What is the current population of the state of Alaska?
The population in Alaska based on the 2006 census is 670,053 while the US has a population of 299,398,484 people. They’ve gained over 40,000 people since the 2000 census–including my brother who now lives up there in Dutch Harbor, Alaska! http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02000.html Wikipedia gives this info for 2007: Population Ranked 47th in the US – Total 683,478 (2007 est.) – Density 1.2/sq mi (0.46/km²) Ranked 50th in the US – Median income US$54,627 (6th) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska Did you know they pay residents to live there? It’s called the “Permanent Fund Dividend”. The Permanent Fund is a huge investment of oil revenues in a variety of stocks and bonds. Around October of every year, the interest earned from the fund pays each resident anywhere between 1 to 2 grand a year, depending on how well the market does. Not ba
