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People QuickFacts | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska
Population, 2012 estimate | 298,610 | 731,449
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 291,826 | 710,231
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.3% | 3.0%
Population, 2010 | 291,826 | 710,231
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.5% | 7.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 25.7% | 26.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 7.6% | 8.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.3% | 48.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 67.6% | 67.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 5.9% | 3.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 8.2% | 14.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 8.4% | 5.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.1% | 1.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 7.7% | 7.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 7.9% | 5.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 62.1% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.9% | 79.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.1% | 6.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 16.8% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.1% | 91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 32.3% | 27.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 30,874 | 71,861
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.6 | 18.2
Housing units, 2011 | 113,467 | 311,201
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.4% | 64.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 34.8% | 24.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $276,200 | $235,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 105,123 | 252,920
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.66 | 2.67
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $35,580 | $31,944
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $75,485 | $69,014
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.8% | 9.5%
Business QuickFacts | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 8,470 | 19,985
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 145,065 | 254,734
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 28.6 | 24.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 19,149 | 53,284
Total number of firms, 2007 | 26,726 | 68,728
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 1.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 5.7% | 10.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.3% | 3.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | S
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.2% | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 8,204,030
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,914,025 | 4,563,605
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,482,714 | 9,303,387
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,096 | $13,635
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 933,301 | 1,851,293
Building permits, 2011 | 447 | 877
Geography QuickFacts | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,704.68 | 570,640.95
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 171.2 | 1.2
FIPS Code | 20 | 2
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Anchorage, AK Metro Area
(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