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Nickname:
The state is commonly called “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight
Sun”
Origin
of name:
Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea
breaks against”
10
largest cities (2005 est.):
Anchorage, 275,043; Fairbanks, 31,324; Juneau, 30,987; Sitka, 8,986; Wasilla,
8,471; Kenai, 7,464; Ketchikan, 7,410; Palmer, 6,920; Kodiak, 6,273; Bethel,
6,262;
Land
area: 571,951
sq mi. (1,4 81,353 sq km)
Geographic
center: 60
mi. NW of Mt. McKinley
Number
of boroughs (counties):
27
Largest
borough by population and area:
Anchorage, 275,043 (2005); Yukon-Koyukuk, 145,900 sq mi.
State
parks: more
than 100 (3.5 million acres)
Residents:
Alaskan
2005
Resident Population est.:
663,661
2000
resident census population (rank):
626,932 (48). Male: 324,112 (51.7%); Female: 302,820 (48.3%). White:
434,534 (69.3%); Black: 21,787 (3.5%); American Indian and Alaska
Native: 98,043 (15.6%); Asian: 25,116 (4.0%); Other race:
9,997 (1.6%); Two or more races: 34,146 (5.4%); Hispanic/Latino:
25,852 (4.1%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 69.6; 65 and over:
5.7; median age: 32.4.
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