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Anchorage, AK Metro Area

407,213 Population
26,414.3 square miles 15.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,560 ±$2,388 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$102,698 ±$4,241 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.5% ±1.4% (33,957  ±5,508) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.7 minutes ±0.8 (4,238,385  ±202,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

148,919 ±2,564 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (396,382  ±658) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7% ±1.8% (6,843  ±1,756) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

172,566 ±248 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$410,900 ±$13,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.9% ±1.9% (59,707  ±7,625.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94% ±3% (256,288  ±8,231.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.3% ±1.8% (98,899  ±5,011.3) 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

8.7% (35,309  ±4,469) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.7% ±1% (31,763  ±2,854) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
31,763 Total veterans ±2,854 26,814 Male ±2,490 4,949 Female ±1,332

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