Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

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Incorporated January 1, 1964 Largest city Fairbanks Time zone Alaska: UTC-9/-8 Area 19,280 km² Unemployment rate 5.7% (Apr 2015)		Seat Fairbanks Congressional district At-large Website www.co.fairbanks.ak.us Population 100,436 (2013)

University University of Alaska Fairbanks Rivers Goldstream Creek, Tanana River, Saint George Creek Points of interest University of Alaska Museum, El Dorado Gold Mine, Pioneer Park, Fairbanks Ice Museum, Chena Hot Springs Destinations Fairbanks, North Pole, Aurora, Mt Aurora Skiland, Ester

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 97,581. The borough seat is Fairbanks. The borough's land area is slightly smaller than that of the state of New Jersey.

Map of Fairbanks North Star, AK, USA

Fairbanks North Star Borough comprises the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The borough is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Eielson Air Force Base.

Geography

The borough has a total area of 7,444 square miles (19,280 km²), of which 7,338 square miles (19,010 km²) is land and 105 square miles (270 km²) (1.4%) is water.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska – north

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska – southeast

Denali Borough, Alaska – southwest

Government

The assembly is the borough's governing body, or legislative branch. The assembly consists of nine members who are elected at-large (borough-wide), serving three-year terms. The borough operates under a "strong mayor" system. The mayor, along with his chief of staff, perform many of the job duties normally associated with a city manager.

Mayor

Karl Kassel (term ends October 2018)

Assembly members

October 2016 – October 2017; the year term expires is in parenthesis next to name

Seat A – Van Lawrence (2018)

Seat B – Shaun Tacke (2019)

Seat C – Andrew Gray (2019)

Seat D – Christopher Quist (2017)

Seat E – Guy Sattley (2017)

Seat F – Kathryn Dodge (2018)

Seat G – Lance Roberts (2018)

Seat H – John Davies (2017)

Seat I – Matt Cooper (2019)

The borough operates a public library system; the main library is the Noel Wien Public Library.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, 82,840 people, 29,777 households, and 20,516 families were residing in the borough. The population density was 11 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 33,291 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 77.79% White, 5.6% Black or African American, 6.90% Native American, 2.08% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 1.71% from other races, and 5.39% from two or more races. 4.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 29,777 households out of which 41.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.70% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.10% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the borough the population was spread out with 30.10% under the age of 18, 12.20% from 18 to 24, 33.30% from 25 to 44, 19.80% from 45 to 64, and 4.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 109.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.90 males.