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People QuickFacts |
Anchorage |
Alaska |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
278,700 | 670,053 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
7.1% | 6.9% |
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Population, 2000 |
260,283 | 626,932 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.7% | 7.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
29.1% | 30.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
5.5% | 5.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.4% | 48.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
72.2% | 69.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.8% | 3.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
7.3% | 15.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.5% | 4.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.9% | 0.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
6.0% | 5.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
5.7% | 4.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
41.6% | 46.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
8.2% | 5.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
13.6% | 14.3% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
90.3% | 88.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
28.9% | 24.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.5 | 19.6 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
100,368 | 260,978 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
60.1% | 62.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$160,700 | $144,200 |
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Households, 2000 |
94,822 | 221,600 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.67 | 2.74 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$55,546 | $51,571 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$25,287 | $22,660 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
7.3% | 9.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Anchorage |
Alaska |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,629,595 | 3,616,674 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,781,569 | 7,437,071 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$14,128 | $11,608 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
745,408 | 1,393,225 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
24,266 | 62,145 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.6% | 1.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.1% | 8.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.8% | 3.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.0% | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.6% | 26.2% |
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