People QuickFacts	Wasilla	Alaska
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	8,092	723,860
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	7,831	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	3.3%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	7,831	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.9%	7.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	29.4%	26.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.3%	7.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.2%	48.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	83.4%	66.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	3.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.2%	14.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.1%	5.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	1.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	6.5%	7.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.3%	5.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	81.3%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	80.1%	79.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.5%	6.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.3%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.8%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.6%	27.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	859	71,861
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	29.6	18.2 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,277	306,967
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	55.0%	64.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	40.0%	24.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$217,900	$235,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,101	252,920
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.46	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,006	$31,944
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$53,433	$69,014
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.8%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Wasilla	Alaska
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,653	68,728
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	10.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.6%	3.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.6%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	8,204,030
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	70,389	4,563,605
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	638,596	9,303,387
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$65,598	$13,635
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	59,283	1,851,293

   	Geography QuickFacts	Wasilla	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	12.38	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	632.5	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	83080	02
 	Counties    	Matanuska-Susitna 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