People QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	295,570	722,718
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	291,826	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.3%	1.8%
 	Population, 2010    	291,826	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	7.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.0%	26.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	7.2%	7.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.2%	48.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	66.0%	66.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.6%	3.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	7.9%	14.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	8.1%	5.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.0%	1.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	8.1%	7.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.6%	5.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	62.6%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	77.0%	78.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	9.2%	7.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	16.3%	16.5%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	91.9%	90.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	33.0%	27.0%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	18.2	18.1 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	61.7%	64.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	35.3%	24.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$269,500	$229,100
 	Households, 2006-2010    	104,315	248,248
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.66	2.68
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$34,678	$30,726
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$73,004	$66,521
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	7.9%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	26,731	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

   	Geography QuickFacts	Anchorage	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,704.68	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	171.2	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	03000	02
 	Counties    	Anchorage Municipality
 	

(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