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Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Alaska is a young and growing city. The majority of people live around the "Anchorage Bowl" and near the downtown, which has many apartments and multi-family buildings. The rest of the population is spread to the East (Cook Inlet borders the West) about 42 miles and South of the Anchorage Bowl about 40 miles (Anchorage 2).
Population growth has been limited thus far because Anchorage is in a bowl, bounded on the east by the Chugach Mountains and on the West by Cook Inlet. On the south and north are Knik and Turnagain Arms, bodies of water coming off Cook Inlet (Begich 3).
The population has been growing over the past ten years. Before 1995, population showed a steady decline from a high of almost 10,000 in 1991 to a negative 684 in 1995. Since then it has increased to about 4,000, through a series of fluctuations. It is expected to keep on growing, as overall population has been growing rather than decreasing for 40 years. Growth projections for the city of Anchorage call for 37,000 new homes and more than 35,000 new jobs between 2002 and 2025. Most of the growth is expected to be absorbed by the valley along the Chugiak-Eagle River. This is considered desirable and is being implemented by the City. The main factors affecting growth are jobs and housing (Anchorage 51).
The population depends upon jobs available. For instance, there was a huge boom when the pipeline from the North Slope was being built, then the work ended and the population decreased dramatically. Population mobility is enormous. Anchorage's average growth rate has exceeded most metropolitan areas in the rest of the United States (Chamber 1)
Statistics from the 2000 census show 94% of the population is made up of whites, while only 7.28% are American Indian and Native Alaskans (this is the same percentage of the population living below the poverty line here.) This indicates a huge influx of non-natives have come to populate the city. Anchorage, the gateway to Alaska, is called home by more than two-fifths of the whole state's population (Chamber 1).
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Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska. 2007. http://anchorage.chamberinfo.org/anchorage_info/Relocation.htm.
And so, as a solution, aquaculture farms are beginning to be created near Anchorage, raising cod, shrimp, and other fishes. This rising industry will attract newcomers to the area, which takes a certain hearty type because of the long cold winters. The labor force averaged 158,071 workers in 2006 (www.labor.state.ak.us).Alaska ranks #3 in oil production in the U.S., #1 in fisheries, and #1 in ports in National Marine Fisheries.
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