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Alaska state QuickFacts

	Alaska	United States
Total population	626,932	281,421,906
State	Alaska

Alaska state Population

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
Male	324,112	51.7%	49.06%
Female	302,820	48.3%	50.94%
Median age (years)	32.4		35.3

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	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
18 years and over	436,215	69.58%	74.31%
21 years and over	410,474	65.47%	69.97%
62 years and over	45,300	7.23%	14.66%
65 years and over	35,699	5.69%	12.43%

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	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
White	434,534	69.31%	75.14%
Black or African American	21,787	3.48%	12.32%
Asian	25,116	4.01%	3.64%
Some other race	111,349	17.76%	5.46%
Two or more races	34,146	5.45%	2.43%

Alaska state Housing

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
Total households	221,600		105,480,101
Family households (families)	152,337	68.74%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	69,263	31.26%	31.94%

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	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
Total housing units	260,978		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	39,378	15.09%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	221,600	84.91%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	138,509	53.07%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	83,091	31.84%	30.77%

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	Alaska	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	6,589	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	17,155	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	33,450	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	27,661	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	15,453	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	4,343	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	774	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	195	0.57%
Median (dollars)	144,200	119,600

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	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	57,280	25.85%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	72,632	32.78%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	35,508	16.02%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	35,713	16.12%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	14,899	6.72%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	5,568	2.51%	9.65%

Alaska state Education

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	185,760		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	10,804	5.82%	6.47%
Kindergarten	10,078	5.43%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	91,027	49.0%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	41,548	22.37%	21.38%
College or graduate school	32,303	17.39%	22.81%

Alaska state Economy

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	458,054		217,168,077
In labor force	326,596	71.3%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	309,485	67.57%	63.39%
- - Employed	281,532	61.46%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	27,953	6.1%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	17,111	3.74%	0.53%
Not in labor force	131,458	28.7%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	220,694	48.18%	51.66%
In labor force	145,422	31.75%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	142,890	31.2%	29.65%
- - Employed	132,498	28.93%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	54,369	11.87%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	32,463		12,787,501

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	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	221,804		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	12,458	5.62%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,995	4.96%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	22,917	10.33%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	25,025	11.28%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	35,519	16.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	48,912	22.05%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	30,371	13.69%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	25,381	11.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,078	2.74%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,148	1.87%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	51,571		41,994

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
With earnings	198,600	43.36%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	57,171		56,604
With Social Security income	30,282	6.61%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,273		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,854	1.5%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,259		6,320
With public assistance income	19,230	4.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,436		3,032
With retirement income	32,555	7.11%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,037		17,376

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