People QuickFacts	Alaska	USA
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	731,449	313,914,040
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	710,231	308,747,508
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	3.0%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	710,231	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.5%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	26.1%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	8.1%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.1%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	67.9%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.6%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	14.9%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.6%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	7.0%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	5.8%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	63.7%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.3%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.9%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	16.2%	20.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.4%	85.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	27.2%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	71,861	22,215,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.2	25.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	311,201	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.3%	66.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	24.4%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$235,100	$186,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	252,920	114,761,359
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.67	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$31,944	$27,915
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$69,014	$52,762
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.5%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Alaska	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	20,119	7,354,043
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	254,996	113,425,965
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	0.1%	1.3%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	53,284	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	68,728	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.5%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.0%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.1%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.9%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	8,204,030	5,319,456,312
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,563,605	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	9,303,387	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,635	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,851,293	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2012    	994	829,658

   	Geography QuickFacts	Alaska	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	570,640.95	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1.2	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	02	 

(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