People QuickFacts	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Alaska
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	100,272	731,449
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	97,581	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.8%	3.0%
 	Population, 2010    	97,581	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	8.0%	7.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.3%	26.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	6.8%	8.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	47.3%	48.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	78.2%	67.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	5.0%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	7.2%	14.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.8%	5.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	6.4%	7.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.3%	5.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	73.4%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	73.8%	79.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.3%	6.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.1%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.0%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	27.7%	27.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	11,584	71,861
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.3	18.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	42,740	311,201
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	59.2%	64.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	25.2%	24.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$212,800	$235,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	35,583	252,920
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.61	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$31,532	$31,944
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$68,922	$69,014
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.8%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Alaska
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	2,443	19,985
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	27,160	254,734
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	25.7	24.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	5,299	53,284 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,481	68,728
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.0%	1.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.8%	10.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	3.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.3%	S
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.5%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	8,204,030
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	4,563,605
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,574,267	9,303,387
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$16,072	$13,635
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	221,600	1,851,293
 	Building permits, 2011     	39	877

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	7,338.21	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	13.3	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	090	02
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Fairbanks, 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