Kodiak Island Borough, AK
Demographic and economic profile of Kodiak Island Borough, AK, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Kodiak Island Borough is a small, remote Alaskan community of 12,878 with a notably high GDP per capita of $63,246 relative to median worker earnings of $37,755, a gap that likely reflects the capital-intensive nature of its commercial fishing economy. The labor force participation rate is 72.2%, with 28.6% of residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and a foreign-born population of 20.2% signals a workforce drawn from outside the U.S. Housing costs are significant for a borough this size—median home values reach $382,700 and median gross rent runs $1,669/month—while the population has contracted 5.6% over five years.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-5.6% since 2018
Kodiak Island Borough lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone6,268 (49.1%)
- Asian Alone2,835 (22.2%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone1,336 (10.5%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,236 (9.7%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race748 (5.9%)
- Some Other Race Alone243 (1.9%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1,969
- 2.Spanish539
- 3.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic191
- 4.Other Asian and Pacific Island188
- 5.Other Indo-European22
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,907
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)828
- 3.Public Administration (Group)577
- 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services494
- 5.Retail Trade (Group)432
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,105
- 2.Service Occupations1,362
- 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,045
- 4.Sales & Office Occupations963
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations474
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.63×)352
- 2.Public Administration (LQ 2.36×)677
- 3.Manufacturing (LQ 1.71×)1,031
- 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.21×)431
- 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)1,525
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.