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Population (year 2000): 1,397. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,209 (-13.5% change)
 
Males: 761   (54.5%)
Females: 636   (45.5%)
Median resident age:   33.8 years
Alaska median age:   32.4 years

Zip codes: 99921 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $45,000 (it was $45,298 in 2000)
Craig   $45,000
Alaska:   $56,234

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $185,800 (it was $161,100 in 2000)
Craig   $185,800
Alaska:   $197,100

Craig, AK residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Craig:

  • White Non-Hispanic (66.2%)
  • American Indian (30.9%)
  • Two or more races (10.0%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • Other race (0.6%)


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Ancestries: German (20.2%), Irish (14.2%), English (11.1%), Norwegian (6.1%), United States (5.3%), French (3.9%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Incorporated in 1922

Elevation: 85 feet

Land area: 6.68 square miles.

Population density: 182 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




Craig

For population 25 years and over in Craig

  • High school or higher: 87.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
  • Unemployed: 9.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Craig city

  • Never married: 29.3%
  • Now married: 51.4%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 3.2%
  • Divorced: 13.6%

29 residents are foreign born (0.8% Latin America, 0.7% North America, 0.6% Europe).

This city:   2.1%
Alaska:   5.9%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Craig, Alaska in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Craig to the number of sex offenders is 405 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Craig:   0.6% ($921)
Alaska:   1.3% ($1,888)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (868.0 miles , pop. 67,171).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (919.9 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1793.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Klawock, AK (6.6 miles ), Naukati Bay, AK (27.6 miles) , Hydaburg, AK (29.0 miles ), Hollis, AK (29.2 miles) , Thorne Bay, AK (42.5 miles ), Coffman Cove, AK (42.8 miles) , Whale Pass, AK (43.9 miles) , Edna Bay, AK (50.6 miles) .


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $105,800
  • 1997: 9 buildings, average cost: $106,800
  • 1998: 5 buildings, average cost: $129,000
  • 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $129,100
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $129,100
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $65,000
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 7 buildings, average cost: $162,000
  • 2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $170,400
  • 2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $186,300

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 55.48 N, Longitude: 133.14 W


19 people in other workers' dormitories
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code: 907


Population change in the 1990s: +168 (+13.7%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (17%)
  • Food and beverage stores (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (23%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)



 

Crime in Craig by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 0 0 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 0 0 0 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Robberies 0 0 0 2 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 154.7 0.0 0.0
Assaults 19 16 11 22 14 16
    per 100,000 1342.8 1115.0 850.1 1701.5 1104.1 1301.9
Burglaries 6 9 0 5 7 8
    per 100,000 424.0 627.2 0.0 386.7 552.1 650.9
Thefts 27 25 18 33 21 7
    per 100,000 1908.1 1742.2 1391.0 2552.2 1656.2 569.6
Auto thefts 0 3 3 1 3 4
    per 100,000 0.0 209.1 231.8 77.3 236.6 325.5
Arson 0 0 0 0 2 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 157.7 0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 374.6 353.3 244.2 522.0 344.6 354.8
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 11 (5 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   4.12
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Craig, Alaska

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

 
 
 
 

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Hospitals/medical centers near Craig:
  • WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER (about 85 miles; WRANGELL, AK)
  • PETERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER (about 91 miles; PETERSBURG, AK)
  • KETCHIKAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 102 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Craig:
  • WRANGELL (about 88 miles; WRANGELL, AK; ID: WRG)
  • PETERSBURG JAMES A JOHNSON (about 93 miles; PETERSBURG, AK; ID: PSG)
  • KETCHIKAN INTL (about 101 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK; ID: KTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Craig:
  • CRAIG (about 1 miles; CRAIG, AK; ID: CGA)
  • KLAWOCK (about 6 miles; KLAWOCK, AK; ID: AQC)
  • KLAWOCK (about 9 miles; KLAWOCK, AK; ID: AKW)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Craig:
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 843 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,374)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 870 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 871 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
  • SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 891 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
  • OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 908 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 911 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 913 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)
Public high schools in Craig:
  • CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 111; Location: 100 PANTHER WAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • PACE LEARNING CENTERS (Students: 24; Location: 1305 CRAIG-KLAWOCK HWY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Craig:
  • PACE CORRESPONDENCE (Students: 589; Location: BOX 800; Grades: KG - 12)
  • CRAIG ELEMENTARY (Students: 169; Location: 100 SCHOOL ROAD, UPPER; Grades: PK - 05)
  • CRAIG MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 81; Location: 100 SCHOOL ROAD, LOWER; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Craig:
  • CRAIG PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $69,803; Location: 504 THIRD STREET; 10,829 books; 367 audio materials; 655 video materials; 61 serial subscriptions)

Creek: Crab Creek (A) .

Hotels: TLC (333 Cold Storage Road), Shelter Cove Lodge (703 Hamilton Drive), Haida Way Lodge (501 Front Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Craig and their reported violations in the past:

CRAIG PUBLIC WORKS (Population served: 2221, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: TTHM
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: TTHM
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In OCT-2003
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-2003
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-2002
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUL-2002
  • 4 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2000 and MAY-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (MAY-31-2002)

Average household size:
This city:   2.6 people
Alaska:   2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:   66.7%
Whole state:   68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:   12.6%
Whole state:   7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   9.8%
Whole state:   9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   4.3%
Whole state:   4.0%

Craig compared to Alaska state average:

  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
Banks with branches in Craig (2007 data):
  • First Bank: Prince Of Wales Branch at 3rd And Main Streets, branch established on 1974-05-07. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $374.7 mil, Deposits: $347.3 mil, headquarters in Ketchikan, AK, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Prince Of Wales Branch at 301 Thompson Road, branch established on 1988-12-19. Info updated 2007-02-13: Bank assets: $398,671.0 mil, Deposits: $311,546.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 3239 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company



Most commonly used house heating fuel:



Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Parks and Recreation 10 $23,255 $27,906 0 $0
Sewerage 2 $6,614 $39,684 0 $0
Health 2 $15,118 $90,708 0 $0
Water Transport and Terminals 2 $7,513 $45,078 0 $0
Streets and Highways 1 $4,873 $58,476 0 $0
Solid Waste Management 2 $5,663 $33,978 0 $0
Police Protection - Officers 4 $18,049 $54,147 0 $0
Elementary and Secondary - Other Total 19 $49,434 $31,221 38 $27,737
Elementary and Secondary - Instruction 41 $205,959 $60,281 0 $0
Water Supply 2 $7,512 $45,072 0 $0
Local Libraries 1 $2,634 $31,608 2 $911
Other Government Administration 3 $13,052 $52,208 7 $1,679
Financial Administration 3 $10,031 $40,124 0 $0
Other and Unallocable 11 $22,838 $24,914 0 $0
Totals for Government 103 $392,545 $45,733 47 $30,327


Craig government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $150,000
    Sewerage: $142,000
    Solid Waste Management: $139,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $93,000
    All Other: $90,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $35,000
  • Construction - Elementary & Secondary Education: $85,000
  • Current Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $6,163,000
    Police Protection: $690,000
    General Public Buildings: $250,000
    Financial Administration: $246,000
    Central Staff Services: $232,000
    Water Utilities: $197,000
    Solid Waste Management: $136,000
    General - Other: $112,000
    Sewerage: $100,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $100,000
    Parks & Recreation: $100,000
    Health Services - Other: $100,000
    Libraries: $69,000
    Regular Highways: $60,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $50,000
    Fire Protection: $14,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $957,000
    Education: $861,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,170,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $595,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,097,000
    Other, NEC: $595,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $73,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $114,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $374,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $202,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Education: $4,361,000
    Highways: $200,000
    General Support: $77,000
    All Other: $75,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $1,191,000
    Property: $403,000
    Other Selective Sales: $158,000
    NEC: $40,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $4,883,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $73,000

Strongest AM radio stations in Craig:
  • KRSA (580 AM; 5 kW; PETERSBURG, AK; Owner: NORTHERN LIGHT NETWORK)
  • KTKN (930 AM; 5 kW; KETCHIKAN, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KINY (800 AM; 10 kW; JUNEAU, AK; Owner: ALASKA-JUNEAU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KJNO (630 AM; 5 kW; JUNEAU, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Craig:
  • K248AI (97.5 FM; CRAIG, ETC., AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • K258AD (99.5 FM; CRAIG, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • K269BA (101.7 FM; CRAIG, AK; Owner: RAINBIRD COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP)
  • K211AX (90.1 FM; KLAWOCK, AK; Owner: RAINBIRD COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP)

TV broadcast stations around Craig:
  • K57DE (Channel 57; CRAIG, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K61DE (Channel 61; CRAIG, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K07TI (Channel 7; KLAWOCK, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K11RA (Channel 11; KLAWOCK, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)

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