -2,460 4,093
Haines Borough 2,245 2,319 2,357 2,368 2,392 2,117 -74 -147 275
Juneau City and Borough 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 26,751 -280 255 3,960
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,030 13,533 13,676 13,742 14,059 13,828 -503 -1,029 231
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 5,548 5,594 5,680 5,814 6,157 6,278 -46 -609 -121
Sitka City and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 8,588 -92 -30 247
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. 3,101 3,167 3,241 3,371 3,436 3,680 -66 -335 -244
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,247 6,321 6,452 6,581 6,684 7,042 -74 -437 -358
Yakutat City and Borough 680 690 719 695 808 705 -10 -128 103
Southwest Region 39,659 39,795 39,283 38,878 39,239 38,479 -136 420 760
Aleutians East Borough 2,629 2,688 2,722 2,547 2,697 2,464 -59 -68 233
Aleutians West Census Area 5,239 5,329 5,057 5,252 5,465 9,478 -90 -226 -4,013
Bethel Census Area 16,853 16,756 16,503 16,099 16,046 13,656 97 807 2,390
Bristol Bay Borough 1,096 1,103 1,162 1,173 1,258 1,410 -7 -162 -152
Dillingham Census Area 4,845 4,906 4,913 4,888 4,922 4,012 -61 -77 910
Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,603 1,627 1,639 1,732 1,823 1,668 -24 -220 155
Wade Hampton Census Area 7,394 7,386 7,287 7,187 7,028 5,791 8 366 1,237
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.1 (continued)
Population of Alaska by Labor Market Area, Borough and Census Area, 1990-2004
Average Annual
Rate of Change (%)
2000-
2004
2003-
2004
1990-
2000
Increase
(Births-
Deaths)
2003-
2004
Migration
(In-Out)
2003-
2004
Increase
(Births-
Deaths)
4/1/00-
06/30/04
1.1 1.0 1.3 7,241 -86 29,769
1.9 2.0 1.8 3,956 2562 15,357
1.4 1.5 1.4 3252 644 12955
3.8 3.9 4.0 704 1918 2402
-1.4 0.2 1.4 524 -1541 2,459
-0.8 0.6 2.0 311 -729 1399
-2.4 -0.8 0.4 140 -471 715
-2.7 -0.6 0.2 73 -341 345
3.1 0.4 0.6 1,290 1711 5,534
-4.0 -0.6 0.7 15 -90 69
3.4 0.6 0.6 1209 1639 5091
4.6 0.1 0.4 26 255 200
-0.8 -0.9 -0.3 40 -93 174
-0.3 0.0 1.5 389 -455 1,663
0.5 0.5 1.0 134 -89 610
-1.7 -0.9 2.1 129 -253 541
0.2 0.3 1.6 126 -113 512
-1.6 -0.8 0.6 479 -1624 2,112
-3.2 -1.5 1.2 4 -78 10
-0.9 0.2 1.4 253 -533 1109
-3.8 -1.8 0.2 86 -589 353
-0.8 -2.4 -0.2 26 -72 176
-1.0 -0.1 0.3 65 -157 304
-2.1 -2.4 -0.7 20 -86 51
-1.2 -1.6 -0.5 22 -96 97
-1.5 -4.0 1.4 3 -13 12
-0.3 0.3 0.2 603 -739 2,644
-2.2 -0.6 0.9 7 -66 45
-1.7 -1.0 -5.4 16 -106 101
0.6 1.2 1.6 328 -231 1424
-0.6 -3.2 -1.1 8 -15 40
-1.3 -0.4 2.0 55 -116 256
-1.5 -3.0 0.9 18 -42 36
0.1 1.2 1.9 171 -163 742
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Table 2.2
Household Population for Alaska, 2001-2004
July 1, 2004 July 1, 2003
Labor Market Area
Total
Total
Group Total Total Persons Group Total Total Persons
Total Quarters Households Estimated Per Total Quarters Households Estimated Per
Population Population Population Households Household Population Population Population Households Household
2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
State of Alaska 655,435 21,390 634,045 234,714 2.70 648,280 19,532 628,748 231,914 2.71
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 347,646 8,730 338,916 125,527 2.70 341,128 7,967 333,161 123,313 2.70
Anchorage Borough 277,498 7,804 269,694 100,645 2.68 273,602 7,019 266,583 99,464 2.68
Matanuska-Susitna
Borough 70,148 926 69,222 24,882 2.78 67,526 948 66,578 23,849 2.79
Gulf Coast Region 74,405 1,679 72,726 28,014 2.60 75,422 1,759 73,663 27,978 2.63
Kenai Peninsula
Borough 50,980 1,309 49,671 19,610 2.53 51,398 1,327 50,071 19,509 2.57
Kodiak Island Borough 13,466 245 13,221 4,425 2.99 13,797 285 13,512 4,454 3.03
Valdez-Cordova
Census Area 9,959 125 9,834 3,979 2.47 10,227 147 10,080 4,015 2.51
Interior Region 99,290 4,947 94,343 36,410 2.59 96,289 3,903 92,386 35,617 2.59
Denali Borough 1,842 83 1,759 815 2.16 1,917 108 1,809 814 2.22
Fairbanks North Star
Borough 84,979 4,451 80,528 31,090 2.59 82,131 3,495 78,636 30,354 2.59
Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area 6,192 320 5,872 2,173 2.70 5,911 207 5,704 2,106 2.71
Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area 6,277 93 6,184 2,332 2.65 6,330 93 6,237 2,343 2.66
Northern Region 23,813 617 23,196 6,587 3.52 23,879 607 23,272 6,576 3.54
Nome Census Area 9,403 260 9,143 2,696 3.39 9,358 246 9,112 2,677 3.40
North Slope Borough 7,104 64 7,040 2,051 3.43 7,228 78 7,150 2,079 3.44
Northwest Arctic
Borough 7,306 293 7,013 1,840 3.81 7,293 283 7,010 1,820 3.85
Southeast Region 70,622 1,300 69,322 27,879 2.49 71,767 1,240 70,527 28,104 2.51
Haines Borough 2,245 5 2,240 993 2.26 2,319 5 2,314 1,009 2.29
Juneau Borough 30,966 656 30,310 12,015 2.52 31,246 609 30,637 12,042 2.54
Ketchikan Gateway
Borough 13,030 201 12,829 5,197 2.47 13,533 208 13,325 5,330 2.50
Prince of Wales-Outer
Ketchikan Census Area 5,548 31 5,517 2,103 2.62 5,594 23 5,571 2,140 2.60
Sitka Borough 8,805 277 8,528 3,432 2.48 8,897 269 8,628 3,419 2.52
Skagway-Hoonah-
Angoon Census Area 3,101 8 3,093 1,360 2.27 3,167 18 3,149 1,357 2.32
Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area 6,247 60 6,187 2,533 2.44 6,321 52 6,269 2,562 2.45
Yakutat Borough 680 62 618 246 2.51 690 56 634 245 2.59
Southwest Region 39,659 4,117 35,542 10,297 3.45 39,795 4,056 35,739 10,326 3.46
Aleutians East Borough 2,629 1,370 1,259 467 2.70 2,688 1,384 1,304 497 2.62
Aleutians West
Census Area 5,239 2,381 2,858 1,229 2.33 5,329 2,319 3,010 1,274 2.36
Bethel Census Area 16,853 322 16,531 4,385 3.77 16,756 311 16,445 4,367 3.77
Bristol Bay Borough 1,096 0 1,096 464 2.36 1,103 0 1,103 456 2.42
Dillingham Census
Area 4,845 34 4,811 1,541 3.12 4,906 28 4,878 1,535 3.18
Lake & Peninsula
Borough 1,603 0 1,603 551 2.91 1,627 0 1,627 552 2.95
Wade Hampton
Census Area 7,394 10 7,384 1,660 4.45 7,386 14 7,372 1,645 4.48
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.2 (continued)
Household Population for Alaska, 2001-2004
July 1, 2002 July 1, 2001
Total
Total
Group Total Total Persons Group Total Total Persons Persons Persons
Total Quarters Households Estimated Per Total Quarters Households Estimated Per Per Per
Labor Market Area Population Population Population Households Household Population Population Population Households Household Household Household
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 1990
State of Alaska 640,841 18,783 622,058 228,365 2.72 632,389 19,157 613,232 224,084 2.74 2.74 2.80
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 332,638 6,901 325,737 120,201 2.71 326,990 7,256 319,734 117,717 2.72 2.7 2.71
Anchorage Borough 268,347 5,935 262,412 97,633 2.69 265,286 6,263 259,023 96,242 2.69 2.67 2.68
Matanuska-Susitna
Borough 64,291 966 63,325 22,568 2.81 61,704 993 60,711 21,475 2.83 2.84 2.92
Gulf Coast Region 74,370 1,848 72,522 27,489 2.64 73,643 1,870 71,773 26,920 2.67 2.69 2.82
Kenai Peninsula
Borough 50,621 1,340 49,281 19,145 2.57 50,005 1,339 48,666 18,639 2.61 2.62 2.79
Kodiak Island Borough 13,649 345 13,304 4,357 3.05 13,555 375 13,180 4,323 3.05 3.07 3.03
Valdez-Cordova
Census Area 10,100 163 9,937 3,987 2.49 10,083 156 9,927 3,958 2.51 2.58 2.73
Interior Region 98,920 4,229 94,691 35,970 2.63 97,586 4,254 93,332 35,232 2.65 2.69 2.78
Denali Borough 1,888 96 1,792 828 2.16 1,901 107 1,794 809 2.22 2.28 2.50
Fairbanks North Star
Borough 84,748 3,817 80,931 30,721 2.63 83,284 3,809 79,475 30,019 2.65 2.68 2.76
Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area 5,927 248 5,679 2,081 2.73 5,915 270 5,645 2,075 2.72 2.80 2.96
Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area 6,357 68 6,289 2,340 2.69 6,486 68 6,418 2,329 2.76 2.81 2.99
Northern Region 23,807 622 23,185 6,497 3.57 23,626 648 22,978 6,450 3.56 3.52 3.57
Nome Census Area 9,339 217 9,122 2,662 3.43 9,261 221 9,040 2,649 3.41 3.33 3.41
North Slope Borough 7,236 80 7,156 2,079 3.44 7,228 91 7,137 2,072 3.44 3.45 3.44
Northwest Arctic
Borough 7,232 325 6,907 1,756 3.93 7,137 336 6,801 1,729 3.93 3.87 3.96
Southeast Region 71,823 1,441 70,382 27,972 2.52 71,666 1,404 70,262 27,634 2.54 2.59 2.75
Haines Borough 2,357 5 2,352 1,016 2.32 2,368 5 2,363 994 2.38 2.41 2.59
Juneau Borough 30,899 756 30,143 11,863 2.54 30,371 720 29,651 11,590 2.56 2.60 2.66
Ketchikan Gateway
Borough 13,676 228 13,448 5,405 2.49 13,742 194 13,548 5,387 2.52 2.56 2.70
Prince of Wales-Outer
Ketchikan Census Area 5,680 24 5,656 2,092 2.70 5,814 23 5,791 2,147 2.70 2.68 2.92
Sitka Borough 8,799 296 8,503 3,370 2.52 8,724 313 8,411 3,288 2.56 2.61 2.81
Skagway-Hoonah-
Angoon Census Area 3,241 17 3,224 1,379 2.34 3,371 14 3,357 1,377 2.44 2.50 3.26
Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area 6,452 59 6,393 2,594 2.46 6,581 81 6,500 2,606 2.49 2.56 2.73
Yakutat Borough 719 56 663 253 2.62 695 54 641 245 2.62 2.59 3.26
Southwest Region 39,283 3,742 35,541 10,236 3.47 38,878 3,725 35,153 10,131 3.47 3.46 3.49
Aleutians East Borough 2,722 1,355 1,367 511 2.68 2,547 1,156 1,391 515 2.70 2.69 2.97
Aleutians West
Census Area 5,057 2,052 3,005 1,275 2.36 5,252 2,265 2,987 1,273 2.35 2.52 3.02
Bethel Census Area 16,503 276 16,227 4,283 3.79 16,099 249 15,850 4,192 3.78 3.73 3.72
Bristol Bay Borough 1,162 0 1,162 472 2.46 1,173 0 1,173 466 2.52 2.57 2.81
Dillingham Census
Area 4,913 43 4,870 1,532 3.18 4,888 36 4,852 1,513 3.21 3.20 3.30
Lake & Peninsula
Borough 1,639 0 1,639 552 2.97 1,732 0 1,732 575 3.01 3.10 3.22
Wade Hampton
Census Area 7,287 16 7,271 1,611 4.51 7,187 19 7,168 1,597 4.49 4.38 4.23
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Table 2.3 - Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
Alaska as
% of U.S.
UNITED STATES# 1970 203,211,926 0.18 57.45
1970-80 226,545,805 23,333,879 33,288,000 15.5 19,295,000 9.0 13,993,000 9,340,879 1.09 0.18 64.04
3,537,441 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 248,709,873 22,164,068 36,629,000 15.4 20,682,000 8.7 15,947,000 6,217,068 0.93 0.22 70.31
1990-00 281,421,906 32,712,033 39,835,238 15.0 22774585 8.6 17,060,653 15,651,380 1.23 0.22 79.56
A2000-J00 282,192,162 770,256 989,020 --- 560,892 --- 428,128 342,128 --- 0.22 79.77
2000-01 285,102,075 2,909,913 4,047,314 14.3 2,419,276 8.5 1,628,038 1,281,875 0.10 0.22 80.60
2001-02 287,941,220 2,839,145 4,006,985 14.0 2,429,999 8.5 1,576,986 1,262,159 0.10 0.22 81.40
2002-03 290,788,976 2,847,756 4,055,469 14.0 2,432,874 8.4 1,622,595 1,225,161 0.10 0.22 82.20
2003-04 293,655,404 2,866,428 4,099,399 14.0 2,453,984 8.4 1,645,415 1,221,013 0.10 0.22 83.01
ALASKA 1970 302,583 100.00 0.53
1970-80 401,851 99,268 77,760 22.1 15,390 4.4 62,370 36,898 2.82 100.00 0.70
571,951 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 550,043 148,192 115,963 24.4 19,673 4.6 96,290 51,902 3.11 100.00 0.96
1990-00 626,931 76,888 109,289 18.6 24,999 4.2 84,290 -7,402 1.31 100.00 1.10
A2000-J00 627,504 573 2,458 --- 712 --- 1,746 -1,173 --- 100.00 1.10
2000-01 632,389 4,885 9,980 15.8 2,934 4.7 7,046 -2,161 0.78 100.00 1.11
2001-02 640,841 8,452 9,889 15.5 3,072 4.8 6,817 1,635 1.33 100.00 1.12
2002-03 648,280 7,439 10,017 15.5 3,098 4.8 6,919 520 1.15 100.00 1.13
2003-04 655,435 7,155 10,271 15.8 3,030 4.6 7,241 -86 1.10 100.00 1.15
ANCHORAGE/ 1970 132,894 43.92 5.04
MATANUSKA- 1970-80 192,247 59,353 36,138 22.2 5,831 3.6 30,307 29,046 3.65 47.84 7.29
SUSITNA REGION 1980-90 266,021 73,774 54,805 23.9 8,109 3.5 46,696 27,078 3.22 48.36 10.08
26,379 Sq. Mi. 1990-00 319,605 53,584 53,554 18.3 11,521 3.9 42,033 11,551 1.83 50.98 12.12
A2000-J00 319,111 -494 1,240 --- 339 --- 901 -1,395 --- 50.85 12.10
2000-01 326,990 7,879 4,980 15.4 1,360 4.2 3,620 4,259 2.44 51.71 12.40
2001-02 332,638 5,648 4,950 15.0 1,562 4.7 3,388 2,260 1.71 51.91 12.61
2002-03 341,128 8,490 5,015 14.9 1,523 4.5 3,492 4,998 2.52 52.62 12.93
2003-04 347,646 6,518 5,423 15.7 1,467 4.3 3,956 2,562 1.89 53.04 13.18
Anchorage Municipality 1970 126,385 41.77 74.48
1970-80 174,431 48,046 33,915 22.5 5,220 3.5 28,695 19,351 3.19 43.41 102.79
1,697 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 226,338 51,907 47,746 23.8 6,911 3.4 40,835 11,072 2.59 41.15 133.38
1990-00 260,283 33,945 46,178 19.0 9,424 3.9 36,754 -2,809 1.40 41.52 153.38
A2000-J00 259,764 -519 1,017 --- 256 --- 761 -1,280 --- 41.40 153.07
2000-01 265,286 5,522 4,168 15.9 1,069 4.1 3,099 2,423 2.10 41.95 156.33
2001-02 268,347 3,061 4,111 15.4 1,256 4.7 2,855 206 1.15 41.87 158.13
2002-03 273,602 5,255 4,192 15.5 1,204 4.4 2,988 2,267 1.94 42.20 161.23
2003-04 277,498 3,896 4,398 16.0 1,146 4.2 3,252 644 1.41 42.34 163.52
Matanuska-Susitna 1970 6,509 2.15 0.26
Borough 1970-80 17,816 11,307 2,223 18.3 611 5.0 1,612 9,695 9.30 4.43 0.72
24,682 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 39,683 21,867 7,059 24.6 1,198 4.2 5,861 16,006 7.61 7.21 1.61
1990-00 59,322 19,639 7,376 14.9 2,097 4.2 5,279 14,360 3.97 9.46 2.40
A2000-J00 59,347 25 223 --- 83 --- 140 -115 --- 9.46 2.40
2000-01 61,704 2,357 812 13.4 291 4.8 521 1,836 3.89 9.76 2.50
2001-02 64,291 2,587 839 13.3 306 4.9 533 2,054 4.11 10.03 2.60
2002-03 67,526 3,235 823 12.5 319 4.8 504 2,731 4.91 10.42 2.74
2003-04 70,148 2,622 1,025 14.9 321 4.7 704 1,918 3.81 10.70 2.84
GULF COAST REGION /4 1970 30,972 10.24 0.54
1970-80 43,569 12,597 7,761 20.8 1,797 4.8 5,964 6,633 3.38 10.84 0.77
56,892 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 64,063 20,494 12,610 23.4 2,478 4.6 10,132 10,362 3.81 11.65 1.13
1990-00 73,799 9,736 11,303 16.4 3,099 4.5 8,204 1,532 1.41 11.77 1.30
A2000-J00 73,904 105 223 --- 95 --- 128 -23 --- 11.78 1.30
2000-01 73,643 -261 1,009 13.7 376 5.1 633 -894 -0.35 11.65 1.29
2001-02 74,370 727 989 13.4 387 5.2 602 125 0.98 11.61 1.31
2002-03 75,422 1,052 1,002 13.4 430 5.7 572 480 1.40 11.63 1.33
2003-04 74,405 -1,017 926 12.4 402 5.4 524 -1,541 -1.36 11.35 1.31
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Table 2.3 (continued) Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
Kenai Peninsula 1970 16,586 5.48 1.04
Borough 1970-80 25,282 8,696 4,133 19.7 947 4.5 3,186 5,510 4.15 6.29 1.58
16,013 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 40,802 15,520 7,724 23.4 1,510 4.6 6,214 9,306 4.70 7.42 2.55
1990-00 49,691 8,889 7,038 15.6 2,085 4.6 4,953 3,936 1.96 7.93 3.10
A2000-J00 49,732 41 137 --- 78 --- 59 -18 --- 7.93 3.11
2000-01 50,005 273 639 12.8 272 5.5 367 -94 0.55 7.91 3.12
2001-02 50,621 616 638 12.7 296 5.9 342 274 1.22 7.90 3.16
2002-03 51,398 777 640 12.5 320 6.3 320 457 1.52 7.93 3.21
2003-04 50,980 -418 620 12.1 309 6.0 311 -729 -0.82 7.78 3.18
Kodiak Island Borough 1970 9,409 3.11 1.43
1970-80 9,939 530 2,343 24.2 470 4.9 1,873 -1,343 0.55 2.47 1.52
6,560 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 13,309 3,370 3,042 26.2 533 4.6 2,509 861 2.90 2.42 2.03
1990-00 13,913 604 2,839 20.9 538 4.0 2,301 -1,697 0.44 2.22 2.12
A2000-J00 13,969 56 58 --- 6 --- 52 4 --- 2.23 2.13
2000-01 13,555 -414 227 16.5 49 3.6 178 -592 -3.01 2.14 2.07
2001-02 13,649 94 208 15.3 42 3.1 166 -72 0.69 2.13 2.08
2002-03 13,797 148 233 17.0 54 3.9 179 -31 1.08 2.13 2.10
2003-04 13,466 -331 194 14.2 54 4.0 140 -471 -2.43 2.05 2.05
Valdez-Cordova 1970 4,977 1.64 0.15
Census Area 1970-80 8,348 3,371 1,285 19.3 380 5.7 905 2,466 5.06 2.08 0.24
34,319 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 9,952 1,604 1,844 20.2 435 4.8 1,409 195 1.75 1.81 0.29
1990-00 10,195 243 1,426 14.2 476 4.7 950 -707 0.24 1.63 0.30
A2000-J00 10,203 8 28 --- 11 --- 17 -9 --- 1.63 0.30
2000-01 10,083 -120 143 14.1 55 5.4 88 -208 -1.18 1.59 0.29
2001-02 10,100 17 143 14.2 49 4.9 94 -77 0.17 1.58 0.29
2002-03 10,227 127 129 12.7 56 5.5 73 54 1.25 1.58 0.30
2003-04 9,959 -268 112 11.1 39 3.9 73 -341 -2.66 1.52 0.29
INTERIOR REGION 1970 57,217 18.91 0.30
1970-80 67,532 10,315 15,168 24.3 2,517 4.0 12,651 -2,336 1.65 16.81 0.35
1980-90 93,875 26,343 20,560 25.5 3,124 3.9 17,436 8,907 3.26 17.07 0.49
190,831 Sq. Mi. 1990-00 97,417 3,542 18,427 19.3 3,776 3.9 14,651 -11,109 0.37 15.54 0.51
A2000-J00 98,252 835 418 --- 109 --- 309 526 --- 15.66 0.51
2000-01 97,586 -666 1,728 17.6 447 4.6 1,281 -1,947 -0.68 15.43 0.51
2001-02 98,920 1,334 1,677 17.1 400 4.1 1,277 57 1.36 15.44 0.52
2002-03 96,289 -2,631 1,795 18.4 418 4.3 1,377 -4,008 -2.70 14.85 0.50
2003-04 99,290 3,001 1,743 17.8 453 4.6 1,290 1,711 3.07 15.15 0.52
Fairbanks North 1970 45,864 15.16 6.23
Star Borough 1970-80 53,983 8,119 12,416 24.9 1,813 3.6 10,603 -2,484 1.63 13.43 7.33
1980-90 77,720 23,737 16,995 25.8 2,353 3.6 14,642 9,095 3.60 14.13 10.55
7,366 Sq. Mi. 1990-00 82,840 5,120 15,908 19.8 2,948 3.7 12,960 -7,840 0.64 13.21 11.25
A2000-J00 83,615 775 360 --- 86 --- 274 501 --- 13.33 11.35
2000-01 83,284 -331 1,538 18.4 352 4.2 1,186 -1,517 -0.40 13.17 11.31
2001-02 84,748 1,464 1,487 17.7 311 3.7 1,176 288 1.74 13.22 11.51
2002-03 82,131 -2,617 1,576 18.9 330 4.0 1,246 -3,863 -3.14 12.67 11.15
2003-04 84,979 2,848 1,558 18.6 349 4.2 1,209 1,639 3.41 12.97 11.54
Southeast Fairbanks 1970 4,308 1.42 0.17
Census Area 1970-80 5,676 1,368 1,190 23.8 172 3.4 1,018 350 2.74 1.41 0.23
1980-90 5,913 237 1,474 25.4 217 3.7 1,257 -1,020 0.41 1.08 0.24
24,815 Sq. Mi. 1/ 1990-00 6,174 261 1,059 17.5 283 4.7 776 -515 0.43 0.98 0.25
A2000-J00 6,198 24 25 --- 8 --- 17 7 --- 0.99 0.25
2000-01 5,915 -283 87 14.4 26 4.3 61 -344 -0.47 0.94 0.24
2001-02 5,927 12 82 13.8 37 6.2 45 -33 0.02 0.92 0.24
2002-03 5,911 -16 94 15.9 43 7.3 51 -67 -0.03 0.91 0.24
2003-04 6,192 281 79 13.1 53 8.8 26 255 0.46 0.94 0.25
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Table 2.3 (continued) Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
Yukon-Koyukuk 1970 7,045 2.33 0.05
Census Area 1970-80 7,873 828 1,562 20.9 532 7.1 1,030 -202 1.11 1.96 0.05
1980-90 8,478 605 2,091 25.6 554 6.8 1,537 -932 0.74 1.54 0.05
1990-00 6,714
145,900 Sq. Mi. 1/ A2000-J00 6,510 -204 1,228 16.4 499 6.7 729 -933 -2.63 1.04 0.04
2000-01 6,518 8 26 --- 14 --- 12 -4 --- 1.04 0.04
2001-02 6,486 -32 84 12.9 63 9.7 21 -53 -0.49 1.03 0.04
2002-03 6,357 -129 88 13.7 47 7.3 41 -170 -2.01 0.99 0.04
2003-04 6,330 -27 99 15.6 39 6.1 60 -87 -0.43 0.98 0.04
2003-04 6,277 -53 85 13.5 45 7.1 40 -93 -0.84 0.96 0.04
Denali Borough Denali included in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area prior to 1990
1990 1,764 1990-91 statistics are for the two Census Areas independently 0.32 0.14
12,750 Sq. Mi. 1/ 1990-00 1,893 129 232 12.7 46 2.5 186 -57 0.71 0.30 0.15
A2000-J00 1,921 28 7 --- 1 --- 6 22 --- 0.31 0.15
2000-01 1,901 -20 19 9.9 6 3.1 13 -33 -1.05 0.30 0.15
2001-02 1,888 -13 20 10.6 5 2.6 15 -28 -0.69 0.29 0.15
2002-03 1,917 29 26 13.7 6 3.2 20 9 1.52 0.30 0.15
2003-04 1,842 -75 21 11.2 6 3.2 15 -90 -3.99 0.28 0.14
NORTHERN REGION 1970 13,248 4.38 0.09
1970-80 15,567 2,319 3,593 24.9 1,046 7.3 2,547 -228 1.61 3.87 0.11
147,716 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 20,380 4,813 5,857 32.6 1,203 6.7 4,654 159 2.68 3.71 0.14
1990-00 23,789 3,409 5,660 25.6 1,332 6.0 4,328 -919 1.54 3.79 0.16
A2000-J00 23,839 50 117 --- 32 --- 85 -35 --- 3.80 0.16
2000-01 23,626 -213 523 22.0 139 5.9 384 -597 -0.90 3.74 0.16
2001-02 23,807 181 552 23.3 135 5.7 417 -236 0.76 3.71 0.16
2002-03 23,879 72 529 22.2 141 5.9 388 -316 0.30 3.68 0.16
2003-04 23,813 -66 535 22.4 146 6.1 389 -455 -0.28 3.63 0.16
Nome Census Area 1970 5,749 1.90 0.25
1970-80 6,537 788 1,563 25.4 528 8.6 1,035 -247 1.28 1.63 0.28
23,001 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 8,288 1,751 2,236 30.2 533 7.2 1,703 48 2.36 1.51 0.36
1990-00 9,196 908 2,256 25.8 593 6.8 1,663 -755 1.04 1.47 0.40
A2000-J00 9,206 10 43 --- 19 --- 24 -14 --- 1.47 0.40
2000-01 9,261 55 221 23.9 60 6.5 161 -106 0.60 1.46 0.40
2001-02 9,339 78 210 22.6 66 7.1 144 -66 0.84 1.46 0.41
2002-03 9,358 19 212 22.7 65 7.0 147 -128 0.20 1.44 0.41
2003-04 9,403 45 196 20.9 62 6.6 134 -89 0.48 1.43 0.41
North Slope Borough 1970 3,451 1.14 0.04
1970-80 4,199 748 823 21.5 242 6.3 581 167 1.96 1.04 0.05
88,817 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 5,979 1,780 1,642 32.3 282 5.5 1,360 420 3.50 1.09 0.07
1990-00 7,385 1,406 1,570 23.5 330 4.9 1,240 166 2.10 1.18 0.08
A2000-J00 7,403 18 42 --- 7 --- 35 -17 --- 1.18 0.08
2000-01 7,228 -175 146 20.0 41 5.6 105 -280 -2.39 1.14 0.08
2001-02 7,236 8 175 24.2 26 3.6 149 -141 0.11 1.13 0.08
2002-03 7,228 -8 153 21.2 30 4.1 123 -131 -0.11 1.11 0.08
2003-04 7,104 -124 170 23.7 41 5.7 129 -253 -1.73 1.08 0.08
Northwest Arctic Borough 1970 4,048 1.34 0.11
1970-80 4,831 783 1,207 27.2 276 6.2 931 -148 1.76 1.20 0.13
35,898 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 6,113 1,282 1,979 36.2 388 7.1 1,591 -309 2.34 1.11 0.17
1990-00 7,208 1,095 1,834 27.5 409 6.1 1,425 -330 1.64 1.15 0.20
A2000-J00 7,230 22 32 --- 6 --- 26 -4 --- 1.15 0.20
2000-01 7,137 -93 156 21.7 38 5.3 118 -211 -1.29 1.13 0.20
2001-02 7,232 95 167 23.2 43 6.0 124 -29 1.32 1.13 0.20
2002-03 7,293 61 164 22.6 46 6.3 118 -57 0.84 1.12 0.20
2003-04 7,306 13 169 23.2 43 5.9 126 -113 0.18 1.11 0.20
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Table 2.3 (continued) Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
SOUTHEAST REGION 4/ 1970 42,565 14.07 1.12
1970-80 53,794 11,229 9,180 19.1 2,922 6.1 6,258 4,971 2.33 13.39 1.42
37,960 Sq.Mi. 1980-90 68,989 15,195 12,753 20.8 3,054 5.0 9,699 5,496 2.48 12.54 1.82
1990-00 73,082 4,093 9,929 14.0 3,073 4.3 6,856 -2,763 0.58 11.66 1.93
A2000-J00 73,117 35 243 --- 103 --- 140 -105 --- 11.65 1.93
2000-01 71,666 -1,451 918 12.7 411 5.7 507 -1,958 -2.00 11.33 1.89
2001-02 71,823 157 909 12.7 390 5.4 519 -362 0.22 11.21 1.89
2002-03 71,767 -56 849 11.8 382 5.3 467 -523 -0.08 11.07 1.89
2003-04 70,622 -1,145 843 11.8 364 5.1 479 -1,624 -1.61 10.77 1.86
Haines Borough 1970 1,401 0.46 0.60
1970-80 1,680 279 274 17.8 97 6.3 177 102 1.81 0.42 0.72
1980-90 2,117 437 355 18.7 79 4.2 276 161 2.30 0.38 0.90
1990-00 2,392 275 264 11.7 137 6.1 127 148 1.22 0.38 1.02
2,344 Sq. Mi. A2000-J00 2,395 3 6 --- 7 --- -1 4 --- 0.38 1.02
2000-01 2,368 -27 21 8.8 17 7.1 4 -31 -1.13 0.37 1.01
2001-02 2,357 -11 17 7.2 14 5.9 3 -14 -0.47 0.37 1.01
2002-03 2,319 -38 17 7.3 17 7.3 0 -38 -1.63 0.36 0.99
2003-04 2,245 -74 17 7.4 13 5.7 4 -78 -3.24 0.34 0.96
Juneau Borough 1970 13,556 4.48 4.99
1970-80 19,528 5,972 2,929 17.7 800 4.8 2,129 3,843 3.61 4.86 7.19
2,717 Sq. Mi. 3/ 1980-90 30,780 11,252 4,953 19.7 966 3.8 3,987 7,265 4.47 5.60 11.33
1990-00 30,711 -69 4,463 14.5 1,172 3.8 3,291 -3,360 -0.02 4.90 11.30
A2000-J00 30,789 78 95 --- 35 --- 60 18 --- 4.91 11.33
2000-01 30,371 -418 419 13.7 142 4.6 277 -695 -1.37 4.80 11.18
2001-02 30,899 528 412 13.4 151 4.9 261 267 1.72 4.82 11.37
2002-03 31,246 347 390 12.6 132 4.2 258 89 1.12 4.82 11.50
2003-04 30,966 -280 385 12.4 132 4.2 253 -533 -0.90 4.72 11.40
Ketchikan Gateway 1970 10,041 3.32 8.14
Borough 1970-80 11,316 1,275 2,154 20.2 752 7.0 1,402 -127 1.19 2.82 9.18
1,233 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 13,828 2,512 2,556 20.3 765 6.1 1,791 721 2.00 2.51 11.21
1990-00 14,059 231 2,315 16.6 842 6.0 1,473 -1,242 0.17 2.24 11.40
A2000-J00 14,068 9 57 --- 24 --- 33 -24 --- 2.24 11.41
2000-01 13,742 -326 160 11.5 107 7.7 53 -379 -2.34 2.17 11.15
2001-02 13,676 -66 176 12.8 89 6.5 87 -153 -0.48 2.13 11.09
2002-03 13,533 -143 171 12.6 77 5.7 94 -237 -1.05 2.09 10.98
2003-04 13,030 -503 174 13.1 88 6.6 86 -589 -3.79 1.99 10.57
Prince of Wales- 1970 3,782 1.25 0.51
Ourter Ketchikan 1970-80 3,822 40 684 18.0 231 6.1 453 -413 0.11 0.95 0.52
Census Area 1980-90 6,278 2,456 1,080 21.4 201 4.0 879 1,577 4.86 1.14 0.85
7,411 Sq. Mi. 1990-00 6,157 -121 1,000 16.1 251 4.0 749 -870 -0.19 0.98 0.83
A2000-J00 6,111 -46 23 --- 8 --- 15 -61 --- 0.97 0.82
2000-01 5,814 -297 81 13.6 22 3.7 59 -356 -4.98 0.92 0.78
2001-02 5,680 -134 72 12.5 30 5.2 42 -176 -2.33 0.89 0.77
2002-03 5,594 -86 64 11.4 30 5.3 34 -120 -1.53 0.86 0.75
2003-04 5,548 -46 48 8.6 22 3.9 26 -72 -0.83 0.85 0.75
Sitka Borough 1970 6,073 2.01 2.11
1970-80 7,803 1,730 1,344 19.4 380 5.5 964 766 2.49 1.94 2.72
2,874 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 8,588 785 1,687 20.6 438 5.3 1,249 -464 0.96 1.56 2.99
1990-00 8,835 247 1,391 16.0 469 5.4 922 -675 0.28 1.41 3.07
A2000-J00 8,882 47 31 --- 14 --- 17 30 --- 1.42 3.09
2000-01 8,724 -158 114 13.0 52 5.9 62 -220 -1.79 1.38 3.04
2001-02 8,799 75 127 14.5 38 4.3 89 -14 0.86 1.37 3.06
2002-03 8,897 98 116 13.1 45 5.1 71 27 1.11 1.37 3.10
2003-04 8,805 -92 112 12.7 47 5.3 65 -157 -1.04 1.34 3.06
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Table 2.3 (continued) Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
Skagway-Yakutat- 1970 2,792 0.92 0.22
Angoon Census Area 1970-80 3,478 686 659 21.0 261 8.3 398 288 2.19 0.87 0.27
12,877 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 4,385 907 767 19.5 224 5.7 543 364 2.31 0.80 0.34
Skagway-Hoonah 1990-00 3,436 -244 396 11.1 161 4.5 235 -479 -0.69 0.55 0.44
Angoon Census Area A2000-J00 3,434 -2 7 --- 4 --- 3 -5 --- 0.55 0.43
7,897 Sq. Mi. 3/ 2000-01 3,371 -63 28 8.2 25 7.3 3 -66 -1.85 0.53 0.43
2001-02 3,241 -130 27 8.2 11 3.3 16 -146 -3.93 0.51 0.41
2002-03 3,167 -74 25 7.8 16 5.0 9 -83 -2.31 0.49 0.40
2003-04 3,101 -66 29 9.3 9 2.9 20 -86 -2.11 0.47 0.39
Yakutat Borough 1990-00 808 103 100 13.2 41 5.4 59 44 1.36 0.13 0.11
7,651 Sq. Mi. A2000-J00 731 -77 3 --- 1 --- 2 -79 --- 0.12 0.10
2000-01 695 -36 8 11.2 6 8.4 2 -38 -5.05 0.11 0.09
2001-02 719 24 7 9.9 4 5.7 3 21 3.39 0.11 0.09
2002-03 690 -29 7 9.9 5 7.1 2 -31 -4.12 0.11 0.09
2003-04 680 -10 7 10.2 4 5.8 3 -13 -1.46 0.10 0.09
Wrangell-Petersburg 1970 4,920 1.63 0.84
Census Area 1970-80 6,167 1,247 1,136 20.5 401 7.2 735 512 2.25 1.53 1.06
5,835 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 7,042 875 1,355 20.5 381 5.8 974 -99 1.32 1.28 1.21
1990-00 6,684 -358 976 14.2 413 6.0 563 -921 -0.52 1.07 1.15
A2000-J00 6,707 23 21 --- 10 --- 11 12 --- 1.07 1.15
2000-01 6,581 -126 87 13.1 40 6.0 47 -173 -1.90 1.04 1.13
2001-02 6,452 -129 71 10.9 53 8.1 18 -147 -1.98 1.01 1.11
2002-03 6,321 -131 59 9.2 60 9.4 -1 -130 -2.05 0.98 1.08
2003-04 6,247 -74 71 11.3 49 7.8 22 -96 -1.18 0.95 1.07
SOUTHWEST REGION 1970 24,386 8.06 0.22
1970-80* 30,785 5,098 5,920 21.5 1,277 4.6 4,643 455 2.32 7.66 0.27
112,174 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 38,479 7,694 9,378 27.1 1,705 4.9 7,673 21 2.22 7.00 0.34
1990-00 39,239 760 9,440 24.3 1,785 4.6 7,655 -6,895 0.20 6.26 0.35
A2000-J00 39,281 42 217 --- 34 --- 183 -141 --- 6.26 0.35
2000-01 38,878 -403 822 21.0 201 5.1 621 -1,024 -1.03 6.15 0.35
2001-02 39,283 405 812 20.8 198 5.1 614 -209 1.04 6.13 0.35
2002-03 39,795 512 827 20.9 204 5.2 623 -111 1.29 6.14 0.35
2003-04 39,659 -136 801 20.2 198 5.0 603 -739 -0.34 6.05 0.35
Aleutians East Borough 1970 1,301 0.43 0.19
1970-80 1,643 342 281 19.1 80 5.4 201 141 2.32 0.41 0.24
6,988 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 2,464 821 381 18.6 101 4.9 280 541 4.00 0.45 0.35
1990-00 2,697 233 251 9.7 76 2.9 175 58 0.90 0.43 0.39
A2000-J00 2,699 2 7 --- 1 --- 6 -4 --- 0.43 0.39
2000-01 2,547 -152 15 5.7 8 3.0 7 -159 -5.79 0.40 0.36
2001-02 2,722 175 16 6.1 5 1.9 11 164 6.64 0.42 0.39
2002-03 2,688 -34 21 7.8 7 2.6 14 -48 -1.26 0.41 0.38
2003-04 2,629 -59 13 4.9 6 2.3 7 -66 -2.22 0.40 0.38
Aleutians West 1970 5,232 1.73 1.19
Census Area 1970-80 6,467 1,235 951 16.3 117 2.0 834 401 2.11 1.61 1.47
4,397 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 9,478 3,011 1,393 17.5 171 2.1 1,222 1,789 3.78 1.72 2.16
1990-00 5,465 -4,013 860 11.5 150 2.0 710 -4,723 -5.37 0.87 1.24
A2000-J00 5,476 11 9 --- 5 --- 4 7 --- 0.87 1.25
2000-01 5,252 -224 37 6.9 10 1.9 27 -251 -4.18 0.83 1.19
2001-02 5,057 -195 48 9.3 10 1.9 38 -233 -3.78 0.79 1.15
2002-03 5,329 272 31 6.0 15 2.9 16 256 5.24 0.82 1.21
2003-04 5,239 -90 34 6.4 18 3.4 16 -106 -1.70 0.80 1.19
Bethel Census Area 1970 8,917 2.95 0.22
1970-80 10,999 2,082 2,451 24.6 549 5.5 1,902 180 2.09 2.74 0.27
40,633 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 13,656 2,657 3,796 30.8 695 5.6 3,101 -444 2.16 2.48 0.34
1990-00 16,046 2,390 4,270 28.8 793 5.3 3,477 -1,087 1.61 2.56 0.39
A2000-J00 16,047 1 113 --- 11 --- 102 -101 --- 2.56 0.39
2000-01 16,099 52 427 26.6 86 5.4 341 -289 0.32 2.55 0.40
2001-02 16,503 404 432 26.5 96 5.9 336 68 2.48 2.58 0.41
2002-03 16,756 253 410 24.7 93 5.6 317 -64 1.52 2.58 0.41
2003-04 16,853 97 416 24.8 88 5.2 328 -231 0.58 2.57 0.41
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Table 2.3 (continued) Characteristics Of Boroughs And Census Areas
and Components Of Change By Region, 1970-2004
April 1, April 1 To April 1, 1980-90, 1990-00
1980-1990 July 1,2000 To July 1, 2004 Percent
1990-2000 Average Of Persons
Population Population Births Rate Deaths Rate Natural Net Annual State Per
Census Area July 1 at the End Change Per 1000 Per 1000 Increase Migrants Rate Of Population Square
2000-2004 of the Period Mid Period Mid Period Change End Date Mile
Population
Population
Bristol Bay Borough 1970 1,147 0.38 2.27
1970-80 1,094 -53 152 13.6 45 4.0 107 -160 -0.47 0.27 2.17
505 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 1,410 316 224 17.9 43 3.4 181 135 2.52 0.26 2.79
1990-00 1,258 -152 201 15.1 42 3.1 159 -311 -1.14 0.20 2.49
A2000-J00 1,260 2 4 --- 3 --- 1 1 --- 0.20 2.50
2000-01 1,173 -87 20 16.4 7 5.8 13 -100 -0.72 0.19 2.32
2001-02 1,162 -11 17 14.6 5 4.3 12 -23 -0.09 0.18 2.30
2002-03 1,103 -59 10 8.8 4 3.5 6 -65 -0.52 0.17 2.18
2003-04 1,096 -7 13 11.8 5 4.5 8 -15 -0.06 0.17 2.17
Dillingham Census Area 1970 2,510 0.83 0.13
1970-80 3,232 722 592 20.6 187 6.5 405 317 2.51 0.80 0.17
18,675 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 4,012 780 1,102 30.4 221 6.1 881 -101 2.15 0.73 0.21
1990-00 4,922 910 1,154 25.8 231 5.2 923 -13 2.04 0.79 0.26
A2000-J00 4,931 9 24 --- 3 --- 21 -12 --- 0.79 0.26
2000-01 4,888 -43 92 18.7 34 6.9 58 -101 -0.88 0.77 0.26
2001-02 4,913 25 82 16.7 29 5.9 53 -28 0.51 0.77 0.26
2002-03 4,906 -7 103 21.0 34 6.9 69 -76 -0.14 0.76 0.26
2003-04 4,845 -61 85 17.4 30 6.2 55 -116 -1.25 0.74 0.26
Lake and Peninsula 1970 1,362 0.45 0.06
Borough 1970-80 1,384 22 299 21.8 69 5.0 230 -208 0.16 0.34 0.06
23,782 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 1,668 284 507 33.2 108 7.1 399 -115 1.86 0.30 0.07
1990-00 1,823 155 404 23.1 130 7.4 274 -119 0.89 0.29 0.08
A2000-J00 1,825 2 7 --- 3 --- 4 -2 --- 0.29 0.08
2000-01 1,732 -93 19 10.7 14 7.9 5 -98 -5.23 0.27 0.07
2001-02 1,639 -93 21 12.5 20 11.9 1 -94 -5.52 0.26 0.07
2002-03 1,627 -12 21 12.9 13 8.0 8 -20 -0.73 0.25 0.07
2003-04 1,603 -24 27 16.7 9 5.6 18 -42 -1.49 0.24 0.07
Wade Hampton 1970 3,917 1.29 0.23
Census Area 1970-80 4,665 748 1,194 27.8 230 5.4 964 -216 1.74 1.16 0.27
17,194 Sq. Mi. 1980-90 5,791 1,126 1,975 37.8 366 7.0 1,609 -483 2.15 1.05 0.34
1990-00 7,028 1,237 2,300 35.9 363 5.7 1,937 -700 1.93 1.12 0.41
A2000-J00 7,043 15 53 --- 8 --- 45 -30 --- 1.12 0.41
2000-01 7,187 144 212 29.8 42 5.9 170 -26 2.02 1.14 0.42
2001-02 7,287 100 196 27.1 33 4.6 163 -63 1.38 1.14 0.42
2002-03 7,386 99 231 31.5 38 5.2 193 -94 1.35 1.14 0.43
2003-04 7,394 8 213 28.8 42 5.7 171 -163 0.11 1.13 0.43
# U.S. Bureau of the Census.
1/ Denali Borough was formed out of part of Yukon -Koyukuk and Southeast Fairbanks census areas in 1990.
2/ Yakutat Borough was formed out of Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon census area in 1992.
3/ Juneau annexed 140 sqare miles of Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon census area in 1995.
4/ Yakutat Borough annexed 2,878 sq. mi. from Valdez-Cordova census area in 1997.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.4
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, July 1 2004
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Responses White American American Islander
FIPS*
2 Alaska 655,435 468,135 103,871 22,533 26,729 3,380 30,787 26,071 695,852 499,646 127,008 28,290 35,213 5,695
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 347,646 268,530 27,630 16,385 15,997 2,501 16,603 16,871 369,369 286,475 37,573 20,367 21,053 3,901
20 Anchorage Municipality 277,498 206,877 23,415 15,722 15,348 2,377 13,759 15,181 295,443 221,994 30,823 19,321 19,741 3,564
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 70,148 61,653 4,215 663 649 124 2,844 1,690 73,926 64,481 6,750 1,046 1,312 337
Gulf Coast Region 74,405 60,067 7,461 575 3,187 248 2,867 2,131 78,248 62,860 10,046 874 3,936 532
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 50,980 44,048 4,120 375 583 106 1,748 1,073 53,413 45,794 5,766 608 984 261
150 Kodiak Island Borough 13,466 8,410 1,941 143 2,236 118 618 790 14,232 8,971 2,405 170 2,475 211
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 9,959 7,609 1,400 57 368 24 501 268 10,603 8,095 1,875 96 477 60
Interior Region 99,290 76,122 11,817 4,576 1,980 269 4,526 3,673 105,230 80,683 15,513 5,447 3,064 523
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 84,979 67,912 6,568 4,442 1,856 253 3,948 3,396 90,134 71,891 9,620 5,265 2,869 489
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,192 4,977 808 89 55 6 257 161 6,513 5,265 1,040 103 88 17
68 Denali Borough 1,842 1,575 112 31 35 6 83 44 1,948 1,650 207 33 49 9
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 6,277 1,658 4,329 14 34 4 238 72 6,635 1,877 4,646 46 58 8
Northern Region 23,813 4,240 17,753 128 568 62 1,062 308 25,212 5,208 18,945 225 720 114
180 Nome Census Area 9,403 1,870 7,051 44 72 4 362 90 9,913 2,215 7,505 72 105 16
185 North Slope Borough 7,104 1,359 4,761 62 428 53 441 162 7,649 1,743 5,199 101 523 83
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,306 1,011 5,941 22 68 5 259 56 7,650 1,250 6,241 52 92 15
Southeast Region 70,622 51,115 11,940 454 2,590 208 4,315 1,950 76,165 55,051 16,070 842 3,758 444
100 Haines Borough 2,245 1,859 253 12 22 2 97 30 2,371 1,958 354 20 34 5
110 Juneau City and Borough 30,966 23,514 3,642 274 1,486 119 1,931 1,009 33,485 25,242 5,414 475 2,124 230
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,030 9,745 1,985 85 560 24 631 332 13,864 10,362 2,600 136 698 68
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 5,548 2,986 2,148 13 35 4 362 93 6,009 3,301 2,548 32 104 24
220 Sitka City and Borough 8,805 6,053 1,701 41 349 38 623 278 9,551 6,602 2,307 102 483 57
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 3,101 1,916 993 8 26 4 154 85 3,301 2,050 1,139 24 80 8
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,247 4,672 970 19 105 12 469 118 6,819 5,113 1,405 49 213 39
282 Yakutat City and Borough 680 370 248 2 7 5 48 5 765 423 303 4 22 13
Southwest Region 39,659 8,061 27,270 415 2,407 92 1,414 1,138 41,628 9,369 28,861 535 2,682 181
13 Aleutians East Borough 2,629 892 896 53 715 10 63 318 2,729 947 949 56 754 23
16 Aleutians West Census Area 5,239 2,433 941 240 1,443 43 139 528 5,456 2,545 1,034 263 1,547 67
50 Bethel Census Area 16,853 2,276 13,686 77 183 17 614 141 17,723 2,852 14,453 139 237 42
60 Bristol Bay Borough 1,096 582 469 9 8 6 22 6 1,137 603 492 9 21 12
70 Dillingham Census Area 4,845 1,115 3,372 24 38 6 290 105 5,192 1,367 3,690 34 81 20
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,603 351 1,133 4 7 7 101 17 1,729 457 1,240 12 12 8
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,394 412 6,773 8 13 3 185 23 7,662 598 7,003 22 30 9
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.4 (continued)
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, July 1 2004
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Responses White American American Islander
FIPS*
2 Alaska 100.0% 71.4% 15.8% 3.4% 4.1% 0.5% 4.7% 4.0% 100.0% 71.8% 18.3% 4.1% 5.1% 0.8%
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 100.0% 77.2% 7.9% 4.7% 4.6% 0.7% 4.8% 4.9% 100.0% 77.6% 10.2% 5.5% 5.7% 1.1%
20 Anchorage Municipality 100.0% 74.6% 8.4% 5.7% 5.5% 0.9% 5.0% 5.5% 100.0% 75.1% 10.4% 6.5% 6.7% 1.2%
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 100.0% 87.9% 6.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.2% 4.1% 2.4% 100.0% 87.2% 9.1% 1.4% 1.8% 0.5%
Gulf Coast Region 100.0% 80.7% 10.0% 0.8% 4.3% 0.3% 3.9% 2.9% 100.0% 80.3% 12.8% 1.1% 5.0% 0.7%
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 100.0% 86.4% 8.1% 0.7% 1.1% 0.2% 3.4% 2.1% 100.0% 85.7% 10.8% 1.1% 1.8% 0.5%
150 Kodiak Island Borough 100.0% 62.5% 14.4% 1.1% 16.6% 0.9% 4.6% 5.9% 100.0% 63.0% 16.9% 1.2% 17.4% 1.5%
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 100.0% 76.4% 14.1% 0.6% 3.7% 0.2% 5.0% 2.7% 100.0% 76.3% 17.7% 0.9% 4.5% 0.6%
Interior Region 100.0% 76.7% 11.9% 4.6% 2.0% 0.3% 4.6% 3.7% 100.0% 76.7% 14.7% 5.2% 2.9% 0.5%
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 100.0% 79.9% 7.7% 5.2% 2.2% 0.3% 4.6% 4.0% 100.0% 79.8% 10.7% 5.8% 3.2% 0.5%
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 100.0% 80.4% 13.0% 1.4% 0.9% 0.1% 4.2% 2.6% 100.0% 80.8% 16.0% 1.6% 1.4% 0.3%
68 Denali Borough 100.0% 85.5% 6.1% 1.7% 1.9% 0.3% 4.5% 2.4% 100.0% 84.7% 10.6% 1.7% 2.5% 0.5%
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 100.0% 26.4% 69.0% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 3.8% 1.1% 100.0% 28.3% 70.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.1%
Northern Region 100.0% 17.8% 74.6% 0.5% 2.4% 0.3% 4.5% 1.3% 100.0% 20.7% 75.1% 0.9% 2.9% 0.5%
180 Nome Census Area 100.0% 19.9% 75.0% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 3.8% 1.0% 100.0% 22.3% 75.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.2%
185 North Slope Borough 100.0% 19.1% 67.0% 0.9% 6.0% 0.7% 6.2% 2.3% 100.0% 22.8% 68.0% 1.3% 6.8% 1.1%
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 100.0% 13.8% 81.3% 0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 3.5% 0.8% 100.0% 16.3% 81.6% 0.7% 1.2% 0.2%
Southeast Region 100.0% 72.4% 16.9% 0.6% 3.7% 0.3% 6.1% 2.8% 100.0% 72.3% 21.1% 1.1% 4.9% 0.6%
100 Haines Borough 100.0% 82.8% 11.3% 0.5% 1.0% 0.1% 4.3% 1.3% 100.0% 82.6% 14.9% 0.8% 1.4% 0.2%
110 Juneau City and Borough 100.0% 75.9% 11.8% 0.9% 4.8% 0.4% 6.2% 3.3% 100.0% 75.4% 16.2% 1.4% 6.3% 0.7%
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 100.0% 74.8% 15.2% 0.7% 4.3% 0.2% 4.8% 2.5% 100.0% 74.7% 18.8% 1.0% 5.0% 0.5%
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 100.0% 53.8% 38.7% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 6.5% 1.7% 100.0% 54.9% 42.4% 0.5% 1.7% 0.4%
220 Sitka City and Borough 100.0% 68.7% 19.3% 0.5% 4.0% 0.4% 7.1% 3.2% 100.0% 69.1% 24.2% 1.1% 5.1% 0.6%
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 100.0% 61.8% 32.0% 0.3% 0.8% 0.1% 5.0% 2.7% 100.0% 62.1% 34.5% 0.7% 2.4% 0.2%
282 Yakutat City and Borough 100.0% 74.8% 15.5% 0.3% 1.7% 0.2% 7.5% 1.9% 100.0% 75.0% 20.6% 0.7% 3.1% 0.6%
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 100.0% 54.4% 36.5% 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 7.1% 0.7% 100.0% 55.3% 39.6% 0.5% 2.9% 1.7%
Southwest Region 100.0% 20.3% 68.8% 1.0% 6.1% 0.2% 3.6% 2.9% 100.0% 22.5% 69.3% 1.3% 6.4% 0.4%
13 Aleutians East Borough 100.0% 33.9% 34.1% 2.0% 27.2% 0.4% 2.4% 12.1% 100.0% 34.7% 34.8% 2.1% 27.6% 0.8%
16 Aleutians West Census Area 100.0% 46.4% 18.0% 4.6% 27.5% 0.8% 2.7% 10.1% 100.0% 46.6% 19.0% 4.8% 28.4% 1.2%
50 Bethel Census Area 100.0% 13.5% 81.2% 0.5% 1.1% 0.1% 3.6% 0.8% 100.0% 16.1% 81.5% 0.8% 1.3% 0.2%
60 Bristol Bay Borough 100.0% 53.1% 42.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5% 2.0% 0.5% 100.0% 53.0% 43.3% 0.8% 1.8% 1.1%
70 Dillingham Census Area 100.0% 23.0% 69.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.1% 6.0% 2.2% 100.0% 26.3% 71.1% 0.7% 1.6% 0.4%
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 100.0% 21.9% 70.7% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 6.3% 1.1% 100.0% 26.4% 71.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5%
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 100.0% 5.6% 91.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 2.5% 0.3% 100.0% 7.8% 91.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.5
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1 2003
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Responses White American American Islander
FIPS*
2 Alaska 648,280 462,006 102,542 23,094 26,555 3,512 30,571 26,351 686,601 492,164 125,062 28,810 34,704 5,861
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 341,128 263,415 25,796 16,986 15,812 2,650 16,469 16,920 361,790 279,651 36,303 20,962 20,756 4,118
20 Anchorage Municipality 273,602 204,061 21,733 16,359 15,205 2,532 13,712 15,178 290,799 217,557 29,937 19,969 19,540 3,796
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 67,526 59,354 4,063 627 607 118 2,757 1,742 70,991 62,094 6,366 993 1,216 322
Gulf Coast Region 75,422 60,992 7,568 489 3,255 243 2,875 2,293 79,120 63,924 9,973 743 3,959 521
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 51,398 44,602 4,089 313 547 102 1,745 1,145 53,721 46,435 5,606 512 917 251
150 Kodiak Island Borough 13,797 8,577 2,030 132 2,333 114 611 856 14,537 9,154 2,463 157 2,559 204
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 10,227 7,813 1,449 44 375 27 519 292 10,862 8,335 1,904 74 483 66
Interior Region 96,289 73,716 11,356 4,694 1,892 257 4,374 3,463 101,789 78,210 14,566 5,616 2,900 497
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 82,131 65,646 6,072 4,585 1,778 245 3,805 3,206 86,900 69,538 8,707 5,459 2,722 474
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 5,911 4,769 793 63 45 2 239 134 6,202 5,050 1,000 74 72 6
68 Denali Borough 1,917 1,655 105 31 34 6 86 46 2,021 1,742 191 33 46 9
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 6,330 1,646 4,386 15 35 4 244 77 6,666 1,880 4,668 50 60 8
Northern Region 23,879 4,111 17,976 119 557 65 1,051 337 25,201 5,107 19,052 212 708 122
180 Nome Census Area 9,358 1,818 7,067 41 70 4 358 102 9,825 2,169 7,469 68 103 16
185 North Slope Borough 7,228 1,315 4,937 59 420 55 442 169 7,760 1,709 5,351 98 514 88
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,293 978 5,972 19 67 6 251 66 7,616 1,229 6,232 46 91 18
Southeast Region 71,767 51,867 12,278 419 2,595 212 4,396 2,098 77,179 56,034 16,225 774 3,704 442
100 Haines Borough 2,319 1,930 258 8 20 2 101 34 2,442 2,039 354 13 31 5
110 Juneau City and Borough 31,246 23,699 3,712 267 1,488 118 1,962 1,090 33,706 25,493 5,408 466 2,109 230
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,533 10,135 2,064 78 580 23 653 351 14,365 10,807 2,651 126 716 65
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 5,594 2,992 2,191 8 25 3 375 96 6,042 3,353 2,577 20 74 18
220 Sitka City and Borough 8,897 6,110 1,726 34 355 46 626 296 9,628 6,687 2,298 86 488 69
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. 3,167 1,910 1,072 6 17 5 157 94 3,354 2,058 1,215 18 53 10
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,321 4,723 998 16 102 10 472 132 6,880 5,183 1,418 41 206 32
282 Yakutat City and Borough 690 368 257 2 8 5 50 5 762 414 304 4 27 13
Southwest Region 39,795 7,905 27,568 387 2,444 85 1,406 1,240 41,522 9,238 28,943 503 2,677 161
13 Aleutians East Borough 2,688 877 956 52 731 9 63 342 2,772 934 1,002 54 767 15
16 Aleutians West Census Area 5,329 2,421 1,026 222 1,482 39 139 574 5,535 2,567 1,100 246 1,562 60
50 Bethel Census Area 16,756 2,202 13,690 72 173 14 605 154 17,462 2,749 14,321 132 224 36
60 Bristol Bay Borough 1,103 576 486 8 5 6 22 8 1,133 595 505 8 13 12
70 Dillingham Census Area 4,906 1,089 3,464 22 34 6 291 112 5,245 1,356 3,765 32 72 20
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,627 342 1,163 4 7 8 103 21 1,748 454 1,261 12 12 9
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,386 398 6,783 7 12 3 183 29 7,627 583 6,989 19 27 9
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.5 (continued)
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1 2003
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Responses White American American Islander
FIPS*
2 Alaska 100.0% 71.3% 15.8% 3.6% 4.1% 0.5% 4.7% 4.1% 100.0% 71.7% 18.2% 4.2% 5.1% 0.9%
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 100.0% 77.2% 7.6% 5.0% 4.6% 0.8% 4.8% 5.0% 100.0% 77.3% 10.0% 5.8% 5.7% 1.1%
20 Anchorage Municipality 100.0% 74.6% 7.9% 6.0% 5.6% 0.9% 5.0% 5.5% 100.0% 74.8% 10.3% 6.9% 6.7% 1.3%
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 100.0% 87.9% 6.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.2% 4.1% 2.6% 100.0% 87.5% 9.0% 1.4% 1.7% 0.5%
Gulf Coast Region 100.0% 80.9% 10.0% 0.6% 4.3% 0.3% 3.8% 3.0% 100.0% 80.8% 12.6% 0.9% 5.0% 0.7%
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 100.0% 86.8% 8.0% 0.6% 1.1% 0.2% 3.4% 2.2% 100.0% 86.4% 10.4% 1.0% 1.7% 0.5%
150 Kodiak Island Borough 100.0% 62.2% 14.7% 1.0% 16.9% 0.8% 4.4% 6.2% 100.0% 63.0% 16.9% 1.1% 17.6% 1.4%
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 100.0% 76.4% 14.2% 0.4% 3.7% 0.3% 5.1% 2.9% 100.0% 76.7% 17.5% 0.7% 4.4% 0.6%
Interior Region 100.0% 76.6% 11.8% 4.9% 2.0% 0.3% 4.5% 3.6% 100.0% 76.8% 14.3% 5.5% 2.8% 0.5%
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 100.0% 79.9% 7.4% 5.6% 2.2% 0.3% 4.6% 3.9% 100.0% 80.0% 10.0% 6.3% 3.1% 0.5%
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 100.0% 80.7% 13.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.0% 4.0% 2.3% 100.0% 81.4% 16.1% 1.2% 1.2% 0.1%
68 Denali Borough 100.0% 86.3% 5.5% 1.6% 1.8% 0.3% 4.5% 2.4% 100.0% 86.2% 9.5% 1.6% 2.3% 0.4%
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 100.0% 26.0% 69.3% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 3.9% 1.2% 100.0% 28.2% 70.0% 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
Northern Region 100.0% 17.2% 75.3% 0.5% 2.3% 0.3% 4.4% 1.4% 100.0% 20.3% 75.6% 0.8% 2.8% 0.5%
180 Nome Census Area 100.0% 19.4% 75.5% 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% 3.8% 1.1% 100.0% 22.1% 76.0% 0.7% 1.0% 0.2%
185 North Slope Borough 100.0% 18.2% 68.3% 0.8% 5.8% 0.8% 6.1% 2.3% 100.0% 22.0% 69.0% 1.3% 6.6% 1.1%
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 100.0% 13.4% 81.9% 0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 3.4% 0.9% 100.0% 16.1% 81.8% 0.6% 1.2% 0.2%
Southeast Region 100.0% 72.3% 17.1% 0.6% 3.6% 0.3% 6.1% 2.9% 100.0% 72.6% 21.0% 1.0% 4.8% 0.6%
100 Haines Borough 100.0% 83.2% 11.1% 0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 4.4% 1.5% 100.0% 83.5% 14.5% 0.5% 1.3% 0.2%
110 Juneau City and Borough 100.0% 75.8% 11.9% 0.9% 4.8% 0.4% 6.3% 3.5% 100.0% 75.6% 16.0% 1.4% 6.3% 0.7%
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 100.0% 74.9% 15.3% 0.6% 4.3% 0.2% 4.8% 2.6% 100.0% 75.2% 18.5% 0.9% 5.0% 0.5%
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 100.0% 53.5% 39.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 6.7% 1.7% 100.0% 55.5% 42.7% 0.3% 1.2% 0.3%
220 Sitka City and Borough 100.0% 68.7% 19.4% 0.4% 4.0% 0.5% 7.0% 3.3% 100.0% 69.5% 23.9% 0.9% 5.1% 0.7%
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 100.0% 60.3% 33.8% 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 5.0% 3.0% 100.0% 61.4% 36.2% 0.5% 1.6% 0.3%
282 Yakutat City and Borough 100.0% 74.7% 15.8% 0.3% 1.6% 0.2% 7.5% 2.1% 100.0% 75.3% 20.6% 0.6% 3.0% 0.5%
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 100.0% 53.3% 37.2% 0.3% 1.2% 0.7% 7.2% 0.7% 100.0% 54.3% 39.9% 0.5% 3.5% 1.7%
Southwest Region 100.0% 19.9% 69.3% 1.0% 6.1% 0.2% 3.5% 3.1% 100.0% 22.2% 69.7% 1.2% 6.4% 0.4%
13 Aleutians East Borough 100.0% 32.6% 35.6% 1.9% 27.2% 0.3% 2.3% 12.7% 100.0% 33.7% 36.1% 1.9% 27.7% 0.5%
16 Aleutians West Census Area 100.0% 45.4% 19.3% 4.2% 27.8% 0.7% 2.6% 10.8% 100.0% 46.4% 19.9% 4.4% 28.2% 1.1%
50 Bethel Census Area 100.0% 13.1% 81.7% 0.4% 1.0% 0.1% 3.6% 0.9% 100.0% 15.7% 82.0% 0.8% 1.3% 0.2%
60 Bristol Bay Borough 100.0% 52.2% 44.1% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 2.0% 0.7% 100.0% 52.5% 44.6% 0.7% 1.1% 1.1%
70 Dillingham Census Area 100.0% 22.2% 70.6% 0.4% 0.7% 0.1% 5.9% 2.3% 100.0% 25.9% 71.8% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4%
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 100.0% 21.0% 71.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 6.3% 1.3% 100.0% 26.0% 72.1% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5%
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 100.0% 5.4% 91.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 2.5% 0.4% 100.0% 7.6% 91.6% 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.6
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1 2000
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
FIPS*
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Races Responses White American American Islander
2 Alaska 626,931 446,434 98,740 22,908 25,695 3,425 29,729 25,852 658,723 472,903 119,499 27,935 32,839 5,547
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 319,605 247,199 22,557 16,475 15,242 2,586 15,546 16,284 336,281 260,877 32,233 19,912 19,380 3,879
20 Anchorage Municipality 260,283 194,500 19,267 16,041 14,813 2,506 13,156 14,799 274,417 205,881 27,114 19,232 18,527 3,663
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 59,322 52,699 3,290 434 429 80 2,390 1,485 61,864 54,996 5,119 680 853 216
Gulf Coast Region 73,799 60,098 7,148 405 3,112 230 2,806 2,221 76,802 62,687 9,310 596 3,725 484
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 49,691 43,457 3,740 236 488 88 1,682 1,087 51,519 45,032 5,081 381 810 215
150 Kodiak Island Borough 13,913 8,754 2,048 136 2,252 115 608 848 14,542 9,280 2,458 160 2,441 203
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 10,195 7,887 1,360 33 372 27 516 286 10,741 8,375 1,771 55 474 66
Interior Region 97,417 74,345 11,284 5,204 1,888 269 4,427 3,732 102,152 78,408 14,250 6,111 2,863 520
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 82,840 66,113 5,792 5,046 1,789 250 3,850 3,440 86,944 69,616 8,220 5,919 2,710 479
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,174 4,958 790 125 44 9 248 167 6,426 5,206 983 143 69 25
68 Denali Borough 1,893 1,655 90 27 30 7 84 47 1,980 1,738 162 29 41 10
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 6,551 1,619 4,653 6 25 3 245 78 6,802 1,848 4,885 20 43 6
Northern Region 23,789 4,017 17,960 107 564 68 1,073 324 24,910 4,979 18,917 187 709 118
180 Nome Census Area 9,196 1,802 6,929 36 62 2 365 92 9,578 2,146 7,274 60 90 8
185 North Slope Borough 7,385 1,303 5,070 56 438 62 456 175 7,865 1,688 5,456 91 532 98
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,208 912 5,961 15 64 4 252 57 7,467 1,145 6,187 36 87 12
Southeast Region 73,082 52,814 12,572 402 2,600 203 4,491 2,077 77,957 56,762 16,377 729 3,667 422
100 Haines Borough 2,392 1,987 275 6 17 2 105 33 2,499 2,085 373 10 26 5
110 Juneau City and Borough 30,711 23,391 3,529 260 1,474 116 1,941 1,040 32,862 25,031 5,093 447 2,068 223
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 14,070 10,554 2,115 76 610 22 693 372 14,815 11,196 2,690 121 746 62
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 6,146 3,301 2,387 9 24 3 422 107 6,585 3,687 2,787 22 71 18
220 Sitka City and Borough 8,835 6,156 1,657 30 342 40 610 290 9,484 6,701 2,184 74 465 60
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. 3,436 2,038 1,209 5 13 5 166 97 3,610 2,186 1,359 15 40 10
282 Yakutat City and Borough 808 407 321 1 10 6 63 6 885 458 378 2 32 15
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,684 4,980 1,079 15 110 9 491 132 7,217 5,418 1,513 38 219 29
Southwest Region 39,239 7,961 27,219 315 2,289 69 1,386 1,214 40,621 9,190 28,412 400 2,495 124
13 Aleutians East Borough 2,697 848 1,008 49 721 8 63 339 2,760 902 1,044 51 750 13
16 Aleutians West Census Area 5,465 2,607 1,150 174 1,353 34 147 573 5,631 2,728 1,232 190 1,429 52
50 Bethel Census Area 16,006 2,050 13,141 62 169 9 575 140 16,588 2,551 13,685 112 217 23
60 Bristol Bay Borough 1,258 665 550 7 5 6 25 7 1,283 684 567 7 13 12
70 Dillingham Census Area 4,922 1,099 3,481 18 30 3 291 111 5,220 1,364 3,757 26 63 10
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,823 355 1,340 1 4 7 116 21 1,939 468 1,453 3 7 8
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,028 337 6,509 4 7 2 169 23 7,200 493 6,674 11 16 6
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.6 (continued)
Alaska Population by Race and Ethnicity, April 1 2000
One Race Alone Ethnicity
One Race Alone or in Combination
Native African Asian Pacific 2+ Hispanic Total Native African Asian Pacific
Area Total White American American Islander Races Responses White American American Islander
FIPS*
2 Alaska 100.0% 71.2% 15.7% 3.7% 4.1% 0.5% 4.7% 4.1% 100.0% 71.8% 18.1% 4.2% 5.0% 0.8%
Anchorage/Mat-Su Region 100.0% 77.3% 7.1% 5.2% 4.8% 0.8% 4.9% 5.1% 100.0% 77.6% 9.6% 5.9% 5.8% 1.2%
20 Anchorage Municipality 100.0% 74.7% 7.4% 6.2% 5.7% 1.0% 5.1% 5.7% 100.0% 75.0% 9.9% 7.0% 6.8% 1.3%
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 100.0% 88.8% 5.5% 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 4.0% 2.5% 100.0% 88.9% 8.3% 1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
Gulf Coast Region 100.0% 81.4% 9.7% 0.5% 4.2% 0.3% 3.8% 3.0% 100.0% 81.6% 12.1% 0.8% 4.9% 0.6%
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 100.0% 87.5% 7.5% 0.5% 1.0% 0.2% 3.4% 2.2% 100.0% 87.4% 9.9% 0.7% 1.6% 0.4%
150 Kodiak Island Borough 100.0% 62.9% 14.7% 1.0% 16.2% 0.8% 4.4% 6.1% 100.0% 63.8% 16.9% 1.1% 16.8% 1.4%
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 100.0% 77.4% 13.3% 0.3% 3.6% 0.3% 5.1% 2.8% 100.0% 78.0% 16.5% 0.5% 4.4% 0.6%
Interior Region 100.0% 76.3% 11.6% 5.3% 1.9% 0.3% 4.5% 3.8% 100.0% 76.8% 13.9% 6.0% 2.8% 0.5%
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 100.0% 79.8% 7.0% 6.1% 2.2% 0.3% 4.6% 4.2% 100.0% 80.1% 9.5% 6.8% 3.1% 0.6%
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 100.0% 80.3% 12.8% 2.0% 0.7% 0.1% 4.0% 2.7% 100.0% 81.0% 15.3% 2.2% 1.1% 0.4%
68 Denali Borough 100.0% 87.4% 4.8% 1.4% 1.6% 0.4% 4.4% 2.5% 100.0% 87.8% 8.2% 1.5% 2.1% 0.5%
290 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 100.0% 24.7% 71.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 3.8% 1.2% 100.0% 27.2% 71.8% 0.3% 0.6% 0.1%
Northern Region 100.0% 16.9% 75.5% 0.4% 2.4% 0.3% 4.5% 1.4% 100.0% 20.0% 75.9% 0.8% 2.8% 0.5%
180 Nome Census Area 100.0% 19.6% 75.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% 4.0% 1.0% 100.0% 22.4% 75.9% 0.6% 0.9% 0.1%
185 North Slope Borough 100.0% 17.6% 68.7% 0.8% 5.9% 0.8% 6.2% 2.4% 100.0% 21.5% 69.4% 1.2% 6.8% 1.2%
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 100.0% 12.7% 82.7% 0.2% 0.9% 0.1% 3.5% 0.8% 100.0% 15.3% 82.9% 0.5% 1.2% 0.2%
Southeast Region 100.0% 72.3% 17.2% 0.6% 3.6% 0.3% 6.1% 2.8% 100.0% 72.8% 21.0% 0.9% 4.7% 0.5%
100 Haines Borough 100.0% 83.1% 11.5% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1% 4.4% 1.4% 100.0% 83.4% 14.9% 0.4% 1.0% 0.2%
110 Juneau City and Borough 100.0% 76.2% 11.5% 0.8% 4.8% 0.4% 6.3% 3.4% 100.0% 76.2% 15.5% 1.4% 6.3% 0.7%
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 100.0% 75.0% 15.0% 0.5% 4.3% 0.2% 4.9% 2.6% 100.0% 75.6% 18.2% 0.8% 5.0% 0.4%
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C. A. 100.0% 53.7% 38.8% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 6.9% 1.7% 100.0% 56.0% 42.3% 0.3% 1.1% 0.3%
220 Sitka City and Borough 100.0% 69.7% 18.8% 0.3% 3.9% 0.5% 6.9% 3.3% 100.0% 70.7% 23.0% 0.8% 4.9% 0.6%
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 100.0% 59.3% 35.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 4.8% 2.8% 100.0% 60.6% 37.6% 0.4% 1.1% 0.3%
282 Yakutat City and Borough 100.0% 50.4% 39.7% 0.1% 1.2% 0.7% 7.8% 0.7% 100.0% 51.8% 42.7% 0.2% 3.6% 1.7%
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 100.0% 74.5% 16.1% 0.2% 1.6% 0.1% 7.3% 2.0% 100.0% 75.1% 21.0% 0.5% 3.0% 0.4%
Southwest Region 100.0% 20.3% 69.4% 0.8% 5.8% 0.2% 3.5% 3.1% 100.0% 22.6% 69.9% 1.0% 6.1% 0.3%
13 Aleutians East Borough 100.0% 31.4% 37.4% 1.8% 26.7% 0.3% 2.3% 12.6% 100.0% 32.7% 37.8% 1.8% 27.2% 0.5%
16 Aleutians West Census Area 100.0% 47.7% 21.0% 3.2% 24.8% 0.6% 2.7% 10.5% 100.0% 48.4% 21.9% 3.4% 25.4% 0.9%
50 Bethel Census Area 100.0% 12.8% 82.1% 0.4% 1.1% 0.1% 3.5% 0.9% 100.0% 15.4% 82.5% 0.7% 1.3% 0.1%
60 Bristol Bay Borough 100.0% 52.9% 43.7% 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% 2.0% 0.6% 100.0% 53.3% 44.2% 0.5% 1.0% 0.9%
70 Dillingham Census Area 100.0% 22.3% 70.7% 0.4% 0.6% 0.1% 5.9% 2.3% 100.0% 26.1% 72.0% 0.5% 1.2% 0.2%
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 100.0% 19.5% 73.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 6.4% 1.2% 100.0% 24.1% 74.9% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4%
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 100.0% 4.8% 92.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 2.4% 0.3% 100.0% 6.8% 92.7% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
*FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.7
Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
STATE OF ALASKA
ANCHORAGE/ MATANUSKA-SUSITNA REGION
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 52,537 27,149 25,388 48,525 24,887 23,638 0-4 27,921 14,491 13,430 24,180 12,323 11,857
5-9 50,856 26,013 24,843 53,822 27,515 26,307 5-9 27,006 13,882 13,124 27,069 13,774 13,295
10-14 56,762 28,967 27,795 56,061 28,803 27,258 10-14 29,618 15,135 14,483 27,535 14,168 13,367
15-19 54,060 27,883 26,177 49,709 26,163 23,546 15-19 28,004 14,535 13,469 24,979 12,994 11,985
20-24 42,269 21,906 20,363 39,892 21,192 18,700 20-24 23,636 12,217 11,419 20,510 10,675 9,835
25-29 42,308 22,065 20,243 42,987 22,186 20,801 25-29 23,642 12,257 11,385 22,834 11,624 11,210
30-34 45,988 23,576 22,412 46,486 24,121 22,365 30-34 25,580 12,915 12,665 24,206 12,294 11,912
35-39 48,233 24,635 23,598 55,723 28,555 27,168 35-39 26,351 13,188 13,163 29,260 14,642 14,618
40-44 56,176 28,758 27,418 58,326 29,799 28,527 40-44 30,153 15,205 14,948 30,471 15,260 15,211
45-49 55,943 28,638 27,305 53,515 27,950 25,565 45-49 29,392 14,815 14,577 27,344 13,990 13,354
50-54 49,194 25,827 23,367 41,437 22,311 19,126 50-54 25,267 12,965 12,302 20,943 10,990 9,953
55-59 36,162 19,192 16,970 27,423 14,698 12,725 55-59 18,449 9,537 8,912 13,890 7,306 6,584
60-64 23,365 12,431 10,934 17,327 9,208 8,119 60-64 11,753 6,092 5,661 8,642 4,444 4,198
65-69 14,622 7,581 7,041 12,626 6,371 6,255 65-69 7,347 3,642 3,705 6,342 3,102 3,240
70-74 10,640 5,190 5,450 9,881 4,862 5,019 70-74 5,393 2,570 2,823 4,904 2,333 2,571
75-79 7,795 3,650 4,145 6,863 3,066 3,797 75-79 3,891 1,767 2,124 3,439 1,478 1,961
80-84 4,928 2,082 2,846 3,695 1,522 2,173 80-84 2,465 993 1,472 1,796 721 1,075
85-90 2,338 906 1,432 1,779 644 1,135 85-90 1,179 451 728 858 277 581
90+ 1,259 368 891 855 259 596 90+ 599 161 438 403 104 299
16+ 483,936 248,845 235,091 457,473 237,225 220,248 16+ 257,280 130,275 127,005 235,280 119,407 115,873
18+ 461,887 237,463 224,424 436,215 226,111 210,104 18+ 245,963 124,325 121,638 224,624 113,842 110,782
65+ 41,582 19,777 21,805 35,699 16,724 18,975 65+ 20,874 9,584 11,290 17,742 8,015 9,727
Median 33.3 33.2 33.3 32.4 32.3 32.5 Median 32.7 32.3 33.2 32.6 32.3 32.9
Total 655,435 336,817 318,618 626,932 324,112 302,820 Total 347,646 176,818 170,828 319,605 162,499 157,106
MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE
MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004
April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 22,871 11,901 10,970 20,033 10,180 9,853 0-4 5,050 2,590 2,460 4,147 2,143 2,004
5-9 21,571 11,036 10,535 21,867 11,154 10,713 5-9 5,435 2,846 2,589 5,202 2,620 2,582
10-14 23,225 11,869 11,356 21,501 11,014 10,487 10-14 6,393 3,266 3,127 6,034 3,154 2,880
15-19 21,657 11,230 10,427 19,662 10,121 9,541 15-19 6,347 3,305 3,042 5,317 2,873 2,444
20-24 19,654 10,138 9,516 17,694 9,179 8,515 20-24 3,982 2,079 1,903 2,816 1,496 1,320
25-29 19,882 10,320 9,562 19,748 10,100 9,648 25-29 3,760 1,937 1,823 3,086 1,524 1,562
30-34 21,169 10,696 10,473 20,365 10,376 9,989 30-34 4,411 2,219 2,192 3,841 1,918 1,923
35-39 21,405 10,690 10,715 23,972 12,023 11,949 35-39 4,946 2,498 2,448 5,288 2,619 2,669
40-44 23,674 11,914 11,760 24,238 11,994 12,244 40-44 6,479 3,291 3,188 6,233 3,266 2,967
45-49 22,764 11,368 11,396 21,685 11,033 10,652 45-49 6,628 3,447 3,181 5,659 2,957 2,702
50-54 19,589 9,961 9,628 17,118 8,897 8,221 50-54 5,678 3,004 2,674 3,825 2,093 1,732
55-59 14,633 7,503 7,130 11,240 5,822 5,418 55-59 3,816 2,034 1,782 2,650 1,484 1,166
60-64 9,160 4,655 4,505 6,918 3,507 3,411 60-64 2,593 1,437 1,156 1,724 937 787
65-69 5,658 2,749 2,909 4,982 2,398 2,584 65-69 1,689 893 796 1,360 704 656
70-74 4,126 1,921 2,205 3,913 1,802 2,111 70-74 1,267 649 618 991 531 460
75-79 3,029 1,329 1,700 2,805 1,168 1,637 75-79 862 438 424 634 310 324
80-84 1,998 792 1,206 1,479 580 899 80-84 467 201 266 317 141 176
85-90 963 358 605 719 228 491 85-90 216 93 123 139 49 90
90+ 470 130 340 344 92 252 90+ 129 31 98 59 12 47
16+ 205,486 103,485 102,001 192,642 97,187 95,455 16+ 51,794 26,790 25,004 42,638 22,220 20,418
18+ 196,938 99,009 97,929 184,412 92,953 91,459 18+ 49,025 25,316 23,709 40,212 20,889 19,323
65+ 16,244 7,279 8,965 14,242 6,268 7,974 65+ 4,630 2,305 2,325 3,500 1,747 1,753
Median 32.3 31.8 32.9 32.4 31.9 32.8 Median 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.1 34.3 33.8
Total 277,498 140,560 136,938 260,283 131,668 128,615 Total 70,148 36,258 33,890 59,322 30,831 28,491
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
INTERIOR REGION
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 8,447 4,282 4,165 7,824 3,999 3,825 0-4 7,386 3,739 3,647 6,722 3,414 3,308
5-9 7,711 3,909 3,802 8,258 4,191 4,067 5-9 6,670 3,384 3,286 7,006 3,550 3,456
10-14 8,308 4,223 4,085 8,717 4,456 4,261 10-14 6,979 3,553 3,426 7,189 3,673 3,516
15-19 8,180 4,217 3,963 7,982 4,324 3,658 15-19 6,862 3,548 3,314 6,685 3,619 3,066
20-24 7,050 3,736 3,314 8,174 4,548 3,626 20-24 6,209 3,267 2,942 7,416 4,095 3,321
25-29 7,418 3,926 3,492 7,853 4,208 3,645 25-29 6,683 3,509 3,174 7,063 3,792 3,271
30-34 7,423 3,848 3,575 7,334 3,842 3,492 30-34 6,655 3,452 3,203 6,466 3,384 3,082
35-39 7,142 3,665 3,477 8,233 4,191 4,042 35-39 6,253 3,198 3,055 7,062 3,592 3,470
40-44 8,089 4,087 4,002 8,335 4,203 4,132 40-44 6,933 3,473 3,460 6,990 3,484 3,506
45-49 7,999 4,133 3,866 7,738 4,063 3,675 45-49 6,717 3,448 3,269 6,433 3,354 3,079
50-54 7,278 3,874 3,404 5,990 3,302 2,688 50-54 6,071 3,205 2,866 4,968 2,728 2,240
55-59 5,267 2,864 2,403 3,846 2,111 1,735 55-59 4,365 2,374 1,991 3,096 1,674 1,422
60-64 3,332 1,843 1,489 2,418 1,320 1,098 60-64 2,665 1,434 1,231 1,899 1,029 870
65-69 2,015 1,104 911 1,700 876 824 65-69 1,590 862 728 1,356 690 666
70-74 1,450 714 736 1,320 674 646 70-74 1,161 563 598 1,043 529 514
75-79 1,085 542 543 870 398 472 75-79 873 419 454 736 323 413
80-84 614 269 345 519 222 297 80-84 513 212 301 433 181 252
85-90 303 125 178 234 104 130 85-90 256 101 155 190 86 104
90+ 179 54 125 113 34 79 90+ 138 40 98 87 20 67
16+ 73,176 38,164 35,012 70,954 37,519 33,435 16+ 62,597 32,406 30,191 60,520 31,836 28,684
18+ 70,089 36,574 33,515 67,771 35,817 31,954 18+ 60,082 31,120 28,962 57,921 30,452 27,469
65+ 5,646 2,808 2,838 4,756 2,308 2,448 65+ 4,531 2,197 2,334 3,845 1,829 2,016
Median 31.7 31.8 31.6 29.9 29.8 30.2 Median 31.3 31.3 31.3 29.5 29.2 29.8
Total 99,290 51,415 47,875 97,458 51,066 46,392 Total 84,979 43,781 41,198 82,840 43,217 39,623
SOUTHEAST FAIRBANKS CENSUS AREA
DENALI BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 456 237 219 476 255 221 0-4 111 57 54 98 50 48
5-9 490 248 242 559 272 287 5-9 94 42 52 109 62 47
10-14 601 291 310 611 294 317 10-14 124 66 58 151 84 67
15-19 540 271 269 552 305 247 15-19 131 72 59 127 66 61
20-24 347 190 157 297 164 133 20-24 99 52 47 92 56 36
25-29 289 163 126 328 160 168 25-29 100 50 50 131 74 57
30-34 329 167 162 358 173 185 30-34 127 69 58 140 88 52
35-39 378 197 181 478 236 242 35-39 139 70 69 181 101 80
40-44 473 248 225 553 284 269 40-44 191 104 87 244 140 104
45-49 539 270 269 541 284 257 45-49 196 106 90 232 133 99
50-54 496 275 221 444 240 204 50-54 227 132 95 159 100 59
55-59 404 220 184 340 190 150 55-59 122 66 56 107 68 39
60-64 339 198 141 262 146 116 60-64 96 63 33 64 40 24
65-69 216 120 96 150 82 68 65-69 39 21 18 29 20 9
70-74 117 64 53 118 59 59 70-74 25 18 7 12 7 5
75-79 95 51 44 53 31 22 75-79 10 7 3 6 4 2
80-84 46 26 20 35 13 22 80-84 3 2 1 3 3 0
85-90 19 8 11 13 4 9 85-90 4 1 3 3 0 3
90+ 18 6 12 6 2 4 90+ 4 4 0 5 5 0
16+ 4,509 2,410 2,099 4,393 2,294 2,099 16+ 1,488 825 663 1,508 893 615
18+ 4,289 2,290 1,999 4,150 2,161 1,989 18+ 1,424 789 635 1,443 859 584
65+ 511 275 236 375 191 184 65+ 85 53 32 58 39 19
Median 35.6 36.5 34.6 33.7 34.2 33.2 Median 39.9 41.6 38.0 37.6 38.7 36.6
Total 6,192 3,250 2,942 6,174 3,194 2,980 Total 1,842 1,002 840 1,893 1,101 792
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
YUKON-KOYUKUK CENSUS AREA
GULF COAST REGION
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 494 249 245 528 280 248 0-4 4,924 2,562 2,362 5,245 2,647 2,598
5-9 457 235 222 584 307 277 5-9 5,377 2,711 2,666 6,075 3,129 2,946
10-14 604 313 291 766 405 361 10-14 6,424 3,306 3,118 6,983 3,573 3,410
15-19 647 326 321 618 334 284 15-19 6,355 3,267 3,088 5,958 3,167 2,791
20-24 395 227 168 369 233 136 20-24 3,851 2,017 1,834 3,426 1,907 1,519
25-29 346 204 142 331 182 149 25-29 3,718 1,926 1,792 4,024 2,075 1,949
30-34 312 160 152 370 197 173 30-34 4,459 2,239 2,220 4,855 2,501 2,354
35-39 372 200 172 512 262 250 35-39 5,070 2,575 2,495 6,425 3,351 3,074
40-44 492 262 230 548 295 253 40-44 6,569 3,397 3,172 7,290 3,804 3,486
45-49 547 309 238 532 292 240 45-49 7,161 3,686 3,475 7,170 3,798 3,372
50-54 484 262 222 419 234 185 50-54 6,591 3,545 3,046 5,438 2,977 2,461
55-59 376 204 172 303 179 124 55-59 4,873 2,646 2,227 3,667 2,020 1,647
60-64 232 148 84 193 105 88 60-64 3,328 1,828 1,500 2,307 1,252 1,055
65-69 170 101 69 165 84 81 65-69 2,024 1,085 939 1,788 944 844
70-74 147 69 78 147 79 68 70-74 1,489 777 712 1,415 721 694
75-79 107 65 42 75 40 35 75-79 1,067 513 554 963 463 500
80-84 52 29 23 48 25 23 80-84 694 318 376 466 193 273
85-90 24 15 9 28 14 14 85-90 276 109 167 200 85 115
90+ 19 4 15 15 7 8 90+ 155 46 109 104 36 68
16+ 4,582 2,523 2,059 4,533 2,496 2,037 16+ 56,285 29,279 27,006 54,119 28,598 25,521
18+ 4,294 2,375 1,919 4,257 2,345 1,912 18+ 53,543 27,876 25,667 51,407 27,167 24,240
65+ 519 283 236 478 249 229 65+ 5,705 2,848 2,857 4,936 2,442 2,494
Median 33.1 34.3 31.9 31.1 30.9 31.3 Median 37.1 37.4 36.7 35.3 35.5 35.0
Total 6,277 3,382 2,895 6,551 3,554 2,997 Total 74,405 38,553 35,852 73,799 38,643 35,156
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 3,215 1,683 1,532 3,288 1,665 1,623 0-4 1,094 559 535 1,245 631 614
5-9 3,453 1,727 1,726 4,024 2,084 1,940 5-9 1,199 614 585 1,269 628 641
10-14 4,323 2,232 2,091 4,698 2,372 2,326 10-14 1,276 644 632 1,314 682 632
15-19 4,368 2,233 2,135 4,140 2,219 1,921 15-19 1,107 582 525 1,027 534 493
20-24 2,732 1,419 1,313 2,132 1,179 953 20-24 655 355 300 817 445 372
25-29 2,486 1,329 1,157 2,627 1,368 1,259 25-29 771 359 412 897 478 419
30-34 2,907 1,455 1,452 3,021 1,526 1,495 30-34 965 491 474 1,165 629 536
35-39 3,241 1,635 1,606 4,140 2,139 2,001 35-39 1,144 583 561 1,390 734 656
40-44 4,419 2,234 2,185 4,934 2,547 2,387 40-44 1,220 664 556 1,272 707 565
45-49 4,981 2,519 2,462 5,008 2,619 2,389 45-49 1,133 618 515 1,134 612 522
50-54 4,726 2,526 2,200 3,731 2,036 1,695 50-54 929 503 426 850 467 383
55-59 3,425 1,839 1,586 2,632 1,432 1,200 55-59 743 401 342 529 282 247
60-64 2,416 1,317 1,099 1,667 902 765 60-64 483 258 225 331 177 154
65-69 1,492 779 713 1,310 676 634 65-69 275 154 121 272 151 121
70-74 1,156 605 551 1,051 531 520 70-74 187 95 92 177 91 86
75-79 814 389 425 736 351 385 75-79 127 58 69 110 59 51
80-84 528 237 291 341 130 211 80-84 83 44 39 70 36 34
85-90 200 72 128 131 50 81 85-90 42 18 24 33 16 17
90+ 98 22 76 80 27 53 90+ 33 13 20 11 3 8
16+ 39,035 20,131 18,904 36,722 19,237 17,485 16+ 9,658 5,078 4,580 9,848 5,307 4,541
18+ 37,134 19,170 17,964 34,832 18,239 16,593 18+ 9,197 4,837 4,360 9,399 5,076 4,323
65+ 4,288 2,104 2,184 3,649 1,765 1,884 65+ 747 382 365 673 356 317
Median 38.1 38.2 38.0 36.3 36.3 36.3 Median 33.3 34.0 32.5 31.6 32.2 30.9
Total 50,980 26,252 24,728 49,691 25,853 23,838 Total 13,466 7,013 6,453 13,913 7,362 6,551
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
VALDEZ-CORDOVA CENSUS AREA
NORTHERN REGION
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 615 320 295 712 351 361 0-4 2662 1333 1329 2467 1303 1164
5-9 725 370 355 782 417 365 5-9 2330 1197 1133 2684 1404 1280
10-14 825 430 395 971 519 452 10-14 2768 1384 1384 2669 1377 1292
15-19 880 452 428 791 414 377 15-19 2477 1254 1223 2153 1127 1026
20-24 464 243 221 477 283 194 20-24 1514 759 755 1529 796 733
25-29 461 238 223 500 229 271 25-29 1405 727 678 1559 816 743
30-34 587 293 294 669 346 323 30-34 1384 707 677 1667 932 735
35-39 685 357 328 895 478 417 35-39 1572 868 704 1859 1021 838
40-44 930 499 431 1,084 550 534 40-44 1680 870 810 1832 1012 820
45-49 1,047 549 498 1,028 567 461 45-49 1639 879 760 1575 899 676
50-54 936 516 420 857 474 383 50-54 1354 777 577 1211 715 496
55-59 705 406 299 506 306 200 55-59 1047 602 445 829 448 381
60-64 429 253 176 309 173 136 60-64 640 350 290 548 310 238
65-69 257 152 105 206 117 89 65-69 475 258 217 431 225 206
70-74 146 77 69 187 99 88 70-74 357 172 185 339 160 179
75-79 126 66 60 117 53 64 75-79 257 119 138 213 92 121
80-84 83 37 46 55 27 28 80-84 150 61 89 117 55 62
85-90 34 19 15 36 19 17 85-90 68 24 44 76 25 51
90+ 24 11 13 13 6 7 90+ 34 8 26 31 9 22
16+ 7,592 4,070 3,522 7,549 4,054 3,495 16+ 15503 8170 7333 15478 8400 7078
18+ 7,212 3,869 3,343 7,176 3,852 3,324 18+ 14450 7640 6810 14564 7923 6641
65+ 670 362 308 614 321 293 65+ 1341 642 699 1207 566 641
Median 38.1 39.2 36.9 36.1 36.6 35.5 Median 25.6 26.7 24.4 26.3 27.2 25.2
Total 9,959 5,288 4,671 10,195 5,428 4,767 Total 23813 12349 11464 23789 12726 11063
NOME CENSUS AREA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 1,046 512 534 932 496 436 0-4 806 411 395 727 392 335
5-9 916 472 444 1,008 534 474 5-9 628 330 298 812 421 391
10-14 1,090 558 532 953 495 458 10-14 792 388 404 828 429 399
15-19 932 471 461 788 412 376 15-19 717 368 349 704 375 329
20-24 532 267 265 594 320 274 20-24 475 241 234 448 221 227
25-29 573 290 283 610 310 300 25-29 395 207 188 459 247 212
30-34 557 282 275 616 349 267 30-34 411 220 191 530 284 246
35-39 605 328 277 732 417 315 35-39 491 268 223 597 318 279
40-44 658 347 311 712 391 321 40-44 550 277 273 636 340 296
45-49 669 367 302 644 364 280 45-49 521 273 248 507 288 219
50-54 572 332 240 490 305 185 50-54 431 241 190 390 220 170
55-59 424 254 170 348 185 163 55-59 318 182 136 266 145 121
60-64 261 142 119 229 128 101 60-64 207 110 97 173 95 78
65-69 202 108 94 173 98 75 65-69 136 74 62 119 63 56
70-74 138 67 71 149 69 80 70-74 101 50 51 82 39 43
75-79 108 51 57 98 50 48 75-79 61 28 33 58 18 40
80-84 67 32 35 57 26 31 80-84 37 13 24 32 11 21
85-90 34 14 20 44 14 30 85-90 19 4 15 14 4 10
90+ 19 5 14 19 6 13 90+ 8 0 8 3 0 3
16+ 6,143 3,256 2,887 6,119 3,352 2,767 16+ 4,718 2,480 2,238 4,853 2,587 2,266
18+ 5,735 3,059 2,676 5,780 3,185 2,595 18+ 4,431 2,331 2,100 4,566 2,431 2,135
65+ 568 277 291 540 263 277 65+ 362 169 193 308 135 173
Median 26.6 27.9 25.3 27.6 28.7 26.6 Median 26.7 27.5 25.8 26.9 27.4 26.3
Total 9,403 4,899 4,504 9,196 4,969 4,227 Total 7,104 3,685 3,419 7,385 3,910 3,475
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.7 (continued)
Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
NORTHWEST ARCTIC BOROUGH
SOUTHEAST REGION
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 810 410 400 808 415 393 0-4 4,497 2,325 2,172 4,775 2,474 2,301
5-9 786 395 391 864 449 415 5-9 4,564 2,318 2,246 5,676 2,892 2,784
10-14 886 438 448 888 453 435 10-14 5,617 2,882 2,735 6,232 3,145 3,087
15-19 828 415 413 661 340 321 15-19 5,528 2,814 2,714 5,548 2,932 2,616
20-24 507 251 256 487 255 232 20-24 3,778 1,913 1,865 3,812 1,948 1,864
25-29 437 230 207 490 259 231 25-29 3,658 1,854 1,804 4,220 2,091 2,129
30-34 416 205 211 521 299 222 30-34 4,367 2,205 2,162 5,248 2,697 2,551
35-39 476 272 204 530 286 244 35-39 5,062 2,567 2,495 6,380 3,252 3,128
40-44 472 246 226 484 281 203 40-44 6,349 3,248 3,101 7,103 3,602 3,501
45-49 449 239 210 424 247 177 45-49 6,752 3,403 3,349 6,932 3,619 3,313
50-54 351 204 147 331 190 141 50-54 6,357 3,338 3,019 5,705 3,045 2,660
55-59 305 166 139 215 118 97 55-59 4,917 2,623 2,294 3,711 1,982 1,729
60-64 172 98 74 146 87 59 60-64 3,149 1,693 1,456 2,490 1,380 1,110
65-69 137 76 61 139 64 75 65-69 2,076 1,121 955 1,675 878 797
70-74 118 55 63 108 52 56 70-74 1,407 698 709 1,419 707 712
75-79 88 40 48 57 24 33 75-79 1,129 525 604 1,054 460 594
80-84 46 16 30 28 18 10 80-84 782 330 452 610 249 361
85-90 15 6 9 18 7 11 85-90 399 149 250 324 118 206
90+ 7 3 4 9 3 6 90+ 234 77 157 168 57 111
16+ 4,642 2,434 2,208 4,506 2,461 2,045 16+ 54,767 27,944 26,823 55,134 28,349 26,785
18+ 4,284 2,250 2,034 4,218 2,307 1,911 18+ 52,425 26,776 25,649 52,654 27,073 25,581
65+ 411 196 215 359 168 191 65+ 6,027 2,900 3,127 5,250 2,469 2,781
Median 23.4 24.5 22.3 23.9 25.2 22.5 Median 38.3 38.4 38.1 35.8 35.9 35.7
Total 7,306 3,765 3,541 7,208 3,847 3,361 Total 70,622 36,083 34,539 73,082 37,528 35,554
HAINES BOROUGH
JUNEAU BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 104 44 60 128 64 64 0-4 1,997 1,057 940 2,003 1,021 982
5-9 123 65 58 157 78 79 5-9 1,992 994 998 2,339 1,180 1,159
10-14 160 86 74 201 100 101 10-14 2,489 1,258 1,231 2,541 1,298 1,243
15-19 151 75 76 167 89 78 15-19 2,429 1,253 1,176 2,321 1,213 1,108
20-24 88 44 44 87 43 44 20-24 1,783 887 896 1,686 826 860
25-29 89 46 43 96 43 53 25-29 1,630 805 825 1,929 960 969
30-34 102 53 49 145 73 72 30-34 2,022 1,010 1,012 2,357 1,213 1,144
35-39 154 82 72 185 87 98 35-39 2,375 1,186 1,189 2,788 1,382 1,406
40-44 195 93 102 248 127 121 40-44 2,845 1,430 1,415 2,993 1,484 1,509
45-49 219 118 101 253 139 114 45-49 2,995 1,495 1,500 3,041 1,530 1,511
50-54 240 125 115 238 124 114 50-54 2,840 1,426 1,414 2,473 1,302 1,171
55-59 213 113 100 146 69 77 55-59 2,152 1,132 1,020 1,456 745 711
60-64 123 62 61 91 44 47 60-64 1,197 611 586 916 490 426
65-69 82 46 36 87 45 42 65-69 763 388 375 580 293 287
70-74 81 37 44 61 39 22 70-74 494 234 260 504 230 274
75-79 54 35 19 50 25 25 75-79 422 172 250 367 148 219
80-84 41 19 22 28 12 16 80-84 290 112 178 248 93 155
85-90 19 6 13 20 10 10 85-90 168 56 112 115 43 72
90+ 7 2 5 4 0 4 90+ 83 29 54 54 18 36
16+ 1,826 938 888 1,867 946 921 16+ 23,959 11,952 12,007 23,285 11,691 11,594
18+ 1,750 903 847 1,779 903 876 18+ 22,983 11,429 11,554 22,294 11,159 11,135
65+ 284 145 139 250 131 119 65+ 2,220 991 1,229 1,868 825 1,043
Median 43.9 44.3 43.5 40.7 41.4 40.1 Median 37.4 37.1 37.7 35.3 35.1 35.6
Total 2,245 1,151 1,094 2,392 1,211 1,181 Total 30,966 15,535 15,431 30,711 15,469 15,242
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.7 (continued)
Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH
PRINCE OF WALES-OUTER KETCHIKAN CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 869 460 409 964 490 474 0-4 346 189 157 453 237 216
5-9 874 431 443 1,145 588 557 5-9 373 195 178 506 270 236
10-14 1,039 541 498 1,177 596 581 10-14 489 265 224 567 285 282
15-19 1,008 518 490 1,044 535 509 15-19 474 239 235 525 284 241
20-24 680 326 354 692 349 343 20-24 293 168 125 310 176 134
25-29 630 312 318 779 376 403 25-29 275 154 121 343 173 170
30-34 787 400 387 1,005 500 505 30-34 299 152 147 391 201 190
35-39 922 456 466 1,278 686 592 35-39 368 191 177 526 271 255
40-44 1,216 648 568 1,351 679 672 40-44 515 280 235 589 325 264
45-49 1,239 623 616 1,214 625 589 45-49 512 260 252 583 335 248
50-54 1,093 583 510 1,083 574 509 50-54 506 297 209 438 255 183
55-59 862 443 419 746 398 348 55-59 367 219 148 344 202 142
60-64 625 334 291 483 282 201 60-64 294 173 121 221 134 87
65-69 386 205 181 332 162 170 65-69 181 121 60 144 93 51
70-74 272 133 139 308 152 156 70-74 112 63 49 99 57 42
75-79 231 113 118 225 93 132 75-79 80 48 32 68 35 33
80-84 161 67 94 137 63 74 80-84 52 28 24 21 7 14
85-90 83 39 44 65 21 44 85-90 7 1 6 13 7 6
90+ 53 15 38 42 20 22 90+ 5 3 2 5 3 2
16+ 10,054 5,112 4,942 10,564 5,401 5,163 16+ 4,223 2,336 1,887 4,488 2,488 2,000
18+ 9,636 4,912 4,724 10,106 5,183 4,923 18+ 4,011 2,235 1,776 4,243 2,362 1,881
65+ 1,186 572 614 1,109 511 598 65+ 437 264 173 350 202 148
Median 38.4 38.7 38.1 36.0 36.3 35.7 Median 38.1 39.2 36.8 34.7 36.0 33.2
Total 13,030 6,647 6,383 14,070 7,189 6,881 Total 5,548 3,046 2,502 6,146 3,350 2,796
SITKA BOROUGH
SKAGWAY-HOONAH-ANGOON CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 621 308 313 565 318 247 0-4 151 50 101 178 88 90
5-9 577 303 274 669 326 343 5-9 168 85 83 269 147 122
10-14 648 327 321 730 348 382 10-14 220 116 104 284 138 146
15-19 641 292 349 689 377 312 15-19 224 116 108 263 139 124
20-24 483 250 233 573 308 265 20-24 144 74 70 171 89 82
25-29 547 280 267 533 262 271 25-29 175 88 87 184 96 88
30-34 572 288 284 626 318 308 30-34 192 106 86 215 131 84
35-39 598 309 289 729 376 353 35-39 209 117 92 300 155 145
40-44 739 370 369 844 419 425 40-44 274 137 137 314 176 138
45-49 823 414 409 774 395 379 45-49 301 164 137 344 186 158
50-54 713 376 337 592 310 282 50-54 336 181 155 305 170 135
55-59 570 297 273 415 228 187 55-59 259 160 99 206 110 96
60-64 380 211 169 352 182 170 60-64 170 95 75 151 89 62
65-69 327 165 162 261 127 134 65-69 104 64 40 90 61 29
70-74 211 102 109 194 103 91 70-74 67 37 30 66 32 34
75-79 154 65 89 144 64 80 75-79 43 21 22 50 25 25
80-84 103 41 62 67 24 43 80-84 36 15 21 24 10 14
85-90 52 19 33 49 13 36 85-90 17 7 10 12 4 8
90+ 46 15 31 29 7 22 90+ 11 6 5 10 2 8
16+ 6,840 3,444 3,396 6,733 3,443 3,290 16+ 2,521 1,367 1,154 2,649 1,445 1,204
18+ 6,576 3,335 3,241 6,436 3,293 3,143 18+ 2,414 1,313 1,101 2,516 1,376 1,140
65+ 893 407 486 744 338 406 65+ 278 150 128 252 134 118
Median 37.6 37.7 37.5 35.2 34.9 35.5 Median 41.2 42.5 40.0 37.8 38.3 37.2
Total 8,805 4,432 4,373 8,835 4,505 4,330 Total 3,101 1,639 1,462 3,436 1,848 1,588
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
YAKUTAT CENSUS AREA
WRANGELL-PETERSBURG CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 34 18 16 39 18 21 0-4 375 199 176 445 238 207
5-9 39 20 19 79 46 33 5-9 418 225 193 512 257 255
10-14 70 35 35 66 32 34 10-14 502 254 248 666 348 318
15-19 61 31 30 60 37 23 15-19 540 290 250 479 258 221
20-24 38 22 16 26 14 12 20-24 269 142 127 267 143 124
25-29 38 20 18 35 17 18 25-29 274 149 125 321 164 157
30-34 38 16 22 59 31 28 30-34 355 180 175 450 230 220
35-39 55 29 26 80 49 31 35-39 381 197 184 494 246 248
40-44 49 30 19 89 59 30 40-44 516 260 256 675 333 342
45-49 57 32 25 94 62 32 45-49 606 297 309 629 347 282
50-54 77 43 34 69 41 28 50-54 552 307 245 507 269 238
55-59 45 21 24 40 31 9 55-59 449 238 211 358 199 159
60-64 29 20 9 29 18 11 60-64 331 187 144 247 141 106
65-69 20 10 10 18 10 8 65-69 213 122 91 163 87 76
70-74 11 2 9 14 8 6 70-74 159 90 69 173 86 87
75-79 16 9 7 10 5 5 75-79 129 62 67 140 65 75
80-84 3 3 0 0 0 0 80-84 96 45 51 85 40 45
85-90 0 0 0 1 1 0 85-90 53 21 32 49 19 30
90+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 90+ 29 7 22 24 7 17
16+ 518 274 244 606 369 237 16+ 4,826 2,521 2,305 4,942 2,566 2,376
18+ 491 266 225 581 359 222 18+ 4,564 2,383 2,181 4,699 2,438 2,261
65+ 50 24 26 43 24 19 65+ 679 347 332 634 304 330
Median 37.0 38.2 35.7 37.2 39.6 33.9 Median 40.1 40.0 40.3 37.2 37.1 37.3
Total 680 361 319 808 479 329 Total 6,247 3,272 2,975 6,684 3,477 3,207
SOUTHWEST REGION
ALEUTIANS EAST BOROUGH
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 4,086 2,156 1,930 4,034 2,141 1,893 0-4 88 48 40 116 60 56
5-9 3,868 1,996 1,872 4,060 2,125 1,935 5-9 113 54 59 117 61 56
10-14 4,027 2,037 1,990 3,925 2,084 1,841 10-14 110 52 58 131 68 63
15-19 3,516 1,796 1,720 3,089 1,619 1,470 15-19 129 81 48 156 95 61
20-24 2,440 1,264 1,176 2,441 1,318 1,123 20-24 210 147 63 208 136 72
25-29 2,467 1,375 1,092 2,497 1,372 1,125 25-29 263 185 78 190 125 65
30-34 2,775 1,662 1,113 3,176 1,855 1,321 30-34 318 253 65 280 198 82
35-39 3,036 1,772 1,264 3,566 2,098 1,468 35-39 319 233 86 367 269 98
40-44 3,336 1,951 1,385 3,295 1,918 1,377 40-44 351 222 129 303 210 93
45-49 3,000 1,722 1,278 2,756 1,581 1,175 45-49 298 184 114 285 178 107
50-54 2,347 1,328 1,019 2,150 1,282 868 50-54 151 93 58 252 164 88
55-59 1,609 920 689 1,480 831 649 55-59 134 79 55 141 88 53
60-64 1,163 625 538 922 502 420 60-64 70 42 28 80 51 29
65-69 685 371 314 690 346 344 65-69 37 23 14 36 24 12
70-74 544 259 285 484 267 217 70-74 12 8 4 15 11 4
75-79 366 184 182 324 175 149 75-79 11 8 3 12 8 4
80-84 223 111 112 187 82 105 80-84 11 11 0 8 4 4
85-90 113 48 65 87 35 52 85-90 4 4 0 0 0 0
90+ 58 22 36 36 19 17 90+ 0 0 0 0 0 0
16+ 26,925 15,013 11,912 26,508 14,952 11,556 16+ 2,294 1,556 738 2,312 1,551 761
18+ 25,417 14,272 11,145 25,195 14,289 10,906 18+ 2,243 1,528 715 2,243 1,514 729
65+ 1,989 995 994 1,808 924 884 65+ 75 54 21 71 47 24
Median 28.8 30.5 26.6 29.1 30.4 27.3 Median 36.3 35.9 37.3 37.0 37.5 36.1
Total 39,659 21,599 18,060 39,199 21,650 17,549 Total 2,629 1,727 902 2,697 1,750 947
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
ALEUTIANS WEST CENSUS AREA
BETHEL CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 226 126 100 257 129 128 0-4 2,089 1,116 973 1,915 1,041 874
5-9 226 104 122 248 137 111 5-9 1,888 983 905 1,888 988 900
10-14 223 116 107 266 139 127 10-14 1,923 947 976 1,717 926 791
15-19 227 128 99 260 139 121 15-19 1,586 801 785 1,345 691 654
20-24 267 162 105 336 209 127 20-24 1,064 510 554 1,065 550 515
25-29 423 289 134 451 307 144 25-29 1,002 510 492 1,019 523 496
30-34 641 475 166 751 529 222 30-34 996 507 489 1,137 609 528
35-39 674 458 216 726 496 230 35-39 1,097 579 518 1,307 698 609
40-44 663 452 211 674 467 207 40-44 1,224 682 542 1,157 617 540
45-49 594 408 186 562 370 192 45-49 1,072 563 509 967 534 433
50-54 486 316 170 460 312 148 50-54 880 481 399 732 419 313
55-59 298 182 116 203 132 71 55-59 638 357 281 599 320 279
60-64 167 103 64 146 87 59 60-64 490 248 242 327 165 162
65-69 60 34 26 58 28 30 65-69 280 145 135 302 141 161
70-74 29 13 16 37 20 17 70-74 252 114 138 215 122 93
75-79 21 12 9 17 10 7 75-79 172 91 81 144 77 67
80-84 9 4 5 6 0 6 80-84 97 44 53 106 47 59
85-90 4 1 3 6 2 4 85-90 73 28 45 46 20 26
90+ 1 1 0 1 0 1 90+ 30 16 14 18 12 6
16+ 4,511 3,004 1,507 4,630 3,071 1,559 16+ 10,624 5,498 5,126 10,207 5,392 4,815
18+ 4,432 2,971 1,461 4,526 3,028 1,498 18+ 9,942 5,158 4,784 9,629 5,104 4,525
65+ 124 65 59 125 60 65 65+ 904 438 466 831 419 412
Median 37.9 38.2 37.2 36.1 36.7 34.9 Median 24.4 25.0 23.8 25.4 25.5 25.2
Total 5,239 3,384 1,855 5,465 3,513 1,952 Total 16,853 8,722 8,131 16,006 8,500 7,506
BRISTOL BAY BOROUGH
DILLINGHAM CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 77 47 30 89 47 42 0-4 458 238 220 527 271 256
5-9 71 27 44 107 49 58 5-9 491 252 239 531 287 244
10-14 80 48 32 129 72 57 10-14 535 292 243 563 287 276
15-19 96 51 45 99 47 52 15-19 464 223 241 381 212 169
20-24 51 23 28 44 26 18 20-24 282 136 146 255 133 122
25-29 51 24 27 64 35 29 25-29 243 123 120 249 121 128
30-34 58 31 27 79 43 36 30-34 274 151 123 345 176 169
35-39 66 38 28 135 71 64 35-39 337 172 165 436 241 195
40-44 120 67 53 160 93 67 40-44 400 214 186 392 196 196
45-49 140 77 63 122 65 57 45-49 373 195 178 375 200 175
50-54 109 62 47 93 55 38 50-54 331 177 154 252 125 127
55-59 61 36 25 49 31 18 55-59 188 96 92 206 107 99
60-64 48 31 17 40 22 18 60-64 171 90 81 128 67 61
65-69 31 17 14 22 12 10 65-69 96 56 40 95 51 44
70-74 19 13 6 13 11 2 70-74 80 43 37 88 45 43
75-79 11 6 5 7 3 4 75-79 60 24 36 48 24 24
80-84 5 2 3 4 3 1 80-84 38 21 17 28 13 15
85-90 1 0 1 1 0 1 85-90 12 6 6 13 7 6
90+ 1 0 1 1 0 1 90+ 12 1 11 10 4 6
16+ 846 464 382 909 503 406 16+ 3,258 1,683 1,575 3,217 1,682 1,535
18+ 804 441 363 864 481 383 18+ 3,051 1,589 1,462 3,045 1,587 1,458
65+ 68 38 30 48 29 19 65+ 298 151 147 282 144 138
Median 39.8 40.8 37.7 36.0 37.3 34.6 Median 29.0 29.6 28.3 29.1 28.9 29.3
Total 1,096 600 496 1,258 685 573 Total 4,845 2,510 2,335 4,922 2,567 2,355
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.7 (continued)
Alaska Population by Age, Sex, Census Area and Labor Market, 2000, 2004
LAKE AND PENINSULA BOROUGH
WADE HAMPTON CENSUS AREA
July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000 July 1, 2004 April 1, 2000
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
0-4 119 52 67 173 80 93 0-4 1,029 529 500 957 513 444
5-9 131 70 61 187 97 90 5-9 948 506 442 982 506 476
10-14 158 77 81 207 103 104 10-14 998 505 493 912 489 423
15-19 167 83 84 185 99 86 15-19 847 429 418 663 336 327
20-24 122 64 58 92 47 45 20-24 444 222 222 441 217 224
25-29 80 43 37 77 38 39 25-29 405 201 204 447 223 224
30-34 76 35 41 98 51 47 30-34 412 210 202 486 249 237
35-39 110 59 51 157 90 67 35-39 433 233 200 438 233 205
40-44 146 82 64 179 100 79 40-44 432 232 200 430 235 195
45-49 137 76 61 137 70 67 45-49 386 219 167 308 164 144
50-54 106 51 55 91 53 38 50-54 284 148 136 270 154 116
55-59 69 42 27 86 48 38 55-59 221 128 93 196 105 91
60-64 68 34 34 55 36 19 60-64 149 77 72 146 74 72
65-69 42 25 17 39 22 17 65-69 139 71 68 138 68 70
70-74 31 17 14 26 18 8 70-74 121 51 70 90 40 50
75-79 23 14 9 18 11 7 75-79 68 29 39 78 42 36
80-84 11 3 8 10 3 7 80-84 52 26 26 25 12 13
85-90 5 1 4 4 1 3 85-90 14 8 6 17 5 12
90+ 2 1 1 2 2 0 90+ 12 3 9 4 1 3
16+ 1,165 615 550 1,213 670 543 16+ 4,227 2,193 2,034 4,020 2,083 1,937
18+ 1,087 579 508 1,134 628 506 18+ 3,858 2,006 1,852 3,754 1,947 1,807
65+ 114 61 53 99 57 42 65+ 406 188 218 352 168 184
Median 31.6 33.6 29.9 29.4 32.0 26.2 Median 19.3 19.4 19.2 20.0 19.8 20.2
Total 1,603 829 774 1,823 969 854 Total 7,394 3,827 3,567 7,028 3,666 3,362
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 2.8
Personal Income by Economic Region and Census Area, 1990, 1995, 2000-2003
(Income in thousands of dollars)
Area Name 2003 2002 2001 2000 1995 1990
Pct. Of
State
2003
Pct. Of
State
2000
Pct. Of
State
1990
Change in
Income
1990-2003
Ann. Avg.
Rate of
Change
Alaska 21,531,273 20,879,747 20,049,501 18,741,427 15,414,795 12,617,439 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 8,913,834 4.02%
Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna Region 12,242,046 11,839,693 11,283,116 10,329,630 8,266,415 6,651,105 56.86% 55.12% 52.71% 5,590,941 4.55%
Municipality of Anchorage 10,225,026 9,916,507 9,498,413 8,777,998 7,156,959 5,873,268 47.49% 46.84% 46.55% 4,351,758 4.16%
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 2,017,020 1,923,186 1,784,703 1,551,632 1,109,456 777,837 9.37% 8.28% 6.16% 1,239,183 6.82%
Gulf Coast Region 2,232,448 2,219,794 2,149,562 2,079,118 1,706,701 1,426,762 10.37% 11.09% 11.31% 805,686 3.39%
Kenai Peninsula Borough 1,505,864 1,508,201 1,446,609 1,398,638 1,114,581 889,917 6.99% 7.46% 7.05% 615,947 3.96%
Kodiak Island Borough 393,604 381,413 382,227 373,164 323,535 293,470 1.83% 1.99% 2.33% 100,134 2.24%
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 332,980 330,180 320,726 307,316 268,585 243,375 1.55% 1.64% 1.93% 89,605 2.39%
Interior Region 2,988,232 2,882,442 2,755,958 2,639,525 2,166,728 1,889,529 13.88% 13.80% 13.75% 1,098,703 3.47%
Fairbanks North Star Borough 2,606,359 2,525,670 2,408,390 2,303,272 1,878,174 1,547,619 12.10% 12.29% 12.27% 1,058,740 3.92%
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 162,838 142,300 138,833 140,289 125,686 98,590 0.76% 0.75% 0.78% 64,248 3.78%
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area /1 219,035 214,472 208,735 195,964 162,868 121,660 1.02% 1.05% 0.96% 97,375 4.40%
-Denali Borough /2 74,197 72,121 73,155 70,359 47,912 (N) 0.34% 0.38% 0.00% (N) (N)
-Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area /3 144,838 142,351 135,580 125,605 114,956 121,660 0.67% 0.67% 0.96% 23,178 1.34%
Northern Region 671,768 646,742 632,783 577,270 493,615 371,618 3.12% 3.08% 2.95% 300,150 4.43%
Nome Census Area 227,575 218,866 203,979 196,464 169,425 127,756 1.06% 1.05% 1.01% 99,819 4.32%
North Slope Borough 263,396 248,601 251,279 220,864 201,366 147,920 1.22% 1.18% 1.17% 115,476 4.32%
Northwest Arctic Borough 180,797 179,275 177,525 159,942 122,824 95,942 0.84% 0.85% 0.76% 84,855 4.72%
Southeast Region 2,467,535 2,407,963 2,379,743 2,318,676 2,063,694 1,747,621 11.46% 12.37% 13.85% 719,914 2.63%
Haines Borough 81,747 81,532 80,074 76,169 62,984 55,501 0.38% 0.41% 0.44% 26,246 2.94%
Juneau City and Borough 1,138,496 1,101,565 1,082,033 1,066,512 925,514 722,211 5.29% 5.69% 5.72% 416,285 3.44%
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 511,921 505,528 505,113 480,860 463,787 394,369 2.38% 2.57% 3.13% 117,552 2.00%
Pr. of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area 124,247 120,245 119,143 128,625 124,206 116,322 0.58% 0.69% 0.92% 7,925 0.51%
Sitka City and Borough 279,019 271,928 267,130 256,932 217,953 195,903 1.30% 1.37% 1.55% 83,116 2.69%
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area /4 131,285 128,965 126,881 123,246 104,359 93,310 0.61% 0.66% 0.74% 37,975 2.60%
-Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area /5 108,837 105,907 104,097 99,915 83,886 (N) 0.51% 0.53% 0.00% (N) (N)
-Yakutat City and Borough /6 22,448 23,058 22,784 23,331 20,473 (N) 0.10% 0.12% 0.00% (N) (N)
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 200,820 198,200 199,369 186,332 164,891 170,005 0.93% 0.99% 1.35% 30,815 1.28%
Southwest Region 929,244 883,113 848,339 797,208 717,642 652,464 4.32% 4.25% 5.17% 276,780 2.69%
Aleutians East Borough 66,578 64,833 74,239 60,911 53,352 45,884 0.31% 0.33% 0.36% 20,694 2.83%
Aleutians West Census Area 141,593 130,871 118,525 114,549 161,254 203,262 0.66% 0.61% 1.61% -61,669 -2.75%
Bethel Census Area 385,067 365,374 339,484 311,973 258,513 194,115 1.79% 1.66% 1.54% 190,952 5.07%
Bristol Bay Borough 45,539 43,763 44,375 42,622 42,714 46,450 0.21% 0.23% 0.37% -911 -0.15%
Dillingham Census Area 139,689 135,751 131,853 129,993 100,571 102,057 0.65% 0.69% 0.81% 37,632 2.39%
Lake and Peninsula Borough 36,020 34,519 35,737 38,105 29,639 (N) 0.17% 0.20% 0.00% (N) (N)
Wade Hampton Census Area 114,758 108,002 104,126 99,055 71,599 60,696 0.53% 0.53% 0.48% 54,062 4.74%
Footnotes:
Income in thousands of dollars.
(N) indicates that income fi gures were not available for these places in this year.
Percentages will generally not add to 100%, since some areas are included twice.
Income data source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The income data in this table do not match data in Table 2.7 in the 1998 and earlier Population Overviews, because the BEA has changed its income defi nitions.
One example of this is that government pensions have been included in personal income to match.
All income data are in current dollars; that is, the amounts have not been adjusted for infl ation.
/1 Denali Borough was included in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area until 1991. For continuity, this line shows the old defi nition, including Denali Borough.
/2 Denali Borough was incorporated 7 December 1990
/3 This line shows the new defi nition of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, excluding the Denali Borough.
/4 Yakutat was included in this Census Area until 1992. For continuity, this line shows the old definition, including Yakutat.
/5 This line shows the new defi nition of the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, excluding Yakutat.
/6 Yakutat Borough was incorporated 22 September 1992.
/7 Lake and Peninsula Borough was incorporated 24 April 1989. Income data is not available for 1990 for this area.
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Table 2.9
Alaska Per Capita Income by Economic Region and Census Area. 1990,1995, 2000-2003
(Income in thousands of dollars)
Area Name 2003 2002 2001 2000 1995 1990
Change,
2000-2003
Avg.
Annual
Rate of
Change
Change
1990-2000
Avg.
Annual
Rate of
Change
Alaska 32,604 31,973 31,092 29,303 25,624 22,939 3,301 3.3% 6,364 2.4%
Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna Region 35,887 35,593 34,506 32,320 27,405 25,002 3,567 3.2% 7,318 2.6%
Municipality of Anchorage 37,372 36,954 35,804 33,725 28,319 25,949 3,647 3.2% 7,776 2.6%
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 29,870 29,914 28,924 26,156 22,685 19,601 3,714 4.1% 6,555 2.9%
Gulf Coast Region 29,599 29,848 29,189 28,173 23,981 22,271 1,426 1.5% 5,902 2.3%
Kenai Peninsula Borough 29,298 29,794 28,929 28,147 24,280 21,811 1,151 1.2% 6,336 2.5%
Kodiak Island Borough 28,528 27,944 28,198 26,821 21,791 22,050 1,707 1.9% 4,771 2.0%
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 32,559 32,691 31,809 30,144 25,786 24,455 2,415 2.4% 5,689 2.1%
Interior Region 33,309 31,307 30,380 26,795 22,527 18,785 6,514 6.7% 8,010 3.5%
Fairbanks North Star Borough 31,734 29,802 28,918 27,804 23,030 19,913 3,930 4.1% 7,891 3.3%
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 27,548 24,009 23,471 22,723 19,620 16,673 4,825 5.9% 6,050 3.1%
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area /1 26,559 26,012 24,888 23,321 19,799 14,350 3,238 4.0% 8,971 4.8%
-Denali Borough /2 38,705 38,200 38,482 37,168 26,096 (N) 1,537 1.2% (N) (N)
-Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area /3 22,881 22,393 20,903 19,294 17,990 18,120 3,587 5.2% 1,174 0.6%
Northern Region 28,132 27,166 26,783 24,266 22,032 18,234 3,866 4.5% 6,032 2.8%
Nome Census Area 24,319 23,436 22,026 21,364 19,052 15,415 2,955 4.0% 5,949 3.2%
North Slope Borough 36,441 34,356 34,765 29,907 29,099 24,740 6,534 6.1% 5,167 1.9%
Northwest Arctic Borough 24,790 24,789 24,874 22,190 18,635 15,695 2,600 3.4% 6,495 3.4%
Southeast Region 32,629 31,774 31,423 29,986 28,246 23,818 2,643 2.6% 6,168 2.3%
Haines Borough 35,251 34,591 33,815 31,843 27,625 26,217 3,408 3.1% 5,626 1.9%
Juneau City and Borough 36,437 35,651 35,627 34,727 32,248 26,998 1,710 1.5% 7,729 2.5%
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 37,828 36,965 36,757 34,203 31,413 28,520 3,625 3.1% 5,683 1.8%
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 22,211 21,170 20,492 20,891 18,445 18,529 1,320 1.9% 2,362 1.2%
Sitka City and Borough 31,361 30,904 30,620 29,081 24,577 22,811 2,280 2.3% 6,270 2.4%
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area /4 34,038 32,567 31,205 29,040 23,104 21,279 4,998 4.9% 7,761 3.1%
-Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area /5 34,366 32,677 30,880 29,079 22,388 (N) 5,287 5.1% (N) (N)
-Yakutat City and Borough /6 32,533 32,070 32,783 28,875 26,588 (N) 3,658 3.7% (N) (N)
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 31,770 30,719 30,295 27,877 22,908 24,142 3,893 4.0% 3,735 1.4%
Southwest Region 23,351 22,481 21,821 20,317 19,329 16,956 3,034 4.3% 3,361 1.8%
Aleutians East Borough 24,769 23,818 29,148 22,585 23,882 18,622 2,184 2.8% 3,963 1.9%
Aleutians West Census Area 26,570 25,879 22,568 20,960 28,535 21,446 5,610 7.3% -486 -0.2%
Bethel Census Area 22,981 22,140 21,087 19,442 16,988 14,215 3,539 5.1% 5,227 3.1%
Bristol Bay Borough 41,286 37,662 37,830 33,881 35,924 32,943 7,405 6.1% 938 0.3%
Dillingham Census Area 28,473 27,631 26,975 26,411 22,914 25,438 2,062 2.3% 973 0.4%
Lake and Peninsula Borough 22,139 21,061 20,633 20,902 16,321 (N) 1,237 1.8% (N) (N)
Wade Hampton Census Area 15,537 14,821 14,488 14,094 10,796 10,481 1,443 3.0% 3,613 2.9%
Footnotes:
Income in thousands of dollars.
Per capita estimates are produced by dividing BEA Total Personal Income data by the Alaska Department of Labor estimated population for the year.
These estimates may differ slightly from the BEA estimates, which rely on the Census Bureau population estimates.
(N) indicates that income figures were not available for these places in this year.
Percentages will generally not add to 100%, since some areas are included twice.
Income data source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The income data in this table do not match data in Table 2.7 in the 1998 and earlier Population Overviews, because the BEA has changed its income definitions.
One example of this is that government pensions have been included in personal income to match the handling of private pensions.
These revisions have increased personal income in Alaska by 5% to 7%.
All income data are in current dollars; that is, the amounts have not been adjusted for inflation.
/1 Denali Borough was included in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area until 1991. For continuity, this line shows the old definition, including Denali Borough.
/2 Denali Borough was incorporated 7 December 1990
/3 This line shows the new definition of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, excluding the Denali Borough.
/4 Yakutat was included in this Census Area until 1992. For continuity, this line shows the old definition, including Yakutat.
/5 This line shows the new definition of the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, excluding Yakutat.
/6 Yakutat Borough was incorporated 22 September 1992.
/7 Lake and Peninsula Borough was incorporated 24 April 1989. Income data is not available for 1990 for this area.
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-0.5%). Internal distribution may not account for all of the
changing geographic share of Native American’s in Alaska.
While evidence is indirect, the migration of Natives out of
Alaska (particularly from Southeast) may also have helped
contribute to the redistribution.
Age and Male/Female
Table 2.7 shows 2004 estimates by male/female and fiveyear
age groups for the state, economic regions, and census
areas. Included are median age, senior citizens (65+),
working (16+) and voting (18+) age populations. Comparisons
are made in all tables between 2004 estimates and
2000 census data.
The male/female ratio relates to the number of males per
100 females. In 2004, statewide there were 105.7 males
for every 100 females. The boroughs and census areas
with the highest male/female ratios and the chief economic
cause for each ratio are as follows: Aleutians East Borough
(191.5—fishing), Aleutians West Census Area (182.4—fishing
and seafood processing), Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
Census Area (121.7—fishing and logging), Bristol
Bay Borough (121.0— fishing and seafood processing),
Denali Borough (119.3—military and mining), Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area (116.8—rural interior), Yakutat Borough
(113.2—fishing and logging), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
(112.1—fishing and logging), Southeast Fairbanks (110.5—
military) and Wrangell-Petersburg (110.0—fishing). Military
populations and resource-driven industries generally have
created the highest male/female ratios.
The boroughs and census areas with the lowest average
male/female ratios are as follows: Juneau Borough (100.7),
Sitka Borough (101.3), Municipality of Anchorage (102.6),
Ketchikan- Gateway Borough (104.1), Haines Borough
(104.1), Kenai Peninsula Borough (106.2), Fairbanks North
Star Borough (106.3), Northwest Arctic Borough (106.3),
and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (107.0). In general, urban
areas of the state and areas with older populations tend to
have lower male/female ratios than rural areas.
Median Age
The median age in Alaska was estimated at 33.3 years
as of July 1, 2004. Alaska’s population is ageing, as is the
population throughout the U.S. In 2000, the median age of
Alaska’s population was 32.4 and in 1990 it was 29.3 years.
The U.S. median age in 2000 was 35.3 and 36.0 in 2004.
The areas of Alaska with the oldest population in 2004
were found in Haines Borough (43.9 years of age), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (41.2), Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area (40.1), Denali Borough (39.9), Ketchikan
Gateway Borough (38.4), Valdez-Cordova Census Area
(38.1), Aleutians West Census Area (37.9), Kenai Peninsula
Borough (38.1), Sitka Borough (37.6), Bristol Bay Borough
(39.8) Juneau Borough (37.4), Prince of Wales-Outer
Ketchikan Census Area (38.1), Yakutat Census Area (37.0),
Aleutians East Borough (36.3), Southeast Fairbanks Census
Area (35.6) and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (34.7).
The youngest median ages in 2004 were found in the
Northern and Southwest regions of the state. These areas
included Wade Hampton Census Area (19.3 years of age),
Northwest Arctic Borough (23.4), Bethel Census Area
(24.4), Nome Census Area (26.6), and North Slope Borough
(26.9). A young median age generally indicates a
higher than average fertility rate. This is supported by the
proportion of population zero to four years of age in these
areas being significantly above the statewide average.
Overall, the state’s median age increased 3.1 years between
1990 and 2000, indicating Alaska’s population is
indeed aging. The heavy out-migration of young adults
associated with military realignments and the closing of
logging camps and the slowdown in commercial fishing are
a few examples of economic conditions that speed up the
aging of the population apart from the demographic components
of births and deaths.
The largest increases in median age between 2000 and
2004 occurred in Bristol Bay Borough (3.8 years), Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (3.4 years), Prince of
Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area (3.4 years), Haines
Borough (3.2 years), Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
(2.9 years), Ketchikan Gateway Borough (2.4 years), Sitka
Borough (2.4 years), Denali Borough (2.3 years), Lake
and Peninsula Borough (2.2 years), Juneau (2.1 years),
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2.0 years), and Valdez-Cordova
Census Area (2.0 years). Rapid increases in median
age occur when there is an out migration of younger
adults, declining fertility, or both. However, not all areas
aged during this time. High fertility rates and overall net
out-migration of older adult or in-migration of younger
adult age groups can work to lower the average age of
population. These conditions existed in the Nome Census
Area (-1.0 years), Bethel Census Area (-1.0 years), Aleutians
East Borough (-0.7 years), Wade Hampton Census
Area (-0.7 years), Northwest Arctic Borough (-0.5 years),
Yakutat Borough (-0.2 years), North Slope Borough (-0.2
years), Dillingham (-0.1 years), and the Municipality of
Anchorage (-0.1 years), where the median age declined
between 2000-2004.
Elders
The percentage of persons 65 years and older was 6.3%
in 2004. There has been a steady increase in the older
population from 2.9% in 1980, 4.0% in 1990, and 5.7% in
2000. Although Alaska still has the smallest percentage of
persons over 65, it is following the nationwide trend toward
an increasing share of older persons.
Some boroughs and census areas within the state had a
larger concentration of older Alaskans than others. The
Southeast region of the state had the greatest proportion
of elders. Haines Borough led with 12.7%, followed by
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area with 10.9%. Next came
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Sitka Borough at 10.1% and Ketchikan Gateway Borough
with 9.1% of their population estimated at 65 years and
older. Other Southeast areas with a higher than average
percentage of older residents were Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
Census Area (9.0%), Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
Census Area (7.9%), Yakutat Borough (7.4%) and Juneau
Borough (7.2%). Some areas outside of Southeast with
increasingly large shares of seniors are Kenai Peninsula
Borough (8.4%), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (7.9%),
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (8.3%), Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area (8.3%), and Lake and Peninsula Borough
(7.1%).
The Aleutians West Census Area, with its transient population,
had the lowest proportion of persons 65 years and
older at 2.4%. Areas that followed were: Aleutians East
Borough at 2.9%, Denali Borough at 4.6%, and North
Slope Borough at 5.1%.
In 2004, eighty-four percent of elder Alaskans 65 years of
age or older lived within the following areas: Municipality
of Anchorage (16,244 elder Alaskans), Matanuska-Susitna
Borough (4,630), Fairbanks North Star Borough (4,531),
Kenai Peninsula Borough (4,288), Juneau Borough (2,220),
Ketchikan Gateway Borough (1,186), Bethel Census Area
(904) and Sitka Borough (893). Most seniors either choose
or need to live in the more urban areas of the state where
medical care and other necessities are more accessible.
Income in Alaska
The most recent statistics on income for Alaska are shown
in Tables 2.8 and 2.9. The Department of Commerce, Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides personal income
information both at the statewide level and by borough
and census area. The most recent year for which statewide
earnings are available is 2003 for sub-state areas. Per
capita income is derived using the BEA’s earnings information
provided and the 1990-2003 population series in this
publication.
Different federal agencies have differing measures of income.
The two most used are total personal income, which
is produced by the BEA, and money income, used by the
Census Bureau. A third, less used, measure of income is
that of taxable income used by the Internal Revenue Service.
Each of these measures is slightly different from the
other, and they do not lend themselves well to comparison.
Total personal income data are estimated quarterly and
county level data are released annually. Total personal
income is also divided by an estimate of population to
produce per capita income estimates. The major components
of total personal income and their approximate share
in 2003 were: wages and salaries (58%); supplements
to salaries (15%); proprietors’ income (9%); dividends,
interest, and rent (12%) and transfer payments (13%).
About 95 percent of the wage and salary component (52%
of all total personal income) is derived from employment
covered by the State Employment Security system (QCEW).
The QCEW component of wage and salary income is what
is normally published in the Alaska Department of Labor
& Workforce Development’s Employment and Earnings
Report. The QCEW wages are reported by place of work.
Total personal income is calculated for place of residence
of the worker. This means that, for wage and salary data,
BEA must make an adjustment in income for the place of
work to place of residence. The user of such data should
be aware that in some cases the adjustments may not be
perfect.
Statistics on money income are also collected by the
Census Bureau at the time of the decennial census and
are used in many Census Bureau surveys to tabulate the
distribution of income and compute median household and
family income statistics. They also allow computation of
the number of persons in poverty. Census money income,
unlike total personal income, does not include estimates of
imputed income, lump sum payments, Medicaid, Medicare
and food stamps, and employer contributions to private
welfare and pension plans. Total personal income excludes,
and money income includes, personal contributions for social
insurance, income from private pensions and annuities
and child support.
In addition, census per capita income refers to income in
1999 divided by the population as of April 2000. Per capita
total personal income refers to income for 1999 divided by
the estimated population in July of 1999. In general, per
capita income should be used with caution. Unusual conditions
such as an exceptionally good fishing year, natural
disaster or the presence of a large institutional population
such as a college or prison may distort per capita income
figures.
Total personal income for Alaska in 2003 was estimated at
$21.5 billion and has increased by $8.9 billion since 1990.
Alaska’s total personal income has increased at an average
annual rate of 4.0% since 1990 compared to 4.7% for the
United States as a whole. Between 1990 and 2003, the
areas where the share of total personal income increased
the greatest were the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (3.2%)
and the Municipality of Anchorage (0.9%). These two areas
increased the most in population as well as income during
this period. Southeast had the greatest decline in its share
of total personal income (-2.4%).
Because of the loss of Adak’s air station, Aleutians West
Census Area experienced a 2.8% average annual loss in
total personal income between 1990 and 2003. Regions
of Alaska that experienced above average growth in total
personal income during the 1990-2003 period included the
Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna Region (4.6%), Northern
Region (4.4%), Interior Region (4.0%), and the Gulf Coast
Region (3.4%). The slowest growth in personal income occurred
in the Southwest Region (2.7%) and in the Southeast
Region (2.6%).
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Growth in Total Personal Income adjusted for population
is shown in Table 2.9. Per capita income in Alaska in 2003
was $32,604. Income per person has increased $9,665, or
about 3.5%, annually between 1990 and 2003. Nationally,
the U.S. per capita income in 2003 was $31,487. U.S. per
capita income has increased by $12,010, or about 3.6%,
annually since 1990. From first place in per capita income
in the early 1980s, Alaska had fallen to 7th place by 1990
and 15th place by 2000. Alaska’s per capita income growth
during the 1990’s was 3.19% per year. Alaska’s average
annual rate of growth in per capita income between 2002
and 2003 was 34th among the states at 2.1% per year,
slightly below the national average of 2.2%.
Per capita income can fluctuate either because of change
in income, population, or both. Statewide between 2000
and 2003 per capita income rose 3.3% annually. Per capita
income rose in all regions of the state as well. The highest
average annual growth was in the Northern Region (4.5%),
Southwest (4.3%), Interior (4.2%) and Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna
(3.2%). Growth was the lowest in Southeast
(2.6%) and the Gulf Coast (1.5%).
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Chapter 3
Special Populations and Areas
Introduction
As with past editions of Alaska Population Overview, estimates
are presented for different special populations or
special geographic areas. These include the armed forces
population, the population of legislative districts, school
districts, Alaska Native Regional Corporations and areas
of Canada adjoining Alaska. Persons interested in special
populations or geographic areas other than those presented
here should contact the State Demographer (greg_williams@labor.state.ak.us).
Armed Forces
Historically, the armed forces have been an important
part of Alaska’s population. The military buildup in Alaska
with World War II and Korea was responsible for opening
Alaska and paving the way for much of its growth since
statehood. In 1960, some 32,680 persons 16 years old
and over worked in the military and were stationed in
the state. Fully 33% of the total labor force at that time
was military. As Alaska’s economy matured and diversified,
the proportion of military has fallen. By 1990, active
duty military assigned to the state numbered 23,132 and
represented about 7.3% of the state’s total labor force.
By 2002, the number of active duty military had fallen
to 17,696, about 5.3% of the workforce. In 2004, the
number of active duty military personnel has climbed to
20,172, which brings it up to 3.1% of the population.
Despite the decrease in military presence, the armed
forces remain one of the largest employers, providing
nearly as many jobs in Alaska as the top-ten private sector
employers in 2004 combined (20,392). The number
of military stationed in the state exceeds the number
employed by other large public sector employers, including
the federal government (17,177), State of Alaska
(16,987), and the University of Alaska (7,072).
The number of full-time military, plus their dependents
stationed in Alaska in 2004 totaled 46,332. (Military and dependent
populations for the state are shown by borough and
census area in Tables 3.1 and 3.2.) Overall, the number of active
duty military and dependents declined 16% since 1990.
The closure of Adak Naval Air Station (NAS), King Salmon Air
Force Station (AFS), Galena AFS, and Eareckson AFS contributed
to these declines. Additionally, personnel restructuring,
some of which involved cuts, occurred at Air Force and Army
bases in Anchorage and Fairbanks and at Fort Greely, near
Delta Junction. Since 2002, the renewed military presence at
Fort Greely and a gradual buildup of forces elsewhere have
reversed the downward trend, at least temporarily.
In 2004, the Air Force represented the largest military presence
in the state with 52% of the active duty members and
dependents. This represents a small decline from the 1990
level, and is essentially unchanged from 2002. Nearly all
members and dependents were assigned to either Elmendorf
AFB in Anchorage or Eielson AFB in Fairbanks.
The second largest military contingent was the Army and
their dependents, with approximately 36% of the active
duty military and dependents. This represents a small decline
from 1990, but is up 2% from 2002. Army personnel
and their families were assigned to either Fort Wainwright
in Fairbanks or Fort Richardson in Anchorage.
Another significant branch of the armed services in the
state is the Coast Guard, with approximately 11% of the
active duty members and dependents. The Coast Guard
presence increased significantly between 1990 and 2002,
and has fallen slightly since then.
The Navy no longer maintains a significant presence here.
Naval assignments all but disappeared in Alaska with the closure
of Adak NAS in 1997. At its peak in 1989, active duty
personnel and dependents stationed at this remote base in
the Aleutians West Census Area numbered 4,688. Today,
the Navy has less than a score of active duty personnel in
Alaska, primarily assigned to Alaska Command in Anchorage.
As remote military installations have closed or been downsized,
military installations closer to urban areas in the
state have increased their proportion of personnel. In
2004, for example, the Municipality of Anchorage and the
Fairbanks North Star Borough were home to 89% of all
military and dependents assigned in Alaska, up from 81%
in 1990 and up 2% from 2002. The next round of base
realignments may reduce the military at Eielson AFB, but
these may be offset by increases in the Army’s light infantry
troops to Alaska and the continued expansion of the
missile defense system at Ft. Greely.
When the size of military and dependent populations is
considered relative to local, non-military populations, some
bases play a more significant role in local areas than others.
The influence of Eielson AFB and Fort Wainwright in
Fairbanks North Star Borough is significant. Military and
their families accounted for almost 20% of the residents in
the borough in 2004, down slightly from 2002. Fort Greely’s
military population accounted for 20% of the population
of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in 1990, but had
a much greater impact in the Delta Junction area where it
was located. After closing and reopening as part of missile
defense, Fort Greely has made a small comeback, and the
base population is now back up to 4.9% of the population
of the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area.
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Legislative Districts
There are 40 House districts and 20 Senate districts in the
state. The current House and Senate areas of the Alaska
State Legislature were established by the redistricting
plan of 2002. The 2000 census counts are shown in Table
3.4 for each district as well as the 2004 estimates of total
population, number of children, voting age population and
older population. Voter registration information for 2004
and the results of the 2004 statewide general election are
included in the table as provided by the Alaska Division of
Elections. The number of registered voters may be higher
than the voting age population in areas with high population
turnover, due to the length of time it takes to clear
voter registration rolls.
Sen. Stedman (28,460), SD-C Sen. Kookesh (28,524), SD-S
Sen. Hoffman (30,233), and SD-T Sen. Olson (30,506). The
largest Senate Districts are: SD-G Sen. Green (38,205), SD-
L Sen. Huggins (37,211), SD-M Sen. French (33,828), and
SD-J Sen. Guess (33,812).
The Senate Districts with the largest number of children
under five years of age were: SD-T Sen. Olson (3,599), SD-I
Sen. Dyson (3,570), SD-J Sen. Guess (3,377) and SD-E Sen.
Wilken (3,290). The Senate Districts with the largest number
of school age children are: SD-G Sen. Green (9,121), SD-T
Sen. Olson (8,966), and SD-H Sen. Huggins (8,347), and SD-
I Sen. Dyson (7,665). The Senate Districts with the largest
number of elders 65 years of age and older, are: SD-L Sen.
House Districts in 2004 averaged 16,386
people per district. The smallest House
Districts and their constituent populations
were: HD-5 Rep. Thomas (13,840), HD-1
Rep. Elkins (13,901), HD-36 Rep. LeDoux
(14,359), HD-37 Rep. Moses (14,519), HD-2
Rep. Wilson (14,559), HD-6 Rep. Salmon
(14,684), HD-40 Rep. Joule (14,987), and
HD-3 Rep. Kerttula (15,411). The largest
House Districts and their constituent populations
are: HD-13 Rep. Gatto (19,176),
HD-15 Rep. Neuman (19,109), HD-14
Rep. Kohring (19,029), HD-16 Rep. Stoltze
(18,102), HD-23 Rep. Gara (16,995), HD-25
Rep. Croft (16,930), HD-35 Rep. Seaton
(16,909), and HD-20 Rep. Gruenberg
(16,907).
The House Districts with the largest number
of children under five years of age were:
HD-18 Rep. Dahlstrom (2,344), HD-38 Rep.
Kapsner (1,988), HD-20 Rep. Gruenberg
(1,943), HD-39 Rep.Foster (1,927), HD-
10 Rep. Ramras (1,890) and HD-40 Rep.
Joule (1,672). The House Districts with the
largest number of school age children are:
HD-39 Rep. Foster (4,696), HD-13 Rep.
Gatto (4,572), HD-14 Rep. Kohring (4,463),
HD-38 Rep. Kapsner (4,463), HD-40 Rep.
Joule (4,270), and HD-17 Rep. Kott (4,238).
The House Districts with the highest number
of elders 65 years of age and older, are:
HD-23 Rep. Gara (2,204), HD-9 Rep. Holm
(1,636), HD-2 Rep. Wilson (1,540), HD-35
Rep. Seaton (1,1501), HD-3 Rep. Kerttula
(1,460), HD-26 Rep. Berkowitz (1,453) and
HD-34 Rep. Chenault (1,390).
Average Senate District size is 32,772 people.
The smallest Senate Districts are: SD-A
Figure 3.1
Alaska Military and Civilian Population, 2000
95+
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80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
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Civilian
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Dependent
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Female
Military & Dependent
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section,
Demographics Unit
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Table 3.1
Military Population in Alaska, 2000-2004*
Area
July 1,
2004
Military
% of
Area
Population
July 1,
2003
Military
% of
Area
Population
July 1,
2002
Military
% of
Area
Population
July 1,
2001
Military
% of
Area
Population
July 1,
2000
Military
% of
Area
Population
ALASKA 20,172 3.1 19,816 3.1 17,696 2.8 17,042 2.7 17,569 2.8
Aleutians East Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Aleutians West Census Area 35 0.7 48 0.9 39 0.8 39 0.7 40 0.7
Anchorage Municipality 10003 3.6 10711 3.9 8586 3.2 8691 3.3 8,630 3.3
Bethel Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bristol Bay Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Denali Borough 85 4.6 111 5.8 114 6.0 107 5.6 132 7.0
Dillingham Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fairbanks North Star Borough 7983 9.4 7091 8.6 7,007 8.3 6,241 7.5 6,861 8.3
Haines Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Juneau Borough 250 0.8 231 0.7 334 1.1 337 1.1 192 0.6
Kenai Peninsula Borough 103 0.2 115 0.2 98 0.2 98 0.2 92 0.2
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 298 2.3 271 2.0 222 1.6 222 1.6 222 1.6
Kodiak Island Borough 844 6.3 830 6.0 924 6.8 924 6.8 913 6.6
Lake and Peninsula Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nome Census Area 26 0.3 26 0.3 22 0.2 22 0.2 23 0.3
North Slope Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northwest Arctic Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Prince Of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Sitka Borough 198 2.2 200 2.2 197 2.2 197 2.3 183 2.1
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 126 2.0 10 0.2 18 0.3 29 0.5 166 2.7
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 188 1.9 144 1.4 103 1.0 103 1.0 95 0.9
Wade Hampton Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 33 0.5 28 0.4 32 0.5 32 0.5 20 0.3
Yakutat Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
* Area populations are based on the military location where assigned and not the place of deployment.
C.A.=Census Area
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
Ellis (3,527), SD-M Sen. French (2,822), SD-A Sen. Stedman
(2,791) and SD-Q Sen. Wagoner (2,742).
School Districts
Population estimates for Alaska school districts are generally
used for planning purposes. Effective allocation of
resources is possible only when the magnitude of population
is known. Table 3.5 shows the population for Alaska
urban and rural school districts for 1990 and 2000 through
2004. Change in each district’s population for the periods
1990-2000 and 2000-2004 are shown, along with annual
changes for those periods. Each district’s share of the
state’s population in 2004 is also shown.
It is also important for districts to know the level of education
of the residents in their district, since this may affect
the educational needs of children, the degree of home support
for schooling and the potential demand for continuing
education. Therefore, Table 3.5 also provides information
on the percent of high school and college graduates over
25 years of age in 2000 and 1990.
In 2000, 88.3% of Alaska’s population 25 years old and
over had completed high school. While not completely
comparable, the 2004 American Community Survey shows
that the percent of Alaska’s population 25 years old and
over who had completed high school was 91.4%. This
placed Alaska among the top states in high school completion.
The differences between the top 3 states (in order:
Alaska, Minnesota, Wyoming,) are not significant at 90%
confidence, which indicates that the top three states are
equivalent. This means that we must expect that Alaska
will occasionally be jostled out of the top spot.
In 1990, 23.0% of all Alaskans 25 years and over were college
graduates. In 2000, 24.7% of all Alaskans 25 years old
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Table 3.2
Military and Dependent Population in Alaska, 2000-2004*
July 1, % of July 1, % of July 1, % of July 1, % of July 1, % of
2004 Area 2003 Area 2002 Area 2001 Area 2000 Area
Military & Popu- Military & Popu- Military & Popu- Military & Popu- Military & Popu-
Area Dependents lation Dependents lation Dependents lation Dependents lation Dependents lation
ALASKA 46269 7.1 43118 6.7 45308 7.1 43832 6.9 42592 6.8
Aleutians East Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Aleutians West Census Area 41 0.8 48 0.9 39 0.8 39 0.7 43 0.8
Anchorage, Municipality of 24200 8.7 22763 8.3 21571 8.0 21736 8.2 20884 8.0
Bethel Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bristol Bay Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Denali Borough 89 4.8 125 6.5 114 6.0 107 5.6 133 7.0
Dillingham Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fairbanks North Star Borough 16820 19.8 15558 18.9 17979 21.2 16331 19.6 15964 19.3
Haines Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Juneau Borough 698 2.3 661 2.1 908 2.9 911 3.0 605 2.0
Kenai Peninsula Borough 231 0.5 231 0.4 218 0.4 218 0.4 216 0.4
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 663 5.1 591 4.4 499 3.6 499 3.6 506 3.6
Kodiak Island Borough 2179 16.2 2182 15.8 3158 23.1 3158 23.3 3081 22.1
Lake and Peninsula Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nome Census Area 21 0.2 26 0.3 22 0.2 22 0.2 23 0.3
North Slope Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northwest Arctic Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Prince Of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Sitka Borough 488 5.5 502 5.6 455 5.2 455 5.2 473 5.4
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 304 4.9 23 0.4 29 0.5 40 0.7 377 6.1
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 465 4.7 350 3.4 257 2.5 257 2.5 245 2.4
Wade Hampton Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 70 1.1 58 0.9 59 0.9 59 0.9 42 0.6
Yakutat Borough 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
* Area populations are based on the military location where assigned and not the place of deployment.
C.A.=Census Area
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
and over had completed a Bachelor’s degree or better. Alaska
ranked 21st in the nation in 2000. Again, while not completely
comparable data, the 2004 American Community Survey
shows that the proportion of persons 25 years and over who
had completed a Bachelor’s degree or better was 27.2%. In
the ACS comparison, Alaska ranked 22nd in the proportion of
persons that had completed a Bachelor’s degree. This may
not be significantly different from the 2000 ranking. Looking
at Pacific Northwest and West Coast states, we see that
Alaska currently ranks lower than Washington, California,
Oregon and Utah. As with the high school statistics, Alaska is
statistically indistinguishable from a group of 10 other states,
at the 90% confidence level. The states we are statistically
equivalent to are: Delaware, Oregon, Utah, Maine, Montana,
Kansas, Rhode Island, Georgia, Wyoming and Nebraska.
A change in the educational level for districts over a period
of time usually reflects the educational level of the migrating
population. A difference may reflect changes in the occupational
base of communities. Change in the age structure
also contributes to changes in education. If younger
residents replace older residents in a community, it will
usually contribute to a rise in educational level. If younger
residents leave a community, the community ages, and the
overall level of education tends to stagnate or decline.
Of the 54 Alaska school districts in 2004, the Anchorage
school district had the largest population, with 277,498
people. The district was home to 42.3% of the state’s total
population. Conversely, the Pelican school district had the
fewest people. Only 118 people, or 0.02% of the state’s
total population, lived in the district.
Between 2000 and 2004, the five fastest growing school
districts were Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Kashunamiut,
Yupiit, Saint Mary’s, and Copper River School districts,
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Table 3.3
Population Estimates for Alaska Native Regional Corporation Areas, by Race, 2000, 2004
One Race Alone or in One Race Alone or in
Alone Combination Alone Combination
Native Native Native Native
Total American American Total American American
Area Name 2004 2004 2004 2000 2000 2000
ALASKA 655,435 103,871 127,008 626,931 98,740 117,950
Alaska Native
Regional Corporations 654,065 102,749 125,775 625,489 97,560 119,241
AHTNA 3,977 765 959 3,690 712 890
Aleut 7,868 1,837 1,983 8,162 2,158 2,274
Arctic Slope 7,104 4,761 5,199 7,385 5,070 5,453
Bering Straits 9,403 7,051 7,505 9,196 6,929 7,274
Bristol Bay 7,406 4,967 5,415 7,891 5,365 5,749
Calista 24,247 20,459 21,456 23,074 19,690 20,353
Chugach 11,541 1,812 2,423 12,087 1,707 2,165
Cook Inlet 393,611 30,646 41,905 364,220 25,295 35,972
Doyon 98,945 11,751 15,447 97,151 11,233 14,128
Koniag 13,466 1,941 2,405 13,913 2,048 2,452
NANA 7,306 5,941 6,241 7,208 5,961 6,181
Sealaska 69,191 10,818 14,837 71,512 11,392 15,059
American Indian Reservations
- Annette Island Reserve 1,370 1,122 1,233 1,442 1,180 1,291
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
which grew at rates of 1.6% to 3.9%. Between 1990
and 2000, the five fastest growing school districts were
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (4%), Unalaska City (3.2%),
Kashunamiut (2.5%), Skagway (2.2%) and Alaska Gateway
(2.2%) School Districts. Overall, the state’s population
grew 1.3% per year during the 1990-2000 period, and
1.0% per year during the 2000-2004 period.
Within the boundaries of the Matanuska-Susitna School
District, population increased dramatically between 1990-
2004 as this area has become home to many Anchorage
commuters. A number of new area businesses and other
personal and professional services have also attracted
people to live within the Matanuska-Susitna area. In the
Unalaska School District, commercial fishing, fish processing,
and the availability of marine fleet services, such as
fuel, repairs and maintenance, have provided many new
jobs which have driven population growth in the area.
Sixteen school districts lost population between 1990 and
2000. Much of the population loss occurred within school
districts of Southeast Alaska. The average annual rates of
decline during this nine-year period were: Pelican (-3.1%),
Southeast Island (-2.3%), Chatham (-1.2%) and Hydaburg
(-0.1%). A loss of timber harvesting and wood processing
jobs within these areas prompted people to move from
those mostly rural locations. The military base closures
within the Galena School District (-4.2%) and Bristol Bay
School District (-1.2%) led to population declines in those
areas. The Chugach School District (-4.4%) lost population
through annexation. Outlying areas in the vicinity of
Cordova had previously been included as a part of the
Chugach school district, although children attended Cordova
schools. In 1993, Cordova legally extended its city
boundary to include this area.
A change which should have been noted in the 2002 Population
Overview is that the students in Hyder, a small community
located 75 air miles northeast of Ketchikan on the
Canadian border, are no longer being bussed to Stewart,
British Columbia. The Hyder School was opened in August
2000.
For the most recent one-year period, 2003-04, 30 of Alaska’s
54 school districts (55%) were estimated to have lost population
while the total state population increased by 1.1%.
The largest decreases in population were in the following
districts: Hoonah and Aleutian Region (-9.7%), Pribilof Island
(-8.2%), Saint Mary’s (-7.2%), Hydaburg (-5.4%), Valdez
City and Wrangell City (-4.7%), Iditarod Area (-4.5%), Craig
City (-4.2), Denali Borough (-3.9%), and Ketchikan Gateway
Borough and Southwest Region (both -3.7%). Many
of these districts are in Southeast Alaska and showed the
continuing impact of cuts in logging and timber production.
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Other districts listed have been affected by declining economies
of fishing and fish processing. Interior or rural communities
are experiencing out-migration to more urban areas.
School districts showing the largest population growth
during 2003-04 were: Delta/Greely (8.3%), Tanana City
(7.4%), Pelican City (4.4%), Chugach (4.0%), Matanuska-
Susitna Borough, (3.9%), Fairbanks North Star Borough
(3.5%), Skagway City (3.1%), Yukon Flats (2.2%) and
Southeast Island (2.0%). The Delta/Greely and Tanana
City School Districts have grown in large part because of
the partial reactivation of Fort Greely as a missile defense
site. Pelican’s growth is probably a statistical fluke: their
population surged from 113 in 2003 to 118 in 2004, after
falling from 161 in 2001. Other districts with growing
populations tended to be areas with higher than average
birth rates or higher than average rates of in-migration or
immigration.
Alaska Native Regional Corporation Estimates
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972 created
12 in-state Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs)
which cover the entire state except for the Annette Island
Reserve, which is Alaska’s only American Indian reservation.
These regional corporations were established to facilitate
Alaska Natives’ conduct of both business and nonprofit
affairs. Corporation boundaries were created to include,
as far as practicable, Alaska Natives who share a common
heritage and common interests. Population estimates
for each regional corporation by race are shown in Table
3.3. The estimates of Native population living within these
regions do not necessarily represent shareholders, since
shareholders can live outside their corporation area.
The Native regional corporations with the largest Native
populations in 2004 were: Cook Inlet (30,646), Calista
(20,459), Doyon (11,751) and Sealaska (10,818). Three of
the 12 ANRCs had Native American populations of at least
three quarters of their total population - Calista (84%),
NANA (81%) and Bering Straits (75%). From 2000 to
2004, the population of Native Americans increased the
most in the following ANRCs: Cook Inlet (+5,351), Calista
(+769), Doyon (+518), Bering Straits (+122). The largest
decreases in Native American populations were in Sealaska
(-574), Bristol Bay (-398), Aleut (-321) and Arctic Slope
(-309). All of these Alaska Native population numbers are
One Race Alone.
Population of Areas Neighboring Alaska
Alaskans visiting or conducting business with the government
of Canada or its people frequently use information on
areas and communities that are adjacent to Alaska. Table
3.6 includes population figures for selected areas and communities
located within the Yukon Territory and along the
border of British Columbia, taken from their 2001 census.
The areas of British Columbia (70,342) and the Yukon
(31,127) adjacent to Southeast contain 101,469 persons
compared to the 70,622 population of Southeast Alaska.
Unfortunately, the Canadian office responsible for their
decennial census and for population estimates regards their
data as proprietary, and so accurate, timely data is hard
to come by. The 2004 population figures for the places
in British Columbia and Yukon Territory come from the
Provincial or Territorial governments, and some of the place
definitions may differ from the place definitions used in
earlier years.
Population figures for selected locations within the Russian
Far East for 1990 were also published in Alaska Population
Overview - 1991 Estimates. Population estimates for subsequent
years have recently become available. At the last
census in 1990, the Russian Far East was home to some 8
million people, over a million of whom live in the Magadan
and Kamchatka areas closest to Alaska.
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Table 3.4 - Population by House and Senate District 2000, 2004;
Registered Voters by Party and General Election Results, 2004
July 1, 2004
Population
Population by Age Group
April 1 April 1
2000 2000
Area Name Representative Senator Total 18+ Total Under 5 5-17 18-64 65+
Sum of Districts 626,932 436,215 655,435 52,537 141,011 420,305 41,582
HD 1 SD A Jim Elkins (R) Bert Stedman (R ) 15,031 10,817 13,901 922 2,673 9,055 1,251
HD 2 SD A Peggy Wilson (R) 14,991 10,809 14,559 945 2,790 9,284 1,540
HD 3 SD B Beth Kerttula(D) Kim Elton (D) 15,203 11,459 15,411 902 2,651 10,398 1,460
HD 4 SD B Bruce Weyhrauch (R) 15,508 10,835 15,555 1,095 3,335 10,365 760
HD 5 SD C William “Bill” Thomas, Jr (R ) Al Kookesh (D) 15,048 10,669 13,840 774 2,807 9,044 1,215
HD 6 SD C Woodie Salmon (D) 14,905 9,774 14,684 1,170 3,561 8,759 1,194
HD 7 SD D Michael “Mike” Kelly (R) Ralph Seekins (R) 15,494 10,899 15,849 1,027 3,523 10,496 803
HD 8 SD D David Guttenberg (D) 15,552 11,572 15,820 963 2,958 11,264 635
HD 9 SD E James A. “Jim” Holm (R) Gary Wilken (R) 15,723 11,261 16,247 1,400 3,069 10,142 1,636
HD 10 SD E Jay Ramras (R) 15,599 10,847 16,053 1,890 2,918 10,450 795
HD 11 SD F John Coghill, Jr. (R) Gene Therriault (R) 15,904 10,826 16,250 1,303 3,744 10,565 638
HD 12 SD F John Harris (R) 16,303 10,861 16,833 1,513 3,837 10,762 721
HD 13 SD G Carl Gatto (R) Lyda Green (R) 16,231 10,835 19,176 1,388 4,572 11,868 1,348
HD 14 SD G Vic Kohring (R) 16,119 10,567 19,029 1,605 4,549 11,770 1,105
HD 15 SD H Mark Neuman (R) Charlie Huggins (R ) 16,137 11,235 19,109 1,230 4,179 12,377 1,323
HD 16 SD H Bill Stoltze (R) 16,104 11,082 18,102 1,262 4,168 11,585 1,087
HD 17 SD I Pete Kott (R) Fred Dyson (R) 15,819 10,642 16,801 1,226 4,238 10,784 553
HD 18 SD I Nancy Dahlstrom (R) 15,639 10,266 16,693 2,344 3,427 10,611 311
HD 19 SD J Tom Anderson (R) Gretchen Guess (D) 15,841 11,020 16,905 1,434 3,684 10,552 1,235
HD 20 SD J Max Gruenberg (D) 15,837 10,397 16,907 1,943 3,862 10,217 885
HD 21 SD K Harry Crawford (D) Bettye Davis (D) 15,850 11,086 16,881 1,312 3,735 10,924 910
HD 22 SD K Sharon Cissna (D) 15,831 11,413 16,885 1,371 3,322 11,162 1,030
HD 23 SD L Les Gara (D) Johnny Ellis (D) 15,847 12,703 16,995 1,059 2,291 11,441 2,204
HD 24 SD L Berta Gardner (D) 15,812 11,696 16,893 1,357 3,026 11,187 1,323
HD 25 SD M Eric Croft (D) Hollis French (D) 15,836 12,129 16,930 1,299 2,656 11,606 1,369
HD 26 SD M Ethan Berkowitz (D) 15,823 11,877 16,898 1,159 3,027 11,259 1,453
HD 27 SD N Norm Rokeberg (R) Ben Stevens (R) 15,820 11,053 16,843 1,374 3,682 11,028 759
HD 28 SD N Lesil McGuire (R) 15,839 10,893 16,860 1,329 3,906 10,804 821
HD 29 SD O Ralph Samuels (R) John Cowdery (R) 15,846 11,271 16,897 1,566 3,310 11,245 776
HD 30 SD O Kevin Meyer (R) 15,839 10,673 16,848 1,463 4,013 10,782 590
HD 31 SD P Bob Lynn (R) Con Bunde (R) 15,811 10,886 16,805 1,118 4,077 10,860 750
HD 32 SD P Mike Hawker (R) 15,329 11,161 16,290 954 3,434 11,014 888
HD 33 SD Q Kurt Olsen (R) Thomas Wagoner (R) 16,466 11,220 16,850 1,173 3,717 10,608 1,352
HD 34 SD Q Charles “Mike” Chenault (R) 16,409 11,524 16,829 965 3,582 10,892 1,390
HD 35 SD R Paul Seaton (R) Gary Stevens (R ) 16,436 11,815 16,909 1,053 3,257 11,098 1,501
HD 36 SD R Gabrielle LeDoux (R) 14,928 10,019 14,359 1,162 3,404 8,973 820
HD 37 SD S Carl E. Moses (D) Lyman Hoffman (D) 15,150 11,192 14,519 900 2,598 10,415 606
HD 38 SD S Mary Kapsner (D) 14,921 8,970 15,714 1,988 4,463 8,431 832
HD 39 SD T Richard Foster (D) Donny Olson (D) 14,996 8,845 15,519 1,927 4,696 7,990 906
HD 40 SD T Reggie Joule (D) 15,155 9,116 14,987 1,672 4,270 8,238 807
/1 State of Alaska, Division of Elections, Number of Registered Voters by Party within District. (Note: Because of migration and the length
of time between clearing of voter registration rolls, the number of registered voters may exceed the estimated voting age population.
/2 State of Alaska, Offi cial Returns 4 November, 2004 General Election, last updated 3 December 2004. From State of Alaska, Division of Elections.
/3 Registered Voters and Ballots Cast are reported for the House Districts. The Votes for Senate Winner are reported for the Senate District, which
contains several House Districts.
/4 For House District 5, the numbers reported are from the recount.
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Table 3.4 (continued) Population by House and Senate District 2000, 2004;
Registered Voters by Party and General Election Results, 2004
July 7, 2004
December 3, 2004 (November General Election)
Total Registered Registered Other Votes for Votes for
Registered Democrat Republican Registered Registered Ballots House Senate
Voters /1 Voters /1 Voters /1 Voters /1 Voters /2 /3 Cast /2 /3 Winner /2 Winner /2 /3 Area Name
454,759 69,020 114,292 385,728 460,855 208,112 145,283 120,612
10,789 1,206 2,652 6,931 10,954 6,813 3,593 8,280 HD 1 SD A
11,344 1,732 2,295 7,317 11,666 7,813 5,040 HD 2 SD A
11,945 2,774 1,749 7,422 12,525 8,729 6,077 No Election HD 3 SD B
11,602 1,851 2,375 7,376 12,095 8,561 5,443 HD 4 SD B
10,841 1,928 1,802 7,111 11,012 7,109 3,457 6,973 HD 5 SD C
10,278 1,757 2,161 6,360 10,511 6,360 3,048 /4 HD 6 SD C
13,107 1,746 3,187 8,174 13,607 9,692 4,057 No Election HD 7 SD D
12,834 2,104 2,589 8,141 13,342 9,259 4,683 HD 8 SD D
11,723 2,160 2,669 6,894 12,287 6,862 3,364 7,871 HD 9 SD E
12,528 2,388 3,468 6,672 13,091 6,036 4,054 HD 10 SD E
13,026 1,379 4,383 7,264 13,601 8,608 7,500 No Election HD 11 SD F
13,083 1,502 4,450 7,131 13,595 7,778 6,524 HD 12 SD F
12,755 1,226 4,012 7,517 13,400 8,788 5,761 11,486 HD 13 SD G
12,631 1,264 3,886 7,481 13,215 8,261 5,012 HD 14 SD G
12,663 1,244 3,140 8,279 13,248 8,386 3,936 Appointed HD 15 SD H
12,503 1,246 3,872 7,385 12,897 8,897 6,123 HD 16 SD H
12,919 1,543 4,587 6,789 13,288 8,590 5,258 11,765 HD 17 SD I
11,765 1,966 4,447 5,352 12,621 5,670 4,597 HD 18 SD I
10,740 1,832 2,593 6,315 11,250 6,528 3,536 No Election HD 19 SD J
9,033 1,753 1,713 5,567 9,919 4,535 2,282 HD 20 SD J
11,671 1,807 3,320 6,544 12,096 7,802 3,857 7,126 HD 21 SD K
10,262 1,952 2,080 6,230 10,769 5,944 3,284 HD 22 SD K
11,087 2,388 2,015 6,684 11,609 6,209 4,152 No Election HD 23 SD L
11,320 1,856 2,662 6,802 11,805 6,424 3,169 HD 24 SD L
10,687 1,811 1,935 6,941 11,076 5,876 4,437 8,376 HD 25 SD M
11,743 2,066 2,740 6,937 12,127 8,002 4,708 HD 26 SD M
11,045 1,452 3,020 6,573 11,565 7,489 4,267 No Election HD 27 SD N
11,991 1,543 3,690 6,758 12,359 8,355 5,560 HD 28 SD N
10,522 1,592 2,702 6,228 10,871 6,109 3,562 7,144 HD 29 SD O
11,417 1,577 3,282 6,558 11,859 7,905 5,407 HD 30 SD O
12,746 1,559 4,113 7,074 13,189 9,230 5,927 No Election HD 31 SD P
13,838 1,861 4,059 7,918 14,476 10,688 5,779 HD 32 SD P
11,985 1,393 3,476 7,116 12,375 7,705 4,348 11,804 HD 33 SD Q
12,069 1,113 3,482 7,474 12,469 8,130 5,531 HD 34 SD Q
12,556 1,486 2,860 8,210 13,017 8,681 4,073 8,554 HD 35 SD R
10,124 935 2,846 6,343 10,360 6,362 4,454 HD 36 SD R
7,557 1,457 1,170 4,930 7,743 4,340 2,652 No Election HD 37 SD S
7,783 2,431 822 4,530 7,898 4,230 3,935 HD 38 SD S
7,775 2,092 948 4,735 7,848 4,792 2,990 6,181 HD 39 SD T
8,472 2,048 1,090 5,334 8,525 4,897 4,473 HD 40 SD T
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Table 3.5
Population Estimates for Alaska School Districts and Level of Education, 1990, 2000-2004
Average Average
July 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 April 1 April 1 Annual % Annual % % of
School District 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1990 Change Change Change Change State
Estimates Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census Census 2000-04 1990-00 2000-04 1990-00 2004
ALASKA 655,435 648,280 640,841 632,389 626,931 550,043 28,504 76,888 1.0 1.3 100.00
Adak Region Schools --- --- --- --- --- 5,345 --- --- --- --- ---
Alaska Gateway Schools 2,517 2,539 2,607 2,501 2,483 1,998 34 485 0.3 2.2 0.38
Aleutian Region School District 242 268 344 331 498 143 -256 355 -16.3 11.1 0.04
Aleutians East Borough Schools 2,629 2,688 2,722 2,547 2,697 2,464 -68 233 -0.6 0.9 0.40
Anchorage School District 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 226,338 17,215 33,945 1.5 1.4 42.34
Annette Island Schools 1,370 1,397 1,418 1,416 1,447 1,469 -77 -22 -1.3 -0.2 0.21
Bering Strait Schools 5,930 5,944 5,858 5,776 5,691 4,788 239 903 1.0 1.7 0.90
Bristol Bay Borough Schools 1,096 1,103 1,162 1,173 1,258 1,410 -162 -152 -3.2 -1.1 0.17
Chatham Schools 1,085 1,083 1,125 1,178 1,209 1,362 -124 -153 -2.5 -1.2 0.17
Chugach Schools 465 447 445 447 474 839 -9 -365 -0.5 -5.6 0.07
Copper River Schools 3,281 3,372 3,202 3,248 3,071 2,632 210 439 1.6 1.5 0.50
Cordova City Schools 2,298 2,298 2,305 2,382 2,454 2,282 -156 172 -1.5 0.7 0.35
Craig City Schools 1,127 1,177 1,207 1,246 1,397 1,260 -270 137 -5.0 1.0 0.17
Delta/Greely Schools 3,841 3,547 3,494 3,577 3,851 4,029 -10 -178 -0.1 -0.5 0.59
Denali Borough School District 1,842 1,917 1,888 1,901 1,893 1,764 -51 129 -0.6 0.7 0.28
Dillingham City Schools 2,422 2,390 2,465 2,460 2,466 2,017 -44 449 -0.4 2.0 0.37
Fairbanks North Star Borough Schools 84,979 82,131 84,748 83,284 82,840 77,720 2,139 5,120 0.6 0.6 12.97
Galena City School District 717 744 698 675 675 833 42 -158 1.4 -2.1 0.11
Haines Borough School District 2,364 2,439 2,469 2,494 2,531 2,246 -167 285 -1.6 1.2 0.36
Hoonah City Schools 909 1,007 1,045 1,069 1,060 1,088 -151 -28 -3.6 -0.3 0.14
Hydaburg City Schools 349 369 364 353 382 384 -33 -2 -2.1 -0.1 0.05
Iditarod Area Schools 1,237 1,295 1,331 1,377 1,325 1,524 -88 -199 -1.6 -1.4 0.19
Juneau Borough Schools 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 26,751 255 3,960 0.2 1.4 4.72
Kake City Schools 663 683 701 697 710 700 -47 10 -1.6 0.1 0.10
Kashunamiut School District 899 883 854 832 765 598 134 167 3.8 2.5 0.14
Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools 50,980 51,398 50,621 50,005 49,691 40,802 1,289 8,889 0.6 2.0 7.78
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Schools 13,030 13,533 13,676 13,742 14,059 13,828 -1,029 231 -1.8 0.2 1.99
Klawock City Schools 848 847 860 865 854 722 -6 132 -0.2 1.7 0.13
Kodiak Island Borough Schools 13,466 13,797 13,649 13,555 13,913 13,309 -447 604 -0.8 0.4 2.05
Kuspuk Schools 1,508 1,495 1,518 1,538 1,573 1,487 -65 86 -1.0 0.6 0.23
Lake and Peninsula Schools 1,603 1,627 1,639 1,732 1,823 1,668 -220 155 -3.0 0.9 0.24
Lower Kuskokwim Schools 13,853 13,775 13,509 13,173 13,102 11,003 751 2,099 1.3 1.7 2.11
Lower Yukon School District 5,956 5,922 5,887 5,843 5,763 4,752 193 1,011 0.8 1.9 0.91
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Schools 70,148 67,526 64,291 61,704 59,322 39,683 10,826 19,639 3.9 4.0 10.70
Nenana City Schools 427 423 445 438 440 393 -13 47 -0.7 1.1 0.07
Nome City Schools 3,473 3,414 3,481 3,485 3,505 3,500 -32 5 -0.2 0.0 0.53
North Slope Borough School District 7,104 7,228 7,236 7,228 7,385 5,979 -281 1,406 -0.9 2.1 1.08
Northwest Arctic Borough Schools 7,306 7,293 7,232 7,137 7,208 6,113 98 1,095 0.3 1.6 1.11
Pelican City Schools 118 113 116 161 163 222 -45 -59 -7.5 -3.1 0.02
Petersburg City Schools 3,161 3,109 3,171 3,241 3,247 3,230 -86 17 -0.6 0.1 0.48
Pribilof Island School District 631 687 680 672 684 901 -53 -217 -1.9 -2.7 0.10
Saint Mary’s School District 539 581 546 512 500 441 39 59 1.8 1.3 0.08
Sitka School District 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 8,588 -30 247 -0.1 0.3 1.34
Skagway City Schools 870 844 843 837 862 692 8 170 0.2 2.2 0.13
Southeast Island Schools 2,254 2,210 2,236 2,357 2,499 3,164 -245 -665 -2.4 -2.3 0.34
Southwest Region Schools 2,423 2,516 2,448 2,428 2,456 1,995 -33 461 -0.3 2.1 0.37
Tanana City Schools 304 283 273 302 308 345 -4 -37 -0.3 -1.1 0.05
Unalaska City School District 4,366 4,374 4,033 4,249 4,283 3,089 83 1,194 0.5 3.2 0.67
Valdez City Schools 3,749 3,935 3,974 3,843 4,036 4,068 -287 -32 -1.7 -0.1 0.57
Wrangell City Schools 2,023 2,123 2,175 2,220 2,308 2,479 -285 -171 -3.1 -0.7 0.31
Yakutat School District 680 690 719 695 808 705 -128 103 -4.0 1.4 0.10
Yukon Flats Schools 1,496 1,464 1,512 1,531 1,597 1,556 -101 41 -1.5 0.3 0.23
Yukon/Koyukuk Schools 2,133 2,167 2,142 2,215 2,214 2,122 -81 92 -0.9 0.4 0.33
Yupiit School District 1,455 1,440 1,432 1,336 1,322 1,124 133 198 2.3 1.6 0.22
CANADA
British Columbia School District #88 --- 99 --- -99
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 3.5 (continued)
Population Estimates for Alaska School Districts and Level of Education, 1990, 2000-2004
School District
Estimates
% Persons
25+ HS
Grads
2000
% Persons
25+ College
Grads
2000
% Persons
25+ HS
Grads
1990
% Persons
25+ College
Grads
1990
Change %
HS
Grads
1990-00
Change %
College
Grads
1990-00
ALASKA 88.3 24.7 86.6 23.0 1.7 1.7
Adak Region Schools --- --- 97.1 18.0 --- ---
Alaska Gateway Schools 81.6 15.0 78.2 17.1 3.4 -2.1
Aleutian Region School District 74.7 8.8 69.5 8.5 5.2 0.3
Aleutians East Borough Schools 74.7 4.9 66.4 12.9 8.3 -8.0
Anchorage School District 90.3 28.9 90.4 26.9 -0.1 2.1
Annette Island Schools 80.8 10.5 77.4 10.7 3.4 -0.2
Bering Strait Schools 70.3 10.1 56.7 9.2 13.6 0.9
Bristol Bay Borough Schools 88.9 21.1 89.8 18.9 -0.9 2.2
Chatham Schools 84.0 24.9 77.5 19.2 6.5 5.7
Chugach Schools 89.1 16.2 79.2 17.0 9.9 -0.8
Copper River Schools 85.8 21.4 83.9 21.2 1.9 0.1
Cordova City Schools 88.6 21.4 85.3 17.1 3.3 4.2
Craig City Schools 87.3 17.5 82.5 16.5 4.8 1.0
Delta/Greely Schools 90.1 20.2 88.9 19.5 1.2 0.8
Denali Borough School District 91.7 22.7 88.2 20.1 3.6 2.6
Dillingham City Schools 83.5 21.9 82.4 21.1 1.1 0.8
Fairbanks North Star Borough Schools 91.8 27.0 89.8 25.2 2.0 1.8
Galena City School District 81.3 28.6 86.9 15.1 -5.7 13.6
Haines Borough School District 88.0 23.2 77.8 17.0 10.2 6.2
Hoonah City Schools 80.5 15.3 80.6 11.6 -0.1 3.7
Hydaburg City Schools 76.8 12.5 71.5 8.4 5.3 4.1
Iditarod Area Schools 80.5 15.2 66.0 14.4 14.4 0.8
Juneau Borough Schools 93.2 36.0 89.9 30.7 3.3 5.3
Kake City Schools 85.0 10.8 76.1 11.3 8.9 -0.5
Kashunamiut School District 74.9 10.5 66.7 11.4 8.2 -0.9
Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools 88.5 20.3 87.2 17.9 1.3 2.4
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Schools 89.6 20.2 85.4 20.2 4.3 -0.1
Klawock City Schools 80.8 8.5 77.6 15.7 3.3 -7.3
Kodiak Island Borough Schools 85.4 18.7 84.7 21.5 0.7 -2.7
Kuspuk Schools 69.5 13.8 61.7 9.6 7.9 4.2
Lake and Peninsula Schools 72.2 12.4 60.7 14.4 11.4 -1.9
Lower Kuskokwim Schools 71.7 13.5 63.6 13.9 8.2 -0.4
Lower Yukon School District 64.5 8.2 55.4 9.7 9.1 -1.5
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Schools 88.1 18.3 87.8 18.1 0.4 0.2
Nenana City Schools 74.6 13.8 81.1 15.5 -6.6 -1.7
Nome City Schools 80.6 20.7 74.1 18.9 6.5 1.8
North Slope Borough School District 77.4 17.0 68.5 14.1 8.9 2.9
Northwest Arctic Borough Schools 72.0 12.7 63.8 11.9 8.2 0.8
Pelican City Schools 87.1 21.6 82.7 12.2 4.3 9.3
Petersburg City Schools 88.0 18.1 83.3 24.7 4.7 -6.7
Pribilof Island School District 77.4 11.3 62.1 3.5 15.3 7.8
Saint Mary’s School District 74.1 15.2 69.8 13.5 4.4 1.7
Sitka School District 90.6 29.5 87.0 21.4 3.6 8.1
Skagway City Schools 90.1 25.0 90.1 20.3 -0.0 4.7
Southeast Island Schools 87.3 18.3 76.6 9.6 10.6 8.7
Southwest Region Schools 68.5 9.8 54.7 8.3 13.8 1.5
Tanana City Schools 77.5 8.4 71.9 11.6 5.7 -3.1
Unalaska City School District 78.1 11.2 78.3 13.8 -0.2 -2.6
Valdez City Schools 90.8 21.9 84.8 18.3 6.1 3.7
Wrangell City Schools 82.2 13.7 78.7 16.3 3.6 -2.7
Yakutat School District 84.3 17.6 77.2 16.4 7.1 1.2
Yukon Flats Schools 66.4 13.4 56.9 9.3 9.5 4.1
Yukon/Koyukuk Schools 73.9 10.7 66.8 9.9 7.1 0.8
Yupiit School District 64.7 7.9 51.1 8.9 13.6 -1.0
CANADA
British Columbia School District #88 --- --- 60.7 10.1
Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit.
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Table 3.6
Population in Areas of Canada Bordering Alaska, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2004
2004
Estimated
Population
2001
Census
Population
1996
Census
Population
1991
Census
Population
Population
Change
2001-2004 1991-2001
Average
Annual
Rate of Population
Change Change
Average
Annual
Rate of
Change
CANADA 30,689,000 30,007,094 28,846,761 27,296,859 681,906 0.7% 2,710,235 0.9%
British Columbia /1 4,196,400 3,907,738 3,724,500 3,282,061 288,662 2.4% 625,677 1.7%
Kitimat-Stikine District 42,618 40,876 43,618 41,535 1,742 1.4% -659 -0.2%
Hazelton 354 345 347 339 9 0.9% 6 0.2%
Kitimat 10,449 10,285 11,136 11,305 164 0.5% -1,020 -0.9%
New Hazelton 763 750 822 786 13 0.6% -36 -0.5%
Stewart 715 661 858 1,151 54 2.6% -490 -5.4%
Terrace 12,565 12,109 12,779 11,433 456 1.2% 676 0.6%
Skeena-Queen Charlotte District 22,450 21,693 24,795 24,287 757 1.1% -2,594 -1.1%
Masset 965 926 1,293 1,476 39 1.4% -550 -4.6%
Port Clements 533 516 558 483 17 1.1% 33 0.7%
Port Edward 658 659 700 739 -1 -0.1% -80 -1.1%
Prince Rupert 15,020 14,643 16,714 16,620 377 0.8% -1,977 -1.3%
Stikine District | Unincorporated Areas /2 5,274 1,316 1,391 2,153 3,958 40.0% -837 -4.8%
Yukon Territory /3 31,127 28,674 30,766 27,797 2,453 2.7% 877 0.3%
Beaver Creek 125 88 131 104 37 11.6% -16 -1.7%
Burwash Landing 80 68 58 77 12 5.4% -9 -1.2%
Carcross 442 152 277 273 290 32.5% -121 -5.7%
Carmacks 392 431 466 349 -39 -3.2% 82 2.1%
Dawson 1,811 1,251 1,287 1,089 560 12.2% 162 1.4%
Destruction Bay 56 43 34 32 13 8.8% 11 2.9%
Faro 363 313 1,261 1,221 50 4.9% -908 -11.8%
Haines Junction 789 531 574 477 258 13.0% 54 1.1%
Ibex Valley 326 315 322 240 11 1.1% 75 2.7%
Keno Hill /4 NA 20 24 36 (N) (N) -16 -5.7%
Mayo 386 366 324 243 20 1.8% 123 4.0%
Mt. Lorne /4 NA 379 399 316 -379 -66.7% 63 1.8%
Old Crow 264 299 278 256 -35 -4.1% 43 1.5%
Pelly Crossing 279 328 238 216 -49 -5.4% 112 4.1%
Ross River 345 337 352 324 8 0.8% 13 0.4%
Tagish 184 206 69 58 -22 -3.8% 148 11.2%
Teslin /5 419 123 309 312 296 36.4% -189 -8.7%
Upper Liard /4 NA 159 111 162 -159 -66.7% -3 -0.2%
Watson Lake /5 1,547 912 993 912 635 17.2% 0 0.0%
Whitehorse /5 23,205 19,058 21,065 19,519 4,147 6.5% -461 -0.2%
Whitehorse Unorganized /4 NA 1,637 (N) (N) -1,637 -66.7% (N) (N)
Yukon, Unorganized /5 114 1,221 1,954 1,456 -1,107 -55.3% -235 -1.8%
/1 BC Stats http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca
/2 In 2004, data for the Stikine District is unavailable. BC Stats instead reports a total for Unincorporated Areas.
/3 Yukon Bureau of Statistics http://gov.yk.ca/depts/eco/stats/index.html
/4 Data on this place is not available for 2004.
/5 This place may be differently defi ned for 2004.
Data Sources: The data for the years 1991, 1996 and 2001 are from Statistics Canada, the agency reponsible for their decennial census.
Statistics Canada regards their data as proprietary, and they do not offer more recent data. The data for 2004 comes from the Territorial
or Provincial Governments, and may have different geography than did the earlier data.
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Chapter 4
Alaska Places
Introduction
This chapter contains 2000-2004 population estimates and
2000 Census population statistics for places. Places include
incorporated cities or areas that are legally formed under
the laws of the state, Census Designated Places (CDP), and
Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (ANVSA).
Table 4.1 shows Alaska’s population by size of place, with
separate listings for places with population greater than
and less than 2,500 (formerly urban and rural). The largest
incorporated cities are listed in Table 4.2. Provisional
population estimates by borough/census area and by place
for the 2001-2004 period are presented in Table 4.3, along
with the 2000 Census. Table 4.4 provides an alphabetical
listing of places and their population ranked by size.
Characteristics of Places
Places in Alaska include: incorporated cities or city/boroughs;
Census Designated Places (CDP), Alaska Native
Village Statistical Areas (ANVSA) and Tribal Designated
Statistical Areas (TDSA). As noted above, changes in the
population for places between 1990 and 2000 may have
resulted from changes in geography as well
as in population. If you wish to compare the
population data given in this edition to years
before 2000, you must consult the previous
edition of this work, entitled Population
Overview 2001-2002 and Census 2000 for
year 1990 population estimates using year
2000 geography. For 1990 population in
1990 boundaries the reader should refer to
the 1999 Alaska Population Overview. In
the case of cities, change over time can result
from annexation as well as from changes
in the normal population components
such as births, deaths, and migration. In the
case of CDPs and ANVSAs, all boundaries
were as defined by the 2000 census.
Urban is redefined
The U.S. Bureau of the Census formerly
defined as “urban” places with populations
of 2,500 or more. In 1999, Alaska had 20
cities large enough to be considered urban.
With the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau
changed its definition of urban to more
complicated criteria, based on Urban Areas
or Urban Clusters as defined by block
population density and other factors. This
new definition cannot be replicated in annual
estimates, nor can it change until the next
census. The Census Bureau has warned
that it is to be used for statistical purposes only and not
programmatic purposes. We will continue to report the
number of cities and places with population greater than
or equal to 2,500 in order to provide continuity to the older
definition.
Alaska is the largest of the United States in area, and has
the lowest population density. It is larger than the states
of Texas, California and Montana combined, and its overall
population density averages only 1.1 persons per square
mile. The average U.S. population density was 79.6 persons
per square mile in 2000. This, however, paints a somewhat
misleading picture of population distribution in the state.
According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources,
60% of the land in Alaska is owned by the federal government,
another 28% is owned by the state, and 11% is
owned by Native corporations. Only about one percent of
the state is in other private ownership. The other private
ownership lands cover an area about 27% less than the
land area of the states of Massachusetts or New Jersey.
Most of the federal and state lands are in parks and refuges
or have development prohibitions or restrictions, and while
Figure 4.1
Alaska’s Population by Size of Place, 2004*
Population
2,500 or over
75.1%
10,000-49,999
5,000-9,999
11.2%
13.4%
50,000+
42.3%
8.3% 5.6%
11.7%
7.6%
Outside
Places
2,500-4,999 1,000-2,499
Under 1,000
* Totals in some cases may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Population
under 2,500
24.9%
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section,
Demographics Unit
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Table 4.1
Population Estimates by Size of Place, 1990, 2000, 2000-2004
Change in
July 1, Percent of July 1, Percent of Population Percent
Number 2004 State Number 2003 State Change Distribution
of Places Estimate Total of Places Estimate Total 2000-2004 2000-2004
ALASKA 347 655,435 100% 347 648,280 100% 28,504 0.0
Places of 2,500+ 32 492,491 75.1% 31 484,477 74.7% 29,126 0.4
50,000+ 1 277,498 42.3% 1 273,602 42.2% 17,215 0.1
10,000-49,999 3 73,106 11.2% 3 72,237 11.1% 769 0.0
5,000-9,999 13 87,547 13.4% 13 86,834 13.4% 21,573 -0.0
2,500-4,999 15 54,340 8.3% 14 51,804 8.0% -10,431 0.3
Places less than 2,500 315 113,159 17.3% 316 115,853 17.9% -4,365 -0.6
1,000-2,499 23 36,768 5.6% 25 40,563 6.3% -4,850 -0.6
500-999 54 37,683 5.7% 54 37,092 5.7% 1,377 0.0
250-499 57 21,021 3.2% 55 20,129 3.1% 3 0.1
100-249 79 12,767 1.9% 80 13,038 2.0% -1,277 -0.1
Under 100 102 4,920 0.8% 102 5,031 0.8% 382 -0.0
Outside Places 49,785 7.6% 47,950 7.4% 3,743 0.2
Change in
April 1, Percent of April 1, Percent of Population Percent
Number 2000 State Number 1990 State Change Distribution
of Places Census Total of Places Census Total 1990-2000 1990-2000
ALASKA 353 626,931 100 328 550,043 100 76,888 0.0
Urban* 31 463,365 73.9 24 382,646 69.6 80,719 4.3
50,000+ 1 260,283 41.5 1 226,338 41.1 33,945 0.4
10,000-49,999 3 72,337 11.5 3 68,843 12.5 3,494 -1
5,000-9,999 10 65,974 10.5 5 34,794 6.3 31,180 4.2
2,500-4,999 17 64,771 10.3 15 52,671 9.6 12,100 0.8
Rural* 163,566 26.1 167,397 30.4 -3,831.00 -4.3
Rural Places 322 117,524 18.7 304 95,222 17.3 22,302 1.4
1,000-2,499 26 41,618 6.6 14 24,625 4.5 16,993 2.2
500-999 53 36,306 5.8 43 28,417 5.2 7,889 0.6
250-499 58 21,018 3.4 66 23,355 4.2 -2,337 -0.9
100-249 89 14,044 2.2 83 13,498 2.5 546 -0.2
Under 100 96 4,538 0.7 98 5,327 1 -789 -0.2
Outside Places 46,042 7.3 72,175 13.1 -26,133 -5.8
Note: Percentages displayed may not add due to rounding.
* 1990 Urban/Rural defi nition.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
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Table 4.2
The 19 Cities with more than 2,500 Population, 2000-2004
Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
City Rank
2004 2000
Anchorage, Municipality of 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 1 1
Juneau city and borough 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 2 2
Fairbanks city 29,954 29,002 29,829 29,580 30,224 3 3
Sitka city and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 4 4
Ketchikan city 7,691 7,989 8,372 8,455 7,922 5 5
Kenai city 6,809 7,123 7,071 6,870 6,942 6 6
Kodiak city 6,199 6,113 6,109 6,062 6,334 7 7
Wasilla city 6,109 6,387 5,959 5,517 5,469 8 9
Bethel city * 5,888 5,886 5,733 5,459 5,471 9 8
Homer city /2 5,332 5,865 5,527 4,065 3,946 10 14
Palmer city 5,197 5,267 4,840 4,581 4,533 11 11
Unalaska city * 4,366 4,374 4,033 4,249 4,283 12 12
Barrow city * 4,351 4,412 4,434 4,441 4,581 13 10
Soldotna city 3,767 3,992 3,856 3,791 3,759 14 15
Valdez city 3,749 3,935 3,974 3,843 4,036 15 13
Nome city 3,473 3,414 3,481 3,485 3,505 16 16
Kotzebue city * 3,130 3,070 3,073 3,068 3,082 17 18
Petersburg city 3,123 3,079 3,148 3,218 3,224 18 17
Seward city 2,540 2,745 2,754 2,759 2,830 19 19
* ANVSA- Alaska Native Village Statistical Area
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
potentially open for development, the Native owned lands
are generally not for sale. Of the land potentially available
for development, a substantial amount is very rugged, inaccessible
or otherwise inhospitable. Thus, a fairer picture of
settlement densities on available, usable land on the “Last
Frontier” is likely to be closer to 100 persons per square
mile rather than one person per square mile. Contrary to
widely held perceptions, Alaska’s population is predominately
found in relatively dense settlements set in or near
vast tracts of unsettled land. In 2004, 75.1% of the population
lived in places with populations of at least 2,500,
only slightly below the national average. Under the Census
Bureau’s new definition of urban, 62.7% of Alaskans were
living in urban areas in 2000. By comparison, 69.6% of
Alaska’s population lived in places of 2,500 or more in 1990
and 64.3% in 1980.
There were 32 places in Alaska with populations above
2,500 in 2004. The majority of Alaska’s population, 75.1%,
lived in these 32 places. The Municipality of Anchorage—the
state’s largest city—was home to 42.3% of the
overall population. Anchorage has 56.3% of the population
in places of 2,500 or more. The remaining 43.7% of
the population living in places of 2,500 or more lived in
places ranging in size from 2,540 to 30,966 people. Of the
remaining 24.9% of the population living in places of less
than 2,500 people, 17.3% lived in some 315 small places,
and 7.6% lived outside any CDP. Most people living outside
of a place were concentrated around cities and CDPs or
along road systems in the Fairbanks North Star Borough,
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough,
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Kodiak Island Borough and
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (Table 4.1 and Figure
4.1).
Although it is not a census concept, Alaskans sometimes
refer to the “Railbelt,” the populated area served by the
Alaska Railroad. The Railbelt includes Kenai Peninsula
Borough, the Municipality of Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Denali Borough, the area around Nenana on the
Parks Highway and Fairbanks North Star Borough. The
total population of the Railbelt in 2004 was approximately
486,200, or 74.2% of the State’s population.
In Alaska, race and ethnic groups tend to be concentrated
by place. Overall, 73.9% of Alaska’s population lived in
places of 2,500 or more in 2000. The proportion of each
race and ethnic group who lived in places of 2,500 or more
was: White Alone (76.2%), Native Alone (46.2%), Black
Alone (94.5%), Asian Alone (91.1%), Hawaiian & Pacific
Islander (92.7%), Two or more races (79.1%) and Hispanics
(87.3%). Alaska Natives still tend to predominately live
is small “rural” communities. On the other hand, the vast
majority of Blacks, Asians, Pacific Islanders and Hispanics
are found in places of 2,500 or more. More specifically,
96.8% of Alaska’s Black population lives in the Municipality
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of Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough. Much of
this population is associated with the military. Similarly over
83.5% of the Asian population and 78.8% of the Hispanic
population of Alaska lives in the Municipality of Anchorage,
Juneau Borough, Kodiak city, Unalaska city and Fairbanks
North Star Borough. Almost 82% of the Hawaiian and
Pacific Islanders live in the Municipality of Anchorage.
Incorporated Cities
As of July 1, 2004 there were 149 incorporated cities in
Alaska. Of these, 19 have populations 2,500 or more, and
would have been considered urban by the old Census definition.
Table 4.2 lists these cities, ranked by 2004 population.
Another seven cities had populations between 1,000
and 2,500. These included Dillingham (2,422), Cordova
(2,298), Wrangell (2,023), North Pole (1,532), Houston
(1,368), Craig (1,127), and Hooper Bay (1,124).
Census Designated Places
Census Designated Places (CDPs) have no incorporated
boundaries. The limit of their settled area is defined by
geographic features such as streams, roads or ridges that
encompass the settled area. To be recognized as a CDP,
a place must be a fairly dense settlement with a sense of
community. The CDP must also have been recognized as
possibly fitting this definition in 1996 when the Bureau of
the Census began planning the 2000 census. A total of 200
unincorporated communities qualified as CDPs in 2004.
Alaska had several CDPs with populations larger than in
many incorporated cities. Twelve of these would meet the
Bureau of the Census’ former definition of urban places.
These were College (12,186), Knik-Fairview (9,223), Lakes
(6,987), Kalifornsky (6,617), Tanaina (6,265), Meadow
Lakes (5,945), Sterling (4,940), Eielson AFB (4,587), Nikiski
(4,279), Gateway (3,554), Butte (2,963) and Big Lake
(2,912). Fifteen other CDPs had populations between
1,000 and 2,500, including Ridgeway (1,943), Bear Creek
(1,897), Ester (1,811), Anchor Point (1,792) and Deltana
(1,777).
Alaska Native Villages
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972 identified
209 Alaska Native Villages (ANVs). Populations for these
villages were first reported in the 1980 Census. Native villages
may have boundaries that are the same or different
from cities or CDPs. Because of confusion over the legal
status of ANVs, the Census Bureau changed the name to
Alaska Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) for the 1990
census to emphasize that these were places for statistical
purposes only. In 1990 there were 217 ANVSAs. Today
there are 211 ANVSAs. Several have lost their status as Native
villages and have become CDPs. One example of this
is the former Alexander ANVSA, which became Susitna CDP.
For 1990 and 2000, the Census Bureau asked village councils
to define the boundaries of the ANVSAs. In many cases,
these continued to correspond to city or CDP boundaries.
In other cases, they did not. Thus, the 2000 ANVSAs may
differ from other community boundaries, and they may differ
from the boundaries as defined in 1990. In the following
tables, there are specific indications where 2000 ANVSA
boundaries are different from city or CDP boundaries. In
some cases, the boundaries of ANVSAs may overlap more
than one CDP.
In a few cases, a village council has defined a Tribal Designated
Statistical Area (TDSA) to be vastly larger than the
local community area. These include Ninilchik TDSA and
Kenaitze TDSA in Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Chickaloon
TDSA, Knik TDSA, and Kanatak TDSA in Matanuska-Susitna
Borough. Lastly, Tetlin TDSA has been defined in Southeast
Fairbanks Census Area. In the case of Tetlin, the TDSA is
only slightly larger than Tetlin CDP. The resulting data for
the larger of the TDSAs are useless and misleading for
almost all statistical purposes. A substitution of CDP information
is recommended where an accurate portrait of the
character of the community is needed.
Unorganized Territory
Slightly under three-fifths of Alaska’s land area lies outside
of any incorporated city or borough. In this unorganized
territory the state performs all governmental functions. For
2004, it was estimated that 19,722 people, or 3.0% of the
state’s population, lived in such “unorganized” territory. The
population living in these unorganized parts of the state
is declining. The majority of these people in the Unorganized
Borough live in a CDP or ANVSA. For comparison, the
number of people in 1990 who lived in unorganized territory
numbered 23,158 or 4.2% of the state’s population.
A decade earlier in 1980, 20,000 people, or 5.0% of the
state’s population, lived outside the structure of any substate
government entity.
The number of people who lived in unorganized territory
outside of all CDPs or ANVSAs and beyond the purview of
any government other than the State of Alaska in 2004
totaled 1,709 or 0.26% of the state’s overall population. All
but a few hundred of these people live outside communities
but along a road system which allows them access to
a community. Only a very small number of persons live as
isolated individuals or individual families on islands or in
remote rural Alaska with access to a community only available
by bush plane or small boat.
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Alaska Boroughs
Alaska Boroughs
and
and
Census
Census
Areas
Areas
Northwest
Arctic
North Slope
Yukon−Koyukuk
Fairbanks North Star
Nome
Wade Hampton
Bethel
Denali
Matanuska−
Susitna
Kenai
Peninsula
Southeast
Fairbanks
Valdez−
Cordova
Anchorage
Yakutat
Skagway−
Hoonah−
Angoon
Haines
Juneau
Dillingham
Aleutians East
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Island
Sitka
Wrangell−
Petersburg
Aleutians West
Lake and Peninsula
Ketchikan Gateway
Prince of Wales−
Outer Ketchikan
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area
City
ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
Alaska 8 655,435 648,280 640,841 632,389 626,931 7,155 7,439 8,452 5,458
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 117

Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians East Borough
Nelson Lagoon
Cold Bay
Sand Point
False Pass
King Cove
Akutan
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
13 Aleutians East Borough 2,629 2,688 2,722 2,547 2,697 -59 -34 175 -150
13 1090 6030 Akutan city * 771 787 749 707 713 -16 38 42 -6
13 99999 6195 Belkofski * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 16530 9999 Cold Bay city 89 95 116 75 88 -6 -21 41 -13
13 24660 6500 False Pass city * 62 69 79 69 64 -7 -10 10 5
13 39410 6735 King Cove city * 723 725 786 693 792 -2 -61 93 -99
13 52940 7025 Nelson Lagoon CDP * 76 64 70 80 83 12 -6 -10 -3
13 67020 7410 Sand Point city * 908 947 919 921 952 -39 28 -2 -31
13 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 0 1 3 2 5 -1 -2 1 -3
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
118
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Aleutians West Census Area
Aleutians West Census Area
Attu Station
St. Paul
St. George
Adak
Atka
Unalaska
Nikolski
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
16 Aleutians West Census Area 5,239 5,329 5,057 5,252 5,465 -90 272 -195 -213
16 65 9999 Adak (city) CDP 69 74 149 152 316 -5 -75 -3 -164
16 4210 6150 Atka city * 92 94 102 92 92 -2 -8 10 0
16 4670 9999 Attu Station CDP 17 24 26 25 20 -7 -2 1 5
16 54260 7075 Nikolski CDP * 36 41 34 32 39 -5 7 2 -7
16 65800 7340 Saint George city * 137 148 147 146 152 -11 1 1 -6
16 66470 7390 Saint Paul city * 494 539 533 526 532 -45 6 7 -6
16 80770 7695 Unalaska city * 4,366 4,374 4,033 4,249 4,283 -8 341 -216 -34
16 99999 9999 Remainder of census area 28 35 33 30 31 -7 2 3 -1
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 119

L ST
C ST
Municipality of Anchorage
Municipality of Anchorage
4
2.02
2.01
3
1.02
2.03
1.01
2.04
23.01
23.01
28.13
28.23
(Enlargement showing city census tracts.)
29
4
12
13
W NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD
22.02
22.01
21
24
SPENARD RD
W 3RD AVE
11
W INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RD
ARCTIC BLVD
A ST
W FIREWEED LN
W TUDOR RD
5
6
10
E 3RD AVE
E 15TH AVE
14
15
19
E 36TH AVE
9.01
LAKE OTIS PKWY
MT VIEW DR
DEBARR RD
BRAGAW ST
E TUDOR RD
7.03
7.02
8.01 7.01
BONIFACE PKWY
DEBARR AVE
9.02 16.01 8.02 17.02 17.31
18.02
18.01
E NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD
16.02
17.01 17.32
MULDOON RD
3
23.01
JEWEL LAKE RD
W DIMOND BLVD
27.11
23.02
NORTHWOOD ST
23.03
SOUTHPORT DR
VICTOR RD
KLATT RD
25.01
MINNESOTA DR
27.12
E DOWLING RD
25.02
E DIMOND BLVD
OLD SEWARD HWY
E KLATT RD
27.02
26.01
28.11
LAKE OTIS PKWY
E 68TH AVE
26.02
LAKE OTIS PKWY
26.03
HUFFMAN RD
28.21
ABBOTT LOOP RD
ARMOUN RD
ABBOTT RD
28.12
BRAGAW ST
BIRCH RD
HUFFMAN RD
28.22
RABBIT CREEK RD
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
28.13
28.23
Note: The City of Anchorage was
incorporated in 1920. The Greater
Anchorage Borough was formed in
1964. These two entities were unifi ed
into the Municipality of Anchorage in
1975.
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
20 Municipality of Anchorage 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 3,896 5,255 3,061 5,003
20 3000 9999 Municipality of Anchorage 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 3,896 5,255 3,061 5,003
20 3000 6450 Eklutna * 371 419 438 415 394 -48 -19 23 21
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
120
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Bethel Census Area
Bethel Census Area
Upper Kalskag
Lower Kalskag
Crooked Creek
Aniak
Red Devil
Stony River
Mekoryuk
Tununak
Toksook
Bay
Nightmute
Chefornak
Newtok
KasiglukNunapitchuk
Atmautluak Tuluksak
Bethel Akiak
Akiachak
Kwethluk
Tuntutuliak Oscarville
Napaskiak
Napakiak
Eek
Chuathbaluk
Sleetmute
Lime Village
Kipnuk
Kwigillingok
Kongiganak
Quinhagak
Platinum
Goodnews Bay
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
50 Bethel Census Area 1,2 16,853 16,756 16,503 16,099 16,046 97 253 404 53
50 Aniak census subarea 1,2 1,545 1,541 1,562 1,590 1,622 4 -21 -28 -32
50 3550 6105 Aniak city * 532 541 540 563 572 -9 1 -23 -9
50 14330 6335 Chuathbaluk city * 105 102 98 108 119 3 4 -10 -11
50 17850 6390 Crooked Creek CDP * 147 146 146 134 137 1 0 12 -3
50 99999 6535 Georgetown * 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
50 44030 6875 Lime Village CDP * /1 /2 34 43 41 49 46 -9 2 -8 3
50 45460 6890 Lower Kalskag city * 262 267 262 256 267 -5 5 6 -11
50 99999 7005 Napaimute * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 64930 7305 Red Devil CDP * 35 41 32 31 48 -6 9 1 -17
50 71090 7495 Sleetmute CDP * 78 72 93 96 100 6 -21 -3 -4
50 73400 7525 Stony River CDP * 54 49 57 55 61 5 -8 2 -6
50 81320 6685 Upper Kalskag city * 263 231 246 252 230 32 -15 -6 22
50 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 32 46 44 43 39 -14 2 1 4
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
1
Census 2000 corrections to date have been included in state, census area and place populations.
2
Most of Lime Village (41 persons) was erroneously reported in the balance of Koyukuk-Middle Yukon in 2000.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 121

Bethel Census Area (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
50 Lower Kuskokwim census subarea 15,308 15,215 14,941 14,509 14,424 93 274 432 85
50 760 6020 Akiachak CDP * 618 633 624 597 585 -15 9 27 12
50 870 6025 Akiak city * 367 346 345 301 309 21 1 44 -8
50 4430 6160 Atmautluak CDP * 285 279 291 302 294 6 -12 -11 8
50 6520 6205 Bethel city * 5,888 5,886 5,733 5,459 5,471 2 153 274 -12
50 12680 6275 Chefornak city * 439 434 420 397 394 5 14 23 3
50 21040 6440 Eek city * 292 290 290 271 280 2 0 19 -9
50 29290 6545 Goodnews Bay city * 236 244 234 228 230 -8 10 6 -2
50 37975 6710 Kasigluk CDP * 526 528 528 541 543 -2 0 -13 -2
50 39740 6750 Kipnuk CDP * 660 649 644 621 644 11 5 23 -23
50 41610 6810 Kongiganak CDP * 411 404 372 372 359 7 32 0 13
50 42380 6835 Kwethluk city * 695 709 695 690 713 -14 14 5 -23
50 42490 6840 Kwigillingok CDP * 361 343 337 358 338 18 6 -21 20
50 47990 6935 Mekoryuk city * 198 205 204 214 210 -7 1 -10 4
50 52390 7010 Napakiak city * 360 380 352 370 353 -20 28 -18 17
50 52720 7020 Napaskiak city * 436 424 418 418 390 12 6 0 28
50 53820 7055 Newtok CDP * 308 330 326 321 321 -22 4 5 0
50 53930 7065 Nightmute city * 232 229 224 213 208 3 5 11 5
50 56680 7135 Nunapitchuk city * 527 498 512 488 466 29 -14 24 22
50 58330 7175 Oscarville CDP * 57 62 65 71 61 -5 -3 -6 10
50 61080 7245 Platinum city * 39 40 37 44 41 -1 3 -7 3
50 64600 6845 Quinhagak city (Kwinhagak *) 612 578 573 543 555 34 5 30 -12
50 78240 7625 Toksook Bay city * 561 571 549 546 532 -10 22 3 14
50 78790 7630 Tuluksak CDP * 470 461 463 438 428 9 -2 25 10
50 79120 7640 Tuntutuliak CDP * 398 381 378 376 370 17 3 2 6
50 79230 7645 Tununak CDP * 328 307 323 326 325 21 -16 -3 1
50 99999 9999 Remainder census subarea 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
122
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Bristol Bay Borough Bristol Bay Borough
Naknek
King Salmon
South Naknek
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
60 Bristol Bay Borough 1,096 1,103 1,162 1,173 1,258 -7 -59 -11 -85
60 39630 9999 King Salmon CDP 404 385 397 388 442 19 -12 9 -54
60 52060 6990 Naknek CDP * 601 612 641 657 678 -11 -29 -16 -21
60 72190 7505 South Naknek CDP * 88 102 120 124 137 -14 -18 -4 -13
60 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 3 4 4 4 1 -1 0 0 3
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 123

Denali Borough
Anderson
Ferry
Healy
George Parks
McKinley Park
Cantwell
Denali
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
68 Denali Borough 1,842 1,917 1,888 1,901 1,893 -75 29 -13 8
68 3220 9999 Anderson city 344 377 366 376 367 -33 11 -10 9
68 10150 9999 Cantwell CDP 220 226 216 221 222 -6 10 -5 -1
68 99999 6255 Cantwell * 220 226 216 221 222 -6 10 -5 -1
68 25220 9999 Ferry CDP 32 35 33 32 29 -3 2 1 3
68 32150 9999 Healy CDP 994 1,013 998 1,015 1,000 -19 15 -17 15
68 46560 9999 McKinley Park CDP 133 134 138 133 142 -1 -4 5 -9
68 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 119 132 137 124 133 -13 -5 13 -9
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
124
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates

Dillingham Census Area
Koliganek
Togiak
Twin Hills
Manokotak
New Stuyahok
Aleknagik
Ekwok
Dillingham
Clark’s Point
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
70 Dillingham Census Area 4,845 4,906 4,913 4,888 4,922 -61 -7 25 -34
70 1420 6045 Aleknagik city * 219 235 219 221 221 -16 16 -2 0
70 15450 6360 Clark’s Point city * 62 66 65 69 75 -4 1 -4 -6
70 18950 6405 Dillingham city * 2,422 2,390 2,465 2,460 2,466 32 -75 5 -6
70 99999 6455 Ekuk * 0 0 5 2 2 0 -5 3 0
70 21810 6460 Ekwok city * 127 128 116 119 130 -1 12 -3 -11
70 41500 7040 Koliganek CDP (New Koliganek *) 187 199 187 177 182 -12 12 10 -5
70 46890 6905 Manokotak city * 405 405 407 412 399 0 -2 -5 13
70 53710 7050 New Stuyahok city * 477 491 483 488 471 -14 8 -5 17
70 99999 7260 Portage Creek CDP * 49 61 48 47 36 -12 13 1 11
70 77690 7605 Togiak city * 805 820 809 787 809 -15 11 22 -22
70 79780 7650 Twin Hills CDP * 67 77 77 65 69 -10 0 12 -4
70 99999 9999 Remainder of census area 25 34 32 41 62 -9 2 -9 -21
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 125

Fairbanks North Star Borough
Steese
Elliott
Fox
College
Two Rivers
Ester
Pleasant Valley
North Pole
Parks
Tanana River
Fairbanks
Moose Creek
Eielson AFB
Salcha River
Salcha
Blair Lakes
Harding−Birch Lakes
19
9
8
13
7
6
2
5
12
4
1
3 11
Census Tracts
10
Tracts in downtown Fairbanks
19
13 12
9
10 14
16
15
18
17
11
126
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates

Fairbanks North Star Borough (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 84,979 82,131 84,748 83,284 82,840 2,848 -2,617 1,464 444
90 16750 9999 College CDP 12,186 11,989 11,913 12,039 11,402 197 76 -126 637
90 21370 9999 Eielson AFB CDP 4,587 4,434 5,839 5,153 5,400 153 -1,405 686 -247
90 23460 9999 Ester CDP 1,811 1,812 1,834 1,683 1,680 -1 -22 151 3
90 24230 9999 Fairbanks city 29,954 29,002 29,829 29,580 30,224 952 -827 249 -644
90 26870 9999 Fox CDP 348 325 314 310 300 23 11 4 10
90 31765 9999 Harding-Birch Lakes CDP 233 217 206 197 216 16 11 9 -19
90 50080 9999 Moose Creek CDP 589 582 628 559 542 7 -46 69 17
90 55910 9999 North Pole city 1,532 1,609 1,590 1,462 1,570 -77 19 128 -108
90 61120 9999 Pleasant Valley CDP 711 687 720 641 623 24 -33 79 18
90 66550 9999 Salcha CDP 931 868 923 902 854 63 -55 21 48
90 79830 9999 Two Rivers CDP 595 601 540 541 482 -6 61 -1 59
90 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 31,502 30,005 30,412 30,217 29,547 1,497 -407 195 670
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 127

Haines Borough
Mosquito
Lake
Lutak
Covenant Life
Haines
Mud Bay
Excursion Inlet
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
100 Haines Borough 2,245 2,319 2,357 2,368 2,392 -74 -38 -11 -24
100 17670 9999 Covenant Life CDP 220 126 126 116 102 94 0 10 14
100 23900 9999 Excursion Inlet CDP 9 12 10 15 10 -3 2 -5 5
100 31050 9999 Haines city (CDP) 10 1,562 1,704 1,762 1,744 1,811 -142 -58 18 -67
100 31050 6315 Chilkoot * 349 357 331 307 338 -8 26 24 -31
100 45700 9999 Lutak CDP 35 36 40 44 39 -1 -4 -4 5
100 50800 9999 Mosquito Lake CDP 169 220 211 224 221 -51 9 -13 3
100 51455 9999 Mud Bay CDP 147 149 147 158 137 -2 2 -11 21
100 9999 9999 Remainder of borough 103 72 61 67 72 31 11 -6 -5
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
10
The city of Haines disolved October 2002 in favor of boroughwide government.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
128
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates

Juneau City and Borough
1
1
Gilkey Glacier
Juneau Icefield
Thiel Glacier
Eagle Glacier
1
Taku Glacier
5
Mendenhall Lemon
Glacier Creek
2 3 4 Glacier
5
5
Spiel Glacier
Juneau Icefield
Mendenhall
Glacier
6
5
1
Auke
Lake
2
3
4
6
Auke
Bay
5
6
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
110 Juneau City and Borough 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 -280 347 528 -340
110 36400 9999 Juneau city and borough 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 -280 347 528 -340
110 36400 6420 Douglas * 4,888 5,057 4,958 4,854 5,297 -169 99 104 -443
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 129

Kenai Peninsula Borough
Beluga
Tyonek
Hope
Nikiski
Salamatof
Kenai
Kalifornsky
Cohoe
Clam Gulch
Ninilchik
Happy Valley
Nikolaevsk
Anchor Point
Diamond Ridge
Homer
Seldovia Village
Nanwalek
Ridgeway
Cooper
Landing
Sterling
Funny River
Soldotna
Kasilof
Fox River
Moose
Pass
Seward
Sunrise
Lowell Point
Fritz Creek
Seward Cesus Subarea
Kachemak
Miller Landing
Halibut Cove
Crown Point
Primrose
Bear Creek
Kenai−Cook Inlet Cesus Subarea
130
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates

Kenai Peninsula Borough (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 50,980 51,398 50,621 50,005 49,691 -418 777 616 314
122 Kenai-Cook Inlet census subarea 45,527 45,797 44,979 44,346 44,101 -270 818 633 245
122 3110 9999 Anchor Point CDP 1,792 1,812 1,784 1,809 1,845 -20 28 -25 -36
122 6245 9999 Beluga CDP 26 27 25 24 32 -1 2 1 -8
122 15320 9999 Clam Gulch CDP 164 176 173 168 173 -12 3 5 -5
122 16420 9999 Cohoe CDP 1,312 1,206 1,209 1,175 1,168 106 -3 34 7
122 18925 9999 Diamond Ridge CDP 3 761 306 404 1,812 1,802 455 -98 -1,408 10
122 26910 9999 Fox River CDP 587 572 574 594 616 15 -2 -20 -22
122 27090 9999 Fritz Creek CDP 1,732 1,744 1,735 1,662 1,603 -12 9 73 59
122 27145 9999 Funny River CDP 727 707 688 624 636 20 19 64 -12
122 31270 9999 Halibut Cove CDP 26 27 28 29 35 -1 -1 -1 -6
122 31710 9999 Happy Valley CDP 525 505 521 505 489 20 -16 16 16
122 33140 9999 Homer city /3 5,332 5,865 5,527 4,065 3,946 -533 338 1,462 119
122 36550 9999 Kachemak city 475 478 433 426 431 -3 45 7 -5
122 37250 9999 Kalifornsky CDP 6,617 6,249 6,153 6,011 5,846 368 96 142 165
122 38090 9999 Kasilof CDP 473 568 504 451 471 -95 64 53 -20
122 38420 9999 Kenai city 6,809 7,123 7,071 6,870 6,942 -314 52 201 -72
122 49435 9999 Miller Landing CDP 3 0 0 0 70 74 0 0 -70 -4
122 52210 6995 Nanwalek CDP * 203 214 219 184 177 -11 -5 35 7
122 54050 9999 Nikiski CDP 4,279 4,356 4,360 4,362 4,327 -77 -4 -2 35
122 54085 9999 Nikolaevsk CDP 306 312 331 345 345 -6 -19 -14 0
122 54480 9999 Ninilchik CDP 783 774 760 758 772 9 14 2 -14
122 63280 7265 Port Graham CDP * 153 165 174 178 171 -12 -9 -4 7
122 65345 9999 Ridgeway CDP 2,047 2,022 1,963 1,961 1,932 25 59 2 29
122 66510 7400 Salamatof CDP * 900 904 897 894 954 -4 7 3 -60
122 99999 7435 Seldovia * 426 431 450 435 430 -5 -19 15 5
122 68340 9999 Seldovia city 263 279 288 285 286 -16 -9 3 -1
122 68370 9999 Seldovia Village CDP 163 152 162 150 144 11 -10 12 6
122 71640 9999 Soldotna city 3,767 3,992 3,856 3,791 3,759 -225 136 65 32
122 73070 9999 Sterling CDP 4,940 4,880 4,771 4,753 4,705 60 109 18 48
122 79890 9999 Tyonek CDP * 184 192 181 161 193 -8 11 20 -32
122 99999 7655 Tyonek * 184 192 181 161 193 -8 11 20 -32
122 99999 Balance of census subarea 181 190 188 229 227 -9 2 -41 2
122 Seward-Hope census subarea 5,453 5,601 5,642 5,659 5,590 -148 -41 -17 69
122 5585 9999 Bear Creek CDP 1,897 1,835 1,832 1,836 1,748 62 3 -4 88
122 17190 9999 Cooper Landing CDP 351 358 372 391 369 -7 -14 -19 22
122 17960 9999 Crown Point CDP 89 78 88 89 75 11 -10 -1 14
122 33580 9999 Hope CDP 165 161 152 145 137 4 9 7 8
122 45295 9999 Lowell Point CDP 74 89 108 96 92 -15 -19 12 4
122 50190 9999 Moose Pass CDP 220 221 217 206 206 -1 4 11 0
122 64240 9999 Primrose CDP 90 86 92 98 93 4 -6 -6 5
122 68560 9999 Seward city 2,540 2,745 2,754 2,759 2,830 -205 -9 -5 -71
122 73950 9999 Sunrise CDP 19 15 14 16 18 4 1 -2 -2
122 99999 9999 Balance of census subarea 8 13 13 23 22 -5 0 -10 1
Native Villages that overlap multiple CDPs
122 99999 6720 Kenaitze ** 30,733 30,985 30,516 30,145 29,320 -252 469 371 825
122 99999 7080 Ninilchik ** 13,830 13,943 13,733 13,565 13,264 -113 210 168 301
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
3
Homer annexed part of Diamond Ridge and all of Millers Landing 3/20/02.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan
Saxman
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 1,4 13,030 13,533 13,676 13,742 14,059 -503 -143 -66 -317
130 38970 9999 Ketchikan city 1,5 7,691 7,989 8,372 8,455 7,922 -298 -383 -83 533
130 67570 7420 Saxman city * 391 424 425 436 431 -33 -1 -11 5
130 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 1,4,5 4,948 5,120 4,879 4,851 5,706 -172 241 28 -855
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Kodiak Island Borough
Aleneva
Karluk
Port Lions
Womens Bay
Larsen Bay
Old Harbor
Ouzinkie
Kodiak
Kodiak
Station
Chiniak
Akhiok
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
150 Kodiak Island Borough 13,466 13,797 13,649 13,555 13,913 -331 148 94 -358
150 650 6015 Akhiok city * 56 51 49 57 80 5 2 -8 -23
150 1560 9999 Aleneva CDP 40 59 96 88 68 -19 -37 8 20
150 13860 9999 Chiniak CDP 51 49 56 53 50 2 -7 3 3
150 37540 6700 Karluk CDP * 26 24 24 27 27 2 0 -3 0
150 40950 9999 Kodiak city 6,199 6,113 6,109 6,062 6,334 86 4 47 -272
150 41210 9999 Kodiak Station CDP 1,750 2,190 1,939 1,758 1,840 -440 251 181 -82
150 43040 6855 Larsen Bay city * 96 96 107 113 115 0 -11 -6 -2
150 57340 7150 Old Harbor city * 196 211 226 236 237 -15 -15 -10 -1
150 58550 7180 Ouzinkie city * 187 172 189 204 225 15 -17 -15 -21
150 63610 7275 Port Lions city * 238 233 227 246 256 5 6 -19 -10
150 85680 9999 Womens Bay CDP 666 671 683 682 690 -5 -12 1 -8
150 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 3,961 3,928 3,944 4,029 3,991 33 -16 -85 38
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 133

Lake and Peninsula Borough
Port Alsworth
Igiugig
Nondalton
Iliamna
Newhalen
Kokhanok
Pedro Bay
Pope−Vannoy Landing
Levelock
Egegik
Pilot Point
Ugashik
Port Heiden
Chignik Lagoon
Chignik Lake
Chignik
Ivanof Bay
Perryville
134
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Lake and Peninsula Borough (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,603 1,627 1,639 1,732 1,823 -24 -12 -93 -91
164 13550 6295 Chignik city * 92 91 77 76 79 1 14 1 -3
164 13670 6300 Chignik Lagoon CDP * 81 92 88 104 103 -11 4 -16 1
164 13780 6305 Chignik Lake CDP * 113 113 115 140 145 0 -2 -25 -5
164 21150 6445 Egegik city * 76 82 87 80 116 -6 -5 7 -36
164 34790 6620 Igiugig CDP * 54 50 43 55 53 4 7 -12 2
164 35120 6625 Iliamna CDP * 90 92 98 95 102 -2 -6 3 -7
164 35890 6650 Ivanof Bay CDP * 5 3 3 13 22 2 0 -10 -9
164 41280 6800 Kokhanok CDP * 166 181 179 172 174 -15 2 7 -2
164 43810 6865 Levelock CDP * 57 71 83 107 122 -14 -12 -24 -15
164 53270 7035 Newhalen city * 183 171 166 156 160 12 5 10 -4
164 55030 7100 Nondalton city * 205 216 206 210 221 -11 10 -4 -11
164 59540 7205 Pedro Bay CDP * 47 45 46 50 50 2 -1 -4 0
164 60200 7215 Perryville CDP * 110 106 111 114 107 4 -5 -3 7
164 60640 7225 Pilot Point city * 75 70 75 86 100 5 -5 -11 -14
164 62125 9999 Pope-Vannoy Landing CDP 9 10 5 5 8 -1 5 0 -3
164 62620 9999 Port Alsworth CDP 113 104 109 105 104 9 -5 4 1
164 63390 7270 Port Heiden city * 90 85 108 118 119 5 -23 -10 -1
164 80100 7665 Ugashik CDP * 12 12 12 12 11 0 0 0 1
164 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 25 33 28 34 27 -8 5 -6 7
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 135

Matanuska-Susitna Borough
George Parks Hwy
Denali
Trapper Creek
Petersville
Chase
Talkeetna
Lake Louise
Skwentna
Susitna
Y
Willow
Parks
Glacier View
Sutton−Alpine
Glenn Hwy
Chickaloon
Lazy Mountain
Butte
Knik River
Big Lake
Point MacKenzie
Willow
Sutton−Alpine
Buffalo Soapstone
Fishhook
Glenn Highway
George Parks Highway
Houston
Tanaina
Lazy Mountain
Farm Loop
Meadow Lakes
Lakes
Palmer
Wasilla
Parks Highway
Gateway
Glenn Highway
Butte
Big Lake
Knik−Fairview
Knik River
136
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates

Matanuska-Susitna Borough (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 70,148 67,526 64,291 61,704 59,322 2,622 3,235 2,587 2,382
170 7070 9999 Big Lake CDP 2,912 2,889 2,702 2,613 2,635 23 187 89 -22
170 9657 9999 Buffalo Soapstone CDP 744 740 730 724 699 4 10 6 25
170 9710 9999 Butte CDP 2,963 2,919 2,773 2,735 2,561 44 146 38 174
170 12350 9999 Chase CDP 27 34 35 33 41 -7 -1 2 -8
170 13340 9999 Chickaloon CDP 298 280 265 265 213 18 15 0 52
170 25000 9999 Farm Loop CDP 1,138 1,161 1,164 1,082 1,067 -23 -3 82 15
170 25550 9999 Fishhook CDP 2,606 2,335 2,233 2,179 2,030 271 102 54 149
170 28200 9999 Gateway CDP 3,554 3,305 3,213 3,117 2,952 249 92 96 165
170 28590 9999 Glacier View CDP 266 250 250 238 249 16 0 12 -11
170 33800 9999 Houston city 1,368 1,351 1,262 1,160 1,202 17 89 102 -42
170 40645 9999 Knik-Fairview CDP 9,223 8,561 7,997 7,636 7,049 662 564 361 587
170 40670 9999 Knik River CDP 626 676 635 624 582 -50 41 11 42
170 42805 9999 Lake Louise CDP 99 111 91 101 88 -12 20 -10 13
170 42832 9999 Lakes CDP 7,467 7,053 6,923 6,812 6,706 414 130 111 106
170 43260 9999 Lazy Mountain CDP 1,233 1,202 1,192 1,177 1,158 31 10 15 19
170 47735 9999 Meadow Lakes CDP 5,945 5,579 5,274 5,040 4,819 366 305 234 221
170 58660 9999 Palmer city 9 5,197 5,267 4,840 4,581 4,533 -70 427 259 48
170 60460 9999 Petersville CDP 15 14 19 25 27 1 -5 -6 -2
170 61788 9999 Point MacKenzie CDP 216 201 200 210 111 15 1 -10 99
170 70870 9999 Skwentna CDP 81 95 88 94 111 -14 7 -6 -17
170 74340 9999 Susitna CDP 31 38 36 40 37 -7 2 -4 3
170 74525 9999 Sutton-Alpine CDP 1,154 1,159 1,144 1,109 1,080 -5 15 35 29
170 74830 9999 Talkeetna CDP 844 856 861 796 772 -12 -5 65 24
170 75077 9999 Tanaina CDP 6,265 5,865 5,597 5,260 4,993 400 268 337 267
170 78680 9999 Trapper Creek CDP 436 425 404 405 423 11 21 -1 -18
170 83080 9999 Wasilla city 6 6,109 6,387 5,959 5,517 5,469 -278 428 442 48
170 85280 9999 Willow CDP 1,856 1,813 1,719 1,665 1,658 43 94 54 7
170 86470 9999 Y CDP 1,072 1,038 993 996 956 34 45 -3 40
170 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 6,403 5,922 5,692 5,470 5,101 481 230 222 369
Native Villages that overlap multiple CDPs
170 99999 6290 Chickaloon * 19,373 18,649 17,755 17,041 16,918 724 894 714 123
170 99999 6785 Knik * 38,268 36,838 35,073 33,662 31,969 1,430 1,765 1,411 1,693
170 99999 8400 Kanatak ** 12,287 11,827 11,261 10,808 10,252 460 566 453 556
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
6
Wasilla had a small annexation 5/31/02
9
Palmer had an annexation 9/5/2003
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 137

Nome Census Area
Shishmaref
Diomede
Wales
Port Clarence
Brevig Mission
Teller
Gambell
Savoonga
Nome
White Mountain
Golovin
Elim
Koyuk
Shaktoolik
Unalakleet
Stebbins
St. Michael
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
180 Nome Census Area 9,403 9,358 9,339 9,261 9,196 45 19 78 65
180 8740 6240 Brevig Mission city * 319 313 308 284 276 6 5 24 8
180 99999 6380 Council * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 19060 6630 Diomede city (Inalik *) 141 137 128 139 146 4 9 -11 -7
180 22250 9999 Elim city 318 342 339 317 313 -24 3 22 4
180 27640 6530 Gambell city * 648 647 640 643 649 1 7 -3 -6
180 29180 6540 Golovin city * 160 156 149 155 144 4 7 -6 11
180 41940 6825 Koyuk city * 348 341 329 326 297 7 12 3 29
180 54920 9999 Nome city 3,473 3,414 3,481 3,485 3,505 59 -67 -4 -20
180 99999 6915 Mary’s Igloo * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 63170 9999 Port Clarence CDP 27 22 22 22 21 5 0 0 1
180 66360 7375 Saint Michael city * 409 413 390 377 368 -4 23 13 9
180 67460 7415 Savoonga city * 710 704 686 655 643 6 18 31 12
180 68890 7450 Shaktoolik city * 209 223 218 209 230 -14 5 9 -21
180 69770 7465 Shishmaref city * 591 594 589 586 562 -3 5 3 24
180 99999 7500 Solomon * 8 8 8 4 4 0 0 4 0
180 72960 7510 Stebbins city * 586 570 587 599 547 16 -17 -12 52
180 75930 7570 Teller city * 241 242 247 239 268 -1 -5 8 -29
180 80660 7690 Unalakleet city * 728 741 726 737 747 -13 15 -11 -10
180 82860 7740 Wales city * 152 158 159 158 152 -6 -1 1 6
180 84070 7745 White Mountain city * 213 214 210 203 203 -1 4 7 0
180 99999 9999 Remainder of census area 122 119 123 123 121 3 -4 0 2
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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North Slope Borough
Barrow
Wainwright
Atqasuk
Alpine
Prudhoe Bay
Kaktovik
Point Lay
Point Hope
Anaktuvuk Pass
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
185 North Slope Borough 7,104 7,228 7,236 7,228 7,385 -124 -8 8 -157
185 1882 9999 Alpine CDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
185 2080 6080 Anaktuvuk Pass city * 300 319 302 299 282 -19 17 3 17
185 4500 6165 Atqasuk city * 218 228 231 234 228 -10 -3 -3 6
185 5200 6175 Barrow city * 4,351 4,412 4,434 4,441 4,581 -61 -22 -7 -140
185 36990 6680 Kaktovik city * 284 295 306 278 293 -11 -11 28 -15
185 56320 7125 Nuiqsut city * 430 416 443 426 433 14 -27 17 -7
185 61630 7250 Point Hope city * 726 725 709 714 757 1 16 -5 -43
185 61700 7255 Point Lay CDP * 251 264 256 256 247 -13 8 0 9
185 64380 9999 Prudhoe Bay CDP 3 4 7 5 5 -1 -3 2 0
185 82750 7735 Wainwright city * 531 553 536 562 546 -22 17 -26 16
185 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 10 12 12 13 13 -2 0 -1 0
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Northwest Arctic Borough
Red Dog Mine
Kivalina
Noatak
Kotzebue
Noorvik
Kiana
Ambler
Shungnak
Kobuk
Selawik
Deering
Buckland
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,306 7,293 7,232 7,137 7,208 13 61 95 -71
188 1970 6075 Ambler city * 274 291 295 282 309 -17 -4 13 -27
188 9600 6250 Buckland city * 437 409 426 404 406 28 -17 22 -2
188 18510 6400 Deering city * 145 131 129 137 136 14 2 -8 1
188 39300 6730 Kiana city * 394 408 400 404 388 -14 8 -4 16
188 39960 6755 Kivalina city * 388 388 383 385 377 0 5 -2 8
188 40840 6790 Kobuk city * 128 125 106 94 109 3 19 12 -15
188 41830 6820 Kotzebue city * 3,130 3,070 3,073 3,068 3,082 60 -3 5 -14
188 54700 7085 Noatak CDP * 448 468 455 438 428 -20 13 17 10
188 55140 7110 Noorvik city * 609 648 676 643 634 -39 -28 33 9
188 64980 9999 Red Dog Mine CDP 33 37 35 33 32 -4 2 2 1
188 68230 7430 Selawik city * 829 820 778 777 772 9 42 1 5
188 70100 7470 Shungnak city * 264 264 249 245 256 0 15 4 -11
188 99999 9999 Remainder of borough 227 234 227 227 279 -7 7 0 -52
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
140
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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
Point Baker
Port Protection
Hyder
Whale Pass
Edna Bay
Naukati Bay
Coffman Cove
Meyers Chuck
Ketchikan GatewayBorough
Outer Ketchikan
Census Subarea
Thorne Bay
Kasaan
Klawock
Craig
Hollis
Hydaburg
Metlakatla
Prince of Wales
Census Subarea
Metlakatla Indian Community
Census Subarea
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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
(continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area 1,4 5,548 5,594 5,680 5,814 6,157 -46 -86 -134 -343
201 Metlakatla Indian Community census subarea 1,370 1,397 1,418 1,416 1,447 -27 -21 2 -31
201 48870 110 Annette Island Reserve 1,370 1,397 1,418 1,416 1,447 -27 -21 2 -31
201 48870 110 Metlakatla CDP 1,302 1,329 1,348 1,346 1,375 -27 -19 2 -29
201 48870 110 Remainder of census subarea 68 68 70 70 72 0 -2 0 -2
201 Outer Ketchikan census subarea 108 106 130 128 129 2 -24 2 -1
201 34570 9999 Hyder CDP 83 77 89 102 97 6 -12 -13 5
201 48980 9999 Meyers Chuck CDP 14 18 14 15 21 -4 4 -1 -6
201 9999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 11 11 27 11 11 0 -16 16 0
201 Prince of Wales census subarea 1,4 4,070 4,091 4,132 4,270 4,581 -21 -41 -138 -311
201 16360 9999 Coffman Cove city 177 164 160 175 199 13 4 -15 -24
201 17740 6385 Craig * 1,475 1,495 1,544 1,592 1,725 -20 -49 -48 -133
201 17740 9999 Craig city 1,127 1,177 1,207 1,246 1,397 -50 -30 -39 -151
201 20970 9999 Edna Bay CDP 44 45 40 40 49 -1 5 0 -9
201 32810 9999 Hollis CDP 165 175 149 154 139 -10 26 -5 15
201 34460 6615 Hydaburg city * 349 369 364 353 382 -20 5 11 -29
201 37650 6705 Kasaan city * 60 57 57 46 39 3 0 11 7
201 40400 6765 Klawock city * 848 847 860 865 854 1 -13 -5 11
201 52845 9999 Naukati Bay CDP 107 109 111 129 135 -2 -2 -18 -6
201 61190 9999 Point Baker CDP 24 33 35 34 35 -9 -2 1 -1
201 63870 9999 Port Protection CDP 47 57 53 65 63 -10 4 -12 2
201 77140 9999 Thorne Bay city 497 481 499 521 557 16 -18 -22 -36
201 84000 9999 Whale Pass CDP 81 67 64 53 58 14 3 11 -5
201 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 1,4 196 192 196 243 346 4 -4 -47 -103
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
1
Census 2000 corrections to date have been included in state, census area and place populations.
4
Eleven persons who belonged in Prince of Wales, were erroneously reported in the balance of Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2000.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Sitka City and Borough
1
2
Sitka
Sitka City Area
Sand Dollar Dr
Cascade Creek Rd
Edgecumbe Dr
Seward Ave
Harbor Dr
Charcoal Dr
Numbers indicate Census Tracts.
Brady St
Katlian St
Lake St
Erler St
2
Monastery St
Lincoln St
Indian River Rd
Peter Simpson Rd
1
Sawmill Creek Rd
W
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
220 Sitka City and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 -92 98 75 -111
220 70540 9999 Sitka city and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 -92 98 75 -111
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
Alaska Population Overview • 2003-2004 Estimates 143

Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Klukwan Census
Subarea
(Part of
Skagway
Hoonah
Angoon)
Skagway
Klukwan
Skagway
Census
Subarea
Haines Borough
Gustavus
Hoonah
Elfin Cove
Pelican
Cube Cove
Hobart Bay
Game Creek
Tenakee Springs
Whitestone Logging
Camp
Hoonah−Angoon Census Subarea
Angoon
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 3,101 3,167 3,241 3,371 3,436 -66 -74 -130 -65
232 Hoonah-Angoon census subarea 2,112 2,203 2,286 2,408 2,435 -91 -83 -122 -27
232 3440 6100 Angoon city * 481 507 544 559 572 -26 -37 -15 -13
232 18030 9999 Cube Cove CDP 0 0 30 68 72 0 -30 -38 -4
232 22140 9999 Elfi n Cove CDP 26 32 32 28 32 -6 0 4 -4
232 27700 9999 Game Creek CDP 26 36 35 35 35 -10 1 0 0
232 30940 9999 Gustavus city 11 473 438 421 418 429 35 17 3 -11
232 32550 9999 Hobart Bay CDP 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -3
232 33360 6590 Hoonah city * 841 850 877 875 860 -9 -27 2 15
232 59650 9999 Pelican city 118 113 116 161 163 5 -3 -45 -2
232 76260 9999 Tenakee Springs city 105 106 98 105 104 -1 8 -7 1
232 84200 9999 Whitestone Logging Camp CDP 0 60 75 109 116 -60 -15 -34 -7
232 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 42 61 58 50 49 -19 3 8 1
232 Klukwan census subarea 119 120 112 126 139 -1 8 -14 -13
232 40510 6310 Klukwan CDP (Chilkat *) 119 120 112 126 139 -1 8 -14 -13
232 Skagway census subarea 870 844 843 837 862 26 1 6 -25
232 70760 9999 Skagway city 870 844 843 837 862 26 1 6 -25
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
11
Gustavus incorporated 3/16/2004
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
144
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Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Eagle
Eagle Village
Taylor Highway
Richardson Highway
Chicken
Top of the World Highway
Big Delta
Healy Lake
Delta Junction
Fort Greely
Deltana
Dot Lake Village
Dot Lake
Tok
Glenn Highway
Dry Creek
Tanacross
Alaska Highway
Tok Cutoff Highway
Northway Village
Tetlin
Northway Junction
Alaska Highway
Northway
Alcan Border
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Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,192 5,911 5,927 5,915 6,174 281 -16 12 -259
240 1390 9999 Alcan Border CDP 19 15 10 11 21 4 5 -1 -10
240 6850 9999 Big Delta CDP 736 718 778 788 749 18 -60 -10 39
240 13450 9999 Chicken CDP 21 21 24 18 17 0 -3 6 1
240 18620 9999 Delta Junction city 984 963 887 873 885 21 76 14 -12
240 18675 9999 Deltana CDP 1,777 1,700 1,656 1,632 1,570 77 44 24 62
240 19720 9999 Dot Lake CDP 29 29 26 25 19 0 3 1 6
240 19750 6415 Dot Lake Village CDP (Dot Lake*) 33 39 29 31 38 -6 10 -2 -7
240 20020 9999 Dry Creek CDP 105 109 123 132 128 -4 -14 -9 4
240 20380 9999 Eagle city 115 126 152 142 129 -11 -26 10 13
240 99999 6430 Eagle * 77 66 72 71 77 11 -6 1 -6
240 20600 9999 Eagle Village CDP 68 59 64 63 68 9 -5 1 -5
240 26100 9999 Fort Greely CDP 185 0 0 71 461 185 0 -71 -390
240 32310 6575 Healy Lake CDP * 34 33 42 39 37 1 -9 3 2
240 56220 9999 Northway CDP 106 92 82 76 95 14 10 6 -19
240 56250 9999 Northway Junction CDP 71 62 71 75 72 9 -9 -4 3
240 56260 7115 Northway Village CDP (Northway *) 89 116 119 123 107 -27 -3 -4 16
240 75050 7535 Tanacross CDP * 137 143 147 140 140 -6 -4 7 0
240 99999 8800 Tetlin ** 137 145 150 147 124 -8 -5 3 23
240 76590 9999 Tetlin CDP 129 137 124 129 117 -8 13 -5 12
240 77800 9999 Tok CDP 1,439 1,431 1,449 1,411 1,393 8 -18 38 18
240 99999 9999 Remainder of census area 98 103 110 110 112 -5 -7 0 -2
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
146
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Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Denali Highway
Mentasta Lake
Paxson
Slana
Glenn Highway
Chistochina
Richardson Highway
Whittier
Mendeltna
Nelchina
Glennallen
Tolsona
Willow Creek
Glenn Highway
Valdez
Tatitlek
Chugach
Census Area
Gulkana
Tonsina
Gakona
Cordova
Kenny Lake
Edgerton Highway
Richardson Highway
Copper River
Chitina
Chisana
Copper River
Census Subarea
McCarthy
Chenega
Gakona
Glennallen
Area Inset
Mendeltna
Nelchina
Tolsona
Gulkana
Glennallen
Tazlina
Copper Center
Willow Creek
Copperville
Silver Springs
Kenny Lake
Tonsina
Chitina
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Valdez-Cordova Census Area (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area
City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 9,959 10,227 10,100 10,083 10,195 -268 127 17 -112
261 Chugach census subarea 13 6,512 6,680 6,724 6,672 6,964 -168 -44 52 -292
261 12970 6280 Chenega CDP * 81 96 87 85 86 -15 9 2 -1
261 17410 9999 Cordova city 2,298 2,298 2,305 2,382 2,454 0 -7 -77 -72
261 17410 6495 Eyak * 132 142 153 158 168 -10 -11 -5 -10
261 75380 7555 Tatitlek CDP * 108 106 103 95 107 2 3 8 -12
261 82200 9999 Valdez city 13 3,749 3,935 3,974 3,843 4,036 -186 -39 131 -193
261 84510 9999 Whittier city 172 173 161 170 182 -1 12 -9 -12
261 99999 9999 Remainder of subarea 104 72 94 97 99 32 -22 -3 -2
261 Copper River census subarea 13 3,447 3,547 3,376 3,411 3,231 -100 171 -35 180
261 13890 9999 Chisana CDP 14 9 12 12 12 0 -3 0 0 12
261 14000 9999 Chistochina CDP 101 85 86 92 93 16 -1 -6 -1
261 14000 6325 Chistochina * 80 59 65 79 75 21 -6 -14 4
261 14110 6330 Chitina CDP (Chitna * pt.) 118 134 136 111 123 -16 -2 25 -12
261 99999 6365 Copper Center * 530 559 489 515 492 -29 70 -26 23
261 17300 9999 Copper Center CDP 425 451 379 381 362 -26 72 -2 19
261 70320 9999 Silver Springs CDP 105 108 110 134 130 -3 -2 -24 4
261 17380 7560 Copperville CDP (Tazlina * pt) 201 189 193 157 179 12 -4 36 -22
261 27420 9999 Gakona CDP 222 217 241 219 215 5 -24 22 4
261 27420 6520 Gakona * 86 84 94 85 84 2 -10 9 1
261 28740 7560 Glennallen CDP (Tazlina * pt.) 548 585 528 547 554 -37 57 -19 -7
261 30500 6560 Gulkana * 198 186 159 194 164 12 27 -35 30
261 30500 9999 Gulkana CDP 106 99 85 99 88 7 14 -14 11
261 38910 6330 Kenny Lake CDP (Chitna * pt.) 392 373 364 412 410 19 9 -48 2
261 45790 9999 McCarthy CDP 66 54 51 45 42 12 3 6 3
261 48200 9999 Mendeltna CDP 73 68 59 68 63 5 9 -9 5
261 48540 9999 Mentasta Lake CDP 139 144 144 134 142 -5 0 10 -8
261 48540 6945 Mentasta Lake * 115 107 104 124 125 8 3 -20 -1
261 52915 9999 Nelchina CDP 61 67 73 67 71 -6 -6 6 -4
261 59320 9999 Paxson CDP 40 43 43 42 43 -3 0 1 -1
261 70930 9999 Slana CDP 110 120 111 104 124 -10 9 7 -20
261 75480 7560 Tazlina CDP (Tazlina * pt.) 170 185 174 157 149 -15 11 17 8
261 78297 9999 Tolsona CDP 22 27 27 30 27 -5 0 -3 3
261 78350 9999 Tonsina CDP 84 107 95 100 92 -23 12 -5 8
261 85290 9999 Willow Creek CDP 179 178 188 208 201 1 -10 -20 7
261 99999 9999 Remainder of subarea 13,14 184 214 203 197 47 -30 11 6 150
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
13
A Coast Guard facility of 7 persons was excluded from the city of Valdez and located in the balance of Copper River in 2000.
14
Twelve persons in Chisana were missed or placed in the wrong location in 2000.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
148
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Wade Hampton Census Area
Emmonak
Alakanuk
Kotlik
Nunam Iqua
Scammon Bay
Mountain Village
St. Mary’s
Pitkas Point Pilot Station
Hooper Bay
Chevak
Marshall
Russian Mission
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Wade Hampton Census Area (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,394 7,386 7,287 7,187 7,028 8 99 100 159
270 1200 6035 Alakanuk city * 667 663 658 651 652 4 5 7 -1
270 99999 6225 Bill Moore’s * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 13230 6285 Chevak city * 899 883 854 832 765 16 29 22 67
270 99999 6340 Chulloonawick * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 22910 6480 Emmonak city * 762 758 744 764 767 4 14 -20 -3
270 99999 6570 Hamilton * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 33470 6595 Hooper Bay city * 1,124 1,109 1,074 1,042 1,014 15 35 32 28
270 41720 6815 Kotlik city * 588 605 632 626 591 -17 -27 6 35
270 47000 6910 Marshall city * 358 365 358 357 349 -7 7 1 8
270 51180 6975 Mountain Village city * 769 753 756 749 755 16 -3 7 -6
270 69220 7133 Nunam Iqua city * (Sheldon Point) 172 174 164 166 164 -2 10 -2 2
270 99999 7145 Ohogamiut * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 99999 7185 Paimiut * 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
270 60750 7230 Pilot Station city * 559 561 546 555 550 -2 15 -9 5
270 60860 7235 Pitkas Point CDP * 105 106 102 112 125 -1 4 -10 -13
270 65700 7315 Russian Mission city * 331 325 327 313 296 6 -2 14 17
270 66140 9999 Saint Mary’s city 539 581 546 512 500 -42 35 34 12
270 66140 6065 Algaacig * 395 417 365 384 373 -22 52 -19 11
270 66140 6095 Andreafsky * 144 164 181 128 127 -20 -17 53 1
270 67680 7425 Scammon Bay city * 486 467 491 473 465 19 -24 18 8
270 99999 9999 Remainder of census area 33 34 33 33 33 -1 1 0 0
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
150
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Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
Kake
Kupreanof
Petersburg
Wrangell
Thoms Place
Port Alexander
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,247 6,321 6,452 6,581 6,684 -74 -131 -129 -103
280 36770 6670 Kake city * 663 683 701 697 710 -20 -18 4 -13
280 42160 9999 Kupreanof city 38 30 23 23 23 8 7 0 0
280 60310 9999 Petersburg city 3,123 3,079 3,148 3,218 3,224 44 -69 -70 -6
280 62510 9999 Port Alexander city 69 70 72 84 81 -1 -2 -12 3
280 76970 9999 Thoms Place CDP 10 12 12 20 22 -2 0 -8 -2
280 86380 9999 Wrangell city 2,023 2,123 2,175 2,220 2,308 -100 -52 -45 -88
280 99999 9999 Remainder of Census Area 321 324 321 319 316 -3 3 2 3
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Yakutat Borough
Yakutat
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
282 Yakutat City and Borough 680 690 719 695 808 -10 -29 24 -113
282 86490 7765 Yakutat CDP * 619 635 664 641 680 -16 -29 23 -39
282 99999 9999 Balance of Yakutat Borough 61 55 55 54 128 6 0 1 -74
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
152
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Arctic Village
Nulato
Kaltag
Koyukuk
Galena
Alatna
Wiseman
Coldfoot
Hughes
Huslia
Rampart
Koyukuk−Middle Yukon
Census Subarea
Ruby
Evansville
Bettles
Allakaket
New Allakaket
Tanana
Manley Hot Springs
Nenana
Yukon Flats Census Subarea
Venetie
Chalkyitsik
Beaver Fort Yukon
Birch Creek
Stevens Village
Circle
Central
Livengood
Minto
Four Mile Road
Lake Minchumina
Grayling
Anvik
McGrath−Holy Cross
Census Subarea McGrath
Takotna
Shageluk
Flat
Holy Cross
Nikolai
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
290 Yukon Koyukuk Census Area 1,2 6,277 6,330 6,357 6,486 6,510 -53 -27 -129 -24
290 Koyukuk-Middle Yukon census subarea 1,2 3,707 3,742 3,692 3,759 3,798 -35 50 -67 -39
290 99999 6070 Allakaket * 124 131 130 135 133 -7 1 -5 2
290 53162 9999 New Allakaket CDP 34 36 35 36 36 -2 1 -1 0
290 1860 9999 Allakaket city 90 95 95 99 97 -5 0 -4 2
290 1305 6040 Alatna CDP * 32 36 24 37 35 -4 12 -13 2
290 99999 6490 Evansville * 52 53 52 68 71 -1 1 -16 -3
290 6630 9999 Bettles city 31 32 32 41 43 -1 0 -9 -2
290 23790 9999 Evansville CDP 21 21 20 27 28 0 1 -7 -1
290 16630 9999 Coldfoot CDP 11 15 11 14 13 -4 4 -3 1
290 26835 9999 Four Mile Road CDP 33 38 39 42 38 -5 -1 -3 4
290 27530 6525 Galena city * 717 744 698 675 675 -27 46 23 0
290 33910 6605 Hughes city * 72 64 68 75 78 8 -4 -7 -3
290 34350 6610 Huslia city * 269 284 282 279 293 -15 2 3 -14
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (continued)
Table 4.3
Alaska Places by Borough and Census Area 2000-2004
Borough
/Census
Area City ANVSA Area Name
2004
Estimate
2003
Estimate
2002
Estimate
2001
Estimate
2000
Census
Change
03-04
Change
02-03
Change
01-02
Change
00-01
290 37430 6690 Kaltag city * 211 223 219 224 230 -12 4 -5 -6
290 42050 6830 Koyukuk city * 109 108 99 94 101 1 9 5 -7
290 44580 9999 Livengood CDP 29 21 30 32 29 8 -9 -2 3
290 46780 6900 Manley Hot Springs CDP * 73 71 72 73 72 2 -1 -1 1
290 49530 6965 Minto CDP * 207 228 225 225 258 -21 3 0 -33
290 53050 7030 Nenana city * 394 385 406 396 402 9 -21 10 -6
290 56350 7130 Nulato city * 320 333 338 354 336 -13 -5 -16 18
290 64820 7300 Rampart CDP * 21 21 21 24 45 0 0 -3 -21
290 65590 7310 Ruby city * 190 165 191 187 188 25 -26 4 -1
290 73290 7520 Stevens Village CDP * 76 83 83 73 87 -7 0 10 -14
290 75160 7540 Tanana city * 304 283 273 302 308 21 10 -29 -6
290 85610 9999 Wiseman CDP 24 27 25 25 21 -3 2 0 4
290 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 1,2 439 429 406 425 385 10 23 -19 40
290 McGrath-Holy Cross census subarea 1,200 1,249 1,287 1,325 1,276 -49 -38 -38 49
290 3880 6125 Anvik city * 101 105 107 102 104 -4 -2 5 -2
290 25880 9999 Flat CDP 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 -1 -3
290 30060 6550 Grayling city * 182 162 188 202 194 20 -26 -14 8
290 33030 6585 Holy Cross city * 206 204 227 227 227 2 -23 0 0
290 42820 9999 Lake Minchumina CDP 19 23 24 21 32 -4 -1 3 -11
290 46010 6895 McGrath city * 367 405 398 437 401 -38 7 -39 36
290 54150 7070 Nikolai city* 121 123 118 101 100 -2 5 17 1
290 68670 7440 Shageluk city * 132 141 142 144 129 -9 -1 -2 15
290 74610 7530 Takotna CDP * 47 62 53 55 50 -15 9 -2 5
290 99999 7565 Telida * 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 -1 0
290 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 23 22 28 32 32 1 -6 -4 0
290 Yukon Flats census subarea 1,370 1,339 1,378 1,402 1,436 31 -39 -24 -34
290 3990 6140 Arctic Village CDP * 146 162 169 158 152 -16 -7 11 6
290 5750 6190 Beaver CDP * 67 64 75 80 84 3 -11 -5 -4
290 7620 6235 Birch Creek CDP * 43 32 37 36 28 11 -5 1 8
290 11690 9999 Central CDP 102 110 120 135 134 -8 -10 -15 1
290 11800 6265 Chalkyitsik CDP * 84 83 85 80 83 1 -2 5 -3
290 14880 6350 Circle CDP * 99 94 82 94 100 5 12 -12 -6
290 26760 6515 Fort Yukon city * 594 560 569 565 595 34 -9 4 -30
290 82420 9999 Venetie CDP 188 193 195 194 202 -5 -2 1 -8
290 99999 9999 Remainder of census subarea 47 41 46 60 58 6 -5 -14 2
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
1
Census 2000 corrections to date have been included in state, census area and place populations.
2
Most of Lime Village (41 persons) was erroneously reported in the balance of Koyukuk-Middle Yukon in 2000.
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Table 4.4
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Borough/
Census
Area
Place Place City City
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
Alaska 655,435 648,280 640,841 632,389 626,931
Boroughs and Census Areas
13 Aleutians East Borough 2,629 2,688 2,722 2,547 2,697 22 22
16 Aleutians West Census Area 5,239 5,329 5,057 5,252 5,465 19 19
20 Municipality of Anchorage 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 1 1
50 Bethel Census Area 16,853 16,756 16,503 16,099 16,046 6 6
60 Bristol Bay Borough 1,096 1,103 1,162 1,173 1,258 26 26
68 Denali Borough 1,842 1,917 1,888 1,901 1,893 24 24
70 Dillingham Census Area 4,845 4,906 4,913 4,888 4,922 20 20
90 Fairbanks North Star Borough 84,979 82,131 84,748 83,284 82,840 2 2
100 Haines Borough 2,245 2,319 2,357 2,368 2,392 23 23
110 Juneau City and Borough 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 5 5
122 Kenai Peninsula Borough 50,980 51,398 50,621 50,005 49,691 4 4
130 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,030 13,533 13,676 13,742 14,059 8 7
150 Kodiak Island Borough 13,466 13,797 13,649 13,555 13,913 7 8
164 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,603 1,627 1,639 1,732 1,823 25 25
170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 70,148 67,526 64,291 61,704 59,322 3 3
180 Nome Census Area 9,403 9,358 9,339 9,261 9,196 10 10
185 North Slope Borough 7,104 7,228 7,236 7,228 7,385 14 12
188 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,306 7,293 7,232 7,137 7,208 13 13
201 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 5,548 5,594 5,680 5,814 6,157 18 18
220 Sitka City and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 11 11
232 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. 3,101 3,167 3,241 3,371 3,436 21 21
240 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,192 5,911 5,927 5,915 6,174 17 17
261 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 9,959 10,227 10,100 10,083 10,195 9 9
270 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,394 7,386 7,287 7,187 7,028 12 14
280 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 6,247 6,321 6,452 6,581 6,684 16 15
282 Yakutat City and Borough 680 690 719 695 808 27 27
290 Yukon Koyukuk Census Area 6,277 6,330 6,357 6,486 6,510 15 16
Places
16 Adak city 69 74 149 152 316 277 148
150 Akhiok city * 56 51 49 57 80 288 275
50 Akiachak CDP * 618 633 624 597 585 90 94
50 Akiak city * 367 346 345 301 309 136 150
13 Akutan city * 771 787 749 707 713 69 77
270 Alakanuk city * 667 663 658 651 652 83 84 45 43
290 Alatna CDP * 32 36 24 37 35 312 316
240 Alcan Border CDP 19 15 10 11 21 331 335
70 Aleknagik city * 219 235 219 221 221 176 179 98 96
150 Aleneva CDP 40 59 96 88 68 299 286 146 140
290 Allakaket city (Allakaket* pt.) 90 95 95 99 97 252 258 134 141
185 Alpine CDP 0 0 0 0 0 357 354
188 Ambler city * 274 291 295 282 309 159 151
185 Anaktuvuk Pass city * 300 319 302 299 282 154 160 85 93
122 Anchor Point CDP 1,792 1,812 1,784 1,809 1,845 40 37
20 Anchorage, Municipality of (Incl. Eklutna) 277,498 273,602 268,347 265,286 260,283 1 1 1 1
68 Anderson city 344 377 366 376 367 145 138 76 84
232 Angoon city * 481 507 544 559 572 113 97
50 Aniak city * 532 541 540 563 572 105 96 57 58
290 Anvik city * 101 105 107 102 104 244 247
290 Arctic Village CDP * 146 162 169 158 152 213 207
16 Atka city * 92 94 102 92 92 250 264 136 127
50 Atmautluak CDP * 285 279 291 302 294 157 156 92 88
185 Atqasuk city * 218 228 231 234 228 177 175
16 Attu Station CDP 17 24 26 25 20 333 338
185 Barrow city * 4,351 4,412 4,434 4,441 4,581 21 18 12 12
122 Bear Creek CDP 1,897 1,835 1,832 1,836 1,748 37 41
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
290 Beaver CDP * 67 64 75 80 84 279 270
13 Belkofski * 0 0 0 0 0 356 355
122 Beluga CDP 26 27 25 24 32 320 322
50 Bethel city * 5,888 5,886 5,733 5,459 5,471 15 12 8 9
290 Bettles city (Evansville * pt.) 31 32 32 41 43 313 302
240 Big Delta CDP 736 718 778 788 749 74 74 39 38
170 Big Lake CDP 2,912 2,889 2,702 2,613 2,635 30 30
270 Bill Moore’s * 0 0 0 0 0 355 356
290 Birch Creek CDP * 43 32 37 36 28 297 326
180 Brevig Mission city * 319 313 308 284 276 149 162 86 82
188 Buckland city * 437 409 426 404 406 122 126
170 Buffalo Soapstone CDP 744 740 730 724 699 73 79
170 Butte CDP 2,963 2,919 2,773 2,735 2,561 29 31
68 Cantwell CDP (Cantwell *) 220 226 216 221 222 174 178
290 Central CDP 102 110 120 135 134 243 224
290 Chalkyitsik CDP * 84 83 85 80 83 259 273
170 Chase CDP 27 34 35 33 41 318 305
50 Chefornak city * 439 434 420 397 394 121 130
261 Chenega CDP * 81 96 87 85 86 265 269 132 129
270 Chevak city * 899 883 854 832 765 61 71
170 Chickaloon CDP 298 280 265 265 213 155 184 91 83
240 Chicken CDP 21 21 24 18 17 328 341
164 Chignik city * 92 91 77 76 79 249 276
164 Chignik Lagoon CDP * 81 92 88 104 103 264 249
164 Chignik Lake CDP * 113 113 115 140 145 230 210
150 Chiniak CDP 51 49 56 53 50 291 295
261 Chisana CDP 9 12 12 12 0 341 357
261 Chistochina CDP (Chistochina *) 101 85 86 92 93 245 260
261 Chitina CDP (Chitna * pt.) 118 134 136 111 123 226 232
50 Chuathbaluk city * 105 102 98 108 119 241 235 131 131
270 Chulloonawick * 0 0 0 0 0 354 358
290 Circle CDP * 99 94 82 94 100 246 255 135 136
122 Clam Gulch CDP 164 176 173 168 173 207 200 112 117
70 Clark’s Point city * 62 66 65 69 75 282 278
201 Coffman Cove city 177 164 160 175 199 198 191
122 Cohoe CDP 1,312 1,206 1,209 1,175 1,168 48 51
13 Cold Bay city 89 95 116 75 88 255 266 133 137
290 Coldfoot CDP 11 15 11 14 13 337 342
90 College CDP 12,186 11,989 11,913 12,039 11,402 4 4
122 Cooper Landing CDP 351 358 372 391 369 141 136 79 80
261 Copper Center CDP (Copper Center * pt.) 425 451 379 381 362 120 139
261 Copperville CDP (Tazlina * pt) 201 189 193 157 179 186 197 111 105
261 Cordova city (Eyak*) 2,298 2,298 2,305 2,382 2,454 34 33 21 21
180 Council * 0 0 0 0 0 353 359
100 Covenant Life CDP 220 126 126 116 102 173 250 123 130
201 Craig city (Craig * pt.) 1,127 1,177 1,207 1,246 1,397 53 47
50 Crooked Creek CDP * 147 146 146 134 137 212 219
122 Crown Point CDP 89 78 88 89 75 257 279
232 Cube Cove CDP 0 0 30 68 72 361 282
188 Deering city * 145 131 129 137 136 214 222 122 125
240 Delta Junction city 984 963 887 873 885 57 60 27 29
240 Deltana CDP 1,777 1,700 1,656 1,632 1,570 41 46 --- 23
122 Diamond Ridge CDP /2 761 306 404 1,812 1,802 72 40 87 85
70 Dillingham city * 2,422 2,390 2,465 2,460 2,466 33 32 19 19
180 Diomede city (Inalik *) 141 137 128 139 146 215 209
240 Dot Lake CDP 29 29 26 25 19 316 339
240 Dot Lake Village CDP (Dot Lake*) 33 39 29 31 38 310 311
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
240 Dry Creek CDP 105 109 123 132 128 239 229 128 133
240 Eagle city 115 126 152 142 129 228 227 124 123
240 Eagle Village CDP (Eagle * pt.) 68 59 64 63 68 278 287
201 Edna Bay CDP 44 45 40 40 49 296 298
50 Eek city * 292 290 290 271 280 156 161 89 92
164 Egegik city * 76 82 87 80 116 268 238
90 Eielson AFB CDP 4,587 4,434 5,839 5,153 5,400 19 14
70 Ekuk * 0 0 5 2 2 358 353
70 Ekwok city * 127 128 116 119 130 223 225
232 Elfin Cove CDP 26 32 32 28 32 322 320
180 Elim city 318 342 339 317 313 150 149 81 86
270 Emmonak city * 762 758 744 764 767 71 70 36 39
90 Ester CDP 1,811 1,812 1,834 1,683 1,680 39 42
290 Evansville CDP (Evansville * pt.) 21 21 20 27 28 327 327
100 Excursion Inlet CDP 9 12 10 15 10 340 344
90 Fairbanks city 29,954 29,002 29,829 29,580 30,224 3 3 3 3
13 False Pass city * 62 69 79 69 64 283 288 140 142
170 Farm Loop CDP 1,138 1,161 1,164 1,082 1,067 52 54
68 Ferry CDP 32 35 33 32 29 311 324
170 Fishhook CDP 2,606 2,335 2,233 2,179 2,030 31 35 20 20
290 Flat CDP 0 0 0 1 4 360 347
240 Fort Greely CDP 185 0 0 71 461 193 116
290 Fort Yukon city * 594 560 569 565 595 95 92 55 61
290 Four Mile Road CDP 33 38 39 42 38 309 310
90 Fox CDP 348 325 314 310 300 144 153
122 Fox River CDP 587 572 574 594 616 99 91
122 Fritz Creek CDP 1,732 1,744 1,735 1,662 1,603 43 44
122 Funny River CDP 727 707 688 624 636 76 88 41 44
261 Gakona CDP (Gakona *) 222 217 241 219 215 172 183 104 99
290 Galena city * 717 744 698 675 675 79 83
180 Gambell city * 648 647 640 643 649 87 85
232 Game Creek CDP 26 36 35 35 35 323 317
170 Gateway CDP 3,554 3,305 3,213 3,117 2,952 25 28 16 16
50 Georgetown * 3 3 3 3 3 344 349
170 Glacier View CDP 266 250 250 238 249 161 168 96 95
261 Glennallen CDP (Tazlina * pt.) 548 585 528 547 554 103 101 49 49
180 Golovin city * 160 156 149 155 144 208 212 117 121
50 Goodnews Bay city * 236 244 234 228 230 169 171
290 Grayling city * 182 162 188 202 194 196 192
261 Gulkana CDP (Gulkana * pt.) 106 99 85 99 88 237 267
232 Gustavus city 473 438 421 418 429 117 121
100 Haines CDP (city Incl. Chilkoot*) 1,562 1,704 1,762 1,744 1,811 44 39
122 Halibut Cove CDP 26 27 28 29 35 321 319
270 Hamilton * 0 0 0 0 0 352 360
122 Happy Valley CDP 525 505 521 505 489 109 110 59 54
90 Harding-Birch Lakes CDP 233 217 206 197 216 170 182 103 110
68 Healy CDP 994 1,013 998 1,015 1,000 56 56
240 Healy Lake CDP * 34 33 42 39 37 305 312
232 Hobart Bay CDP 0 0 0 0 3 359 351
201 Hollis CDP 165 175 149 154 139 205 216 113 112
290 Holy Cross city * 206 204 227 227 227 183 176
122 Homer city /2 5,332 5,865 5,527 4,065 3,946 16 23 9 8
232 Hoonah city * 841 850 877 875 860 65 62 31 32
270 Hooper Bay city * 1,124 1,109 1,074 1,042 1,014 54 55 26 27
122 Hope CDP 165 161 152 145 137 206 220
170 Houston city 1,368 1,351 1,262 1,160 1,202 47 50 24 26
290 Hughes city * 72 64 68 75 78 274 277
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
290 Huslia city * 269 284 282 279 293 160 158
201 Hydaburg city * 349 369 364 353 382 142 133
201 Hyder CDP 83 77 89 102 97 261 257
164 Igiugig CDP * 54 50 43 55 53 290 294
164 Iliamna CDP * 90 92 98 95 102 254 251 137 138
164 Ivanof Bay CDP * 5 3 3 13 22 343 333
110 Juneau city and borough (Douglas *) 30,966 31,246 30,899 30,371 30,711 2 2 2 2
122 Kachemak city 475 478 433 426 431 115 120 63 62
280 Kake city * 663 683 701 697 710 85 78 43 42
185 Kaktovik city * 284 295 306 278 293 158 157 88 91
122 Kalifornsky CDP 6,617 6,249 6,153 6,011 5,846 10 11
290 Kaltag city * 211 223 219 224 230 180 172
150 Karluk CDP * 26 24 24 27 27 319 329
201 Kasaan city * 60 57 57 46 39 285 309
50 Kasigluk CDP * 526 528 528 541 543 108 105
122 Kasilof CDP 473 568 504 451 471 116 113 54 56
122 Kenai city 6,809 7,123 7,071 6,870 6,942 9 8
261 Kenny Lake CDP (Chitna * pt.) 392 373 364 412 410 133 125 77 70
130 Ketchikan city 7,691 7,989 8,372 8,455 7,922 7 6 5 5
188 Kiana city * 394 408 400 404 388 131 132 70 77
13 King Cove city * 723 725 786 693 792 78 66
60 King Salmon CDP 404 385 397 388 442 129 117 73 69
50 Kipnuk CDP * 660 649 644 621 644 86 86
188 Kivalina city * 388 388 383 385 377 135 134 72 74
201 Klawock city * 848 847 860 865 854 63 64
232 Klukwan CDP (Chilkat *) 119 120 112 126 139 225 217
170 Knik River CDP 626 676 635 624 582 88 95 44 45
170 Knik-Fairview CDP 9,223 8,561 7,997 7,636 7,049 5 7 4 4
188 Kobuk city * 128 125 106 94 109 222 242 125 135
150 Kodiak city 6,199 6,113 6,109 6,062 6,334 12 10 7 7
150 Kodiak Station CDP 1,750 2,190 1,939 1,758 1,840 42 38
164 Kokhanok CDP * 166 181 179 172 174 204 199
70 Koliganek CDP (New Koliganek *) 187 199 187 177 182 192 195 109 98
50 Kongiganak CDP * 411 404 372 372 359 126 140
270 Kotlik city * 588 605 632 626 591 98 93 48 48
188 Kotzebue city * 3,130 3,070 3,073 3,068 3,082 27 27 18 17
180 Koyuk city * 348 341 329 326 297 143 154
290 Koyukuk city * 109 108 99 94 101 234 252
280 Kupreanof city 38 30 23 23 23 301 331
50 Kwethluk city * 695 709 695 690 713 82 76 40 34
50 Kwigillingok CDP * 361 343 337 358 338 138 144 80 75
170 Lake Louise CDP 99 111 91 101 88 247 265
290 Lake Minchumina CDP 19 23 24 21 32 332 321
170 Lakes CDP 7,467 7,053 6,923 6,812 6,706 8 9 6 6
150 Larsen Bay city * 96 96 107 113 115 248 239
170 Lazy Mountain CDP 1,233 1,202 1,192 1,177 1,158 50 52
164 Levelock CDP * 57 71 83 107 122 287 233
50 Lime Village CDP * 34 43 41 49 46 307 300
290 Livengood CDP 29 21 30 32 29 315 325
122 Lowell Point CDP 74 89 108 96 92 271 263
50 Lower Kalskag city * 262 267 262 256 267 165 164 93 97
100 Lutak CDP 35 36 40 44 39 303 308
290 Manley Hot Springs CDP * 73 71 72 73 72 273 281 139 134
70 Manokotak city * 405 405 407 412 399 128 129 71 71
270 Marshall city * 358 365 358 357 349 140 142 78 79
180 Mary’s Igloo * 0 0 0 0 0 351 361
261 McCarthy CDP 66 54 51 45 42 281 304
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
290 McGrath city * 367 405 398 437 401 137 128
68 McKinley Park CDP 133 134 138 133 142 219 214
170 Meadow Lakes CDP 5,945 5,579 5,274 5,040 4,819 14 16 10 14
50 Mekoryuk city * 198 205 204 214 210 187 185
261 Mendeltna CDP 73 68 59 68 63 272 290
261 Mentasta Lake CDP (Mentasta Lake *) 139 144 144 134 142 216 213
201 Metlakatla CDP 1,302 1,329 1,348 1,346 1,375 49 49
201 Meyers Chuck CDP 14 18 14 15 21 335 334
122 Miller Landing CDP /2 0 0 0 70 74 362 280
290 Minto CDP * 207 228 225 225 258 182 165
90 Moose Creek CDP 589 582 628 559 542 97 106 50 53
122 Moose Pass CDP 220 221 217 206 206 175 187 102 103
100 Mosquito Lake CDP 169 220 211 224 221 203 180
270 Mountain Village city * 769 753 756 749 755 70 73 37 36
100 Mud Bay CDP 147 149 147 158 137 211 218 118 118
60 Naknek CDP * 601 612 641 657 678 93 82 47 55
122 Nanwalek CDP * 203 214 219 184 177 185 198 106 104
50 Napaimute * 0 0 0 0 0 350 362
50 Napakiak city * 360 380 352 370 353 139 141 75 76
50 Napaskiak city * 436 424 418 418 390 123 131 67 68
201 Naukati Bay CDP 107 109 111 129 135 236 223
261 Nelchina CDP 61 67 73 67 71 284 284 141 ---
13 Nelson Lagoon CDP * 76 64 70 80 83 267 272
290 Nenana city * 394 385 406 396 402 132 127
290 New Allakaket CDP (Allakaket * pt.) 34 36 35 36 36 306 315
70 New Stuyahok city * 477 491 483 488 471 114 112 61 64
164 Newhalen city * 183 171 166 156 160 195 204 115 114
50 Newtok CDP * 308 330 326 321 321 151 147 83 87
50 Nightmute city * 232 229 224 213 208 171 186 100 109
122 Nikiski CDP 4,279 4,356 4,360 4,362 4,327 22 20
122 Nikolaevsk CDP 306 312 331 345 345 152 143
290 Nikolai city* 121 123 118 101 100 224 253
16 Nikolski CDP * 36 41 34 32 39 302 307 147 146
122 Ninilchik CDP 783 774 760 758 772 68 69 35 41
188 Noatak CDP * 448 468 455 438 428 119 122 64 67
180 Nome city 3,473 3,414 3,481 3,485 3,505 26 25
164 Nondalton city * 205 216 206 210 221 184 181 105 100
188 Noorvik city * 609 648 676 643 634 92 89 46 46
90 North Pole city 1,532 1,609 1,590 1,462 1,570 45 45 23 24
240 Northway CDP 106 92 82 76 95 238 259
240 Northway Junction CDP 71 62 71 75 72 275 283 143 144
240 Northway Village CDP (Northway *) 89 116 119 123 107 256 244 127 124
185 Nuiqsut city * 430 416 443 426 433 125 118
290 Nulato city * 320 333 338 354 336 148 145 82 78
270 Nunam Iqua city * (Sheldon Point) 172 174 164 166 164 199 202
50 Nunapitchuk city * 527 498 512 488 466 107 114 60 60
270 Ohogamiut * 0 0 0 0 0 349 363
150 Old Harbor city * 196 211 226 236 237 188 170 107 107
50 Oscarville CDP * 57 62 65 71 61 286 292 144 143
150 Ouzinkie city * 187 172 189 204 225 191 177 116 115
270 Paimiut * 2 2 2 2 2 347 352
170 Palmer city 5,197 5,267 4,840 4,581 4,533 17 19 11 11
261 Paxson CDP 40 43 43 42 43 298 303
164 Pedro Bay CDP * 47 45 46 50 50 293 296
232 Pelican city 118 113 116 161 163 227 203
164 Perryville CDP * 110 106 111 114 107 232 245
280 Petersburg city 3,123 3,079 3,148 3,218 3,224 28 26 17 18
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
170 Petersville CDP 15 14 19 25 27 334 330
164 Pilot Point city * 75 70 75 86 100 270 256
270 Pilot Station city * 559 561 546 555 550 102 102
270 Pitkas Point CDP * 105 106 102 112 125 242 230 130 126
50 Platinum city * 39 40 37 44 41 300 306
90 Pleasant Valley CDP 711 687 720 641 623 80 90 42 47
201 Point Baker CDP 24 33 35 34 35 325 318 149 145
185 Point Hope city * 726 725 709 714 757 77 72 38 40
185 Point Lay CDP * 251 264 256 256 247 166 169 94 102
170 Point MacKenzie CDP 216 201 200 210 111 178 240 108 108
164 Pope-Vannoy Landing CDP 9 10 5 5 8 339 345
280 Port Alexander city 69 70 72 84 81 276 274
164 Port Alsworth CDP 113 104 109 105 104 229 248
180 Port Clarence CDP 27 22 22 22 21 317 337
122 Port Graham CDP * 153 165 174 178 171 209 201
164 Port Heiden city * 90 85 108 118 119 253 234
150 Port Lions city * 238 233 227 246 256 168 167 99 101
201 Port Protection CDP 47 57 53 65 63 294 289
70 Portage Creek CDP * 49 61 48 47 36 292 314 145 147
122 Primrose CDP 90 86 92 98 93 251 261
185 Prudhoe Bay CDP 3 4 7 5 5 345 346
50 Quinhagak city (Kwinhagak *) 612 578 573 543 555 91 100 51 50
290 Rampart CDP * 21 21 21 24 45 329 301
50 Red Devil CDP * 35 41 32 31 48 304 299 148 148
188 Red Dog Mine CDP 33 37 35 33 32 308 323
122 Ridgeway CDP 2,047 2,022 1,963 1,961 1,932 35 36
290 Ruby city * 190 165 191 187 188 189 194
270 Russian Mission city * 331 325 327 313 296 146 155 84 81
16 Saint George city * 137 148 147 146 152 217 205
270 Saint Mary’s city (Algaacig */Andreafsky *) 539 581 546 512 500 104 109
180 Saint Michael city * 409 413 390 377 368 127 137 69 65
16 Saint Paul city * 494 539 533 526 532 111 108 58 63
122 Salamatof CDP * 900 904 897 894 954 60 58 28 28
90 Salcha CDP 931 868 923 902 854 58 63 29 37
13 Sand Point city * 908 947 919 921 952 59 59
180 Savoonga city * 710 704 686 655 643 81 87
130 Saxman city * 391 424 425 436 431 134 119 68 73
270 Scammon Bay city * 486 467 491 473 465 112 115
188 Selawik city * 829 820 778 777 772 66 67 33 35
122 Seldovia city (Seldovia * pt.) 263 279 288 285 286 163 159
122 Seldovia Village CDP (Seldovia * pt.) 163 152 162 150 144 202 211
122 Seward city 2,540 2,745 2,754 2,759 2,830 32 29
290 Shageluk city * 132 141 142 144 129 220 228 120 120
180 Shaktoolik city * 209 223 218 209 230 181 174 101 106
180 Shishmaref city * 591 594 589 586 562 96 98
188 Shungnak city * 264 264 249 245 256 162 166 95 90
261 Silver Springs CDP (Copper Center* pt.) 105 108 110 134 130 231 226
220 Sitka city and Borough 8,805 8,897 8,799 8,724 8,835 6 5
232 Skagway city 870 844 843 837 862 62 61 32 31
170 Skwentna CDP 81 95 88 94 111 263 241
261 Slana CDP 110 120 111 104 124 233 231 126 116
50 Sleetmute CDP * 78 72 93 96 100 266 254 138 128
122 Soldotna city 3,767 3,992 3,856 3,791 3,759 23 24 14 15
180 Solomon * 8 8 8 4 4 342 348
60 South Naknek CDP * 88 102 120 124 137 258 221
180 Stebbins city * 586 570 587 599 547 100 103 53 59
122 Sterling CDP 4,940 4,880 4,771 4,753 4,705 18 17
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Table 4.4 (continued)
Alphabetical Listing of Alaska Places 2000-2004
Place Place City City
Borough/ 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Rank Rank Rank Rank
Census Area Area Name Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Census 2004 2000 2004 2000
290 Stevens Village CDP * 76 83 83 73 87 269 268
50 Stony River CDP * 54 49 57 55 61 289 291
122 Sunrise CDP 19 15 14 16 18 330 340
170 Susitna CDP 31 38 36 40 37 314 313
170 Sutton-Alpine CDP 1,154 1,159 1,144 1,109 1,080 51 53 25 25
290 Takotna CDP * 47 62 53 55 50 295 297
170 Talkeetna CDP 844 856 861 796 772 64 68 30 30
240 Tanacross CDP * 137 143 147 140 140 218 215 119 122
170 Tanaina CDP 6,265 5,865 5,597 5,260 4,993 11 15
290 Tanana city * 304 283 273 302 308 153 152 90 89
261 Tatitlek CDP * 108 106 103 95 107 235 243
261 Tazlina CDP (Tazlina * pt.) 170 185 174 157 149 201 208
290 Telida * 2 2 2 3 3 346 350
180 Teller city * 241 242 247 239 268 167 163 97 94
232 Tenakee Springs city 105 106 98 105 104 240 246 129 132
240 Tetlin CDP (Tetlin ** pt.) 129 137 124 129 117 221 236 121 119
280 Thoms Place CDP 10 12 12 20 22 338 332
201 Thorne Bay city 497 481 499 521 557 110 99 62 52
70 Togiak city * 805 820 809 787 809 67 65 34 33
240 Tok CDP 1,439 1,431 1,449 1,411 1,393 46 48
50 Toksook Bay city * 561 571 549 546 532 101 107 52 57
261 Tolsona CDP 22 27 27 30 27 326 328
261 Tonsina CDP 84 107 95 100 92 260 262
170 Trapper Creek CDP 436 425 404 405 423 124 124 66 72
50 Tuluksak CDP * 470 461 463 438 428 118 123 65 ---
50 Tuntutuliak CDP * 398 381 378 376 370 130 135 74 66
50 Tununak CDP * 328 307 323 326 325 147 146
70 Twin Hills CDP * 67 77 77 65 69 280 285
90 Two Rivers CDP 595 601 540 541 482 94 111
122 Tyonek CDP * 184 192 181 161 193 194 193
164 Ugashik CDP * 12 12 12 12 11 336 343
180 Unalakleet city * 728 741 726 737 747 75 75
16 Unalaska city * 4,366 4,374 4,033 4,249 4,283 20 21 13 10
50 Upper Kalskag city * 263 231 246 252 230 164 173
261 Valdez city 3,749 3,935 3,974 3,843 4,036 24 22 15 13
290 Venetie CDP 188 193 195 194 202 190 189 110 113
185 Wainwright city * 531 553 536 562 546 106 104 56 51
180 Wales city * 152 158 159 158 152 210 206
170 Wasilla city 6,109 6,387 5,959 5,517 5,469 13 13
201 Whale Pass CDP 81 67 64 53 58 262 293 142 139
180 White Mountain city * 213 214 210 203 203 179 188
232 Whitestone Logging Camp CDP 0 60 75 109 116 348 237
261 Whittier city 172 173 161 170 182 200 196 114 111
170 Willow CDP 1,856 1,813 1,719 1,665 1,658 38 43
261 Willow Creek CDP 179 178 188 208 201 197 190
290 Wiseman CDP 24 27 25 25 21 324 336
150 Womens Bay CDP 666 671 683 682 690 84 80
280 Wrangell city 2,023 2,123 2,175 2,220 2,308 36 34 22 22
170 Y CDP 1,072 1,038 993 996 956 55 57
282 Yakutat CDP * 619 635 664 641 680 89 81
CDP-Census Designated Place *Alaska Native Village Statistical Area **Tribal Designated Statistical Area
Sources: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit; and the US Census 2000
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Glossary
Alaska Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA): Designated
boundaries that encompass the settled area associated
with each Alaska Native Village (ANV). Offi cials
of Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporations and
Census offi cials delineated ANVSAs for the sole purpose
of presenting census data. ANVSAs replace the ANVs
that the Census Bureau recognized for the 1980 census,
and in some instances the boundaries were changed.
Alaska Native Regional Corporation: Twelve corporate
entities in Alaska established under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act of 1972 to conduct both business
and nonprofi t affairs of Alaska Natives. The Alaska
Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) cover the entire
state of Alaska, except for the Annette Island Reserve.
Boundaries were established by the Department of the
Interior, in cooperation with Alaska Natives and were fi rst
identifi ed for the 1980 census.
Alaska Permanent Fund: A state savings account of oil
revenues, created in 1976 by a voter-approved amendment
to the state Constitution. A portion of the fund’s
income is annually distributed to eligible Alaska residents.
The total balance of the fund currently exceeds $25 billion.
Average Annual Rate of Change: A standardized
statistical measure of the rate of change which can be
compared for any number of years because it converts
the change for any period to a yearly measure.
Census Designated Place (CDP): A closely settled
unincorporated population center.
Cohorts: A group of persons who experience the same
event or series of events in a particular period. For example,
all persons born in a particular year or all couples
married in a particular year are considered cohorts of
that year .
Crude Birth and Death Rates: The number of births or
deaths during a time period, divided by the total population
at the middle of that time period.
De Facto and De Jure Counts: In a census, the enumeration
is affected by the type of population count to
be obtained. The census may be designed to count
persons where they are found on census day (a de facto
count) or according to their usual place of residence (a
de jure count). The U.S. Census is a de jure count. Only
transients who have no usual place of residence are
counted on a de facto basis.
Dependency Ratio: The proportion of the population
dependent on the adult population. For youth dependent,
the under 18 population is divided by the age
group between 18 and 65. For elderly dependent, the
population over 64 is divided by the age group between
18 and 65.
Error of Closure: The difference between an estimates
series and a decennial census. Error of closure can be
the product of small cumulative error in an estimates
series over a decade, or it may result from differential
accuracy of two decennial censuses.
Fertility: The childbearing performance of individuals,
couples, groups or populations. Sometimes measured
as the number of live births per 1,000 people in a given
year or as the number of children born to women of a
particular childbearing age.
Gross Migration: The sum of the in-migration and outmigration
for a geographic area over time. Gross migration
is a measure of the total movement or turnover of
population. Gross migration is of most interest to people
in industries such as real estate and transportation who
need information on population turnover rather than
overall gain or loss.
Group Quarters: All people not living in households are
classifi ed as living in group quarters. Two general categories
of people in group quarters are recognized: (1)
Institutionalized people (such as those in prisons, nursing
homes, psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment
facilities) and (2) other people in group quarters
(such as those in group homes, college dorms, military
barracks, fi sh processing and logging camp bunkhouses
and emergency shelters).
Household: All the people who occupy a housing unit.
A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home,
a group of rooms or a single room that are occupied as
separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are
those in which occupants live and eat separately from
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any other people in a building and which have direct access
from the outside of the building through a common
hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person
living alone, two or more families living together, or any
other group of related or unrelated people who share
living arrangements.
In-migrant: A person who moves into a region or community
from another for the purpose of establishing a
permanent residence. Movement across boundaries
within a nation is called in- migration. Movement across
international borders is referred to as immigration.
Median Age: The age that divides a population into two
numerically equal groups; that is, the mid-point, where
half the people are younger than this age and half are
older.
Migration: The movement of people across a specifi
ed boundary to establish a new permanent residence.
Movement between countries, states or counties is considered
migration. Movement within a county is considered
“local movement.”
Mortality: Death as a component of population change.
Usually measured as the number of deaths per 1,000
people in a given year.
Natural Increase: The difference between the number
of births and the number of deaths in a given period,
usually a year.
Net-migration: The difference between in-migration
and out-migration. Net in-migration describes the situation
when more people move into the area than out. Net
out-migration describes the situation where more people
leave the area than come in.
Out-migrant: A person who moves from one region or
community to another for the purpose of establishing
a permanent residence. Movement across boundaries
within a nation is called out- migration. Movement across
international boundaries is referred to emigration.
Place: A Census Designated Place (CDP), incorporated
city, borough or Alaska Native Village Statistical Area
(ANVSA).
Population Estimate: A computation of the probable
population of a geographic area for a particular time. An
estimate is usually done for a past time period for which
indicator data already exist.
Population Projection: A computed future population
number based on methodology which trends known
historical data.
Resident: A person who lives in Alaska at least six
months of the year and/or has no other usual place of
residence elsewhere. Census residency is different from
Alaska Permanent Fund Residency, which requires living
in Alaska for at least one calendar year beginning
January 1.
Sex Ratio: The number of males per 100 females.
Tribal Designated Statistical Area (TDSA): A statistical
entity delineated for the Census Bureau by a federally
recognized American Indian tribe that does not have
a land base (a federally recognized reservation or offreservation
trust land). A TDSA generally encompasses
a compact and contiguous area that contains a concentration
of people who identify with a federally recognized
American Indian tribe and in which there is structured or
organized tribal activity.
Urban Place: An urban place was formerly a place with
population of 2,500 or more. Places with less than 2,500
people were formerly considered rural. The Census
Bureau has changed their defi nition of urban and rural
to something far more complicated. The details of the
defi nition may be found at http://www.census.gov/geo/
www/ua/ua_2k.html .
The defi nition is not implement-able with the available
data, so for this publication, the authors have avoided
the terms urban and rural, and have instead used
``places with population of at least 2,500’’ for the places
which would formerly have been urban, ``places with
population of less than 2,500’’ for the places which
would formerly have been known as rural, and similar
circumlocutions.
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