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Alaska
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

607,583

*****

*****

Native

 574,308 570,226 578,390

Born in United States

 561,231 556,337 566,125

State of residence

 228,542 219,041 238,043

Different state

 332,689 321,769 343,609

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 13,077 10,812 15,342

Foreign born

 33,275 29,193 37,357

Naturalized citizen

 18,178 15,330 21,026

Not a citizen

 15,097 11,365 18,829

Entered 1990 to 2000

 13,406 9,939 16,873

Entered before 1990

 19,869 17,196 22,542
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

33,275

29,193

37,357

Europe

 6,878 5,304 8,452

Asia

 16,250 13,018 19,482

Africa

 438 103 773

Oceania

 69 0 150

Latin America

 5,252 3,600 6,904

Northern America

 4,388 1,859 6,917
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

564,976

562,640

567,312

English only

 499,296 485,703 512,889

Language other than English

 65,680 51,945 79,415

Speak English less than "very well"

 22,142 17,548 26,736

Spanish

 14,738 11,801 17,675

Speak English less than "very well"

 4,889 3,714 6,064

Other Indo-European languages

 9,554 7,483 11,625

Speak English less than "very well"

 1,994 1,060 2,928

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 20,227 16,067 24,387

Speak English less than "very well"

 10,724 8,341 13,107

Other languages

 21,161 9,401 32,921

Speak English less than "very well"

 4,535 819 8,251
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

607,583

*****

*****

Arab

 979 194 1,764

Czech

 3,173 2,201 4,145

Danish

 3,430 2,615 4,245

Dutch

 13,705 11,395 16,015

English

 64,197 60,237 68,157

French (except Basque)

 26,654 21,874 31,434

French Canadian

 5,765 4,407 7,123

German

 107,463 100,058 114,868

Greek

 1,531 487 2,575

Hungarian

 2,630 1,635 3,625

Irish

 72,069 65,179 78,959

Italian

 17,877 15,150 20,604

Lithuanian

 562 173 951

Norwegian

 26,171 22,625 29,717

Polish

 13,875 11,809 15,941

Portuguese

 1,706 1,147 2,265

Russian

 6,094 3,649 8,539

Scotch-Irish

 10,954 9,248 12,660

Scottish

 17,195 14,979 19,411

Slovak

 1,039 0 2,140

Subsaharan African

 739 298 1,180

Swedish

 13,095 10,835 15,356

Swiss

 1,576 1,017 2,135

Ukrainian

 477 170 784

United States or American

 38,262 31,974 44,550

Welsh

 6,346 4,887 7,805

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 564 130 998
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.