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 Alaska Native-owned 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 020 02 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