Population 2000
Alaska Health Area: Aleutians
Borough/Census Areas: Aleutians West Census Area and Aleutians East Borough
Source: US Census 2000
Total Population	Aleutians	Aleutians	Aleutians	Alaska
	West	East	Health Area
Population 2000	5,465	2,697	8,162	626,932
Population change	-42%	10%	-32%	14%
1990-2000 (percent)
Sex	Aleutians	Aleutians	Aleutians	Alaska
	West	East	Health Area
Male: Number	3,513	1,750	5,263	324,112
Male: Percent	64%	65%	64%	52%
Female: Number	1,952	947	2,899	302,820
Female: Percent	36%	35%	36%	48%
Age	Aleutians	Aleutians	Aleutians	Alaska
	West	East	Health Area
Persons under 5 years	257	116	373	47,591
Percent under 5 years	5%	4%	5%	8%
Persons 65 and over	125	71	196	35,699
Percent 65 and over	2%	3%	2%	6%
Median age	36.1	37		32.4
Race: Numbers*	Aleutians	Aleutians	Aleutians	Alaska
	West	East	Health Area
White	2,337	711	3,048	463,999
Black/African-American	182	47	229	27,147
Alaska Native/ American Indian	1,232	1,042	2,274	119,241
Asian	1,462	748	2,210	32,686
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	52	13	65	5,515
Other	446	216	662	15,151
Hispanic (any race)	573	339	912	25,852
Race: Percent*	Aleutians	Aleutians	Aleutians	Alaska
	West	East	Health Area
White	44%	27%	37%	70%
Black/African-American	4%	2%	3%	4%
Alaska Native/ American Indian	22%	40%	28%	18%
Asian	30%	39%	27%	5%
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	27%	28%	1%	1%
Other	1%	0%	8%	2%
Hispanic (any race)	11%	13%	11%	4%
* Racial data for Alaska uses Modified Estimates (MARS) of Race and Ethnicity to distribute "more than one race" respondents among the racial categories.
Alaska Health Profiles On-Line
Prepared by Data and Evaluation Unit,
Division of Public Health,
Alaska Department of Health & Social Services
Updated 8/7/02