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Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

94,840 Population
7,334.8 square miles 12.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 36.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,340 ±$3,591 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $45,792 ±$1,345
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$86,391 ±$7,047 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $86,631 ±$2,575
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.7% ±1.9% (6,129  ±1,797) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 74,353 (±0.8% / ±5,930)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.9 minutes ±1 (893,195  ±65,152) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

37,510 ±2,247 Number of households
  • Alaska: 276,852 ±3,294
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.2 (91,074  ±4,000) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 2.5 703,591
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±3.3% (1,148  ±690) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.2% † 8,757 (±1% / ±1,713)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

42,692 ±1,682 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,681 ±282
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$285,700 ±$21,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $347,500 ±$5,906
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.1% ±3.1% (12,301  ±2,942.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.3% 103,740 (±1.1% / ±8,045.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94% ±6.9% (57,509  ±4,392.8) 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)
32.1% ±4.6% (19,604  ±2,855.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 32.2% 159,207 (±1.4% / ±6,906.9)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3.9% (3,686  ±978) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.4% 54,571
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

14.2% ±2.5% (8,882  ±1,618) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 56,038 (±0.7% / ±3,839)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,882 Total veterans ±1,618 7,650 Male ±1,467 1,232 Female ±557

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