The Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

-National protected areas:* Chugach National Forest * Denali National Park and Preserve ** Denali Wilderness * Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ** Lake Clark Wilderness -Demographics:...

 in south central

South Central Alaska

Southcentral Alaska is the portion of the U.S. state of Alaska consisting of the shorelines and uplands of the central Gulf of Alaska. Most of the population of the state lives in this region, concentrated in and around the city of Anchorage....

 Alaska

Alaska

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.

As of the 2010 census

United States Census, 2010

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, the MSA had a population of 380,821.

Communities

• Places with more than 250,000 inhabitants
  • Anchorage
    Anchorage, Alaska
    Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
    
     (Principal city)

• Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
  • Knik-Fairview
    Knik-Fairview, Alaska
    Knik-Fairview is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 7,050.-Geography:Knik-Fairview is located at...
    
    
  • Lakes
    Lakes, Alaska
    Lakes is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Wasilla
    Wasilla, Alaska
    Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...
    
    

• Places with 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants
  • Big Lake
    Big Lake, Alaska
    Big Lake is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Butte
    Butte, Alaska
    Butte is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 2,561....
    
    
  • Gateway
    Gateway, Alaska
    Gateway is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Meadow Lakes
    Meadow Lakes, Alaska
    Meadow Lakes is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Palmer
    Palmer, Alaska
    Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937....
    
    
  • Tanaina
    Tanaina, Alaska
    Tanaina is a census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    

• Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants
  • Houston
    Houston, Alaska
    Houston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,202 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Houston is located at ....
    
    
  • Farm Loop
    Farm Loop, Alaska
    Farm Loop is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Fishhook
    Fishhook, Alaska
    Fishhook is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Lazy Mountain
    Lazy Mountain, Alaska
    Lazy Mountain is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Sutton-Alpine
    Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
    Sutton is a census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,080...
    
    
  • Willow
    Willow, Alaska
    Willow is a census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,658.-History:...
    
    

• Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants
  • Buffalo Soapstone
    Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska
    Buffalo Soapstone is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Chase
    Chase, Alaska
    Chase is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Chickaloon
    Chickaloon, Alaska
    Chickaloon is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Glacier View
    Glacier View, Alaska
    Glacier View is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Knik River
    Knik River, Alaska
    Knik River is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Lake Louise
    Lake Louise, Alaska
    Lake Louise is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Although it is an isolated settlement and is close to Glennallen, it is considered part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area like all other locations in the Mat-Su Borough. At the 2000...
    
    
  • Petersville
    Petersville, Alaska
    Petersville is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Point MacKenzie
    Point MacKenzie, Alaska
    Point MacKenzie is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 111...
    
    
  • Skwentna
    Skwentna, Alaska
    Skwentna is a census-designated place on Iditarod Trail in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Susitna
    Susitna, Alaska
    Susitna is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    
  • Talkeetna
    Talkeetna, Alaska
    Talkeetna is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 772.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Trapper Creek
    Trapper Creek, Alaska
    Trapper Creek is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area and is known as the southern gateway to Denali State Park...
    
    
  • Y
    Y, Alaska
    Y is a census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
    
    

• Unincorporated places
  • Alexander Creek
    Alexander Creek, Alaska
    Alexander Creek, Alaska also known as Alexander, Alaska is an Alaskan Native American Indian Corporation and Alaskan Bush community on Susitna River delta, near mouth of Alexander Creek, northwest of Anchorage, Alaska Cook Inlet Low.- History :...
    
    
  • Chugiak
    Chugiak, Alaska
    Chugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. It is located between Eagle River to the south, and Eklutna to the north, and between Knik Arm to the west and the Chugach...
    
    
  • Dinglishna Hills
    Dinglishna Hills, Alaska
    Dinglishna Hills is an unincorporated community in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA. An Alaskan Bush community, it was created by State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources through land auctions and subsequent over-the-counter land sales, in between the big Susitna River and Alexander...
    
    
  • Eagle River
    Eagle River, Alaska
    Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...
    
    
  • Eklutna
    Eklutna, Alaska
    Eklutna is a native village within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Tribal Council estimates the population at 70; many tribal members live in the surrounding communities....
    
    
  • Girdwood
    Girdwood, Alaska
    Girdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 36 miles southeast of Anchorage proper.It is surrounded by seven permanent...
    
    

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2010, there were 380,821 people residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 75.08% White, 4.88% African American, 6.95 % Native American, 4.65% Asian, 0.78% Pacific Islander, 1.94% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 5.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.10% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $53,384, and the median income for a family was $60,311. Males had a median income of $43,287 versus $30,573 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the MSA was $23,196.