Population Trend Graph and Race chart for Alaska vs. United States from 2000 to 2012

The population of Alaska went from 627,499 to 731,449 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 103,950. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. Alaska had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 16.6 percent which was faster than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and Alaska can be seen on the graph below. The graph which is logarithmic indicates that althaugh the growth was faster for Alaska than the United States the trends were similar.

Population of Alaska and the United States Annually from 2000 to 2012
Territory	7/1/2012	7/1/2011	7/1/2010	7/1/2009	7/1/2008	7/1/2007	7/1/2006	7/1/2005	7/1/2004	7/1/2003	7/1/2002	7/1/2001	7/1/2000
United States	313,914,040	311,591,917	309,330,219	307,006,550	304,374,846	301,579,895	298,593,212	295,753,151	293,045,739	290,326,418	287,803,914	285,081,556	282,171,957
Alaska	731,449	722,718	714,146	698,473	688,125	682,297	677,325	669,488	661,569	650,884	642,691	633,316	627,499

Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2009
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (NST-EST2011-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2011

Graph of Alaska's population growth trend.

Population Density Map of Alaska by Square Mile

Darker orange color indicates areas of higher population density.
Map shows a higher population density close to the city of Anchorage.

Map of Alaska by population density per square mile.

The race percentages for Alaska have changed some from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has decreased from 67.9 to 63.8. The percent of the black only population has only slightly increased from 3.4 to 4.3. The percent of population of hispanics/mixed has increased from 4.1% to 6.4% and other/mixed races have increased from 24.6% to 25.4%.

Population by Race for Alaska
Race	July 1, 2000	% of Total	July 1, 2012	% of Total
White Only	426,371	67.9	503,250	63.8
Black Only	21,214	3.4	34,055	4.3
Hispanic* / Mixed	25,963	4.1	50,422	6.4
Other / Mixed Non-Hispanic	154,415	24.6	200,532	25.4
Total Races with Hispanic*	627,963		788,259

*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity.
**Note the slight difference of the population used in race chart from population chart above. Totals were taken from U.S. Census bureau and they had the discrepancy.

References:

Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html

List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

U.S. Population Density, ArcGis, http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=302d4e6025ef41fa8d3525b7fc31963a

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