Population
Alaska Health Area: Bristol Bay Area
Borough/Census Areas: Bristol Bay, Dillingham, Lake & Penninsula
Source: AK Department of Labor
Population	Bristol Bay	Dillingham	Lake & Penninsula	Bristol Bay  Area	Alaska
Population 2000	1,258	4,922	1,823	8,003	626,932
Population change 1990-2000 (percent)	-11%	23%	9%	11%	14%
Sex	Bristol Bay	Dillingham	Lake & Penninsula	Bristol Bay  Area	Alaska
Male: Number	685	2,567	969	4,221	324,112
Male: Percent	55%	52%	53%	53%	52%
Female: Number	573	2,355	854	3,782	302,820
Female: Percent	46%	48%	47%	47%	48%
Age	Bristol Bay	Dillingham	Lake & Penninsula	Bristol Bay  Area	Alaska
Persons under 5 years	89	476	145	710	47,591
Percent under 5 years	7%	10%	8%	9%	8%
Persons 65 and over	48	144	99	291	35,699
Percent 65 and over	4%	3%	5%	36%	6%
Median age	36	28.9	29.2		32.4
Race: Numbers*	Bristol Bay	Dillingham	Lake & Penninsula	Bristol Bay  Area	Alaska
White	683	1,341	462	2,486	463,999
Black/African-American	7	26	3	36	27,147
Alaska Native/ American Indian	567	3,753	1,453	5,773	119,241
Asian	13	63	7	83	32,686
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	12	10	8	30	5,515
Other	6	69	18	93	15,151
Hispanic (any race)	7	111	21	139	25,852
Race: Percent*	Bristol Bay	Dillingham	Lake & Penninsula	Bristol Bay  Area	Alaska
White	53%	24%	22%	31%	70%
Black/African-American	1%	1%	0%	0%	4%
Alaska Native/ American Indian	45%	74%	78%	72%	18%
Asian	2%	1%	0%	1%	5%
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Other	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Hispanic (any race)	1%	2%	1%	2%	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 Online Prepared by Data and Evaluation Unit, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Updated 8/7/02