Demographics Alaska

1 demographics

1.1 ancestry
1.2 languages
1.3 religion

demographics

the united states census bureau estimates population of alaska 738,432 on july 1, 2015, 3.97% increase since 2010 united states census.

in 2010, alaska ranked 47th state population, ahead of north dakota, vermont, , wyoming (and washington, d.c.) alaska least densely populated state, , 1 of sparsely populated areas in world, @ 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km), next state, wyoming, @ 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km). alaska largest u.s. state area, , tenth wealthiest (per capita income). of november 2014, state s unemployment rate 6.6%.

ancestry

map of largest racial/ethnic group borough. red indicates native american, blue indicates non-hispanic white, , green indicates asian. darker shades indicate higher proportion of population.

according 2010 united states census, alaska had population of 710,231. in terms of race , ethnicity, state 66.7% white (64.1% non-hispanic white), 14.8% american indian , alaska native, 5.4% asian, 3.3% black or african american, 1.0% native hawaiian , other pacific islander, 1.6% other race, , 7.3% 2 or more races. hispanics or latinos of race made 5.5% of population.

as of 2011, 50.7% of alaska s population younger 1 year of age belonged minority groups (i.e., did not have 2 parents of non-hispanic white ancestry).

languages

according 2011 american community survey, 83.4% of people on age of 5 speak english @ home. 3.5% speak spanish @ home. 2.2% speak indo-european language @ home , 4.3% speak asian language (including tagalog) @ home. 5.3% speak other languages @ home.

the alaska native language center @ university of alaska fairbanks claims @ least 20 alaskan native languages exist , there languages different dialects. of alaska s native languages belong either eskimo–aleut or na-dene language families languages thought isolates (e.g. haida) or have not yet been classified (e.g. tsimshianic). of 2014 of alaska s native languages classified either threatened, shifting, moribund, extinct, or dormant languages.

a total of 5.2% of alaskans speak 1 of state s 20 indigenous languages, known locally native languages .

in october 2014, governor of alaska signed bill declaring state s 20 indigenous languages official languages. bill gave languages symbolic recognition official languages, though have not been adopted official use within government. 20 languages included in bill are:

religion

st. michael s russian orthodox cathedral in downtown sitka.

according statistics collected association of religion data archives 2010, 34% of alaska residents members of religious congregations. 100,960 people identified evangelical protestants, 50,866 roman catholic, , 32,550 mainline protestants. 4% mormon, 0.5% jewish, 1% muslim, 0.5% buddhist, , 0.5% hindu. largest religious denominations in alaska of 2010 catholic church 50,866 adherents, non-denominational evangelical protestants 38,070 adherents, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints 32,170 adherents, , southern baptist convention 19,891 adherents. alaska has been identified, along pacific northwest states washington , oregon, being least religious states of usa, in terms of church membership.

in 1795, first russian orthodox church established in kodiak. intermarriage alaskan natives helped russian immigrants integrate society. result, increasing number of russian orthodox churches gradually became established within alaska. alaska has largest quaker population (by percentage) of state. in 2009 there 6,000 jews in alaska (for whom observance of halakha may pose special problems). alaskan hindus share venues , celebrations members of other asian religious communities, including sikhs , jains.

estimates number of muslims in alaska range 2,000 5,000. islamic community center of anchorage began efforts in late 1990s construct mosque in anchorage. broke ground on building in south anchorage in 2010 , nearing completion in late 2014. when completed, mosque first in state , 1 of northernmost mosques in world.