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Population for Fairbanks: 33,018

Total Males: 17,679
Total Females: 15,339
Total Households: 13,925
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Brief Information About Fairbanks

Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage. It is the main city of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to 2010 census, the population of the city was 31,535, and the Fairbanks metropolitan area's population was 97,581. Fairbanks has to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the oldest of Alaska's current colleges.
Captain E. T. Barnette founded Fairbanks in August 1901 while headed to Tanacross (or Tanana Crossing, where the Valdez-Eagle trail crossed the Tanana River), where he intended to set up a trading post.

On August 14, 1967, after an unprecedented record rainfall upstream, the Chena began to go over it banks, flooding almost the entire town of Fairbanks overnight. This disaster eventually led to the creation of the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, which built and operates the 50-foot-high Moose Creek Dam in the Chena River and accompanying 8-mile-long spillway.

Fairbanks is located in the central Tanana Valley, on the banks of the Chena River near its confluence with the Tanana River. Immediately north of the city is a chain of hills that rises gradually until it reaches the White Mountains and the Yukon River. The southern border of the city is the Tanana River. South of the river is the Tanana Flats, an area comprising marsh and bog that stretches for more than 100 miles until it rises into the Alaska Range, which is visible from Fairbanks on clear days.To the east and west are low valleys separated by ranges of hills up to 3,000 feet above sea level.

City water, sanitary sewer, and electric systems are operated by private players.Fairbanks offers a diverse economy, including city, borough, state, and federal government services; and transportation, communication, manufacturing, mining, financial, and regional medical services. Over one third of the employment is in government services, including Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright personnel. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is also a major employer. Approximately 325,000 tourists visit Fairbanks each summer.As the transportation hub for Interior Alaska, Fairbanks boasts of extensive road, rail, and air connections to the rest of Alaska and Outside.

ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES OF Fairbanks, AK (2020)
Label Estimate Margin of Error Percent Percent Margin of Error
  SEX AND AGE
      Total population 33,018 ±30 33,018% (x)
            Male 17,679 ±501 54% ±2
            Female 15,339 ±505 47% ±2
            Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 115 ±7 (x) (x)
            Under 5 years 3,122 ±341 10% ±1
            5 to 9 years 2,590 ±347 8% ±1
            10 to 14 years 1,504 ±313 5% ±1
            15 to 19 years 1,726 ±273 5% ±1
            20 to 24 years 4,735 ±474 14% ±1
            25 to 34 years 7,307 ±620 22% ±2
            35 to 44 years 3,159 ±427 10% ±1
            45 to 54 years 2,820 ±404 9% ±1
            55 to 59 years 1,287 ±258 4% ±1
            60 to 64 years 1,006 ±218 3% ±1
            65 to 74 years 2,636 ±406 8% ±1
            75 to 84 years 814 ±207 3% ±1
            85 years and over 312 ±123 1% ±0
            Median age (years) 28 ±1 (x) (x)
            Under 18 years 8,114 ±587 25% ±2
            16 years and over 25,440 ±575 77% ±2
            18 years and over 24,904 ±587 75% ±2
            21 years and over 23,264 ±584 71% ±2
            62 years and over 4,348 ±514 13% ±2
            65 years and over 3,762 ±469 11% ±1
        18 years and over 24,904 ±587 24,904% (x)
              Male 13,781 ±512 55% ±2
              Female 11,123 ±459 45% ±2
              Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 124 ±8 (x) (x)
        65 years and over 3,762 ±469 3,762% (x)
              Male 1,754 ±252 47% ±4
              Female 2,008 ±317 53% ±4
              Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 87 ±15 (x) (x)
  RACE
      Total population 33,018 ±30 33,018% (x)
              One race 30,081 ±492 91% ±2
              Two or more races 2,937 ±495 9% ±2
          One race 30,081 ±492 91% ±2
                White 21,946 ±858 67% ±3
                Black or African American 2,739 ±564 8% ±2
          American Indian and Alaska Native 3,083 ±577 9% ±2
                Cherokee tribal grouping 16 ±22 0% ±0
                Chippewa tribal grouping 11 ±23 0% ±0
                Navajo tribal grouping 7 ±12 0% ±0
                Sioux tribal grouping 69 ±119 0% ±0
          Asian 1,355 ±330 4% ±1
                Asian Indian 19 ±25 0% ±0
                Chinese 128 ±104 0% ±0
                Filipino 438 ±156 1% ±1
                Japanese 63 ±45 0% ±0
                Korean 570 ±293 2% ±1
                Vietnamese 0 ±21 0% ±0
                Other Asian 137 ±111 0% ±0
          Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 57 ±71 0% ±0
                Native Hawaiian 0 ±21 0% ±0
                Chamorro 0 ±21 0% ±0
                Samoan 19 ±29 0% ±0
                Other Pacific Islander 38 ±66 0% ±0
            Some other race 901 ±400 3% ±1
          Two or more races 2,937 ±495 9% ±2
                White and Black or African American 734 ±307 2% ±1
                White and American Indian and Alaska Native 925 ±255 3% ±1
                White and Asian 280 ±144 1% ±0
                Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native 67 ±91 0% ±0
  Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
        Total population 33,018 ±30 33,018% (x)
                White 24,487 ±811 74% ±3
                Black or African American 3,797 ±676 12% ±2
                American Indian and Alaska Native 4,243 ±690 13% ±2
                Asian 2,009 ±384 6% ±1
                Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 205 ±118 1% ±0
                Some other race 1,418 ±451 4% ±1
  HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
        Total population 33,018 ±30 33,018% (x)
              Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,574 ±481 11% ±2
                    Mexican 2,065 ±438 6% ±1
                    Puerto Rican 594 ±281 2% ±1
                    Cuban 68 ±70 0% ±0
                    Other Hispanic or Latino 847 ±323 3% ±1
              Not Hispanic or Latino 29,444 ±482 89% ±2
                    White alone 20,033 ±816 61% ±3
                    Black or African American alone 2,621 ±554 8% ±2
                    American Indian and Alaska Native alone 2,764 ±491 8% ±2
                    Asian alone 1,355 ±330 4% ±1
                    Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 57 ±71 0% ±0
                    Some other race alone 293 ±270 1% ±1
                Two or more races 2,321 ±439 7% ±1
                      Two races including Some other race 117 ±94 0% ±0
                      Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races 2,204 ±428 7% ±1
        Total housing units 13,925 ±456 (x) (x)
  CITIZEN, VOTING AGE POPULATION
        Citizen, 18 and over population 24,206 ±582 24,206% (x)
                Male 13,507 ±509 56% ±2
                Female 10,699 ±469 44% ±2

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