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Alaska Population, Income, Education, Employment, and Federal Funds

Alaska Population
Total
Year
1980 401,851
1990 550,043
2000 626,932
2009 (latest estimates) 698,473

Alaska Income
Total
Alaska Per-capita income (2008 dollars)
2007 41,081
2008 43,922
Percent change 3.0
Alaska Earnings per job (2008 dollars)
2007 54,818
2008 53,903
Percent change -1.7
Alaska Poverty rate (percent)
1979 10.7
1989 9.0
1999 9.4
2008 (latest model-based estimates) 9.2

Alaska Education (Persons 25 and older)
Total
Alaska Percent not completing high school
1980 17.5
1990 13.4
2000 11.7
Alaska Percent completing high school only
1980 38.9
1990 28.7
2000 27.9
Alaska Percent completing some college
1980 22.6
1990 34.9
2000 35.7
Alaska Percent completing college
1980 21.1
1990 23.0
2000 24.7

AK. Employment
Total
Total number of jobs in AK.
2007 442,680
2008 452,986
Alaska Percent employment change
2006-2007 1.2
2007-2008 1.1
2008-2009 -0.7
Alaska Unemployment rate (percent)
2008 6.5
2009 8.0

Alaska Federal Funds 2008
Total
Alaska Federal funding, dollars per person
Alaska All Federal funds 12,045
Federal funding by purpose
Alaska Agriculture and natural resources 62
Alaska Community resources 2,503
Alaska Defense and space 3,144
Alaska Human resources 518
Alaska Income security 3,727
Alaska National functions 2,090
Alaska Federal funding by type of payments
Alaska Grants 2,910
Alaska Direct loans 37
Alaska Guaranteed/insured loans 1,468
Alaska Retirement/disability payments 1,943
Alaska Other direct payments to
individuals
633
Alaska Direct payments, not to
individuals
77
Alaska Procurement contracts 3,604
Alaska Salaries and wages 1,374

Alaska Organic Agriculture

2008
Number of certified operations 8
Alaska Crops (acres) 442
Alaska Pasture & rangeland (acres)
Alaska Total acres 442


Alaska Farm Characteristics

Alaska 2007 Census of Agriculture
2007
Approximate total land area (acres) in AK. 366,013,154
Total farmland (acres) in AK. 881,585
Percent of total land area in AK. 0.2
Cropland (acres) 86,238
Percent of total farmland in AK. 9.8
Alaska Percent in pasture 8.2
 
Alaska Harvested Cropland (acres) 30,772
Alaska Woodland (acres) 41,698
Alaska Percent of total farmland 4.7
Alaska Percent in pasture 10.2
Alaska Pastureland (acres) 737,746
Alaska Percent of total farmland 83.7
Alaska Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)
15,903
Alaska Percent of total farmland 1.8
Alaska Conservation practices
Alaska Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres)
28,298
Alaska Average farm size (acres) 1,285
Alaska Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres 59.2
100 to 499 acres 27.7
500 to 999 acres 5.5
1000 to 1,999 acres 3.5
2,000 or more acres 4.1
Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999 58.7
$10,000 to $49,999 23.2
$50,000 to $99,999 6.9
$100,000 to $499,999 8.5
More than $500,000 2.8
Tenure of farmers
Alaska Full owner (farms) 492
Alaska Percent of total 71.7
Alaska Part owner (farms) 110
Alaska Percent of total 16.0
Alaska Tenant owner (farms) 84
Alaska Percent of total 12.2
Farm organization
Alaska Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms)
550
Percent of total 80.2
Alaska Family-held corporations
(farms)
43
Percent of total 6.3
Alaska Partnerships (farms) 42
Percent of total 6.1
Alaska Non-family corporations (farms) 9
Percent of total 1.3
Alaska Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms)
42
Percent of total 6.1
Alaska Characteristics of principal farm operators
Alaska Average operator age (years) 56.2
Alaska Percent with farming as their
primary occupation
53.2
Men 518
Women 168

AK. Farm Financial Indicators

Alaska Farm income and value added data
2008
Alaska Number of farms 680
Thousands $
AK. Final crop output 24,131
+ Alaska Final animal output 5,083
+ Alaska Services and forestry 9,141
= Alaska Final agricultural sector output 38,355
- Alaska Intermediate consumption outlays 22,683
+ Alaska Net government transactions 3,008
= Alaska Gross value added 18,680
- Alaska Capital consumption 6,933
= Alaska Net value added 11,747
- Alaska Factor payments 6,553
Alaska Employee compensation (total hired labor) 5,504
Alaska Net rent received by nonoperator landlords -807
Alaska Real estate and nonreal estate interest 1,856
= Alaska Net farm income 5,194

Alaska Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

AK. Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2009
Value of receipts
thousand $
1.Alaska Greenhouse/nursery 14,000
2.Alaska Hay 4,464
3.Alaska Potatoes 2,865
4.Alaska Cattle and calves 1,772
5.Alaska Dairy products 1,348
Alaska All commodities 31,919

AK. Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2009
Value
million $
1.Other 3.9
2.Seeds 0.5
3.Feed grains and products 0.3
4.Live animals and meat 0.2
5.Hides and skins 0.0
Overall rank 4.9

Alaska Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
Thousands $
1.Anchorage Municipality 31,752
2.Juneau City and Borough 11,770
3.Fairbanks North Star Borough 7,075
4.
5.
State total 57,019

State Offices


Alaska Drug Policy, Enforcement and Government Agencies
Governor's Office
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
120 Fourth Street
P.O. Box A
Juneau, AK 99811-0101
(907) 465-3500

State Legislative Contact
Legislative Affairs Agency
130 Seward Street, Suite 313
Juneau, AK 99801-2197
(907) 465-4648

State Drug Program Coordinator
Special Assistant to the Governor
Anti-Drug Abuse Committee
P.O. Box A
Juneau, AK 99811
(907) 465-3500

Attorney General's Office
Attorney General
Department of Law
State Capitol, Room 412
120 Fourth Street
Juneau, AK 99811
(907) 465-3600

Law Enforcement Planning
Department of Public Safety
450 Whittier Street
P.O. Box 111200
Juneau, AK 99811
(907) 465-4322

Crime Prevention Office
Alaska Crime Prevention Association
P.O. Box 210-127
Anchorage, AK 99521-0127
(907) 338-5548

Statistical Analysis Center
The Justice Center
University of Alaska
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 786-1810

Uniform Crime Reports Contact
Uniform Crime Reporting Section
Department of Public Safety Information System
5700 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99507
(907) 269-5659

BJA Strategy Preparation Agency
Department of Public Safety
Alaska State Troopers
Statewide Drug Enforcement
4500 West 50th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99502
(907) 243-8916

Judicial Agency
Alaska Court System
303 K Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 274-8611

Corrections Agency
Department of Corrections
416 Harris Street
P.O. Box T
Juneau, AK 99811
(907) 465-3376

RADAR Network Agency
Alaska Council on Prevention of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse
3333 Denali Street, Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 258-6021

HIV-Prevention Program
AIDS/STD Program
Section of Epidemiology
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 240249
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249
(907) 561-4406

Drug and Alcohol Agency
Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Department of Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 110607
Juneau, AK 99811-0607
(907) 465-2071

State Coordinator for Drug-Free Schools
Alaska Department of Education
Division of Educational Program Support
801 West 10th Street, Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1894
(907) 465-8730 or
(907) 465-2843

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Alaska Attacks Alcohol Abuse Problem

Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives.

"Of those 19, a mere three that I know of were not consuming alcohol," Cross, an investigator with the Alaska State Troopers, said as he fought back tears. "My personal experiences with the utter devastation is what really makes me want to do the best job that I could do."

So Cross, who is part Eskimo, goes after smugglers who supply alcohol to villagers in Native communities where the sale, and sometimes the possession, of alcohol are prohibited.

Cross and the nine other members of the troopers' Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team work largely undercover to catch people sneaking in alcohol for their own use or to sell at huge profits in dry villages, where a fifth of hard liquor that normally costs $12 can command as much as $300.

Members of the team last year confiscated more than 1,900 bottles of illegal hard liquor destined for scores of villages. And recently, they were deputized as U.S. postal inspectors to intercept alcohol mailed over a vast roadless region of Alaska.

Alcohol smuggling has gone on in rural Alaska for generations.

People from dry villages — no alcohol permitted at all — buy booze in bigger cities such as Anchorage, Fairbanks or Juneau and bring it home in private planes, boats or snowmobiles, or they disguise it as apple juice or water, or hide it in their luggage, in diaper bags and under animal pelts.

In some of Alaska's many remote "damp" communities — where limited consumption of alcohol is OK — people can legally order booze via air delivery and then go down to the local airport to pick it up. But people frequently subvert the monthly purchase limits by ordering from multiple suppliers. And residents of dry villages can get their hands on alcohol simply by having it shipped to a damp community.

Alcohol abuse has taken a terrible toll in Alaska. Alaska Natives have a high rate of suicide and premature death, and drinking has long been regarded as a major factor.

Alaska Natives are 16 percent of the state's population, yet accounted for 39 percent of 426 suicides recorded over a three-year period that ended in August 2006, according to the nonprofit Alaska Injury Prevention Center.

Toxicology results were available for just one-third of the suicides studied but showed the presence of alcohol and often drugs in around 70 percent of the cases for both Natives and non-Natives in rural Alaska.

Many familiar with rural Alaska say wherever there is a tragedy, near-tragedy or serious crime, alcohol abuse is involved nine times out of 10.

"We've lost so many people to alcohol, potential leaders," said Willie Goodwin Jr., a 63-year-old hunter and Eskimo elder from Kotzebue. "Every family has been affected by alcohol abuse, one way or another, in rural Alaska."

In hopes of undercutting the bootleggers and curbing drinking, a few damp communities have opened liquor stores or community delivery sites where alcohol orders can be picked up in tightly controlled amounts and the customers are carefully screened.

Also, under a new law, the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will establish a database in July that will help catch people who skirt the purchase limits.

"We're not plugging all the holes in the dike. We're just plugging a big one," said ABC board director Doug Griffin. "We're trying to up the ante a little bit, make it harder for bootleggers."

Barrow, a damp town of 4,500 at the edge of the oil-rich North Slope, set up a single legal pickup site for alcohol deliveries nine years ago.

It now issues 2,400 one-year permits to buy alcohol to residents who have passed criminal background checks. Permits are revoked after serious convictions, and residents have to wait as long as five years to apply again.

The town has also imposed lower alcohol purchase limits than the state's quota for damp communities. Barrow permit-holders may buy only 4 1/2 liters of hard liquor a month, or less than half of the 10 1/2 liters of hard liquor (or 32 bottles of wine or 128 cans of beer) allowed monthly under state law.

Suicide rates have not dramatically improved in Barrow since the delivery site opened. But "having a delivery site has had a positive impact on the abuse of alcohol," Mayor Michael Stotts said Friday.

The damp native village of Nulato opened a liquor store in November for the same reason Tanana, another Yukon River community, did so in 1982: People were losing or risking their lives driving boats or snowmobiles in severe weather to get alcohol at the nearest liquor store.

The Tanana store maintains a list of banned customers, including those with family or mental health problems. City Manager Bear Ketzler said his best guess is that bootleg alcohol sales have dropped by half in Tanana.

The liquor store, he said, "actually in its own way does work."




Alaska Attacks Alcohol Abuse Problem

Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives.

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