Alaska Food Cost Survey December 2004 Anchorage Atka Barrow Bethel Coastal Village Region Fund1 Delta Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Galena Haines Homer Juneau Kenai-Soldotna Ketchikan Kodiak Mat-Su Naknek - King Salmon Nome Sitka Portland US Average
1 Sales Tax 0 0 0 5 1.9 0 6 3 0 3 5.5 5.5 5 5 6 6 2.75 0 5 5 0
2 Percent of Food Unavailable 0 44 2 1 35 2 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
























3 Child, 1 year 16.02 44.14 39.91 30.10 39.78 20.60 30.09 24.91 18.10 39.35 21.56 22.56 19.60 18.98 18.59 22.38 18.37 34.79 28.52 20.29 14.73
4 Child, 2 years 15.85 43.69 39.50 29.79 39.78 20.39 29.78 24.65 17.91 38.95 21.34 22.32 19.40 18.79 18.39 22.15 18.18 34.43 28.22 20.08 14.58
5 Child, 3-5 years 17.41 47.97 43.38 32.71 43.75 22.39 32.70 27.07 19.67 42.77 23.43 24.51 21.30 20.63 20.20 24.32 19.97 37.81 30.99 22.05 16.01
6 Child, 6-8 years 23.43 64.57 58.39 44.03 58.18 30.14 44.01 36.43 26.47 57.57 31.54 33.00 28.68 27.77 27.19 32.74 26.88 50.89 41.71 29.68 21.54
7 Child, 9-11 years 26.33 72.55 65.60 49.47 65.89 33.87 49.45 40.94 29.74 64.68 35.44 37.08 32.22 31.20 30.55 36.78 30.20 57.18 46.87 33.35 24.21
























8 Males, 12-14 years 29.74 81.95 74.10 55.88 74.62 38.25 55.85 46.24 33.59 73.06 40.03 41.88 36.39 35.24 34.50 41.54 34.11 64.59 52.94 37.67 27.34
9 Males, 15-19 years 30.63 84.41 76.32 57.56 76.99 39.40 57.53 47.63 34.60 75.25 41.23 43.13 37.49 36.30 35.54 42.79 35.13 66.53 54.53 38.80 28.16
10 Males, 20-50 years 30.73 84.68 76.57 57.74 76.58 39.53 57.72 47.78 34.72 75.50 41.36 43.27 37.61 36.42 35.65 42.93 35.25 66.74 54.71 38.92 28.25
11 Males, 51 years and over 29.46 81.17 73.39 55.35 72.61 37.89 55.33 45.80 33.28 72.37 39.65 41.48 36.05 34.91 34.18 41.15 33.78 63.98 52.44 37.31 27.08























12 Females, 12-19 years 25.82 71.14 64.32 48.51 64.30 33.21 48.49 40.14 29.16 63.42 34.75 36.35 31.59 30.59 29.95 36.06 29.61 56.07 45.96 32.70 23.73
13 Females, 20-50 years 26.88 74.06 66.96 50.50 66.67 34.57 50.48 41.79 30.36 66.02 36.17 37.84 32.89 31.85 31.18 37.54 30.82 58.37 47.84 34.04 24.71
14 Females, 51 years and over 26.16 72.10 65.19 49.16 64.89 33.65 49.14 40.68 29.56 64.28 35.22 36.84 32.02 31.01 30.36 36.55 30.01 56.82 46.57 33.14 24.05
























15 Family of 2 (20-50 years) 63.37 174.61 157.88 119.06 157.59 81.50 119.01 98.52 71.58 155.67 85.29 89.23 77.54 75.09 73.52 88.52 72.67 137.62 112.80 80.26 58.26
16 Family of 2 (51 & older) 61.18 168.59 152.44 114.96 151.24 78.69 114.91 95.13 69.11 150.30 82.35 86.15 74.87 72.50 70.98 85.47 70.17 132.88 108.91 77.49 56.25
17 Family of 4, children 1-5 years 90.87 250.40 226.41 170.74 226.78 116.88 170.67 141.29 102.65 223.24 122.31 127.96 111.20 107.69 105.43 126.94 104.22 197.36 161.76 115.09 83.54
18 Family of 4, children 6-11 years 107.37 295.87 267.52 201.74 267.33 138.10 201.66 166.94 121.29 263.77 144.52 151.19 131.39 127.24 124.57 149.99 123.14 233.19 191.13 135.99 98.71

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19 Anchorage, December 2004 0 176 149 88 149 29 88 55 13 146 35 41 22 19 16 40 15 117 78 27 -8 0
20 Anchorage, September 2004 -9
141 69
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41 1
35 19 4 8 3 20 3 86 56 16 -18 2
21 Anchorage, December 2003 1

75
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45 35 16 20 9 33 11 101 62 20 -11 4
22 Anchorage, December 2002 5

87
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42 46 9 17 4 42 12
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23 Anchorage, December 2001 6

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24 Electricity, 1000 kwh (bold denotes communities receiving PCE) 115.88 417.80 98.78 283.33 673.33 2 114.59 232.63 243.04 114.59 244.30 184.69 121.93 105.54 121.35 95.70 157.38 114.38 199.28 189.15 96.60 83.28
25 Heating oil, 55 gal 105.00 211.75 247.50 167.75 168.36 103.95 152.35
101.20 164.73 131.45 111.65 114.22
129.25 121.00 109.45 148.50 169.40 132.55 165.00
26 Gas, 55 gal, unleaded auto 103.72 203.50 189.75 195.20 192.53 121.00 186.95 157.80 112.75 217.25 134.75 118.75 118.23 117.15 121.17 122.65 109.18 169.95 160.60 127.00 96.75
27 Lumber, 2X4X8' 4.13 16.40 8.99 6.08 9.87 2.75 6.10 7.16 3.75
4.25 3.60 3.75 3.37 3.05 5.33 3.75 5.38 6.56 3.22 2.49
28 Propane, 100 lb refill 58.88

183.86 183.72 46.02 114.48 96.30 46.72 91.67 65.76 52.89 60.27 56.64 62.99 83.30 48.75 120.00 107.63 69.85 46.02

























1 Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, n=11






















2 n=3, SD=371