Anchorage, Alaska DMA: 150

Alaska, The Last Frontier, where 698,473 ethnically diverse people, across 572,000 square miles (that’s 2.3 times the size of Texas), in their own time zone (AST), spread their wings, work hard and play in one of the most spectacular hidden treasures on the planet.  Fun Facts >

 

 

 

 

• Households:  159,700
• Households w/Televisions: 154,820
• Metro Households: 128,300
• Cable Penetration – DMA: 70%
• Cable Penetration – Metro: 64%
• TV Households in Anchorage: 106,030 (cable: 76%)
• TV Households in Mat-Su Valley: 20,220 (cable: 24%)
• TV Households in Kenai: 28,570 (cable: 50%)
• Total Persons (25-54) 186,000
• Total Persons (35+) 210,000
• Total Persons (35-64) 175,000
• Total Persons (50+) 121,000

Source: Nielsen Anchorage NSI for November 2010

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 698,473 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S.

Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million ($113 million in today's dollars) at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

Geography - Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. It is the only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America; about 500 miles (800 km) of British Columbia (Canada) separate Alaska from Washington state. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States. It is technically part of the continental U.S., but is often not included in colloquial use; Alaska is not part of the contiguous U.S., often called "the Lower 48. The capital city, Juneau, is situated on the mainland of the North American continent, but is not connected by road to the rest of the North American highway system.