People QuickFacts Kenai Alaska Population, 2011 estimate 7,218 723,860 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 7,100 710,231 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.7% 1.9% Population, 2010 7,100 710,231 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.0% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.8% 26.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.8% 7.7% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.4% 48.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 79.9% 66.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 3.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.9% 14.8% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 5.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 1.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 7.9% 7.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.5% 5.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 77.0% 64.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.3% 79.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.0% 6.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.1% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.9% 91.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.0% 27.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 705 71,861 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.4 18.2  Housing units, 2010 3,166 306,967 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.7% 64.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 29.7% 24.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $175,800 $235,100 Households, 2007-2011 2,996 252,920 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.35 2.67 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $30,045 $31,944 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,544 $69,014 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.7% 9.5%     Business QuickFacts Kenai Alaska Total number of firms, 2007 1,767 68,728 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 15.8% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 8,204,030 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 52,251 4,563,605 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 156,901 9,303,387 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,406 $13,635 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 17,420 1,851,293     Geography QuickFacts Kenai Alaska Land area in square miles, 2010 28.59 570,640.95 Persons per square mile, 2010 248.3 1.2 FIPS Code 38420 02 Counties Kenai Peninsula Borough (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