March 2005 Alaska Food Cost Survey. University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service


Anchorage

Atka

Bethel

Cordova

Delta

Dillingham

Dutch Harbor

Fairbanks

Homer

Juneau

Kenai-Soldotna

Ketchikan

Kiana

Kodiak

Mat-Su

Naknek - King Salmon

Nome

Seward

Sitka

Tok

Portland, OR

US Average

1

Sales Tax

0

0

5

6

0

6

3

0

5.5

5

5

5.5

2

6

2.75

0

5

6

5

0

0


2

Percent of Food Unavailable

0

38

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

0

0

1

0

2

0

5

0


























3

Child, 1 year

17.29

46.45

29.50

23.52

20.45

30.51

25.53

16.07

20.92

18.33

19.05

18.20

42.70

21.12

17.65

32.80

29.08

19.97

20.10

18.81

14.57


4

Child, 2 years

17.13

46.01

29.23

23.30

20.26

30.23

25.29

15.92

20.73

18.16

18.87

18.03

42.30

20.92

17.49

32.50

28.81

19.78

19.91

18.63

14.43


5

Child, 3-5 years

18.92

50.81

32.27

25.73

22.37

33.38

27.92

17.58

22.89

20.05

20.84

19.91

46.71

23.10

19.31

35.88

31.81

21.84

21.98

20.57

15.93


6

Child, 6-8 years

25.35

68.10

43.26

34.48

29.99

44.74

37.42

23.56

30.68

26.87

27.93

26.69

62.61

30.97

25.88

48.10

42.64

29.28

29.46

27.58

21.36


7

Child, 9-11 years

28.51

76.57

48.64

38.78

33.72

50.31

42.08

26.49

34.49

30.22

31.40

30.01

70.40

34.82

29.10

54.08

47.95

32.92

33.13

31.01

24.02


























8

Males, 12-14 years

32.24

86.60

55.01

43.85

38.13

56.89

47.59

29.96

39.01

34.17

35.52

33.94

79.61

39.38

32.91

61.16

54.23

37.23

37.47

35.07

27.16


9

Males, 15-19 years

33.20

89.16

56.64

45.15

39.26

58.58

49.00

30.85

40.17

35.19

36.57

34.95

81.97

40.55

33.89

62.98

55.83

38.34

38.58

36.11

27.97


10

Males, 20-50 years

33.27

89.36

56.76

45.25

39.35

58.71

49.11

30.92

40.25

35.26

36.65

35.02

82.15

40.64

33.96

63.11

55.95

38.42

38.66

36.19

28.03


11

Males, 51 years and over

31.74

85.24

54.15

43.17

37.54

56.00

46.85

29.49

38.40

33.64

34.96

33.41

78.37

38.76

32.40

60.21

53.38

36.65

36.88

34.52

26.73


























12

Females, 12-19 years

27.90

74.92

47.59

37.94

32.99

49.22

41.18

25.92

33.75

29.57

30.73

29.37

68.88

34.07

28.48

52.92

46.92

32.22

32.42

30.34

23.50


13

Females, 20-50 years

29.01

77.93

49.50

39.46

34.32

51.20

42.83

26.96

35.11

30.75

31.96

30.54

71.64

35.44

29.62

55.04

48.80

33.51

33.72

31.56

24.44


14

Females, 51 years and over

28.22

75.80

48.15

38.38

33.38

49.80

41.66

26.22

34.15

29.91

31.09

29.71

69.69

34.47

28.81

53.53

47.46

32.59

32.80

30.69

23.77


























15

Family of 2 (20-50 years)

68.53

184.04

116.91

93.20

81.04

120.91

101.14

63.68

82.91

72.63

75.48

72.14

169.20

83.69

69.95

129.99

115.24

79.13

79.63

74.53

57.72


16

Family of 2 (51 & older)

65.95

177.12

112.51

89.69

77.99

116.36

97.34

61.28

79.79

69.89

72.64

69.42

162.84

80.54

67.31

125.10

110.91

76.15

76.64

71.73

55.55


17

Family of 4, children 1-5 years

98.33

264.10

167.76

133.74

116.30

173.51

145.14

91.37

118.97

104.22

108.31

103.51

242.81

120.10

100.37

186.53

165.38

113.56

114.28

106.95

82.83


18

Family of 4, children 6-11 years

116.15

311.95

198.16

157.97

137.37

204.95

171.44

107.93

140.53

123.10

127.94

122.27

286.80

141.86

118.56

220.33

195.34

134.13

134.98

126.33

97.84



% Change From:























19

Anchorage, March 2005

0

169

71

36

18

76

48

-7

21

6

10

5

147

22

2

90

68

15

16

9

-16

0

20

Anchorage, December 2004

8


88


29

88

55

13

41

22

19

16


40

15

117

78


27


-8

-1

21

Anchorage, March 2004

5


73

52

18



5

26

10

15

9


25

7

101

64

28

13

8

-14

3

22

Anchorage, March 2003

11


78

50

14

83

64

0

25

9

17

4


46

9


68

16

17

14

-16

7

23

Anchorage, March 2002

12


81

57

17



1

36

10

11

9


40

17


70

24

19

37

-14

7

























24

Electricity, 1000 kwh (bold denotes communities receiving PCE)

112.07

429.70

282.64

227.51

118.79

239.48

251.76

118.79

115.90

105.55

115.35

95.70

371.25

157.38

111.31

206.95

207.52

140.86

96.60

233.01

93.65


25

Heating oil, 55 gal

106.23

170.50

171.05

188.65

114.95

150.15

88.00

114.95

120.45

145.02


130.30

193.60

128.70

111.65

147.95

169.40

116.05

154.55

126.50

165.00


26

Gas, 55 gal, unleaded auto

102.80

203.50

195.20

149.60

117.70

186.95

157.80

106.10

117.10

117.85

120.45

114.90

199.10

124.85

103.95

168.30

160.60

119.35

126.63

118.75

106.65


27

Lumber, 2X4X8'

4.02

16.40

6.08

5.60

2.25

6.10

3.70

4.15

3.62

4.01

3.29

3.31


5.54

4.07

5.38

6.56

3.77

3.55

4.96

2.94


28

Propane, 100 lb refill

58.84


132.25

75.05

46.02

112.57

82.16

46.73

52.79

63.72

56.64

49.80

188.70

89.30

48.75

28.32

107.63

67.26

70.00

48.62

46.02