Fairbanks, Alaska demographics

Fairbanks, AK demographics: median age 29.0; 26.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fairbanks city, Alaska · Incorporated city · GEOID 0224230. The survey estimates a population of 32,083 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fairbanks is 29.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 12,071 households (±959). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.0 ±1.2	35.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,083
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Under 18	7,888 ±787	24.6% ±2.5 pp	24.1%	22.0%
18–34	11,791 ±889	36.8% ±2.8 pp	24.7%	22.8%
35–64	8,593 ±715	26.8% ±2.2 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	3,811 ±456	11.9% ±1.4 pp	13.8%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,083
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Male	17,373 ±686	54.2% ±2.1 pp	52.5%	49.5%
Female	14,710 ±683	45.8% ±2.1 pp	47.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,083
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
White alone	18,504 ±829	57.7% ±2.6 pp	59.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,694 ±637	8.4% ±2.0 pp	3.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,867 ±523	8.9% ±1.6 pp	13.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,354 ±358	4.2% ±1.1 pp	6.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	277 ±181 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,115 ±431	3.5% ±1.3 pp	2.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	5,272 ±688	16.4% ±2.1 pp	13.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,083
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,452 ±567	88.7% ±1.8 pp	92.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,631 ±565	11.3% ±1.8 pp	7.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,071
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,497 ±524	45.5% ±2.4 pp	48.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	740 ±257	6.1% ±2.1 pp	5.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,225 ±295	10.1% ±2.3 pp	10.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,844 ±499	31.8% ±3.3 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	765 ±265	6.3% ±2.1 pp	7.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,071
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,781 ±539	31.3% ±3.7 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,290 ±801	68.7% ±3.8 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,071
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,844 ±499	31.8% ±3.3 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,044 ±544	33.5% ±3.6 pp	33.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,956 ±391	16.2% ±3.0 pp	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,352 ±317	11.2% ±2.5 pp	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	491 ±178	4.1% ±1.4 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	140 ±104 · low precision	1.2% ±0.9 pp · low precision	2.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	244 ±99	2.0% ±0.8 pp	2.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,083
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Native	29,686 ±630	92.5% ±2.0 pp	92.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,397 ±629	7.5% ±2.0 pp	7.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 29,493
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
English only	25,370 ±632	86.0% ±1.9 pp	84.9%	77.7%
Spanish	1,508 ±402	5.1% ±1.4 pp	3.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	344 ±216 · low precision	1.2% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	25 ±40 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	95 ±98 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	208 ±168 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	485 ±305 · low precision	1.6% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	253 ±176 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±22 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	491 ±241	1.7% ±0.8 pp	2.5%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	301 ±168 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Arabic	41 ±72 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	372 ±144	1.3% ±0.5 pp	3.8%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 19,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,141 ±269	5.9% ±1.4 pp	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	5,811 ±606	30.1% ±2.9 pp	28.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,366 ±647	27.8% ±3.2 pp	24.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,927 ±425	10.0% ±2.2 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,515 ±461	18.2% ±2.3 pp	19.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,555 ±371	8.1% ±1.9 pp	11.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 31,437
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Same house	24,416 ±904	77.7% ±2.8 pp	85.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,502 ±543	8.0% ±1.7 pp	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	662 ±310	2.1% ±1.0 pp	2.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	3,259 ±620	10.4% ±2.0 pp	3.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	598 ±493 · low precision	1.9% ±1.6 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.0% of Fairbanks residents (±1.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.0% in Alaska and 8.4% nationally. 88.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fairbanks	Alaska	U.S.	Compared with Alaska
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.0% ±1.6 pp	11.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	88.3% ±2.9 pp	91.9%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	11.8% ±2.2 pp	10.7%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Fairbanks . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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