People QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	278,700	670,053
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	7.1%	6.9%
  	Population, 2000    	260,283	626,932
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.7%	7.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	29.1%	30.4%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	5.5%	5.7%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	49.4%	48.3% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	72.2%	69.3%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	5.8%	3.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	7.3%	15.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	5.5%	4.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.9%	0.5%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	6.0%	5.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	5.7%	4.1% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	41.6%	46.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	8.2%	5.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	13.6%	14.3%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	90.3%	88.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	28.9%	24.7%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	19.5	19.6 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	100,368	260,978
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	60.1%	62.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$160,700	$144,200 			
  	Households, 2000    	94,822	221,600
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.67	2.74
  	Median household income, 1999    	$55,546	$51,571
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$25,287	$22,660
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	7.3%	9.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,629,595	3,616,674
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	3,781,569	7,437,071
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,128	$11,608
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	745,408	1,393,225
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	24,266	62,145
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.6%	1.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.1%	8.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.8%	3.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.0%	2.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	29.6%	26.2% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	1,697	571,951
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	153.4	1.1
  	FIPS Code    	03000	02
 	Counties    	Anchorage Borough
 	

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

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

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts