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Anchorage, AK Urban Area

246,998 Population
91.8 square miles 2,691.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,968 ±$3,108 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$100,262 ±$4,363 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.5% ±2.1% (22,838  ±5,136) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.5 minutes ±0.7 (2,103,850  ±128,023) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

93,577 ±2,626 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (239,758  ±5,540) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.7% ±2.6% (5,368  ±1,624) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

104,028 ±2,089 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$400,100 ±$17,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.6% ±2.3% (37,991  ±5,665.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.8% ±3.6% (154,612  ±6,774.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.7% ±2.2% (60,471  ±3,891.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.4% ±1.7% (30,621  ±4,255) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.4% ±1.3% (16,990  ±2,290) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,990 Total veterans ±2,290 14,027 Male ±1,908 2,963 Female ±1,245

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