People QuickFacts	Sterling CDP	Alaska
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	X	723,860
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	X	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	X	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	5,617	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.4%	7.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.1%	26.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.5%	7.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	47.2%	48.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	89.8%	66.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	3.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.4%	14.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.8%	5.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	1.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.3%	7.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.7%	5.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	88.2%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	88.1%	79.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.8%	6.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.8%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.0%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.9%	27.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	707	71,861
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.6	18.2 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,347	306,967
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	85.7%	64.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	1.8%	24.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$229,500	$235,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,262	252,920
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.40	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$33,942	$31,944
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$68,080	$69,014
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.1%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sterling CDP	Alaska
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	F	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)    	NA	8,204,030
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	4,563,605
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	9,303,387
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$13,635
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	1,851,293

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sterling CDP	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	77.76	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	72.2	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	73070	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