Badger is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in the
Fairbanks North Star Borough
The Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,665, down from 97,581 in 2010.
The borough seat is Fairbanks. The borough's land area is slightly smaller than that o ...
of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
. It was one of the CDPs created in 2010 out of small suburbs and outskirts of Fairbanks. It has an area of 66.71 sq. mi, 65.63 of land and 1.08 of water.
The population of the CDP was 19,031 as of the
2020 Census, down from 19,482 in 2010.
[
] Badger's designation as a Place made it number 5 by population, behind Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Knik-Fairview, in a list of
Alaska Cities and census-designated places (by population). Badger is a major community of the
Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright is a United States Army installation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fort Wainwright is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the coterminous Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The installation is managed by U.S. Army Garrison ...
the Army and National Guard installation of Fairbanks is inside the Badger Place geographic boundaries. The military estimates that the installation serves approximately 7,000 Soldiers and 6,500 Family Members, 2,400 Civilians and Contractors and 7,800 Retirees and Veterans. The Soldiers and Family Members are very transient but the total population number less so. A significant portion of the Badger population reported in the 2010 Census were Soldiers and Family Members of Fort Wainwright.
Demographics
Badger first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP)
[Alaska: 2010 - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics] with a total population of 19,482.
Sex
For every 100 females there were 109.9 males.
Age
* Median Age: 31.4
* Total population Under 18 years: 29.5 %
* Total population 65 years and over: 5.2 %
Households
* Total households: 6,858
* Family households: 5,118
* Family households with own children under 18 years: 52.6 %
* Family households Husband-wife family: 4,183
* Family households Husband-wife family with own children under 18 years: 49.2 %
* Family households Female householder, no husband present: 525
* Family households Female householder, no husband present, with own children under 18 years: 69.1 %
* Nonfamily households: 1,740
* Nonfamily households Householder living alone: 1,301
* Nonfamily households Householder living alone 65 years and over: 213
* Average size House-holds: 2.84
* Average size Families: 3.25
References
Census-designated places in Alaska
Census-designated places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
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