People QuickFacts Skagway Municipality Alaska Population, 2012 estimate 959 731,449 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 968 710,231 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.9% 3.0% Population, 2010 968 710,231 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 7.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 14.9% 26.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.6% 8.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 47.8% 48.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.2% 67.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 3.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.7% 14.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 5.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 1.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 4.2% 7.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.8% 5.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 88.8% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.8% 79.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 6.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 18.5% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.0% 91.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.8% 27.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 59 71,861 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 4.6 18.2  Housing units, 2011 641 311,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.4% 64.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.6% 24.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $310,300 $235,100 Households, 2007-2011 430 252,920 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.07 2.67 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,108 $31,944 Median household income, 2007-2011 $73,000 $69,014 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.2% 9.5%     Business QuickFacts Skagway Municipality Alaska Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 0 19,985 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 0 254,734 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 NA 24.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 NA 53,284  Total number of firms, 2007 FN 68,728 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 10.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) FN 8,204,030 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) FN 4,563,605 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) FN 9,303,387 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $13,635 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) FN 1,851,293 Building permits, 2011 0 877     Geography QuickFacts Skagway Municipality Alaska Land area in square miles, 2010 452.33 570,640.95 Persons per square mile, 2010 2.1 1.2 FIPS Code 230 02 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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