Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Demographics

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Current population (2012)

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Households

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail sales

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 3rd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Housing units

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 4th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Fairbanks North Star Borough is 4th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Current population (2012)	100,272	2nd	731,449	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7,338.2	16th	570,640.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	13.3	2nd	1.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.8%	10th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.7%	13th	25.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	7.1%	22nd	8.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	6th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.7%	7th	27.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Race - White	77.7%	7th	67.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.3%	4th	3.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	7.2%	26th	14.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	11th	5.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	11th	1.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.4%	16th	7.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	5th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	72.5%	7th	63.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Female residents	46.8%	15th	47.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.3%	13th	6.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Housing units	42,740	3rd	311,201	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.2%	8th	24.4%	25.9%
Households	35,583	2nd	252,920	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.2%	18th	64.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$212,800	8th	$235,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	12th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	46	4th	994	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Income per capita	$31,532	9th	$31,944	$27,915
Income per household	$68,922	11th	$69,014	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	23rd	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,455	2nd	20,119	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	26,951	2nd	254,996	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,481	4th	68,728	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,574,267	2nd	$9,303,387	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,072	5th	$13,635	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$221,600	2nd	$1,851,293	$613,795,732