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Anchorage, AK Metro Area

401,314 Population
26,414.3 square miles 15.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,746 ±$2,251 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$94,150 ±$4,935 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.8% ±1.3% (34,738  ±5,188) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.6 minutes ±0.9 (4,112,105  ±197,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

148,995 ±3,367 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (390,864  ±5,914) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±1.4% (4,783  ±1,328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

172,174 ±2,319 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$371,600 ±$8,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.8% ±1.8% (62,781  ±7,150.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.6% ±2.9% (252,631  ±8,163.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
36.2% ±2% (97,590  ±5,427.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

8.3% ±11,535.9% (33,442  ±3,343) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

11.6% ±0.9% (34,199  ±2,641) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
34,199 Total veterans ±2,641 28,175 Male ±2,358 6,024 Female ±1,238

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