WESTERN COASTAL ALASKA County Community Data Profile Vantage Point 2015: 12 th District Community Indicators Project Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Project Contact: Gabriella Chiarenza gabriella.chiarenza@sf.frb.org Includes data for Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Bethel Census Area, Bristol Bay Borough, Dillingham Census Area, Kodiak Island Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Nome Census Area, and Northwest Arctic Borough with comparative data for the United States and Alaska 1
Social and Demographic Data Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 09-13 (five year set), DP02, of total households (Note: family households include a householder and one or more people in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.) 2
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of total family households 3
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of population 25 yrs and older 4
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of population 25 yrs and older 5
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of civilian population 18 yrs and older 6
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of total civilian noninstitutionalized population 7
Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of population 5 yrs and older 8
Source: ACS 09-13, B02001, of total population 9
Source: ACS 09-13, B03003, of total population 10
Employment Data Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of population 16 years and older 11
Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of civilian labor force 12
Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of civilian employed pop 16 years and older 13
Financial Stability Data Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of total households 14
Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of total population 15
Source: ACS 09-13, DP03, of total households (Note: SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps) 16
Source: CFED, Local Data Center Mapping Tool, 2014 (Note: asset poor households are those without sufficient net worth total assets minus total liabilities to subsist at the poverty level for three months in the absence of income; liquid asset poor households are those without sufficient liquid assets money in bank accounts, stocks, mutual funds, and retirement accounts to subsist at the poverty level for three months in the absence of income.) 17
Source: CFED, Local Data Center Mapping Tool, 2014 (Note: unbanked households are those without a checking or savings account; and underbanked households are those that have a checking and/or savings account but also used alternative financial services in the past 12 months.) 18
Housing Data Source: ACS 09-13, DP02, of population 1 year and older 19
Source: ACS 09-13, DP04, of total housing units 20
Source: ACS 09-13, DP04, of total housing units 21
Source: ACS 09-13, DP04, of occupied housing units 22
Source: ACS 09-13, DP04, of occupied housing units 23
Source: ACS 09-13, DP04, of owner- / renter-occupied households (Note: A household is considered to have a housing cost burden if it is paying 30 percent or more of its income on housing costs, including rent, utilities, mortgage payments, and insurance) 24
Health Data Aleutian s East Bor. Aleutians West C.A. Bethel C.A. Bristol Bay Bor. Dillingham C.A. Kodiak Island Bor. Kusilvak C.A. Lake and Pen. Bor. Nome C.A. NW Arctic Bor. Alaska Top US Performers Average self-reported poor mental health days per month 3.5 3.8 2.1 2.6 1.3 2.3 2.1 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 2.4 Percent of children born with low birthweight 6% N/A N/A 5% N/A 5% 6% 6% N/A 7% 7% 6% Percent of adults who smoke 19% 38% 27% 30% 26% 39% 20% 36% 25% 40% 48% 14% Percent of adults who are obese 29% 32% 30% 32% 31% 32% 30% 28% 32% 36% 30% 25% Percent of adults who regularly drink heavily or binge drink alcohol 20% 40% 27% 17% 29% 14% 27% 9% 19% 19% 21% 10% Proportion of driving deaths with alcohol involvement 35% N/A N/A 100% N/A 50% 60% 50% 0% 86% 100% 14% Births to teenagers within the past year per 1,000 females age 15-19 37 63 21 80 45 55 32 103 52 97 96 20 Ratio of population to primary care providers 1,432:1 N/A 1,101:1 1,024:1 1,030:1 498:1 694:1 N/A N/A 1,095:1 3,867:1 1,051:1 Ratio of population to dentists 897:1 3,161:1 1,387:1 807:1 991:1 719:1 1,424:1 N/A N/A 1,416:1 2,603:1 1,392:1 Ratio of population to mental health care providers 197:1 1,581:1 693:1 133:1 N/A 296:1 890:1 868:1 1,654:1 216:1 269:1 521:1 Percent of population potentially exposed to drinking water violations 30% 45% 3% 18% 0% 57% 2% 49% 40% 47% 81% 0% Percent of population with diabetes 6% 8% 7% 7% 8% 8% 6% 7% 8% 8% 21% Percent of households experiencing food insecurity 13% 20% 17% 20% 11% 18% 14% 25% 16% 21% 38% Homicide deaths per 100,000 population N/A N/A N/A 13 N/A N/A N/A 19 N/A N/A N/A Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ), County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2014 25