Jury Pool Profile
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
- Population
- 95,555
- Median household income
- $84,722
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 67,290 70.4%
- Black or African American alone 3,677 3.8%
- Asian alone 2,779 2.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,331 6.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 578 0.6%
- Some other race alone 1,913 2.0%
- Two or more races 12,987 13.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,825 8.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 32.4
- Under 18 22,878 23.9%
- 18–24 11,470 12.0%
- 25–44 29,814 31.2%
- 45–64 19,708 20.6%
- 65 and over 11,685 12.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- -0.53 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $7.9B
- 11.03% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $69,700
- Establishments
- 2,441
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 9,993 27.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 8,113 21.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 4,678 12.6%
- Public administration 4,341 11.7%
- Construction 2,884 7.8%
- Professional & business services 2,565 6.9%
- Other services 1,189 3.2%
- Natural resources & mining 1,152 3.1%
- Financial activities 1,114 3.0%
- Manufacturing 684 1.8%
- Information 288 0.8%
- Unclassified 15 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 61.7%
- Median gross rent
- $1,424
- Owner-occupied
- 22,318
- Renter-occupied
- 13,858
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
89.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 3,218 3.6%
- Other 1,297 1.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 937 1.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 866 1.0%
- Korean 831 0.9%
- Tagalog 706 0.8%
- Slavic languages 422 0.5%
- Other Indo-European 375 0.4%
- German 326 0.4%
- Chinese 227 0.3%
- Arabic 41 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 36,176
- Family households
- 22,843
- 63.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 18,898
- Single-mother households
- 1,614
- Veterans
- 9,038
- 14.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
30.2% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 16,516 17.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,162 5.4%
- Mainline Protestant 2,851 3.0%
- Catholic 2,299 2.4%
- Black Protestant 2,010 2.1%
- Orthodox 65 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.0%
- With a disability
- 13.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 33.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 4th Judicial District Superior Court
- Judges
- 8 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate; vintage 2026 courts.alaska.gov)
- Court seats
- Bethel, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Healy, Hooper Bay
This judicial district spans multiple boroughs.
Traffic safety context
Alaska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 6.88 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023