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Palmer, Alaska QuickFacts

	Palmer, Alaska	United States
Total population	4,533	281,421,906
State	Alaska
City	palmer

Palmer, Alaska Population

	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
Male	2,245	49.53%	49.06%
Female	2,288	50.47%	50.94%
Median age (years)	28.8		35.3

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	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
18 years and over	3,008	66.36%	74.31%
21 years and over	2,723	60.07%	69.97%
62 years and over	463	10.21%	14.66%
65 years and over	412	9.09%	12.43%

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	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
White	3,669	80.94%	75.14%
Black or African American	93	2.05%	12.32%
Asian	48	1.06%	3.64%
Some other race	438	9.66%	5.46%
Two or more races	285	6.29%	2.43%

Palmer, Alaska Housing

	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
Total households	1,472		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,058	71.88%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	414	28.13%	31.94%

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	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
Total housing units	1,593		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	83	5.21%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,472	92.4%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	949	59.57%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	523	32.83%	30.77%

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	Palmer, Alaska	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	12	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	416	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	342	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	116	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	6	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	0	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	102,600	119,600

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	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	327	22.21%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	666	45.24%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	269	18.27%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	150	10.19%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	60	4.08%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	41	2.79%	9.65%

Palmer, Alaska Education

	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,340		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	122	9.1%	6.47%
Kindergarten	50	3.73%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	690	51.49%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	348	25.97%	21.38%
College or graduate school	130	9.7%	22.81%

Palmer, Alaska Economy

	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,248		217,168,077
In labor force	2,090	64.35%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,039	62.78%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,818	55.97%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	221	6.8%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	51	1.57%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,158	35.65%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,633	50.28%	51.66%
In labor force	972	29.93%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	967	29.77%	29.65%
- - Employed	853	26.26%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	417	12.84%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	220		12,787,501

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	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,508		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	82	5.44%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	51	3.38%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	252	16.71%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	213	14.12%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	220	14.59%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	429	28.45%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	168	11.14%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	81	5.37%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	0		2.2%
$200,000 or more	12	0.8%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	45,571		41,994

	Palmer, Alaska	%, Palmer, Alaska	United States
With earnings	1,250	38.49%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	49,260		56,604
With Social Security income	285	8.77%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,543		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	30	0.92%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,037		6,320
With public assistance income	114	3.51%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,839		3,032
With retirement income	227	6.99%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,904		17,376

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