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Anchorage Municipality, AK

286,075 Population
1,707 square miles 167.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,873 ±$2,839 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $45,792 ±$1,345
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$94,437 ±$6,929 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $86,631 ±$2,575
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.4% ±1.7% (23,433  ±4,672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 74,353 (±0.8% / ±5,930)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.9 minutes ±1 (2,581,665  ±165,902) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,482,245 (±0.8 / ±302,128)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

109,125 ±3,266 Number of households
  • Alaska: 276,852 ±3,294
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (278,506  ±5,915) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.5 703,591
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±1.8% (3,619  ±1,254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 5.2% † 8,757 (±1% / ±1,713)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

120,956 ±2,321 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,681 ±282
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$385,900 ±$11,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $347,500 ±$5,906
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.7% ±2.5% (52,698  ±6,933) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 14.3% 103,740 (±1.1% / ±8,045.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.7% ±3.8% (181,010  ±7,568.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.2% 460,431 (±2.1% / ±10,654.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
40% ±2.6% (77,243  ±5,123.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 32.2% 159,207 (±1.4% / ±6,906.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

10.7% (30,537  ±3,212) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 7.4% 54,571
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.2% ±1.2% (23,493  ±2,619) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 56,038 (±0.7% / ±3,839)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,493 Total veterans ±2,619 19,278 Male ±2,297 4,215 Female ±1,152

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