Anchorage Municipality, Alaska (AK)

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• • 169,58365.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 31,26212.0%Asian alone
  • 26,94810.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 23,6719.1%Two or more races
  • 19,9887.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 14,2565.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,7253.0%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 9230.4%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $378,906

Here:	$378,906
State:	$304,565

Townhouses or other attached units: $263,937

Here:	$263,937
State:	$263,324

In 2-unit structures: $313,110

Here:	$313,110
State:	$301,762

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $244,635

Here:	$244,635
State:	$248,229

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $159,074

Here:	$159,074
State:	$162,357

Mobile homes: $32,195

Here:	$32,195
State:	$42,043

Health of residents in Anchorage Municipality based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $4,068 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $3,616 (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.

Cities in this county include: Anchorage.

2018 air pollution in Anchorage Municipality:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.526 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 12.7 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.4 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bristol Bay Borough , Nome Census Area , Valdez-Cordova Census Area , Valdez-Cordova Census Area .

Current college students: 15,169
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 35.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 34,812 (54.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,2602010 or later
• 7,9072000 to 2009
• 7,0351990 to 1999
• 6,3571980 to 1989
• 3,5741970 to 1979
• 3,174Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 54,372
• One, attached: 16,917
• Two: 5,823
• 3 or 4: 11,314
• 5 to 9: 7,483
• 10 to 19: 5,585
• 20 to 49: 7,393
• 50 or more: 2,787
• Mobile homes: 5,624

Housing units in Anchorage Municipality with a mortgage: 45,264 (1,302 second mortgage, 3,473 home equity loan, 115 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,562

Religion statistics for Anchorage Municipality

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Anchorage Municipality:

Earthquake activity:

7.30% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($55,377 average adjusted gross income)

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,260 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.20%
Alaska average:	0.16%

1.82% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($13,032 average AGI)
5.29% relocated from other states ($40,084 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	5.29%
Alaska average:	5.13%

from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.58% ($55,484 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.27% ($53,493)
from Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.23% ($56,387)
from King County, WA	0.14% ($65,898)
from Honolulu County, HI	0.13% ($34,506)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.11% ($53,612)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.09% ($57,856)

8.74% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($64,721 average adjusted gross income)

0.22% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,747 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.22%
Alaska average:	0.17%

1.95% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($13,481 average AGI)
6.56% relocated to other states ($49,493 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	6.56%
Alaska average:	5.95%

to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	1.11% ($65,112 average AGI)
to Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.25% ($66,051)
to King County, WA	0.24% ($74,102)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.18% ($71,281)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.16% ($47,814)
to Clark County, NV	0.12% ($57,534)
to El Paso County, CO	0.12% ($49,124)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 16.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 4.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 5.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2013: 3.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Anchorage Municipality

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 236,614 (34,297 male householders, 36,399 female householders)

  51,711 spouses, 84,975 children (78,373 natural, 3,306 adopted, 3,296 stepchildren), 5,110 grandchildren, 3,643 brothers or sisters, 4,761 parents, 5,249 other relatives, 10,469 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 50,614 (20,261 male householders (14,566 living alone)), 16,416 female householders (12,615 living alone)), 13,937 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 7,128

Size of family households: 28,955 2-persons, 15,681 3-persons, 11,953 4-persons, 7,819 5-persons, 2,913 6-persons, 3,375 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 27,181 1-person, 7,237 2-persons, 1,543 3-persons, 523 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.

48,229 married couples with children.
15,849 single-parent households (3,447 men, 12,402 women).

81.5% of residents of Anchorage Municipality speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
9.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $3,002,534,000 ($11,011 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:

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	-7 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 36.57 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)

• Year house built in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 1,8042014 or later
• 2,3102010 to 2013
• 14,1862000 to 2009
• 12,9251990 to 1999
• 29,7321980 to 1989
• 34,9681970 to 1979
• 13,2121960 to 1969
• 6,5541950 to 1959
• 1,3201940 to 1949
• 2871939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 4361 room
• 5752 rooms
• 1,1013 rooms
• 8,6334 rooms
• 12,8835 rooms
• 11,1966 rooms
• 9,8967 rooms
• 8,1378 rooms
• 9,9699+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 2,1721 room
• 3,9722 rooms
• 8,2603 rooms
• 10,8484 rooms
• 9,7875 rooms
• 3,8846 rooms
• 1,8827 rooms
• 1,9888 rooms
• 1,7549+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 436no bedroom
• 1,9451 bedroom
• 10,4472 bedrooms
• 30,3923 bedrooms
• 15,9834 bedrooms
• 3,6235+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 2,337no bedroom
• 8,9921 bedroom
• 15,5922 bedrooms
• 13,3343 bedrooms
• 3,4274 bedrooms
• 8655+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,410no vehicle
• 14,0461 vehicle
• 29,0662 vehicles
• 12,4973 vehicles
• 3,8624 vehicles
• 1,9455+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality in renter-occupied apartments
• 5,365no vehicle
• 18,5071 vehicle
• 16,2412 vehicles
• 3,2423 vehicles
• 1,0434 vehicles
• 1495+ vehicles

79.2% of Anchorage Municipality residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Alaska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 111,765
• Other state: 139,064
• Northeast: 15,621
• Midwest: 37,310
• South: 34,531
• West: 51,602

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Anchorage Municipality on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"