Sitka City and Borough, Alaska Demographics

Sitka City and Borough is 16th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Two or More

Sitka City and Borough is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Female residents

Sitka City and Borough is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Home median value

Sitka City and Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Sitka City and Borough is 4th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sitka City and Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Sitka City and Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Sitka City and Borough is 7th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Sitka City and Borough is 7th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Sitka City and Borough is 8th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Income per capita

Sitka City and Borough is 8th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Current population (2012)	9,046	12th	731,449	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,870.3	23rd	570,640.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.1	6th	1.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	16th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	20th	25.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.7%	4th	8.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.9%	8th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.7%	2nd	27.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Race - White	67.1%	13th	67.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	10th	3.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	16.5%	15th	14.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.8%	8th	5.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	12th	1.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	9.4%	8th	7.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	7th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.9%	13th	63.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Female residents	49.8%	1st	47.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.7%	10th	6.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Housing units	4,125	10th	311,201	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.0%	7th	24.4%	25.9%
Households	3,632	10th	252,920	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	53.6%	24th	64.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$315,200	1st	$235,100	$186,200
People per household	2.4	20th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	11th	994	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Income per capita	$32,451	8th	$31,944	$27,915
Income per household	$69,798	10th	$69,014	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.9%	24th	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sitka City and Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Non-farm private establishments	388	9th	20,119	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,978	10th	254,996	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,938	6th	68,728	27,092,908
Retail sales	$94,916	9th	$9,303,387	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,875	9th	$13,635	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$27,072	9th	$1,851,293	$613,795,732