Fairbanks, Alaska Neighborhood Info

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Fairbanks, Alaska QuickFacts

	Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
Total population	30,224	281,421,906
State	Alaska
City	fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska Population

	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
Male	15,501	51.29%	49.06%
Female	14,723	48.71%	50.94%
Median age (years)	27.6		35.3

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
18 years and over	21,324	70.55%	74.31%
21 years and over	19,586	64.8%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,376	7.86%	14.66%
65 years and over	1,986	6.57%	12.43%

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
White	20,150	66.67%	75.14%
Black or African American	3,370	11.15%	12.32%
Asian	821	2.72%	3.64%
Some other race	3,898	12.9%	5.46%
Two or more races	1,985	6.57%	2.43%

Fairbanks, Alaska Housing

	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
Total households	11,075		105,480,101
Family households (families)	7,187	64.89%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	3,888	35.11%	31.94%

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
Total housing units	12,414		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,282	10.33%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	11,075	89.21%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	3,863	31.12%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	7,212	58.1%	30.77%

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	99	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	812	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,254	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	518	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	218	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	15	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	5	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	126,400	119,600

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	3,948	35.65%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	3,980	35.94%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,242	11.21%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,109	10.01%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	475	4.29%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	373	3.37%	9.65%

Fairbanks, Alaska Education

	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,415		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	444	5.28%	6.47%
Kindergarten	585	6.95%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,729	44.31%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	1,637	19.45%	21.38%
College or graduate school	2,020	24.0%	22.81%

Fairbanks, Alaska Economy

	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	22,225		217,168,077
In labor force	15,830	71.23%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	12,564	56.53%	63.39%
- - Employed	11,197	50.38%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,367	6.15%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,266	14.7%	0.53%
Not in labor force	6,395	28.77%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	10,686	48.08%	51.66%
In labor force	6,712	30.2%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	6,298	28.34%	29.65%
- - Employed	5,650	25.42%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	3,353	15.09%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,893		12,787,501

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	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	11,132		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	822	7.38%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	820	7.37%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,468	13.19%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,615	14.51%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,052	18.43%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,167	19.47%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,086	9.76%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	802	7.2%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	206	1.85%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	94	0.84%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,577		41,994

	Fairbanks, Alaska	%, Fairbanks, Alaska	United States
With earnings	9,708	43.68%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,795		56,604
With Social Security income	1,624	7.31%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,829		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	408	1.84%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,965		6,320
With public assistance income	1,080	4.86%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,691		3,032
With retirement income	1,522	6.85%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,953		17,376

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