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| Juneau | Prince of Whales-Outer Ketchikan | |
| Aleutians West | Kenai Peninsula | Sitka |
| Anchorage | Ketchikan Gateway | Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon |
| Bethel | Kodiak Island | Southeast Fairbanks |
| Bristol Bay | Lake and Peninsula | Valdez-Cordova |
| Denali | Matanuska-Susitna | Wade Hampton |
| Dillingham | Nome | Wrangell-Petersburg |
| Fairbanks North Star | North Slope | Yakutat |
| Haines | Northwest Arctic | Yukon-Koyukuk |
Alaska has a population of 685,392 people. About half of Alaska's residents reside in the Anchorage metropolitan area. The Governor of the state is now running to be Vice President of the USA. The USA purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, in hind site this seems like a very wise purchase decision. It became the 49th state in 1959. Today like the rest of the USA, the economy is in a major slow down. More than 81% of the state's revenue is derived from the petroleum industry, Alaska also exports fish. Tourism is a growing sector of the economy.
Disclaimer:
The cost of living in Alaska has long been higher than in the contiguous 48 states. This has changed for the most part in Anchorage and to a lesser extent in Fairbanks, the cost of living has dropped somewhat in the past six years. USA Federal government employees, particularly United States Postal Service (USPS) workers and active duty military personnel, receive a Cost of Living Allowance usually set at 25% or 30% of base pay, while the cost of living has gone down, it is still one of the highest in the USA. Large stores like Wal-Mart coming to Alaska's larger cities as done a lot to help lower prices.
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