Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $3,233 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,370 (1.2%)
Area name: Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Anchorage Municipality is $734 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $921 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1326 a month.
2005 air pollution in Anchorage Municipality:
Carbon Monoxide: 5 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 25 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
145 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
6.9 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
18 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Kenai Peninsula Borough
, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
, Valdez-Cordova Census Area
.
Current college students: 15,169
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 21,278 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
8.2% | | Whole
state: |
5.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 4,347
- 1990
to 1994: 3,826
- 1985
to 1989: 3,210
- 1980
to 1984: 3,147
- 1975
to 1979: 2,281
- 1970
to 1974: 1,293
- 1970
to 1974: 934
- 1965
to 1969: 2,240
|
Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 46,529
- One,
attached: 10,887
- Two:
6,178
- 3
or 4: 10,365
- 5
to 9: 7,962
- 10
to 19: 4,241
- 20
or more: 8,295
- Mobile
homes: 5,824
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 87
Housing units in Anchorage Municipality with a mortgage: 38,026 (3,098 second mortgage, 2,033 home equity loan, 55 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,166 Agriculture
in Anchorage Municipality
Average size of farms: 187 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $109608
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1104.94
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 33.66%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 48.43%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $77109
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.37%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.32%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $63949
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.86%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.30
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 41.33%
Vegetables: 319 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 6 acres
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(10%)
- Public
administration (10%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Other
transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
|
Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (14%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
|
Most
common occupations for males in 2005: |
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Engineers
(3%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other
protective service workers including supervisors (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females in 2005: |
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Registered
nurses (3%)
- Business
operations specialists (3%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents: |
- Philippines
(17%)
- Korea
(14%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Canada
(6%)
- Laos
(5%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Thailand
(4%)
|
Most
common first ancestries reported in Anchorage Municipality:
|
- German
(14%)
- Irish
(9%)
- English
(8%)
- United
States or American (7%)
- Norwegian
(4%)
- Italian
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
|
|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 97,591 (74%)
- Carpooled:
19,207 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 2,338 (2%)
- Subway
or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad:
23 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
11 (0%)
- Taxi:
267 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
61 (0%)
- Bicycle:
665 (1%)
- Walked:
3,493 (3%)
- Other
means: 2,695 (2%)
- Worked
at home: 4,870 (4%)
|
People
in group quarters in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
- 1978
people in military barracks, etc.
- 1289
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 622
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 530
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 519
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 433
people in halfway houses
- 343
people in other group homes
- 291
people in nursing homes
- 213
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 191
people in state prisons
- 125
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 114
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 105
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 69
people in religious group quarters
- 51
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 43
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 39
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 15
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 10
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 9
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 7
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 7
people in other workers' dormitories
- 6
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 6
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 3
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2
people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $64,138.
9.38% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,674 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.38% | | Alaska
average: |
9.33% |
0.34% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,271 average AGI)
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
0.34% | | Alaska
average: |
0.28% |
2.20% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($8,716 average AGI)
6.84% relocated from other states ($27,687 average AGI)
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
6.84% | | Alaska
average: |
6.06% |
Percentage
of residents relocating from other counties or countries
|
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
|
0.55% ($37,449 average AGI) |
| from
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
|
0.33% ($33,064) |
| from
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
|
0.33% ($41,729) |
| from
Cumberland County, NC
|
0.22% ($30,519) |
| from
King County, WA
|
0.16% ($43,911) |
| from
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.11% ($38,000) |
| from
Bethel Census Area, AK
|
0.11% ($37,402) |
9.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,206 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.04% | | Alaska
average: | 9.43% |
0.28% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,219 average AGI)
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
0.28% | | Alaska
average: |
0.24% |
2.29% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($11,804 average AGI)
6.47% relocated to other states ($31,182 average AGI)
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
6.47% | | Alaska
average: |
6.19% |
Percentage
of residents relocating to other counties or countries
|
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
|
1.18% ($52,567 average AGI) |
| to
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
|
0.33% ($46,749) |
| to
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
|
0.25% ($42,709) |
| to
King County, WA
|
0.24% ($42,912) |
| to
Clark County, NV
|
0.17% ($41,718) |
| to
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.16% ($51,922) |
| to
Pierce County, WA
|
0.12% ($41,717) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.8
Births
per 1000 population in Anchorage Municipality
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 4.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Anchorage Municipality
|
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Anchorage Municipality |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 19,363 (15,489 aged, 3,874 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 253,261
- In
family households: 213,022 (48,082 male householders, 16,751 female householders)
50,322
spouses, 82,018 children (74,078 natural, 2,834 adopted, 5,106 stepchildren), 2,668 grandchildren, 1,751 brothers or sisters, 1,528 parents, 3,064 other relatives, 6,838 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 40,239 (16,559 male householders (11,706 living alone)), 13,688 female householders (10,414 living alone)), 9,992 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 7,022 (1,976 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 23,120 2-persons, 16,075 3-persons, 14,570 4-persons, 6,762 5-persons, 2,770 6-persons, 1,536 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 22,120 1-person, 6,833 2-persons, 963 3-persons, 231 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 13 6-persons.
50,934 married couples with children.
18,582 single-parent households (5,010 men, 13,572 women).
86.4% of residents of Anchorage Municipality speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $3,002,534,000 ($11011 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,237,159,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $507,916,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $121,467,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $17,810,000
Federal grants: $720,693,000
Federal procurement contracts: $661,689,000 ($465,756,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $972,960,000 ($618,317,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $433,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $740,546,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,915,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 22,400
| Here: |
81 per 1000 residents | | State: |
80 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 6,369
| Here: |
23 per 1000 residents | | State: | 25
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3,250
| Here: |
+12 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+9 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -4,107
| Here: |
-15 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-7 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Anchorage Municipality |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 36.57 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 2,019
- 1995
to 1998: 5,694
- 1990
to 1994: 4,968
- 1980
to 1989: 28,307
- 1970
to 1979: 34,828
- 1960
to 1969: 13,869
- 1950
to 1959: 7,941
- 1940
to 1949: 2,127
- 1939
or earlier: 615
|
Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska: |
- 1
room: 188
- 2
rooms: 932
- 3
rooms: 2,893
- 4
rooms: 6,141
- 5
rooms: 11,007
- 6
rooms: 10,939
- 7
rooms: 9,940
- 8
rooms: 7,539
- 9
or more rooms: 7,354
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska:
|
- 1
room: 2,013
- 2
rooms: 5,312
- 3
rooms: 6,815
- 4
rooms: 10,684
- 5
rooms: 6,903
- 6
rooms: 3,273
- 7
rooms: 1,564
- 8
rooms: 730
- 9
or more rooms: 595
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Anchorage Municipality: |
- no
bedroom: 298
- 1
bedroom: 2,345
- 2
bedrooms: 11,035
- 3
bedrooms: 26,396
- 4
bedrooms: 13,812
- 5
or more bedrooms: 3,047
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality: |
- no
bedroom: 2,586
- 1
bedroom: 9,968
- 2
bedrooms: 15,197
- 3
bedrooms: 7,646
- 4
bedrooms: 2,216
- 5
or more bedrooms: 276
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 1,278
- 1
vehicle: 14,184
- 2
vehicles: 28,079
- 3
vehicles: 9,873
- 4
vehicles: 2,586
- 5
or more vehicles: 933
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality in renter-occupied apartments |
- no
vehicle: 4,799
- 1
vehicle: 19,074
- 2
vehicles: 11,331
- 3
vehicles: 2,063
- 4
vehicles: 422
- 5
or more vehicles: 200
|
43% of Anchorage Municipality residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Alaska.
| Anchorage
Municipality: |
42.8% | | State
average: | 47.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 83516
- Northeast:
17988
- Midwest:
37773
- South:
35641
- West:
58754
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $153,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (94%)
- Electricity
(4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (68%)
- Electricity
(26%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,836
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,075
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 2,169
School
Enrollment by Level of School
|
Age
and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age
and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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