Municipality of Anchorage Alaska Statistics

Anchorage "Fast Facts"


Total population 290,558
Average age 32.2

U.S. average 36.5
Median household income (2009) $70,151

U.S. average $51,425
Alaska Average $64,635
Anchorage was featured in Smartmoney.com article “5 Metro Areas on the Real Estate Mend.”
Anchorage featured in Forbes.com “The Best Cities for Jobs.”
Alaska and Anchorage were featured in two articles “Alaska: Caribou Commins Or America's Lost Ace?” and

"Sarah Palin: The GOP's Poison Pearl" by Joel Kotkin in his weekly New Geographer column on Forbes.com
Wired.com December 2010 article featured Anchorage in its article “These are America's Worst, Nest Commutes"
In 2010, Anchorage was made RelocationAmeric's Top 100 Places to Live in 2010 list.
Average Monthly Employment by Industry 2010

Oil, Gas & Mining 2,800 1.9%

Transportation 10,800 7.1%

Construction 8,400 5.6%

Health & Educational Services* 21,600 14.3%

Leisure & Hospitality 15,700 10.4%

Business & Professional Services 18,400 12.2%

Trade 21,700 14.3%

Government** 31,300 20.7%

Financial Activities 8,900 5.9%

Manufacturing 1,900 1.3%

Information 4,100 2.7%

Other Services 5,700 3.8%
*Private education only

**Includes University of Alaska, Anchorage and the Anchorage School District
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Annual Average Unemployment Rate 2010

Anchorage average 6.9 percent

U.S. average 9.6 percent
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Notable Municipal Public & Private Projects Spurred in 2009
Continued construction on the 1,536 bed ($240 million) Goose Creek Correctional Facility located in Mat-Su.
Continues construction at the Tikahtnu Commons development with the opening of a 30,000-square-foot PetSmart, a pet store comibined with Alaska's first pet hotel and spa and a new Red Robin restaurant.
$72.5 million, 350.000 square-foot completed renovation of Concoursers A & B at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Construction of the 80,000 square-foot, $27 million expansion of the Alaska Native Medical Center’s PrimaryCare Center
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2010 Forecast & Results

Return to Growth - Approximately 200 jobs were added to the Anchorage economy in 2010. This far exceeded the loss of 1,200 jobs predicted for the year. After a loss of 900 jobs in 2009, Anchorage is back on the path to growth.
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Population Growth
2002 267,860
2003 273,069
2004 277,880
2005 290,588
2006 283,348
2007 282,968
2008 283,912
2009 290,558
2010 291,826
2011 300,800 (est.)
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