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By Job Gal | September 15, 2008
Alaska
Alaska is an American state located in the northwest portion of North America. It is the largest state by area and the sixth wealthiest state in the nation. Juneau serves as the state capital.
Vitus Bering was the first European to find Alaska in 1741. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. The land became an organized territory in 1912 and the 49th state in 1959. The name Alaska was part of the Russian language and means “the mainland.”
In the 1890s the Yukon Territory was home to many gold rushes, and the state played a vital role during World War II. In 1964 the Good Friday Earthquake killed 131 people. In 1968, oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay and the Trans-Alaska pipeline was completed in 1977. Alaska is one of only five states with no state sales tax or individual income tax, although some municipalities collect a local sales tax.
Alaska’s Job Market
The oil and gas industries are two of Alaska’s most important, with more than 80 percent of the state’s revenue coming from petroleum, and 14.3 percent of domestically produced oil coming from Alaska. The state’s main export product is seafood. Alaska’s industrial outputs include: crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, gold, precious metals zinc and other mining.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: government, natural resources extraction, shipping and transportation.
Work Trends
Alaska unemployment rate: 6.9 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes
Alaska’s Largest Employers
Providence Alaska Medical Center
3200 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK
Carrs Safeway
6401 A St.
Anchorage, AK
Fred Meyer
2000 W Dimond Blvd.
Anchorage, AK
Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club
3101 A St.
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Airlines
401 E 6th Ave.
Anchorage, AK
VECO Operations
949 E 36th Ave.
Anchorage, AK
Banner Health System
1650 Cowles St.
Fairbanks, AK
BP Exploration
900 E Benson Blvd.
Anchorage, AK
Federal Express
Anchorage, AK.
ASRC Energy Energy Services
3900 C St., Suite 701
Anchorage, AK
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
Alaska Job Center Network
AlaskaJobs
I Love Alaska
Surrounding Area Job Search
Juneau, AK
Wasilla, AK
Palmer, AK
Anchorage, AK
Soldotna, AK
Fairbanks, AK
Continuing Education
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Southeast
Alaska Pacific University
Discovering Alaska
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Arts Foundation
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra
Juneau Symphony
Anchorage Opera
Alaska State Fair
Alaska Statistics
Population
Total population: 670,053
Persons under five-years old: 7.4 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 27.1 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 6.9 percent
Female: 48.3 percent
White: 70.7 percent
Black: 3.7 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 15.4 percent
Asian: 4.6 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .6 percent
Multi-racial: 4.9 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 5.6 percent
Non-white Hispanic: 66.4 percent
Education
High school graduates: 88.3 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 24.7 percent
Housing
Housing units: 276,571
Homeownership rate: 62.5 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 27 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $144,200
Households: 221,600
Persons per household: 2.74
Income
Median household income: $52,141
Per capita money income: $22,660
Persons below poverty: 10 percent
Transportation
Airports: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Railroads: Alaska Railroad, White Pass Railroad, Yukon Railroad
Public mass transit: Alaska Marine Highway, Inter-Island Ferry Authority
Weather (Anchorage)
Average annual precipitation: 91 inches
Average low temp. in January: 8 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 65 degrees
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