Anchorage Bethel Cordova Craig/Klawock Delta Dillingham Fairbanks Greater Copper River Valley Homer Juneau Kenai/ Soldotna Ketchikan Kodiak Matanuska-Susitna Nome Sitka Thorne Bay Tok Valdez Wrangell Portland, Oregon US Average
1 Sales Tax (In percent) 0 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 5.5 5 5 5.5 6 2.5 4 5 3 0 0 7 0
2 Percent of Food Unavailable 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 3 1 4 0
























3 Family of 2 (20-50 years) 58.30 93.67 82.00 76.70 66.84 100.17 57.24 72.76 92.50 59.88 63.38 61.05 73.36 67.96 93.73 66.68 78.61 81.95 67.19 67.42 45.73
4 Family of 2 (51 & older) 56.12 90.17 78.93 73.83 64.34 96.42 55.10 70.04 89.04 57.64 61.01 58.76 70.62 65.42 90.23 64.18 75.67 78.89 64.68 64.90 44.02
5 Family of 4, children 1-5 years 84.15 135.19 118.34 110.69 96.47 144.57 82.62 105.02 133.50 86.42 91.48 88.10 105.88 98.08 135.28 96.23 113.45 118.27 96.97 97.31 66.00
6 Family of 4, children 6-11 years 99.17 159.33 139.47 130.46 113.69 170.38 97.37 123.77 157.34 101.85 107.81 103.83 124.78 115.59 159.43 113.41 133.71 139.39 114.28 114.68 77.78
























7 Children 1-2 years 14.87 23.89 20.91 19.56 17.05 25.54 14.60 18.56 23.59 15.27 16.16 15.57 18.71 17.33 23.90 17.00 20.05 20.90 17.13 17.19 11.66
8 Children 3-5 years 16.27 26.14 22.88 21.40 18.65 27.95 15.97 20.30 25.81 16.71 17.69 17.03 20.47 18.96 26.15 18.61 21.93 22.87 18.75 18.81 12.76
9 Children 6-8 years 21.64 34.77 30.43 28.47 24.81 37.18 21.25 27.01 34.33 22.22 23.52 22.66 27.23 25.22 34.79 24.75 29.18 30.42 24.94 25.02 16.97
10 Children 9-11 years 24.52 39.39 34.48 32.26 28.11 42.13 24.07 30.60 38.90 25.18 26.66 25.67 30.85 28.58 39.42 28.04 33.06 34.46 28.26 28.35 19.23
























11 Females, 12-19 years 23.82 38.27 33.50 31.33 27.31 40.92 23.39 29.73 37.79 24.46 25.89 24.94 29.97 27.76 38.29 27.24 32.12 33.48 27.45 27.54 18.68
12 Females, 20-50 years 24.68 39.64 34.70 32.46 28.29 42.39 24.23 30.80 39.15 25.34 26.82 25.84 31.05 28.76 39.67 28.22 33.27 34.68 28.44 28.53 19.35
13 Females, 51 years and over 24.05 38.64 33.83 31.64 27.58 41.32 23.62 30.02 38.16 24.70 26.15 25.18 30.27 28.04 38.67 27.51 32.43 33.81 27.72 27.81 18.87
























14 Males, 12-14 years 27.71 44.52 38.97 36.45 31.77 47.61 27.21 34.59 43.97 28.46 30.13 29.01 34.87 32.30 44.55 31.69 37.36 38.95 31.93 32.05 21.73
15 Males, 15-19 years 28.49 45.77 40.07 37.48 32.66 48.95 27.97 35.56 45.20 29.26 30.97 29.83 35.85 33.21 45.80 32.58 38.41 40.04 32.83 32.95 22.35
16 Males, 20-50 years 28.33 45.52 39.85 37.27 32.48 48.68 27.82 35.36 44.95 29.10 30.80 29.67 35.65 33.03 45.55 32.40 38.20 39.83 32.65 32.77 22.22
17 Males, 51 years & older 26.93 43.27 37.88 35.43 30.88 46.27 26.44 33.61 42.73 27.66 29.28 28.20 33.89 31.39 43.30 30.80 36.31 37.86 31.04 31.15 21.12

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18 Anchorage December 1999 0 61 41 32 15 72 -2 25 59 3 9 5 26 17 61 14 35 41 15 16 -22 0
19 Anchorage September 1999 1 64 49 31 17 74 2 21
6 12 5 28 12 69 21
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20 Anchorage December 1998 -1 55 48 19 22 71 3 17
6 9 8 30 13 52 13
32 16 32 -23 2
21 Anchorage December 1997 1 49 38
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22 Anchorage December 1996 -1 47 41
13 67 4

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23 Electricity, 1000 kwh (asterisk denotes communities receiving PCE) 92.83 *202.68 *192.18 *153.41 88.09 *155.09 88.26 164.40 117.28 103.96 119.34 94.09 168.75 97.63 *173.84 91.35 *223.10 *162.28 146.80 109.04 60.88
24 Heating oil, 55 gal 66.97 91.80 95.15 80.85 84.10 100.65 64.90 60.62 71.50 82.32
72.60 75.35 63.80 97.35 81.47 72.60 63.25 69.58 75.35 77.00
25 Gas, 55 gal unleaded auto 69.80 114.90 99.55 93.50 81.90 112.70 76.45 90.80 81.95 87.03 79.75 91.80 89.05
115.50 90.15 101.75 86.30 84.10 99.55 78.60
26 Lumber, 2X4X8' 2.66 5.09 5.40 4.09 3.68 6.57 3.99 3.09 3.12 2.96 3.69 2.79 4.03 3.00 5.71 2.90

3.99 3.16 2.38
27 Propane, 100 lb refill 40.70 110.25 62.54 45.35 42.24 86.73 40.82 39.50 32.90 45.34 37.52 46.98 69.33 40.12 87.98 51.08 43.78 34.22 41.30 48.79 35.85