Sitka City and Borough, Alaska (AK)

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% of renters here:	42%
State:	37%

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (32.5%), Retail trade (10.9%).

Type of workers:

Sitka City and Borough, Alaska business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska:

Median resident age:	35.2 years
Alaska median age:	32.4 years

Males: 4,505	(51.0%)
Females: 4,330	(49.0%)

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Sitka City and Borough:	2.6 people
Alaska:	2.7 people

This county:	$64,744
Alaska:	$64,333

This county:	$818
State:	$843

Sitka City and Borough:	$297,996
Alaska:	$231,300

Detached houses: $413,234

Here:	$413,234
State:	$278,038

Townhouses or other attached units: $352,146

Here:	$352,146
State:	$229,685

In 2-unit structures: $383,290

Here:	$383,290
State:	$310,320

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $131,589

Here:	$131,589
State:	$267,809

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $85,613

Here:	$85,613
State:	$186,942

Mobile homes: $54,306

Here:	$54,306
State:	$42,305

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $58,226

Here:	$58,226
State:	$62,044

This county:	7.8%
Whole state:	9.4%

This county:	4.2%
Whole state:	4.0%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sitka City and Borough is $745 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $889 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1295 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sitka, Port Alexander.

Neighboring counties: Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area , Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Current college students: 575
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 447 (61% naturalized citizens)

Sitka City and Borough:	5.1%
Whole state:	5.9%

Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,736
• One, attached: 239
• Two: 530
• 3 or 4: 302
• 5 to 9: 129
• 10 to 19: 86
• 20 or more: 47
• Mobile homes: 519
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 62

Housing units in Sitka City and Borough with a mortgage: 825 (44 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 350

Here:	70.2% with mortgage
State:	74.4% with mortgage

Sitka City and Borough-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Alaska state average. It is 63% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/30/1972 at 21:45:14, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 39.3 miles away from Sitka City and Borough center
On 10/24/1927 at 15:59:44, a magnitude 7.1 (7.1 UK) earthquake occurred 46.2 miles away from the county center
On 7/1/1973 at 13:33:34, a magnitude 6.7 (6.1 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.7 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 92.1 miles away from the county center
On 1/6/2000 at 10:42:25, a magnitude 6.2 (5.5 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.2 ME, 6.1 ML, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 90.6 miles away from Sitka City and Borough center
On 7/9/2001 at 09:26:20, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 ML, Depth: 9.3 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 61.2 miles away from the county center
On 1/6/2000 at 11:36:45, a magnitude 4.8 (4.6 MB, 4.8 ML, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 86.7 miles away from Sitka City and Borough center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 2,501 (57%) Carpooled: 885 (20%) Taxi: 24 (1%) Bicycle: 159 (4%) Walked: 536 (12%) Other means: 132 (3%) Worked at home: 183 (4%)

9.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,183 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.08%
Alaska average:	9.33%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.07% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($13,997 average AGI)
6.00% relocated from other states ($27,186 average AGI)

Sitka City and Borough:	6.00%
Alaska average:	6.06%

from Juneau City and Borough, AK	0.93% ($42,091 average AGI)
from Anchorage Municipality, AK	0.51% ($46,944)
from Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK	0.39% ($21,714)

10.24% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,321 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.24%
Alaska average:	9.43%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.20% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($12,250 average AGI)
7.04% relocated to other states ($24,068 average AGI)

Sitka City and Borough:	7.04%
Alaska average:	6.19%

to Juneau City and Borough, AK	0.89% ($37,313 average AGI)
to Anchorage Municipality, AK	0.83% ($31,733)
to King County, WA	0.36% ($22,846)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.31% ($45,364)
to San Diego County, CA	0.28% ($36,200)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.0

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 843 (749 aged, 94 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 7,249 (1,714 male householders, 531 female householders)

  1,834 spouses, 2,699 children (2,436 natural, 114 adopted, 149 stepchildren), 93 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 133 other relatives, 181 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 1,314 (535 male householders (386 living alone)), 501 female householders (414 living alone)), 278 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 272 (112 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 855 2-persons, 622 3-persons, 446 4-persons, 188 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 88 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 800 1-person, 196 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

90.4% of residents of Sitka City and Borough speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
5.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $127,920,000 ($14456 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $586,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $16,695,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $6,427,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,927,000
Federal grants: $69,739,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,316,000 ($9,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $20,817,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,498,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,279,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,694,000

Here:	73 per 1000 residents
State:	80 per 1000 residents

Here:	28 per 1000 residents
State:	25 per 1000 residents

Here:	+10 per 1000 residents
State:	+9 per 1000 residents

Here:	-36 per 1000 residents
State:	-7 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.18 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	5.6
State:	5.7

Here:	3.8
State:	3.9

44% of Sitka City and Borough residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Alaska.

Sitka City and Borough:	43.6%
State average:	47.2%

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

• This state: 3283
• Northeast: 925
• Midwest: 1034
• South: 755
• West: 2316

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500

Here:	2.7%
Alaska:	6.9%

Here:	8.6%
Alaska:	5.9%

Here:	37.5%
Alaska:	14.1%

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