Anchorage Municipality, Alaska (AK)

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• • 155,50254.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 28,80410.0%Asian alone
  • 28,70610.0%Two or more races
  • 28,5569.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 21,3747.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 13,9904.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,8473.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 1,3660.5%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $462,528

Here:	$462,528
State:	$371,009

Townhouses or other attached units: $293,416

Here:	$293,416
State:	$298,041

In 2-unit structures: $364,517

Here:	$364,517
State:	$345,335

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $309,170

Here:	$309,170
State:	$302,340

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $189,969

Here:	$189,969
State:	$187,490

Mobile homes: $87,430

Here:	$87,430
State:	$72,602

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $1,019,217

Here:	$1,019,217
State:	$128,964

Health of residents in Anchorage Municipality based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

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

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $4,874 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $4,533 (1.3%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Anchorage Municipality:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.365 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 13.2 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.1 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: 93.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 29,742 (71.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 10,2332010 or later
• 7,9442000 to 2009
• 5,0781990 to 1999
• 6,3571980 to 1989
• 3,5741970 to 1979
• 3,174Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 58,516
• One, attached: 15,499
• Two: 7,433
• 3 or 4: 12,398
• 5 to 9: 8,956
• 10 to 19: 4,901
• 20 to 49: 6,452
• 50 or more: 2,904
• Mobile homes: 3,737
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 75

Housing units in Anchorage Municipality with a mortgage: 50,467 (2,510 second mortgage, 534 home equity loan, 1,556 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,005

Religion statistics for Anchorage Municipality

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Anchorage Municipality:

Earthquake activity:

6.85% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($61,815 average adjusted gross income)

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,731 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.20%
Alaska average:	0.14%

1.86% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($14,870 average AGI)
4.78% relocated from other states ($45,214 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	4.78%
Alaska average:	4.93%

from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.71% ($48,933 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.25% ($62,548)
from Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.22% ($61,122)
from King County, WA	0.14% ($65,834)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.12% ($51,993)
from Clark County, NV	0.11% ($47,882)
from Bethel Census Area, AK	0.11% ($64,432)

8.18% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($73,195 average adjusted gross income)

0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($991 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.14%
Alaska average:	0.09%

2.04% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($17,294 average AGI)
6.00% relocated to other states ($54,910 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	6.00%
Alaska average:	5.50%

to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	1.19% ($72,505 average AGI)
to Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.31% ($74,445)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.24% ($88,514)
to Clark County, NV	0.16% ($73,839)
to King County, WA	0.15% ($70,858)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.15% ($57,131)
to Pierce County, WA	0.10% ($67,736)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 16.0
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 12.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 4.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 5.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 5.0

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:

• Male householders: 57,080 (16,549 living alone), Female householders: 52,776 (12,576 living alone)

• 50,346 spouses (49,636 opposite-sex spouses), 10,272 unmarried partners, (9,705 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 83,274 children (76,534 natural, 3,555 adopted, 3,185 stepchildren), 4,253 grandchildren, 4,450 brothers or sisters, 3,993 parents, 353 foster children, 5,085 other relatives, 8,608 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 6,655

Size of family households: 31,659 2-persons, 16,457 3-persons, 13,085 4-persons, 5,509 5-persons, 2,263 6-persons, 2,205 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 29,125 1-person, 8,819 2-persons, 475 3-persons, 259 4-persons.

37,825 married couples with children.
23,378 single-parent households (6,058 men, 17,320 women).

82.4% of residents of Anchorage Municipality speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
9.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

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
• 3102020 or later
• 8,4242010 to 2019
• 15,8822000 to 2009
• 14,0221990 to 1999
• 30,4001980 to 1989
• 32,4361970 to 1979
• 11,5181960 to 1969
• 6,0591950 to 1959
• 7311940 to 1949
• 1,0891939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 3661 room
• 7052 rooms
• 2,0493 rooms
• 10,1094 rooms
• 13,9535 rooms
• 14,7456 rooms
• 9,8487 rooms
• 8,5028 rooms
• 11,0809+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 3,3641 room
• 3,0852 rooms
• 7,7963 rooms
• 10,6664 rooms
• 5,6325 rooms
• 3,7426 rooms
• 1,8057 rooms
• 1,3868 rooms
• 1,0239+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 472no bedroom
• 2,4611 bedroom
• 11,5412 bedrooms
• 32,6223 bedrooms
• 18,8794 bedrooms
• 5,3825+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
• 4,001no bedroom
• 6,1071 bedroom
• 16,5722 bedrooms
• 9,4643 bedrooms
• 1,9264 bedrooms
• 4295+ 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
• 2,015no vehicle
• 15,1091 vehicle
• 32,1342 vehicles
• 14,4633 vehicles
• 5,2404 vehicles
• 2,3965+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality in renter-occupied apartments
• 5,018no vehicle
• 20,2421 vehicle
• 9,5532 vehicles
• 3,1463 vehicles
• 5404 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

84.5% of Anchorage Municipality residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Alaska.

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

• This state: 115,579
• Other state: 132,045
• Northeast: 15,845
• Midwest: 28,212
• South: 35,142
• West: 52,846

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"