Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
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Location in the U.S. state of Alaska
Alaska's location in the U.S.
Incorporated	January 1, 1964[1]
Seat	Fairbanks
Largest city	Fairbanks
Area
• Total	7,444 sq mi (19,280 km2)
• Land	7,338 sq mi (19,005 km2)
• Water	105 sq mi (272 km2), 1.4%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	99,631
• Density	13/sq mi (5/km²)
Congressional district	At-large
Time zone	Alaska: UTC-9/-8
Website	www.co.fairbanks.ak.us

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 97,581.^[2] The borough seat is Fairbanks.^[3] The borough's land area is slightly smaller than that of the state of New Jersey.

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.^[4]

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska – north
• Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska – southeast
• Denali Borough, Alaska – southwest

Government

The borough's administrative headquarters in downtown Fairbanks.

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,^[10] 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.

Communities

Cities

• Fairbanks
  • Fort Wainwright
• North Pole

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

• Chena Hot Springs
• Chatanika, Alaska

Sister cities

• Pune, India^[11]
• Yakutsk, Russia^[12]

See also

• List of airports in Fairbanks North Star Borough
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

References

External links

• Fairbanks North Star Borough official website
• Borough map, 2010 census: Alaska Department of Labor

	Unorganized Borough	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
	Unorganized Borough
		Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
	Denali Borough		Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Municipalities and communities of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States
Borough seat: Fairbanks
Cities	Fairbanks North Pole
CDPs	Badger Chena Ridge College Eielson AFB Ester Farmers Loop Fox Goldstream Harding-Birch Lakes Moose Creek Pleasant Valley Salcha South Van Horn Steele Creek Two Rivers
Unincorporated communities	Chatanika Chena Hot Springs
Ghost town	Chena

State of Alaska
Juneau (capital)
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Regions	Alaska Peninsula Aleutian Islands Arctic The Bush Inside Passage Interior Kenai Peninsula Mat‑Su Valley North Slope Seward Peninsula Southcentral Southeast Southwest Tanana Valley Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
Largest cities	Anchorage Badger Barrow Bethel Dillingham Fairbanks Homer Juneau Kenai Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue Nome Palmer Petersburg Seward Sitka Soldotna Unalaska Valdez Wasilla
Boroughs	Aleutians East Anchorage Bristol Bay Denali Fairbanks North Star Haines Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Gateway Kodiak Island Lake and Peninsula Matanuska‑Susitna North Slope Northwest Arctic Petersburg Sitka Skagway Wrangell Yakutat Unorganized
Census Areas	Aleutians West Bethel Dillingham Hoonah–Angoon Kusilvak Nome Prince of Wales–Hyder Southeast Fairbanks Valdez–Cordova Yukon–Koyukuk

Coordinates: 64°50′N 146°25′W / 64.833°N 146.417°W / 64.833; -146.417