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Alaska's Population Expected to Greatly Expand in Next 20 YearsCould be as high as 1.1 million by 2035Related Content
ALASKA - The population will keep going up in Alaska over the next 20 years, which means big things for one sector of the economy. While nearly all demographic groups are expected to grow over the next two decades, state researchers say Alaska's seniors are expected to lead the pack. The state's 65 and over population is expected to nearly triple between now and 2035. “It's the senior population that uses healthcare more than any other demographic group, so if you look at that it's hard to see a scenario where health care won't continue to grow just because that demographic group is going to grow so much,” said economist Neal Fried. Depending on migration patterns and other factors, demographers said Alaska's population could be as high as 1.1 million by 2035. |
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Those numbers dont match the banner headline. said on Tuesday, Apr 17 at 6:00 PM
Those numbers dont match the banner headline. Alaska's current population is 722,718 according to the 2011 census. The 1.1 million would be a tripling of just Anchorage. A tripled state population would carry us to 2 million .
87910356BlueFeather said on Tuesday, Apr 17 at 6:55 PM
That's odd, The last census said Alaska did not grow significantly at all since the last one... That just as many moved out as moved it. They must be using a snowball to make these predictions
87916266Jason said on Tuesday, Apr 17 at 7:27 PM
The headline is incorrect. It should specify that it is only the over 65 year old portion of the population that is expected to triple while the total population is expected to increase by less than double.
87919205MKH said on Tuesday, Apr 17 at 9:05 PM
Yes - This article is poorly written with obvious math errors. Another example of why I don't trust the media.
87925576Anonymous said on Tuesday, Apr 17 at 11:15 PM
stupid journalists
87930516angeldamask said on Wednesday, Apr 18 at 12:25 AM
I still think we need a good 8.2 earthquake in Anchorage to get rid of some of these lowlifes and leeches who've come up here in the past 20 years. Maybe if it scares them enough, they'll go back where they came from.
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