Anchorage	Bethel	Cordova	Delta	Dillingham	Fairbanks
Sales Tax (in percent)	0	5	6	0	5	0
Percent of Food Unavailable	1	0	1	0	0	0
Family of 2 (20-50 years)	59.62	87.4	83.3	63.94	93.42	56.8
Family of 2 (51 & older)	57.27	83.96	80.02	61.42	89.74	54.57
"Family of 4, children 1-5 years"	86.15	126.3	120.37	92.39	135	82.09
"Family of 4, children 6-11 years"	101.43	148.7	141.72	108.78	158.94	96.65
Children 1-2 years	15.24	22.34	21.29	16.35	23.88	14.52
Children 3-5 years	16.71	24.49	23.34	17.92	26.18	15.92
Children 6-8 years	22.12	32.43	30.9	23.72	34.66	21.08
Children 9-11 years	25.11	36.81	35.08	26.93	39.35	23.92
Females 12-19 years	24.43	35.81	34.13	26.19	38.27	23.27
Females 20-50 years	25.3	37.1	35.35	27.14	39.65	24.11
"Females, 51 years and over"	24.52	35.95	34.26	26.3	38.43	23.37
"Males, 12-14 years"	28.37	41.59	39.64	30.43	44.46	27.03
"Males, 15-19 years"	29.25	42.88	40.87	31.37	45.84	27.87
"Males, 20-50 years"	28.9	42.37	40.38	30.99	45.29	27.54
"Males, 51 years & over"	27.55	40.39	38.49	29.55	43.17	26.25
% Anchorage Sept 1996	100	147	140	107	157	95
% Anchorage June 1996	108	157	138	116	168	103
% Anchorage Sept 1995	114	158	157	122	172	104
% Anchorage Sept 1994	111	146	141	148	170	104
% Anchorage Sept 1993	104	151	145	120	160	95
"Electricity, 1000 kwh"	89.93	244.39	191.88	95.15	154	83.23
"Electricity, paid by State"		59.78	57.12		51.45
"Heating oil, 55 gal"	50.05	80.27	90.2	54.84	86.35	48.68
"Gas, 55 gal unleaded auto"	70.4	96.62	102.85	82.5	103.95	74.2
"Lumber, 2X4X8'"	2.6	5.09	4.83	3.28	5.23	3.78
"Propane, 288 gal"	509.76	1103.76	720	408.96	1146.24	417.6
"Propane, 100 lb refill"	32.8	105	59	36.58	94.3	35.4
"Sewer, monthly fee"	25.95	18.9	27.6		32.5	2.74
"Sewer, 1000 gal"		21				4.51
"Water, monthly fee"	21.93	60.38	23		26.36	3.7
"Water, 1000 gal"		23.06				4.11
"Sewer and Water, monthly"	47.88	79.28	50.6		58.86	6.44
	Glennallen	Homer	Juneau	Kenai/ Soldotna	Ketchikan	Kodiak
Sales Tax (in percent)	0	5.5	4	5	5.5	6
Percent of Food Unavailable	0	5	0	0	0	0
Family of 2 (20-50 years)	78.94	72.89	56.97	61.72	61.19	73.89
Family of 2 (51 & older)	75.83	70.02	54.73	59.29	58.78	70.98
"Family of 4, children 1-5 years"	114.07	105.33	82.33	89.19	88.43	106.77
"Family of 4, children 6-11 years"	134.31	124.02	96.93	105.01	104.11	125.71

Children 1-2 years	20.18	18.63	14.56	15.78	15.64	18.89
Children 3-5 years	22.12	20.43	15.96	17.3	17.15	20.71
Children 6-8 years	29.29	27.04	21.14	22.9	22.7	27.41
Children 9-11 years	33.25	30.7	23.99	25.99	25.77	31.12
Females 12-19 years	32.34	29.86	23.34	25.29	25.07	30.27
Females 20-50 years	33.51	30.94	24.18	26.2	25.97	31.36
"Females, 51 years and over"	32.47	29.98	23.43	25.39	25.17	30.39
"Males, 12-14 years"	37.57	34.69	27.11	29.37	29.12	35.16
"Males, 15-19 years"	38.73	35.76	27.95	30.28	30.02	36.25
"Males, 20-50 years"	38.27	35.33	27.62	29.92	29.66	35.82
"Males, 51 years & over"	36.48	33.69	26.33	28.52	28.28	34.15
% Anchorage Sept 1996	132	122	96	104	103	124
% Anchorage June 1996	137	131	104	117	108	129
% Anchorage Sept 1995	154	140	111	115	112	138
% Anchorage Sept 1994	139	127	114	116	105	136
% Anchorage Sept 1993	147	117	106	114	100	128
"Electricity, 1000 kwh"	189.01	91.06	87.07	111	93.5	140
"Electricity, paid by State"
"Heating oil, 55 gal"	63.5	55.7	81.76		64.1	58.3
"Gas, 55 gal unleaded auto"	83.85		79.33	72.6	86.9	78.65
"Lumber, 2X4X8'"	2.99	3.55	3.5	4.01	3.19	4.79
"Propane, 288 gal"	390.24	413.23	464.16		507.91
"Propane, 100 lb refill"	46.46		38.68	38.2	44.86	59.93
"Sewer, monthly fee"	35	11.39	33.8		25.4	32.2
"Sewer, 1000 gal"	114.75	5.19
"Water, monthly fee"		11.37	19.76		23	25.3
"Water, 1000 gal"	90	2.94
"Sewer and Water, monthly"		22.74	56.47	41.29	48.4	57.5
	Matanuska-Susitna	Nome	Petersburg	Sitka	Tok	Unalaska
Sales Tax (in percent)	2.5	4	6	5	0	3
Percent of Food Unavailable	0	1	0	0	6	0
Family of 2 (20-50 years)	63.38	95.57	60.7	66.04	83.73	84.77
Family of 2 (51 & older)	60.89	91.82	58.31	63.44	80.44	81.44
"Family of 4, children 1-5 years"	91.6	138.12	87.72	95.44	121	122.51
"Family of 4, children 6-11 years"	107.84	162.61	103.27	112.37	142.46	144.23
Children 1-2 years	16.2	24.43	15.52	16.88	21.41	21.67
Children 3-5 years	17.76	26.78	17.01	18.51	23.46	23.76
Children 6-8 years	23.52	35.46	22.52	24.5	31.07	31.45
Children 9-11 years	26.7	40.25	25.56	27.82	35.27	35.7
Females 12-19 years	25.97	39.16	24.87	27.06	34.31	34.73
Females 20-50 years	26.9	40.57	25.76	28.03	35.54	35.98

"Females, 51 years and over"	26.07	39.31	24.97	27.17	34.44	34.87
"Males, 12-14 years"	30.16	45.49	28.89	31.43	39.85	40.34
"Males, 15-19 years"	31.1	46.89	29.78	32.4	41.08	41.59
"Males, 20-50 years"	30.73	46.33	29.42	32.01	40.59	41.09
"Males, 51 years & over"	29.29	44.17	28.05	30.52	38.7	39.18
% Anchorage Sept 1996	106	160	102	111	140	142
% Anchorage June 1996	111	176	113	120		139
% Anchorage Sept 1995	115	166	112	123	138	167
% Anchorage Sept 1994	117	154	116	123	154
% Anchorage Sept 1993	109	149	112	121	140
"Electricity, 1000 kwh"	108.53	158.3	101	87	174.49	192.95
"Electricity, paid by State"		29.68			56.7
"Heating oil, 55 gal"	59.95	97.04	70.25	73.81	64.9	61.8
"Gas, 55 gal unleaded auto"	72.6	114.67	99.94	90.75	83.6	99.55
"Lumber, 2X4X8'"	3.54	4.72	3.88	3.85	3.68	24.95
"Propane, 288 gal"	354.24		552.56	517.1	420.48	648
"Propane, 100 lb refill"	26.45	83.2	51.68	50.58	31.05	58
"Sewer, monthly fee"	17	44.72	27.83	24		24.6
"Sewer, 1000 gal"
"Water, monthly fee"	17.4	37.44	15.27	12		28.96
"Water, 1000 gal"
"Sewer and Water, monthly"	34.4	82.16	43.1	36		53.56
	Valdez	Portland	US Average
Sales Tax (in percent)	0	0
Percent of Food Unavailable	4	0
Family of 2 (20-50 years)	70.54	43.6	70.4
Family of 2 (51 & older)	67.77	41.88	67.7
"Family of 4, children 1-5 years"	101.94	63	101.7
"Family of 4, children 6-11 years"	120.02	74.18	119.8
Children 1-2 years	18.03	11.15	18
Children 3-5 years	19.77	12.22	19.7
Children 6-8 years	26.17	16.18	26.1
Children 9-11 years	29.71	18.36	29.7
Females 12-19 years	28.9	17.86	28.9
Females 20-50 years	29.94	18.51	29.9
"Females, 51 years and over"	29.02	17.93	29
"Males, 12-14 years"	33.57	20.75	33.5
"Males, 15-19 years"	34.61	21.39	34.5
"Males, 20-50 years"	34.2	21.13	34.1
"Males, 51 years & over"	32.6	20.15	32.5