Alaska Demographics

Alaska is 1st out of 51 other states in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Alaska is 1st out of 51 other states in Size in square miles

Alaska is 2nd out of 51 other states in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Alaska is 2nd out of 51 other states in Race - Two or More

Alaska is 3rd out of 51 other states in Residents younger than 5

Alaska is 4th out of 51 other states in Income per household

Alaska is 4th out of 51 other states in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Alaska is 4th out of 51 other states in Residents younger than 18

Alaska is 7th out of 51 other states in People per household

Alaska is 8th out of 51 other states in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Current population (2012)	731,449	47th	313,914,040
Size in square miles	570,640.9	1st	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.2	51st	87.4

Education Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.4%	4th	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.2%	24th	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Race - White	67.5%	45th	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.7%	37th	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	14.8%	1st	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.7%	10th	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1.2%	2nd	0.2%
Race - Two or More	7.1%	2nd	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	32nd	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	36th	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Female residents	47.9%	51st	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	25th	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Housing units	311,201	49th	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.4%	18th	25.9%
Households	252,920	50th	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.3%	43rd	66.1%
Home median value	$235,100	16th	$186,200
People per household	2.7	7th	2.6
Building permits (last year)	994	50th	829,658

Business Demographics
	Alaska	Rank	US
Non-farm private establishments	20,119	51st	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	254,996	50th	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	68,728	48th	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,303,387	49th	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,635	21st	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,851,293	47th	$613,795,732