Alaska has the seventh-highest

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in the

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, at $30,651 (2014). Its personal per capita income is $33,568 (2003), the twelfth-highest in the country. Its

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is $69,825 (2014), ranked second in the country, and its median family income is $82,870 (2014), the fifth-highest in the country. The median value of an owner-occupied housing unit is $144,201 (2000), ranked twelfth in the country.

Alaska boroughs and census areas ranked by per capita income

Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

References

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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. ...