Badger, Alaska

Badger is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Alaska. It was one of the CDPs created in 2010 out of small suburbs and outskirts of Fairbanks. It has an area of 66.71 sq. mi, 65.63 of land and 1.08 of water.

The population of the CDP was 19,031 as of the 2020 Census, down from 19,482 in 2010. Badger's designation as a Place made it number 5 by population, behind Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Knik-Fairview, in a list of Alaska Cities and census-designated places (by population). Badger is a major community of the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics

Badger first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP) with a total population of 19,482.

Sex

For every 100 females there were 109.9 males.

Age

• Median Age: 31.4
• Total population Under 18 years: 29.5%
• Total population 65 years and over: 5.2%

Households

• Total households: 6,858
• Family households: 5,118
• Family households with own children under 18 years: 52.6%
• Family households Husband-wife family: 4,183
• Family households Husband-wife family with own children under 18 years: 49.2%
• Family households Female householder, no husband present: 525
• Family households Female householder, no husband present, with own children under 18 years: 69.1%
• Nonfamily households: 1,740
• Nonfamily households Householder living alone: 1,301
• Nonfamily households Householder living alone 65 years and over: 213
• Average size House-holds: 2.84
• Average size Families: 3.25

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