Anchorage Borough, Alaska QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Anchorage Borough Alaska
?  Population, 2000 260,283626,932
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.0%14.0%
?  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%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 72.2%69.3%
?  Black or African American 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 some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 2.2%1.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 6.0%5.4%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 49.4%48.3%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 5.7%4.1%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 69.9%67.6%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 123,516280,185
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 36,69274,497
?  Housing units, 2000 100,368260,978
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 60.1%62.5%
?  Households, 2000 94,822221,600
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.672.74
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 41.6%42.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $54,245$43,657
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 9.1%11.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.2%16.2%

Business QuickFacts Anchorage Borough Alaska
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 7,78618,212
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 107,084196,135
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 24.3%24.3%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 17,91548,964
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 322,3183,304,952
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 3,114,8746,251,372
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,392$10,268
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 1,9615,382
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 8,25019,380
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1,2652,2111
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 1,961,4195,278,716
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 7,86923,132

Geography QuickFacts Anchorage Borough Alaska
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,697571,951
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 153.41.1
?  Metropolitan Area Anchorage, AK MSA 

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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

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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown