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Page A Spotlight on Community Economic Trends NEW i-vi Fairbanks Economy at a Glance 1-2 Economic Indicators 3-19 Bank Deposit & Loan Summary 3 Bankruptcies Filed 4 Notices of Default 5 Foreclosures 6 Fairbanks International Airport Freight 7 Fairbanks International Airport Transit Freight 8 Fairbanks International Airport Revenue Landings 9 Fairbanks International Airport Passengers 10 Alaska Highway Statewide Entering Passengers 11 Alaska Highway Statewide Exiting Passengers 11 Alaska Highway Statewide Net Annual Migration Trends 12 Alaska Highway Statewide Net Monthly Migration 12 Alaska Railroad Passengers 13 Alaska Railroad Freight Tonnage and Revenue Dollars 13 Hotel / Motel Room Receipts 14 Quarterly Hotel / Motel Room Receipts NEW 14 Annual Hotel / Motel Room Receipts NEW 15 University of Alaska Museum Visitors 16 Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center 16 Delinquent Property Taxes 17 Alaska Native Corporations Annual Shareholders and Revenue Dollars 18 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) Applicant by Zipcode and Amounts 19 Employment 20-28 Civilian Labor Force Unemployment Rates 20-21 Average Unemployment Insurance Claimants and Payments 21 Unemployment Insurance Claimants and Payments 22 Average Monthly Employment Estimates by Industry 23 Annual Average Monthly Employment by Industry 24 Annual Average Monthly Wage by Industry 25 Fairbanks Largest Employers by Organization/Business 26 Alaska's Per Capita Income by Borough and Census Area 27 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages by Industry 28 Housing 29-34 Apartment/Multi-Plex Vacancy Rates 29 Rental Housing Units Available 30 Average Monthly Rents for Available Housing Units 31 Residential Housing Sales 32 Annual Average Residential Housing Sales 33 New Structures Annual Report 34

a Spring 2011 Community Research Quarterly Table of Contents

Page Cost of Living 35-43 ACCRA Cost of Living Index 35-36 Consumer Price Index-U for All Items 36 Consumer Price Index-U (Anchorage) 37 Consumer Price Index-U for All Items (U.S. City Average) 37 Cost of Food at Home for a Week 38 Average Self-service Unleaded Gasoline Prices 39 Electric Customers 40 Natural Gas Customers and Rates 41 Telephone Customers 42 Water Customers 43 Population & Social Conditions 44-55 Population Counts & Estimates 44 Military Population 45 Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of Alaska 46 Superior Court Filings 47 Distribution of Population, Police and Lawyers 47 District Court Filings 48 Criminal Offense Summary 49 Traffic Accidents 50 Alcoholic Beverages Distributed or Sold 51 Air Quality Summary-Maximum 8 Hour Carbon Monoxide Concentrations 52 Precipitation 52-53 Snowfall 53 Average & Record Temperatures 54 Air Quality Summary-Particulate Matter (PM 2.5) Monitoring-AQI 55 US Census 2010 56-57 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics NEW 56 Population Comparison - All Ages - By Race NEW 57

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Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 b A SPOTLIGHT

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC TRENDS*

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*SPOTLIGHT SOURCE: Employment Forecast for 2011: Alaska’s regional and statewide outlook, “Fairbanks - Back on the growth wagon” By Alyssa Shanks, Economist, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, ALASKA ECONOMIC TRENDS – JANUARY 2011, Volume 31, Number 1, ISSN 0160-3345.

i Spring 2011 Community Research Quarterly The health care industry was the largest contribu- tor to the overall growth of Fairbanks’ economy, followed by government, construction, and professional and business services. (See Exhibit 8.)

Gains in 2011 will be small

Looking forward, the biggest change from 2010 to 2011 will be the deployment of the 1st Stryker Back on the growth wagon Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry, from Fort By ALYSSA SHANKS, Economist Wainwright and the resulting decline in retail spending. Other expected changes are increased airbanks’ long history of growth seems to cruise ship tourism from additional sailings to have been brieﬂ y interrupted rather than Southcentral Alaska, and a decrease in federal Fderailed. After a year of decline, Fairbanks employment following the end of the decennial residents welcomed the return of job growth in census. 2010. Despite worries of weak tourism and construction seasons, the Fairbanks North Star Bor- Despite the looming deployment, the borough’s ough moved with the state from 2009 declines to economic factors are positive for 2011. Increases 2010 expansion. (See Exhibit 6.) in tourism, health care, state government, and other areas will likely outweigh potential declines Preliminary ﬁ gures show the borough added 800 from the departure of soldiers and some of their jobs in 2010, a 2.1 percent jump from 2009 and families. These combined changes are expected to the highest percentage of increase in a single year result in a 0.5 percent increase in 2011, or about since 2004. (See Exhibit 7.) 200 jobs.

Several industries gained employment in 2010, The military giveth and taketh away and even more maintained their 2009 job levels. Military deployments have a signiﬁ cant effect on the borough, A Return to Growth and the return of deployed troops 6 Fairbanks payroll jobs, 1980 to 2011 is one of the reasons Fairbanks 40,000 grew in 2010. (See Exhibit 9.) Soldiers and their families returning to the Fairbanks area spent money on everything from 30,000 new cars to dining out, and that helped shelter the borough from losses seen elsewhere last year. 20,000 Alaskans have cut back on their purchases overall, so increased spending by returning military 10,000 families helped Fairbanks retail maintain its 2009 level of 4,500 jobs. No new large retail outlets

0 were added to the mix, but none 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2011 closed, either. This can be seen

Note: Employment in 2010 is a preliminary estimate, and 2011 is a forecast. as a victory, because U.S. con- Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section sumer conﬁ dence remained low

12 ALASKA ECONOMIC TRENDS JANUARY 2011 throughout 2010. Despite its distance from the rest Small Job Gains Expected This Year of the nation, Alaska feels Fairbanks North Star Borough, 2001 to 2011 the effects of nationwide 7 4% consumer sentiment. 3.3% Percent employment change from previous year

While the troops’ return 3% boosted Fairbanks in 2.2% 2.2% 2.1% 2% 2010, the impending de- 1.6% ployment will mean the 1.3% 1.1% opposite in 2011 — and 1% 0.8% 0.5% the retail sector will feel 0.3% its effects most. More than 4,000 soldiers will 0% leave in February for training, then head to -1% Afghanistan in May on a -1.6% one-year mission. -2% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 During the past two peri- Note: 2010 is a preliminary estimate, and 2011 is a forecast. ods of deployment, retail Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section jobs and spending de- creased with the reduced count will be minimal. population. Retail will likely lose about 100 jobs as troops ship out and some of their families leave The medical center and 2011 capital construction the area, taking their retail dollars with them. projects — mostly road improvements and maintenance — will lead to about 100 new construction New construction projects dominate jobs this year.

Construction employment grew by around 100 Tourism weathers the storm jobs in 2010. Many came from increased repair work at the North Pole reﬁ nery, and these jobs will The leisure and hospitality industry in the Fair- recur in 2011. Other notable construction projects banks North Star Borough held its own in 2010, that wrapped up in 2010 include the Ruth Burnett maintaining its 2009 level of 4,000 jobs despite the Sport Fish Hatchery, Barnett Street Bridge, and loss of 120,000 cruise ship visitors. (See Exhibit new housing on Fort Wainwright. 10.) Five cruise lines pulled ships from the Gulf of Alaska crossing in the 2010 season, cutting the Housing construction will continue on the base number of visitors entering Southcentral Alaska this year. The North Haven development is part of and eventually making their way to Fairbanks. a long-term project that will eventually renovate more than 1,800 homes on Fort Wainwright and Despite this loss, the borough’s visitor industry ﬁ n- Fort Greely. ished the season with little to no ground lost. Re- ceipts from an 8 percent bed tax in the third quarter The big project on the docket for 2011 is the Chief of 2010 show a 9.7 percent increase over the third Andrew Isaac Medical Center. Estimates put quarter of 2009. And tourist counts from the Morris construction employment at 175 new jobs. Con- Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center show a gain struction of the foundation is expected to start in of 61 percent in the third quarter. These jumps are August, with completion scheduled for December likely the result of a rise in independent Alaskan 2012. Because the project will start late in 2011, and out-of-state visitors, and an increased aware- its effect on the annual average construction job

JANUARY 2011 ALASKA ECONOMIC TRENDS 13 Fairbanks Area Wage and Salary Employment 8 Forecast for 2011 2009 2010 Change Percentage 2011 Change Percentage Monthly Monthly 2009 Change Monthly 2010 Change Average Average1 to 2010 2009 to 2010 Average to 2011 2010 to 2011 Total Nonfarm Wage and Salary2 38,100 38,900 800 2.1% 39,100 200 0.5% Mining and Logging 1,100 1,100 0 0.0% 1,100 0 0.0% Construction 2,500 2,600 100 4.0% 2,700 100 3.8% Manufacturing 600 600 0 0% 600 0 0% Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 7,700 7,700 0 0% 7,700 0 0% Retail Trade 4,500 4,500 0 0% 4,400 -100 -2% Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 2,500 2,500 0 0% 2,500 0 0% Information 500 500 0 0% 500 0 0% Financial Activities 1,600 1,600 0 0% 1,600 0 0% Professional and Business Services 2,200 2,300 100 4.5% 2,200 -100 -4.3% Educational3 and Health Services 4,500 4,900 400 8.9% 5,100 200 4.1% Leisure and Hospitality 4,000 4,000 0 0% 4,000 0 0% Other Services 1,300 1,200 -100 -7.7% 1,200 0 0% Government 12,100 12,400 300 2.5% 12,400 0 0.0% Federal Government4 3,500 3,600 100 2.9% 3,500 -100 -3% State Government5 5,300 5,500 200 3.8% 5,600 100 1.8% Local Government6 3,300 3,300 0 0% 3,300 0 0.0% 1 Preliminary estimate 2 Excludes self-employed workers, ﬁ shermen, domestic workers, unpaid family workers and nonproﬁ t volunteers 3 Private education only 4 Excludes uniformed military 5 Includes the University of Alaska 6 Includes public school systems Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section

ness of the center’s presence. In the past, Alaska hasn’t sustained growth that high for more than a year, so health care is likely However, the tourism outlook for 2011 is luke- to grow again in 2011 but at a slower rate of warm. The number of cruise ship passengers is about 200 jobs. likely to increase as several cruise lines add ships back into the 2011 season. However, the decrease Boom in census workers ends from deployment will offset the increase in cruise passengers, resulting in stable employment. The decennial census in 2010 generated about 100 extra jobs on an average annual basis, bring- You’ve always got your health ing total federal employment up to 3,600 jobs — its highest level ever. Most of those census jobs In 2010 alone, health care grew by 400 jobs — will disappear this year, likely returning the total more than any other industry in the borough. The federal job count to its 2009 level of about 3,500. growth in health care was spread evenly across ambulatory care, nursing and residential care, and State government fl ourishes the hospital. State government in the Fairbanks area grew by There are several potential reasons for this jump. 200 jobs, or 3.8 percent, in 2010. This was the Demand for local health care may have increased largest increase in a single year since 2002, due because more procedures are available locally. to more fi refi ghters and increased enrollment and Another possibility is that the prior year’s growth jobs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Com- was so muted, it created a backlog of health care bined part-time and full-time enrollment at UAF jobs to fi ll.

14 ALASKA ECONOMIC TRENDS JANUARY 2011 increased by 467 students from 2009 to 2010. The Military is an Economic Driver Fairbanks North Star Borough, 2000 to 2010 After a year of such high 9 growth, only 100 addi- Military personnel Family and dependents tional jobs are likely for 23,000 state government in 2011. This level of job growth is in line with the long-term 18,000 growth rate of 1.8 percent.

Local government is stable for now 13,000

Local government employment was steady from 8,000 2009 to 2010 despite a 1 Middle projection series school district increase of Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section about 200 students. Enroll- 3,000 ment for the 2010 to 2011 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 school year shows about 300 fewer students. This Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section decline is not likely to af- fect employment this year. Stable Leisure and Hospitality Sector However, if the drops Fairbanks North Star Borough, 2001 to 2011 10 continue, losses in school Jobs district employment could 5,000 follow. The current enroll- 4,200 4,300 4,200 ment level, coupled with 4,000 4,100 4,100 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,850 an overall stable trend in 3,700 local government administration, will likely result 3,000 in stable employment in 2011. 2,000

1,000

0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Note: 2010 is a preliminary estimate, and 2011 is a forecast. Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section

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Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 vi ECONOMY AT-A-GLANCE

Fairbanks North Star Borough

One Period One Year Economic Indicator Current Data Period Ago Ago % Change % Change from from Reporting Period 1st Qtr. '11 4th Qtr. '10 1st Qtr. '10 BANKING Total Bank Deposits (millions of $) $938.3 2.4% 7.0% Total Bank Loans (millions of $) $646.9 3.0% 1.3% BANKRUPTCIES Business 0 - -100.0% Non-Business 40 -13.2% -31.3% TRANSPORTATION Fairbanks International Airport Incoming Freight (thousands of lbs.) 2,563 -27.3% -15.9% Outgoing Freight (thousands of lbs.) 6,932 -26.6% 3.4% Transit Freight (thousands of lbs.) 1,379 -80.8% -7.6% Revenue Landings 5,159 -30.7% -1.3% Incoming Passengers 103,745 -35.3% -11.0% Outgoing Passengers 98,529 -32.3% -0.2% Alaska Highway (statewide) Entering Passengers 8,273 -6.3% 6.2% Exiting Passengers 5,437 -34.9% -7.4% EMPLOYMENT Total Employment 37,000 -3.0% 4.9% Natural Resources & Mining 1,100 0.0% -16.7% Construction 2,000 -23.3% 15.0% Manufacturing 600 16.7% 16.7% Trade/Transportation/Utilities. 7,300 -3.8% 0.0% Information 500 0.0% 0.0% Financial Activities 1,400 0.0% 0.0% Professional & Business Services 2,300 -4.3% 37.5% Education & Health Services 5,000 2.0% 13.3% Leisure & Hospitality 3,700 -21.7% 2.9% Other Services 1,100 0.0% 0.0% Government 12,100 5.1% 0.8% NOTE: Employment numbers rounded to nearest 100.

1 Spring 2011 Community Research Quarterly Fairbanks Economy at a Glance

NA = Not available. (continued) Fairbanks North Star Borough

One Year Economic Indicator Current Data Period One Period Ago Ago

Reporting Period (annual/by qtr.) CONSTRUCTION Annual New Structures Annual Report 464 0.7% 6.9%

Reporting Period (annual/by qtr.) 1st Qtr. '11 4th Qtr. '10 1st Qtr. '10 REAL ESTATE Single Family Houses Number Sold 165 -38.7% 20.4% Average Price $226,042 9.0% 12.3% RENTALS Residential Rentals Rental Units Advertised 497 -4.8% 42.8% Average Rent (2 bdrm. apartment) $1,138 3.3% 10.7% MILITARY Military Active Duty Personnel 8,023 - 29.3% Military Dependents 12,213 - 13.7% POPULATION++ FNSB (Census annual)* 97,581 -1.1% -1.1% City of Fairbanks* (annual) 31,535 -10.5% - City of North Pole* (annual) 2,117 -4.9% - FNSB (DCCED annual)^ 97,581 -1.1% -1.1% FNSB (ADOL annual)** 97,581 4.1% 4.1% City of Fairbanks** (annual) 31,535 -3.0% -3.0% City of North Pole** (annual) 2,117 -3.8% -3.8% SOURCE: (1) U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, July 1st estimates. Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Alaska: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009, March 2010. Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Alaska: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009, September 2010. Reflecting Census 2000 and Census 2010 data. Census website: http://www.census.gov. (2) Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, and US Census 2010, 2000, and 1990. Table 2 Population of Alaska by Labor Market Area, Borough and Census Area, 1990-2010 (2010 Vintage numbers). All estimates represent July 1 of that year unless stated otherwise as Census years, e.g. 2000 and 2010. ADOL website: http://almis.labor.state.ak.us. (3) Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), Division of Community and Regional Affairs, certified 2009 municipal population, June 1, 2010. DCCED Certified numbers may vary from ADOL population estimates as a result of the Population Estimate Appeal process available to incorporated communities on a yearly basis. Once certified, DCCED numbers may be applied for two consecutive calendar years. DCCED website: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm.state.ak.us. NOTE: The FNSB numbers include population for all communities within the Borough plus Fort Wainwright Army Base and Eielson Air Force Base. ** U.S. Census estimated numbers may be revised annually. Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development numbers are provisional.

Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 2 ECONOMIC INDICATORS

BANK DEPOSIT & LOAN SUMMARY Fairbanks North Star Borough 2004-2011, End of Quarter 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

BANK DEPOSIT & LOAN SUMMARY Fairbanks North Star Borough 2004-2011

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009 2010 2011 Deposits ------Millions of Dollars------March 31 $695.5 $657.9 $698.4 $699.9 $751.1 $786.9 $873.8 $938.3 June 30* $625.0 $682.1 $717.2 $731.2 $754.6 $826.9 $889.4 Sept. 30 $642.4 $700.9 $747.3 $752.7 $807.4 $847.0 $927.1 Dec. 31 $648.2 $703.9 $741.1 $762.1 $782.3 $887.0 $949.2 Loans ------Millions of Dollars------March 31^ $488.8 $503.1 $543.2 $610.5 $629.1 $685.4 $660.0 $646.9 June 30* $478.1 $527.8 $587.0 $650.9 $653.7 $701.4 $674.4 Sept. 30 $490.9 $556.9 $600.7 $659.8 $662.9 $669.0 $656.0 Dec. 31* $499.1 $562.4 $608.9 $634.6 $673.0 $667.6 $676.0 SOURCE: Denali State Bank, (Interior City Branch) 1st National Bank of Anchorage, Mt. McKinley Bank, Northrim Bank included in survey March 31, 1997, Key Bank of Alaska 1991 through June 30, 1997, Wells Fargo Bank Alaska, N.A. purchased and replaced National Bank of Alaska 2nd quarter 2001, personal communications 2004-2011. NOTE: As of June 30, 2004, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. will reflect the following 5 branches: Bentley Mall, College, Cushman, Gaffney and North Pole. * Adjustment made to data entered March-June 2008 in October 2008. ^ Calculation adjusted loan value only, November 2007.

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TOTAL BANKRUPTCIES FILED Alaska Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks Office 2004-2010

Combined Bankruptcies 500

400

300

200

100

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

BANKRUPTCIES FILED Alaska Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks Office 2004-2011 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010* 2011* Nonbusiness 1st Quarter 41 50 9 20 20 31 38 40 2nd Quarter 47 65 20 25 22 54 39 3rd Quarter 49 91 24 21 41 42 38 4th Quarter 65 161 37 32 40 48 33 Total 202 367 90 98 123 175 148 40 % Change from 12% 82% -75% 9% 26% 42% -15% - Previous Year Business 1st Quarter 2 5 1 3 6 0 1 0 2nd Quarter 2 12 3 9 6 2 1 3rd Quarter 1 12 7 8 7 2 0 4th Quarter 7 27 6 4 2 2 0 Total 12 56 17 24 21 6 2 0 % Change from -33% 367% -70% 41% -13% -71% -67% - Previous Year Combined 214 423 107 122 144 181 150 40 Annual Total SOURCE: U.S. Courts website: http://www.akb.uscourts.gov, and personal communications with FNSB Collections Department, 2010. NOTE: S. 256, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (the "Act") provides, at Section 1501, a general effective date of 180 days from the date of enactment. Section 1501 further provides that the Act's amendments are applicable only to cases filed on or after the effective date. Attorneys anticipate a rush of clients in the months leading up to October 17, trying to file before the changes take effect. Those who do not make that deadline will face a longer, more difficult process, involving more paperwork and, possibly, less relief at the end. The Act is expected to discourage consumers from filing personal bankruptcies and for those who file, to be more expensive in terms of attorneys' fees as well as more being paid to creditors due to the means test. Beginning in January 2009 the U.S. Bankruptcy Court changed the way they report bankruptcy cases. Due to staffing changes the information is no longer individually entered. They now use the nationwide formatting which does not sort business and non-business categories. FNSB will research the cases reported in effort to separate the two categories. * Beginning First Quarter 2010 bankruptcy records reflect refined research documenting through FNSB Collections Department who utilizes PACER (Public Access To Court Electronic Records).

Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 4 Economic Indicators

NOTICES OF DEFAULT Fairbanks Recording District* 2005-2011 ^ % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 2 9 14 18 17 17 14 -18% February 9 5 5 17 26 22 33 50% March 6 17 8 8 19 10 27 170% April 8 10 14 15 12 21 May 10 8 18 15 14 19 June 7 14 12 18 11 24 July 11 11 6 19 29 20 August 6 7 10 11 21 16 September 10 10 13 17 15 20 October 4 3 8 24 12 13 November^ 5 13 10 13 13 8 December^ 14 6 6 21 15 10

Total 92 113 124 196 204 200

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Natural Resources website: http://www.dnr.alaska.gov, 2005-2011. NOTE: Notices of default indicate mortgage delinquencies of at least 30 days. The notices need not result in foreclosures because deficiencies can be corrected. There can be multiple notices if a default is corrected but the mortgage falls behind again in the future. A single notice can be for more than one parcel. Notices are tabulated by date of initiation. ^ Current data supersedes previous figures reported. * Fairbanks Recording District includes (bolded communities may reside in the FNSB) A.G.M.(Camp); Alaska Lodge; Alatna; Alder Creek; Alder Creek Camp; Alexanders Village; Allakaket; Amy Creek; Arctic City (Aband); Aurora Lodge; Barlett; P.O. (Ester); Bear Paw; Bearman Cabin; Beaver; Beaver Cr. Yukon; Bend S.C.; Berry; Berry Camp; Bettles; Bettles Field (Evansville); Biedermans Camp; Big Delta; Big Horn; Big Lake; Birch Creek; Black Jack Cabin; Bonanza; Bonanza Bar; Boundary; Burnt Paw; Cache; Canyon Creek Camp; Canyon Vil; Caribou; Caribou Bar; Caro; Cathedral Bluffs; Cathedral Rapids; Central; Chalkyitsik; Chandalar; Chapman; Chatanika; Chena; Chena Hot Springs; Chicken; Chisana; Christian; Circle; Circle Hot Springs; Cleary Summit; Coal Creek; Cold Foot; College; Crooked Creek; Dahten; Dall; Dalton; Delta Junction; Demarcation Pt; Diamond; Dome; Dome Creek; Donnelly; Doran; Dot Lake; Eagle; Eagle Creek; Eagle Village; Eielson Air Force Base; Ester (Bartlett; P.O.); Evansville (Bettles Field); Fairbanks; Fairbanks Creek Camp; Fiftysix Mile Cabin; Fish Camp; Fishook; Flume Creek; Fort Greely; Fort Hamlin; Fort Wainwright; Fort Yukon; Forty-Mile R.H. (Tetlin Junction); Fortysix Mile Cabin; Fossil Cr. S.C.; Fox; Franklin; Glacier; Glacier (Mine); Gold Bench; Goldstream; Graehl; Healy Lake; Heinie Creek; Henshaw Cabin; Horsfeld ; Jack Wade; Joe Ward Camp; John Herbert Village; Johnnie Frog Cabin; Johnson River; Joseph; Kantishna; Kochumstuk; Lake Harding Store; Lake Minchumina; Larson Cabin; Liberty; Lilywig Creek; Livengood; Log Cabin Inn; Mansfield Village; Martin; McCallum; Miller House; Millers Camp (Aband); Millers R.H.; Montana Creek Camp; Moose Creek; Mudbank Cabin; Murphy Dome; Muskeg; Myrtle Creek; Nabesna; Nabesna Village; Nation (Aband); Ninemile Cabin; Nineteen Mile; Nolan; North Pole; North Slope; Northway; Northway Junction; Old Camp; Old Rampart; Old Saulich; Olnes; Oscars Cabin; Poker Creek; Yukon Post & Scoby; Richardson; Riverside; Roosevelt; Salcha; Salchakat; Salmon; Salmon River; Sam Creek; Saulich; Scottie Creek; Seventeen mile; Shaw Creek Lodge; Shuman House; Silver Fox R.H.; Sixtymile (Glacier P.O.) Yukon; Sourdough Camp; South Fork; Standard; Steele Creek; Stephens (Stevens); Swede Boys Camp; Tanacross; Ten Mile; Tenderfoot; Tetlin; Tetlin Jct; Thirtysix Mile; Cabin Tok (Junction); Toklat; Tolovana; Tramway Bar; Tsukon Cabin; Twentyfour Mile Cabin; Twentytwo Mile Village; Two Rivers; United States Camp; Venetie; Venetie Landing; Wallen; West Fork (Aband); White Eye; Wild Lake; Willow House; Wiseman; Woodchopper (Aband); Woodchopper Creek.

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FORECLOSURES Fairbanks Recording District* 2005-2011 ^ % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 4 1 7 5 12 15 11 -27% February 11 2 6 9 20 12 10 -17% March 4 5 3 6 16 13 10 -23% April 5 3 3 7 14 14 May 2 5 6 10 12 13 June 7 9 3 10 13 10 July 7 7 13 5 20 13 August 5 7 8 8 10 16 September 5 4 6 11 14 21 October 7 4 8 14 20 13 November 10 3 3 4 15 10 December 9 9 3 13 15 15 Total 76 59 69 102 181 165

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Natural Resources website: http://www.dnr.alaska.gov, 2005-2011. NOTE: Foreclosures in this table indicate the loss of property by a borrower as a result of an Affidavit of Foreclosure, Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, Relinquishment, Trustee Deed, or Judicial Deed of Foreclosure. More than a single parcel may be affected by the foreclosure. Foreclosures are tabulated by date of initiation. ^ Current data supersedes previous figures reported. CORRECTION: 2004-2006 adjustments occurred and are reflected because Patents were collected/reflected in error, January 2007. Patents are not foreclosures but rather a transfer of property between governments or from a government to an individual. * Fairbanks Recording District includes (bolded communities may reside in the FNSB) A.G.M.(Camp); Alaska Lodge; Alatna; Alder Creek; Alder Creek Camp; Alexanders Village; Allakaket; Amy Creek; Arctic City (Aband); Aurora Lodge; Barlett; P.O. (Ester); Bear Paw; Bearman Cabin; Beaver; Beaver Cr. Yukon; Bend S.C.; Berry; Berry Camp; Bettles; Bettles Field (Evansville); Biedermans Camp; Big Delta; Big Horn; Big Lake; Birch Creek; Black Jack Cabin; Bonanza; Bonanza Bar; Boundary; Burnt Paw; Cache; Canyon Creek Camp; Canyon Vil; Caribou; Caribou Bar; Caro; Cathedral Bluffs; Cathedral Rapids; Central; Chalkyitsik; Chandalar; Chapman; Chatanika; Chena; Chena Hot Springs; Chicken; Chisana; Christian; Circle; Circle Hot Springs; Cleary Summit; Coal Creek; Cold Foot; College; Crooked Creek; Dahten; Dall; Dalton; Delta Junction; Demarcation Pt; Diamond; Dome; Dome Creek; Donnelly; Doran; Dot Lake; Eagle; Eagle Creek; Eagle Village; Eielson Air Force Base; Ester (Bartlett; P.O.); Evansville (Bettles Field); Fairbanks; Fairbanks Creek Camp; Fiftysix Mile Cabin; Fish Camp; Fishook; Flume Creek; Fort Greely; Fort Hamlin; Fort Wainwright; Fort Yukon; Forty-Mile R.H. (Tetlin Junction); Fortysix Mile Cabin; Fossil Cr. S.C.; Fox; Franklin; Glacier; Glacier (Mine); Gold Bench; Goldstream; Graehl; Healy Lake; Heinie Creek; Henshaw Cabin; Horsfeld ; Jack Wade; Joe Ward Camp; John Herbert Village; Johnnie Frog Cabin; Johnson River; Joseph; Kantishna; Kochumstuk; Lake Harding Store; Lake Minchumina; Larson Cabin; Liberty; Lilywig Creek; Livengood; Log Cabin Inn; Mansfield Village; Martin; McCallum; Miller House; Millers Camp (Aband); Millers R.H.; Montana Creek Camp; Moose Creek; Mudbank Cabin; Murphy Dome; Muskeg; Myrtle Creek; Nabesna; Nabesna Village; Nation (Aband); Ninemile Cabin; Nineteen Mile; Nolan; North Pole; North Slope; Northway; Northway Junction; Old Camp; Old Rampart; Old Saulich; Olnes; Oscars Cabin; Poker Creek; Yukon Post & Scoby; Richardson; Riverside; Roosevelt; Salcha; Salchakat; Salmon; Salmon River; Sam Creek; Saulich; Scottie Creek; Seventeen mile; Shaw Creek Lodge; Shuman House; Silver Fox R.H.; Sixtymile (Glacier P.O.) Yukon; Sourdough Camp; South Fork; Standard; Steele Creek; Stephens (Stevens); Swede Boys Camp; Tanacross; Ten Mile; Tenderfoot; Tetlin; Tetlin Jct; Thirtysix Mile; Cabin Tok (Junction); Toklat; Tolovana; Tramway Bar; Tsukon Cabin; Twentyfour Mile Cabin; Twentytwo Mile Village; Two Rivers; United States Camp; Venetie; Venetie Landing; Wallen; West Fork (Aband); White Eye; Wild Lake; Willow House; Wiseman; Woodchopper (Aband); Woodchopper Creek.

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FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FREIGHT*^ 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11

Incoming ------Thousands of Pounds ------January 1031 671 764 710 616 477 1,007 111% February 949 794 907 724 647 482 444 -8% March 1252 976 994 802 6,189 637 1,112 75% April 1,768 890 1,041 879 627 739 May 893 1,009 1,102 914 657 1,752 June 64,151 1,061 1,002 1,557 633 1,810 July 1,131 883 968 983 658 709 August 1,277 1,211 1,065 1,045 673 754 September 1,267 1,088 1,036 1,035 706 857 October 1010 701 880 930 947 611 November 894 934 868 714 529 574 December 827 774 570 552 529 501

Total 76,450 10,992 11,197 10,845 13,411 9,903

Outgoing ------Thousands of Pounds ------January 4,168 4,113 3,368 2,182 1,806 2,189 2,883 32% February 4,111 3,708 3,156 2,681 2,257 2,760 1,428 -48% March 5,115 4,197 3,992 2,677 5,667 3,191 2,621 -18% April 5,223 4,151 3,552 2,935 3,216 2,929 May 4,200 4,790 3,324 3,077 2,836 1,863 June 69,684 4,285 4,096 3,126 3,188 2,511 July 5,723 4,038 3,754 3,595 3,624 3,600 August 5,966 7,663 4,726 2,930 3,513 3,402 September 6,887 4,285 3,311 2,768 3,202 3,652 October 4,550 3,794 2,617 3,407 2,951 3,023 November 4,173 3,664 2,982 2,479 2,595 2,254 December 4,196 2,996 2,314 2,866 2,017 2,542

Total 123,996 51,684 41,192 34,723 36,872 33,916

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Fairbanks International Airport, "Fairbanks International Airport Statistical Report", 2005-2011. NOTE: Marked decrease in outgoing freight directly related to Evergreen International Airlines moving Anchorage construction materials in June 2005. USPS began shipping bypass mail to Barrow via truck rather than air as of March 2006. UPS made a sizeable stop in March 2009. Everts Air Fuel notable stop in May-June 2010. ^ June-August 2005 Evergreen International Airlines is moving Anchorage construction materials. * Numbers are preliminary and may be subject to revision.

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FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRANSIT FREIGHT*^ 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 ------Thousands of Pounds------January 10,472 6,428 575 299 463 572 886 55% February 11,083 7,078 1,410 341 298 1,543 235 -85% March 13,479 6,379 483 335 14,296 1,118 258 -77% April 11,958 4,888 650 338 302 296 May 9,515 5,173 699 261 245 342 June 13,271 1,434 823 307 361 1,574 July 22,060 1,059 371 4,334 359 327 August 12,981 910 572 5,168 350 593 September 13,064 1,543 376 329 292 8,508 October 8,251 428 805 1,294 268 451 November 9,365 400 577 317 748 993 December 6,757 304 1,362 553 940 364

Total 142,256 36,024 8,703 13,876 18,922 16,681

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Fairbanks International Airport, "Fairbanks International Airport Statistical Report", 2005-2011. NOTE: Lufthansa German Air Cargo reduced frequency of service to FAI starting October 2005 and terminated service May 2006. Cargolux reduced frequency of service to FAI starting January 2005 and terminated service October 2006. Volga-Dnepr Airlines started routing their AN124 tech stop charter operations through FAI as of September 2006. On average FAI should see between 70-100 operations from Volga-Dnepr Airlines per year. Ukraine-based Antonov Design Bureau, made transit landings Feb-Mar 2010. ^ International Airlines: Evergreen and Volga-Dnepr made non-routine stops at FAI in July-August 2008. UPS made a sizeable stop in March 2009. Asiana, Cathay Pacific, China Air, Nippon Cargo, Atlas Air, China Cargo, and Evergreen International plus domestic carriers Fed Ex and UPS had transit landings in September and November 2010. * Numbers are preliminary and may be subject to revision.

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FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REVENUE LANDINGS* 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 1,897 1,711 1,662 1,758 1,610 1,643 1,673 2% February 1,879 1,728 1,644 1,766 1,653 1,601 1,551 -3% March 2,239 2,154 1,885 2,019 1,907 1,900 1,935 2% April 2,141 1,887 1,828 1,868 1,836 1,810 May 2,185 2,132 2,028 2,208 2,039 1,906 June 2,860 2,554 2,476 2,571 2,370 2,410 July 2,909 2,671 2,488 2,686 2,481 2,510 August 2,883 2,955 2,720 2,820 2,464 2,641 September 2,578 2,545 2,483 2,503 2,338 2,523 October 2,136 1,944 2,005 2,009 1,922 1,957 November 1,877 1,782 1,878 1,668 1,650 1,567 December 2,016 1,729 1,843 1,802 1,813 1,791

Total 27,600 25,792 24,940 25,678 24,083 24,259

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Fairbanks International Airport, "Fairbanks International Airport Statistical Report", 2005-2011. * Numbers are preliminary and may be subject to revision.

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FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PASSENGERS* 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 Incoming January 31,480 31,035 33,903 33,333 32,118 32,275 33,897 5% February 27,554 27,305 28,548 31,801 29,051 29,677 30,763 4% March 33,276 30,352 33,825 35,869 33,266 34,689 39,085 13% April 27,323 27,373 29,406 30,386 28,065 29,191 May 38,176 41,968 49,863 45,270 40,536 40,531 June 57,662 57,856 58,926 60,012 51,532 51,352 July 59,710 59,698 61,865 60,249 54,055 56,896 August 59,288 61,360 62,223 64,713 54,191 57,370 September 35,697 36,718 38,013 39,664 37,907 37,040 October 32,115 30,314 33,784 31,565 47,049 35,120 November 29,762 28,865 32,184 28,568 31,077 29,939 December 30,479 29,859 32,339 31,534 31,855 32,823 Total 462,522 462,703 494,879 492,964 470,702 466,903

Outgoing January 27,245 27,801 28,912 29,821 29,763 28,908 30,157 4% February 27,640 27,887 28,144 31,495 28,742 28,955 29,911 3% March 33,658 34,783 34,049 35,259 32,379 34,426 38,461 12% April 28,038 27,723 28,648 29,871 27,517 29,076 May 34,416 37,112 37,992 40,420 35,530 36,495 June 54,138 52,090 54,648 54,765 48,923 47,899 July 55,375 52,512 55,668 58,257 52,252 54,198 August 55,894 56,570 57,332 58,267 50,500 53,742 September 40,922 42,548 43,330 44,796 43,105 44,985 October 33,664 31,312 35,169 34,349 35,654 36,204 November 31,272 29,236 32,430 28,909 31,291 30,499 December 35,359 35,735 35,697 34,171 36,778 36,844 Total 457,621 455,309 472,019 480,380 452,434 462,231

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Fairbanks International Airport, "Fairbanks International Airport Statistical Report", 2005-2011. NOTE: Numbers do not include passengers in transit. * Numbers are preliminary and may be subject to revision.

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ALASKA HIGHWAY STATEWIDE ENTERING PASSENGERS* Via the Yukon Territory 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 2,212 2,064 2,733 2,108 2,388 2,216 2,213 0% February 2,259 2,259 2,301 2,365 2,419 2,139 2,335 9% March 3,464 3,355 3,806 3,681 3,958 3,434 3,725 8% April 5,359 5,257 5,529 5,168 4,899 5,662 May 13,031 12,261 13,386 11,033 12,447 11,989 June 29,231 26,560 28,967 17,887 22,929 23,610 July 31,982 24,925 27,583 16,946 24,187 21,002 August 23,641 20,296 21,776 13,246 18,311 16,553 September 8,993 9,998 8,584 5,987 7,954 5,829 October 3,888 4,149 3,549 3,832 3,803 3,949 November 2,875 3,027 2,806 2,096 2,783 2,547 December 2,153 2,451 2,456 2,145 2,237 2,334 Total 129,088 116,602 123,476 86,494 108,315 101,264

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, District 32, personal communications, 2005-2011. NOTE: This entry point includes statewide travel for automobiles on the Alaska Highway and, during the summer, the Taylor Highway (Poker Creek). Reminder: 1st Qtr 2009 Homeland Security changes Entering data release policy creating a lag in data release and no compartive figure. * Current year figures subject to revisions.

ALASKA HIGHWAY STATEWIDE EXITING PASSENGERS* Via the Yukon Territory 2005-2011 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 1,707 1,712 1,873 1,783 1,491 1,688 1,483 -12% February 1,686 1,468 1,970 1,812 2,018 1,643 1,657 1% March 2,670 2,717 3,204 2,455 2,380 2,542 2,297 -10% April 3,596 3,200 3,701 2,608 2,884 3,155 May 6,769 3,892 7,283 6,990 7,057 7,358 June 16,911 16,913 18,767 15,502 13,932 14,771 July 29,665 26,855 24,747 22,729 20,196 24,479 August 26,884 24,114 24,601 21,827 20,089 11,766 September 12,914 12,236 13,657 10,585 10,522 11,196 October 4,747 6,403 4,827 3,657 4,145 4,673 November 2,111 2,997 2,387 2,054 2,781 2,070 December 1,983 2,283 2,326 1,573 1,998 1,613 Total 111,643 104,790 109,343 93,575 89,493 86,954

SOURCE: Canadian Customs Border Services, Area Ports, Yukon Government, 2005-2011. NOTE: This exit point includes statewide travel for automobiles on the Alaska Highway (Beaver Creek) and, during the summer through September 15th, the Taylor Highway (Little Gold). * Current year figures subject to revisions.

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ALASKA HIGHWAY STATEWIDE NET ANNUAL MIGRATION TRENDS Via the Yukon Territory 1990-2010 25,000 Net Migration 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0

-5,000

1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 -10,000 1990 -15,000 Number Passengers of Number -20,000 -25,000 -30,000 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, District 32, and Customs Border Services, Area Ports, Yukon Government, Canada, personal communications 1990-2010.

ALASKA HIGHWAY STATEWIDE NET MONTHLY MIGRATION* Via the Yukon Territory 2005-2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 January 505 352 860 325 897 528 730 February 573 791 331 553 401 496 678 March 794 638 602 1,226 1,578 892 1,428 April 1,763 2,057 1,828 2,560 2,015 2,507 May 6,262 8,369 6,103 4,043 5,390 4,631 June 12,320 9,647 10,200 2,385 8,997 8,839 July 2,317 -1,930 2,836 -5,783 3,991 -3,477 August -3,243 -3,818 -2,825 -8,581 -1,778 4,787 September -3,921 -2,238 -5,073 -4,598 -2,568 -5,367 October -859 -2,254 -1,278 175 -342 -724 November 764 30 419 42 2 477 December 170 168 130 572 239 721 Net 17,445 11,812 14,133 -7,081 18,822 14,310

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, District 32, and Customs Border Services, Area Ports, Yukon Government, Canada, personal communications 2005-2011. NOTE: Numbers denote the difference between the number of passengers entering and exiting statewide Alaska on the Alaska Highway and the Taylor Highway (summer only through September 15th). Reminder: 1st Qtr 2009 Homeland Security changes Entering data release policy creating a lag in data release and no compartive figure. * Current year figures subject to revisions.

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ALASKA RAILROAD PASSENGERS Alaska 2004-2010* % Chg Passengers* 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 ARR Ridership 160,532 190,963 205,924 219,370 218,833 206,410 171,975 -16.7% Cruiseline Railcars 325,012 270,155 319,369 345,430 323,838 264,376 233,160 -11.8% TOTAL 485,544 461,118 525,293 564,800 542,671 470,786 405,135 -13.9%

SOURCE: Alaska Railroad Corporation, Markets, Sales, Services, Anchorage, Alaska, personal communications, 2004-2010. NOTE: Ridership does not include private charters or the Portage-Whittier Shuttle (which was discontinued in 2000). While it looks like ARR only had a slight increase in ridership in 2004 - the ridership on ARR's three main summer trains grew by 7%. However, when combined with ARR's smaller/winter trains, like the Aurora Train & Hurricane Turn, it looks like ARR's ridership was almost unchanged from 2003. While some of ARR's smaller winter services may have seen a decrease in ridership - overall ARR's Passenger revenue has continued to climb thanks to increased sales on their main trains. * ARR ridership numbers include ridership only on scheduled services.

ALASKA RAILROAD FREIGHT TONNAGE Alaska 2004-2010 % Chg Tons 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 ------in millions of tons------Bulk Petroleum 2,653 2,555 2,068 2,230 1,910 1,657 1,254 -24.3% Coal (local) 734 683 713 766 761 762 791 3.8% Coal (export) 500 384 374 342 471 801 1,051 31.2% Gravel 3,139 4,024 3,900 2,377 2,776 2,306 2,614 13.4% Other 541 580 607 742 681 637 622 -2.4% TOTAL 7,567 8,226 7,662 6,457 6,599 6,163 6,332 2.7% SOURCE: Alaska Railroad Corporation, Markets, Sales, Services, Anchorage, Alaska, personal communications, 2004-2010.

ALASKA RAILROAD FREIGHT REVENUE DOLLARS Alaska 2004-2010 % Chg Revenue 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 ------in millions of dollars------TOTAL $ 86,516 $ 94,499 $ 89,623 $ 91,783 $ 96,337 $ 84,939 $ 84,328 -0.7% SOURCE: Alaska Railroad Corporation, Markets, Sales, Services, Anchorage, Alaska, personal communications, 2004-2010.

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HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM RECEIPTS* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2008-2011 % Change 2008 2009* 2010 2011 2010-11 1st Quarter $4,928,353 $5,554,495 $5,536,300 $6,328,162 14.3% 2nd Quarter* $15,450,099 $11,655,651 $14,635,993 3rd Quarter $29,652,248 $25,322,981 $27,310,791 4th Quarter $7,251,731 $7,235,815 $6,969,241 Total $57,282,431 $49,768,942 $54,452,325

SOURCE: City of Fairbanks, Finance Dept., personal communications 2008-2011. City of Fairbanks bed tax website: http://www.ci.fairbanks.ak.us/departments/clerks/bedtax.php. City of North Pole Finance Department, FNSB Financial Services, personal communications 2008-2011. NOTE: Room receipt figures are based on hotel/motel bed tax which is 8%. Receipts are calculated on taxes paid. There is a time lag between collection and reporting of these taxes. Added City of North Pole 3rd Qtr. 2009. ADDITION/ADJUSTMENT TO TABLE: City of North Pole began collecting Hotel-Motel Room Tax at (8%) according to Ordinance 09-03, February 2, 2009, (passed: February 17, 2009) an ordinance amending Title 4, and introducing Chapter 4.09, Hotel-Motel Room Tax; effective 5 p.m., February 28, 2009. City of North Pole data added to table above with adjustments beginning third quarter 2009. * Numbers revised based on new data from FNSB accrual adjustments 2nd quarter 2007 corrected January 2008. 4Q 2009 corrected May 2010.

QUARTERLY HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM RECEIPTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2011 1st Qtr. $35 2nd Qtr. $30 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. $25

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ANNUAL HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM RECEIPTS* Fairbanks North Star Borough 1993-2010 % Chg fr Year 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. Annual Total Prev Yr 1993 $1,912,664 $6,509,495 $13,079,188 $2,910,413 $24,411,760 15.6% 1994 $2,139,404 $7,282,236 $14,218,355 $3,889,047 $27,529,042 12.8% 1995 $2,342,331 $8,112,819 $14,946,769 $3,811,319 $29,213,238 6.1% 1996 $2,344,161 $8,651,705 $15,188,972 $3,189,160 $29,373,998 0.6% 1997 $2,414,719 $7,794,574 $18,608,324 $3,526,383 $32,344,000 10.1% 1998 $2,551,863 $10,173,376 $17,682,597 $4,296,950 $34,704,786 7.3% 1999 $3,055,908 $10,093,298 $18,457,738 $4,567,227 $36,174,171 4.2% 2000 $3,274,010 $9,923,679 $17,456,009 $4,959,298 $35,612,996 -1.6% 2001 $3,745,458 $10,072,118 $17,394,993 $7,476,847 $38,689,416 8.6% 2002 $3,421,975 $9,279,386 $15,610,143 $7,457,382 $35,768,886 -7.5% 2003 $4,269,920 $8,951,462 $18,034,906 $6,161,282 $37,417,570 4.6% 2004 $4,282,186 $11,444,548 $24,397,446 $6,245,425 $46,369,605 23.9% 2005 $4,341,420 $11,991,395 $26,148,408 $6,416,203 $48,897,426 5.5% 2006 $4,396,630 $13,755,407 $27,784,543 $6,628,268 $52,564,848 7.5% 2007 $5,253,550 $14,703,344 $29,164,266 $7,198,573 $56,319,733 7.1% 2008 $4,928,353 $15,450,099 $29,652,248 $7,251,731 $57,282,431 1.7% 2009 $5,554,495 $11,655,651 $25,322,981 $7,235,815 $49,768,942 -13.1% 2010 $5,536,300 $14,635,993 $27,310,791 $6,969,241 $54,452,325 9.4% SOURCE: Fairbanks North Star Borough, City of Fairbanks, and City of North Pole, Finance Departments, personal communications 1993-2010. NOTE: Room receipt figures are based on hotel/motel bed tax which is 8%. Receipts are calculated on taxes paid. There is a time lag between collection and reporting of these taxes. City of North Pole was added beginning third quarter 2009. * FNSB accrual adjustments will occur which means current figure supersede previous figures.

ANNUAL HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM RECEIPTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1993-2010 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5%

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UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM VISITORS Fairbanks, Alaska 2007-2011 % Change 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 2,436 1,955 2,236 1,647 1,705 4% February 4,014 3,784 4,502 4,465 3,199 -28% March 4,972 4,607 3,394 3,725 4,230 14% April 3,271 3,503 2,328 2,272 May 7,771 7,595 5,767 5,367 June 16,289 19,837 15,275 14,051 July 19,877 22,709 16,548 16,587 August 16,322 19,369 14,709 14,193 September 8,392 9,215 7,567 7,698 October 4,149 3,517 3,249 4,207 November 3,268 2,146 1,886 2,567 December 3,762 2,532 2,437 3,785 Total 94,523 100,769 79,898 80,564

SOURCE: University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, personal communications 2007-2011. NOTE: Numbers are preliminary and may be subject to revision.

MORRIS THOMPSON CULTURAL AND VISITOR CENTER Fairbanks, Alaska 2007-2011 % Change Month 2007 2008* 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January - - 1,581 2,462 3,200 30% February - - 2,334 3,142 4,039 29% NOTE: APLIC moved to and March partnered with- other agencies- at 2,298 5,173 5,368 4% April the new Morris- Thompson - 2,573 3,892 May Cultural and- Visitor Center -in 5,366 10,222 June September 2008.- From October- 10,489 16,975 2008 to present the counts July reported are- recorded at the -entry 12,800 19,412 August for all Cultural- Center partners.- 10,314 18,127 September - - 6,771 10,590 October - 400 3,155 4,608 November - 450 2,935 3,425 December - 600 3,379 2,879 Total 0 1,450 63,995 100,907

SOURCE: The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center Administration Office, information can be found at http://www.morristhompsoncenter.org, personal communications 2007-2011. Admission is free. NOTE: The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center partners include APLIC, (FCVB) Fairbanks Convention and Visitor Bureau, the Alaska Geographic Store, Denakkanaaga, the regional Alaska Native Elder's organization, and Tanana Chiefs Conference – Cultural Program. One headcount per visitor is recorded at the entry for all Cultural Center partners.

The (APLIC) Alaska Public Lands Information Center is a cooperative effort of the Alaska Division of Tourism, Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey.

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DELINQUENT TAX ACCOUNTS Fairbanks North Star Borough December Billing 1990-2010 Taxable Parcels Delinquent Parcels Forclosure on Parcels

Total % Chg from Foreclosed % of Outside Previous Parcels Available Parcels Foreclosed Year Cities* July 1st December 1st Year at Sale** Sold Parcels Sold 1990 13.4040 37,251 4,751 11.4118 45 27 60.0% 1991 14.2500 37,205 4,153 11.1625 18 11 61.1% 1992 15.5350 37,057 4,328 11.6793 28 26 92.9% 1993 15.9030 37,038 4,384 11.8366 35 16 45.7% 1994 16.1050 37,092 4,438 11.9648 19 14 73.7% 1995 15.5290 37,132 4,396 11.8388 14 12 85.7% 1996 15.1740 37,259 4,129 11.0818 17 13 76.5% 1997 15.1010 37,488 4,015 10.7101 28 22 78.6% 1998 15.4520 37,745 3,987 10.5629 18 13 72.2% 1999 16.1840 38,166 3,933 10.3049 17 10 58.8% 2000 15.3430 38,450 3,871 10.0676 19 7 36.8% 2001 15.5430 38,655 4,134 10.6946 22 14 63.6% 2002 15.4050 38,953 3,677 9.4395 19 13 68.4% 2003 15.4030 39,347 3,770 9.5814 12 7 58.3% 2004 15.2240 39,797 3,693 9.2795 16 15 93.8% 2005 14.8110 40,411 3,565 8.8218 12 9 75.0% 2006 14.4910 40,866 3,358 8.2171 11 9 81.8% 2007 13.7440 41,752 3,845 9.2091 20 17 85.0% 2008 12.7900 42,238 3,680 8.7125 NA - - 2009 12.7000 42,526 3,785 8.9004 NA - - 2010 12.9730 42,691 3,581 8.3882 NA - - SOURCE: FNSB Finance Department, Treasury and Budget, Collections Division, personal communication, 1990-2010. FNSB Land Department, Foreclosure Data, personal communication, 1990-2010. NOTE: As of May 4, 2011 there are 1,684 delinquent accounts (or 3.9446 percent of the total taxable parcels for the calendar year of 2010). Foreclosure data has about a 2 1/2 year lag on release. All tax billing must be mailed by July 1st: taxes are due and payable on July 1st according to State and Local statutes. * The base mill levy (which includes non-areawide + areawide + solid waste district taxes).

DELINQUENT TAX ACCOUNTS Fairbanks North Star Borough December Billing 1990-2010 14.0000 12.0000 10.0000 8.0000 6.0000

Percentage Delinquent Parcels % Chg from Previous Year 4.0000 2.0000

0.0000

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATIONS SHAREHOLDERS Statewide 2005-2009

% chg Native Regional Corporation 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Ranking 2008-09

Sealaska Corp. 17,300 17,600 19,443 20,174 20,594 1 2.1% Doyon, Ltd. 14,000 14,000 16,000 17,500 17,974 2 2.7% Calista Corp. 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 3 0.0% NANA Regional Corp. 11,100 11,100 11,495 12,044 12,400 4 3.0% Arctic Slope Regional Corp. 9,000 9,761 9,616 9,616 10,445 5 8.6% Bristol Bay Native Corp. 7,900 7,900 8,200 8,400 8,600 6 2.4% Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 7,292 7,419 7,419 7,693 7,693 7 0.0% Bering Straits Native Corp. 6,334 6,334 6,334 6,334 6,334 8 0.0% The 13th Regional Corp. 6,188 6,188 NA NA 5,500 9 - Koniag, Inc. 3,555 3,612 3,633 3,633 3,695 10 1.7% The Aleut Corporation 3,249 3,249 3,547 3,547 3,656 11 3.1% Chugach Alaska Corp. 1,991 1,991 2,002 2,002 2,002 12 0.0% Ahtna, Inc. 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,547 13 28.9% SOURCE: Alaska Business Monthly, "Power List", January 2005-2011. NOTE: There is a lag time in reporting and numbers are subject to revision. These Native Regional Corporations were established between 1971-1972, except The Thirteenth Corporation which began in 1975. NA Not available at press time.

ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATIONS ANNUAL REVENUE Statewide 2005-2009

% chg Native Regional Corporation 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Ranking 2008-09

------in millions------Arctic Slope Regional Corp. $1,587.2 $1,751.3 $1,777.5 $2,297.3 $1,945.1 1 -15.3% Bristol Bay Native Corp. $321.1 $762.4 $1,006.1 $1,294.9 $1,391.6 2 7.5% NANA Regional Corp. $526.9 $805.8 $975.5 $1,175.5 $1,257.8 3 7.0% Chugach Alaska Corp. $785.5 $890.4 $900.1 $951.9 $1,105.3 4 16.1% Doyon, Ltd. $172.0 $222.0 $280.5 $306.1 $308.5 5 0.8% Ahtna, Inc.* $95.3 $110.1 $136.2 $196.1 $231.0 6 17.8% Calista Corp. $56.9 $94.5 $138.4 $224.1 $224.0 7 0.0% Sealaska Corp. $144.3 $178.6 $203.2 $125.8 $201.0 8 59.8% Bering Straits Native Corp. $21.7 $42.6 $76.1 $113.3 $162.3 9 43.2% The Aleut Corporation $96.0 $119.6 $154.2 $116.1 $146.1 10 25.9% Koniag, Inc. $97.3 $148.3 $128.2 $101.3 $116.0 11 14.5% Cook Inlet Region, Inc. $97.5 $207.9 $119.9 $11.1 $79.9 12 619.8% The 13th Regional Corp. $9.1 $7.5 NA NA NA 13 - SOURCE: Alaska Business Monthly, "Power List", January 2005-2011, and ProPublica Website: 13 http://projects.propublica.org/tables/alaska-native-corporations-annual-reports, May 2011. NOTE: There is a lag time in reporting and numbers are subject to revision. The 13th Regional Coporation did not report since 2006. In 2008 the stock market decline affected some corporate revenue margins. * Numbers revised during personal communication with Ahtna accounting, May 2010.

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PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND APPLICANT MAILING ADDRESS BY CITY* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2005-2010 ^ 2005 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009¹ 2010¹ % by Change zipcode Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child 2009-10 99701 9,554 3,365 9,407 3,312 9,400 3,282 9,685 3,324 9,952 3,281 9,891 3,143 -1.5% 99702 1,591 1,292 1,368 1,127 1,219 1,003 970 795 886 783 692 605 -22.3% 99703 1,964 1,602 1,740 1,495 1,582 1,252 1,564 1,219 1,963 1,724 1,484 1,254 -25.7% 99705 10,359 4,380 10,670 4,542 11,046 4,656 11,758 4,575 11,969 5,025 11,902 4,934 -0.9% 99706 1,250 347 1,243 344 1,204 327 1,247 270 1,215 281 1,180 268 -3.2% 99707 4,465 2,990 4,477 1,307 4,403 1,253 4,429 1,140 4,357 1,170 4,209 1,086 -4.2% 99708 5,374 1,597 5,279 1,509 5,313 1,494 5,441 1,375 5,474 1,523 5,448 1,451 -1.4% 99709 11,547 4,032 11,717 4,000 12,102 4,087 12,759 3,993 12,872 4,251 12,902 4,223 0.0% 99710 1,113 373 1,131 357 1,166 334 1,228 306 1,273 350 1,255 363 -0.3% 99711 1,076 351 1,082 370 1,113 404 1,180 375 1,156 386 1,102 348 -6.0% 99712 5,209 1,936 5,338 1,960 5,403 1,930 5,745 1,818 5,775 1,956 5,854 2,001 1.6% 99714 655 241 669 238 674 276 699 258 718 279 693 274 -3.0% 99716 273 93 294 90 309 92 337 66 348 73 350 66 -1.2% 99725 651 167 672 165 665 171 705 159 736 179 743 169 -0.3% 99775 675 141 652 144 627 122 679 113 719 124 788 109 6.4% Total 55,756 22,907 55,739 20,960 56,226 20,683 58,426 19,786 59,413 21,385 58,493 20,294 -2.5%

Adult + Child by 78,663 76,699 76,909 78,212 80,798 78,787 - Year

% Chg in applicants 1.3% -2.5% 0.3% 1.7% 3.3% -2.5% - by year SOURCE:f Alaska Department of Revenue; website: www.pfd.state.ak.us/forms/AnnualReports, 2005-2010. NOTE: The Alaska Permanent Fund was established by a constitutional amendment effective February 21, 1977. The amendment stated that contributions to the fund must consist of at least 25 percent of mineral lease rentals, royalties, royalty sales proceeds, Federal mineral revenue sharing payments, and bonuses received by the State. Enacted legislation (Ch. 18 SLA1980) has modified this contribution rate to the Permanent Fund from 25 percent to 50 percent. As a result, any future revenues transferable from Beaufort Sea production and any future lease sale bonuses will be subject to the 50 percent rate. * The figures above ONLY represent PFD applicants who applied for and received the dividend. This is not representative of the FNSB population as a whole as there are those who do not apply for nor qualify for the PFD. ¹ Military applicants declined in 2010 which affected the results. ^ Current data supersedes previous figures reported. PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND AMOUNTS 1982-2010

$2,500

$2,000

$1,500

$1,000

$500

1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES* Fairbanks MSA, Alaska and the United States 2005-2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 F January 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.4 7.8 8.7 7.8 A February 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.4 7.8 8.5 7.4 I March 6.5 6.4 5.7 6.1 7.5 8.2 7.3 R April 6.2 6.1 5.5 5.5 6.7 7.2 B May 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.5 7.0 6.8 A June 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.2 7.5 6.9 N July 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.5 6.6 6.2 K August 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.3 6.4 6.1 S September 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.3 6.7 6.2 October 5.2 4.6 4.6 5.7 7.0 6.3 M November 5.8 5.1 5.2 5.9 7.1 6.8 S December 6.0 5.3 5.8 6.5 7.4 7.1 A Average 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.9 7.1 7.1 January 8.0 7.8 7.2 7.2 8.1 9.3 8.6 February 8.4 8.1 7.1 7.2 8.5 9.5 8.4 March 7.6 7.4 6.6 7.0 8.3 9.2 8.3 A April 7.1 7.0 6.2 6.4 7.7 8.3 L May 6.4 6.4 5.7 6.3 7.5 7.7 A June 6.7 6.5 6.0 6.5 7.9 7.7 S July 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.8 7.1 7.0 K August 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.8 7.1 7.0 A September 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.8 7.5 7.2 October 6.3 5.6 5.5 6.0 7.8 7.3 November 7.1 6.1 5.9 6.4 7.8 7.8 December 7.2 6.4 6.5 7.0 8.3 8.1 Average 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.5 7.8 8.0 U January 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.4 8.5 10.6 9.8 N February 5.8 5.1 4.9 5.2 8.9 10.4 9.5 I March 5.4 4.8 4.5 5.2 9.0 10.2 9.2 T April 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.8 8.6 9.5 E May 4.9 4.4 4.3 5.2 9.1 9.3 D June 5.2 4.8 4.7 5.7 9.7 9.6 July 5.2 5.0 4.9 6.0 9.7 9.7 S August 4.9 4.6 4.6 6.1 9.6 9.5 T September 4.8 4.4 4.5 6.0 9.5 9.2 A October 4.6 4.1 4.4 6.1 9.5 9.0 T November 4.8 4.3 4.5 6.5 9.4 9.3 E December 4.6 4.3 4.8 7.1 9.7 9.1 S Average 5.1 4.6 4.6 5.8 9.3 9.6 SOURCES: Alaska Department of Labor, Research and Analysis Section, website: http://www.laborstats.alaska.gov, and personal communications 2005-2011. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and website: http://www.bls.gov, 2005-2011. NOTE: Rates presented are "not seasonally adjusted". Local data prior to 2000 is not comparable with data from 2000 forward due to the way the labor force stats are calculated for boroughs and census areas. * May be subject to revision.

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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES State of Alaska, FNSB, the United States 2006-2011

12.0 Alaska FNSB U. S.

9.0

6.0

3.0 Percentage Unemployed Percentage

0.0

J/07 J/06 J/08 J/09 J/10 J/11 J = January/Year

AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AND PAYMENTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2010

1,800 Claimants Payment $1,800,000 ofPayments AmountMonthlyAverage 1,600 $1,600,000 1,400 $1,400,000 1,200 $1,200,000 1,000 $1,000,000 800 $800,000 600 $600,000 400 $400,000

Average Number of Claimants perClaimants Monthof Number Average 200 $200,000

0 $0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AND PAYMENTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 2004-2010 % Chg. 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 Number of Claimants January 2,049 1,818 1,824 1,589 1,586 1,913 2,180 14% February 1,981 1,806 1,736 1,532 1,587 1,854 2,060 11% March 1,807 1,677 1,614 1,485 1,481 1,770 2,006 13% April 1,552 1,439 1,404 1,214 1,289 1,606 1,678 4% May 1,181 1,082 1,088 958 1,035 1,427 1,424 0% June 1,183 943 910 873 994 1,335 1,250 -6% July 883 827 865 776 937 1,226 1,180 -4% August 819 755 857 697 849 1,166 1,124 -4% September 739 702 727 581 689 1,050 1,052 0% October 975 996 943 735 1,004 1,356 1,331 -2% November 1,286 1,277 1,236 1,061 1,262 1,776 1,646 -7% December 1,463 1,469 1,385 1,307 1,511 1,987 1,923 -3% Average 1,327 1,233 1,216 1,067 1,185 1,539 1,571 2% Number of Payments January 7,064 7,406 7,285 6,218 5,242 5,745 7,271 27% February 7,427 6,483 6,383 5,285 5,311 6,391 7,374 15% March 8,237 6,229 5,808 5,053 5,080 7,587 7,073 -7% April 5,676 5,167 4,881 5,066 5,520 5,642 6,065 7% May 4,553 4,796 4,641 3,245 3,682 5,075 4,979 -2% June 4,809 3,405 2,905 2,844 3,870 5,696 4,231 -26% July 3,211 2,842 3,386 3,216 3,106 4,276 3,979 -7% August 3,442 3,172 2,851 2,358 2,798 4,702 4,480 -5% September 2,420 2,307 2,364 1,798 2,881 3,597 3,537 -2% October 2,906 3,525 3,280 2,627 2,042 4,104 3,882 -5% November 5,329 4,435 3,934 3,369 3,732 6,841 6,693 -2% December 5,258 5,113 4,602 5,186 6,171 6,740 6,698 -1% Total 60,332 54,880 52,320 46,265 49,435 66,396 66,262 0% Amount of Payments------Thousands of Dollars------January $ 1,432 $ 1,531 $ 1,509 $ 1,364 $ 1,170 $ 1,299 $ 2,202 70% February 1,478 1,326 1,316 1,144 1,174 1,535 2,222 45% March 1,625 1,262 1,191 1,092 1,092 1,863 2,078 12% April 1,124 1,047 1,008 1,084 1,183 1,823 1,744 -4% May 895 947 964 704 782 1,380 1,434 4% June 942 669 625 603 815 1,565 1,190 -24% July 631 565 705 659 647 1,148 1,066 -7% August 666 643 585 476 580 1,257 1,154 -8% September 465 474 495 367 613 997 951 -5% October 572 733 694 550 438 1,149 1,052 -8% November 1,077 927 844 740 820 2,020 1,895 -6% December 1,087 1,073 1,003 1,155 1,375 2,052 1,879 -8% Total $11,994 $11,197 $10,939 $9,938 $10,689 $18,088 $18,867 4%

SOURCE: Alaska Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development, Research & Analysis Section, personal communications 2004- 2011.

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AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES BY INDUSTRY Fairbanks North Star Borough (MSA¹) 2010-2011 Year-to-Date Average % Change Industry 2011 2011 2010 2010-11

Reporting Period Jan Feb Mar Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Mining and Logging³ 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,100 900 22.2% Construction 1,900 2,000 2,100 2,000 1,900 5.3% Manufacturing 600 600 600 600 500 20.0% Trade/Transportation/Utilities 7,400 7,200 7,200 7,300 7,200 1.4% Wholesale Trade 600 600 600 600 600 0.0% Retail Trade 4,400 4,300 4,300 4,300 4,400 -2.3% Trans/Warehouse/Utilities 2,400 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,200 4.5% Information 500 500 500 500 500 0.0% Financial Activities 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,500 -6.7% Professional & Business Svcs 2,200 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 0.0% Educational & Health Services 4,900 5,000 4,900 5,000 4,900 2.0% Health Care 3,700 3,800 3,700 3,700 3,700 0.0% Leisure & Hospitality 3,700 3,700 3,700 3,700 3,600 2.8% Other Services 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100 0.0% Government 11,700 12,200 12,500 12,100 12,200 -0.8% Federal Government 3,300 3,300 3,400 3,300 3,300 0.0% State Government 5,000 5,500 5,600 5,400 5,400 0.0% Local Government² 3,400 3,400 3,500 3,400 3,400 0.0%

Total Nonfarm 36,500 37,100 37,500 37,000 36,500 1.4%

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, and the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. State website: http://almis.labor.state.ak.us, 2011. NOTE: Data provided are subject to change. Employment reporting format has changed because Fairbanks became a metropolitan area in 2003 and 2004. Please note that rounding is to nearest 100. - Benchmark date: February 2010 for the 2009 dataset. - Nonfarm Wage & Salary excludes self-employed workers, fishers, domestics, and unpaid family workers. - Government includes employees of public school systems and the University of Alaska. - Beginning January 2001, wage and salary employment estimates were published under a new classification system. The Standard Industrial Classification system (SIC) has been replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data prior to 2001 are comparable only at the Total Nonfarm and Government levels. ¹ Metropolitan Statistical Area ² As of January 2001, certain federally-recognized tribal entities were moved to Local Government, which created a series break for Total Government and Local Government. Please see the April 2002 Alaska Economic Trends publication for a detailed explanation. 3 This category was previously called "Natural Resources and Mining". The change is in name only; the industries it includes remain the same.

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ANNUAL AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006-2009 % Change Industry 2006 2007 2008 2009 2008-09 Natural Resources & Mining 1,346 1,153 1,100 1,108 0.7% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting 45 36 42 40 -4.8% Mining 1,300 1,116 1,058 1,068 0.9% Construction 2,764 2,756 2,765 2,490 -9.9% Construction of Buildings 860 849 804 743 -7.6% Heavy Construction 327 263 206 229 11.2% Specialty Trade Contractors 1,576 1,644 1,755 1,519 -13.4% Manufacturing 632 653 649 639 -1.5% Trade, Transportation & Utilities 7,744 7,673 7,701 7,738 0.5% Wholesale Trade 652 663 652 656 0.6% Retail Trade 4,671 4,656 4,658 4,537 -2.6% General Merchandise Stores 1,261 1,268 1,388 1,355 -2.4% Food & Beverage 444 450 486 456 -6.2% Transportation & Warehousing 2,097 2,038 2,029 2,141 5.5% Air Transportation 612 609 650 606 -6.8% Transit & Ground Passenger 195 194 - 278 * Information 593 564 588 533 -9.4% Telecommunication 351 296 317 309 -2.5% Financial Activities 1,575 1,597 1,534 1,558 1.6% Finance & Insurance 834 875 894 887 -0.8% Credit Intermediation, etc. 502 519 536 534 -0.4% Real Estate, Renting & Leasing 741 722 641 671 4.7% Real Estate 503 465 384 407 6.0% Professional & Business Services 2,098 2,223 2,341 2,174 -7.1% Professional, Scientific, Technical Services 1,024 1,089 1,197 1,300 8.6% Management of Companies & Enterprises 51 40 - 57 * Administrative & Waste Services 1,023 1,095 - 817 * Educational & Health Services 4,277 4,239 4,376 4,541 3.8% Health Care & Social Assistance 4,143 4,096 4,226 4,384 3.7% Leisure & Hospitality 4,109 4,316 4,161 4,001 -3.8% Accommodation 1,024 1,061 1,051 927 -11.8% Food Services & Drinking Places 2,605 2,777 2,653 2,591 -2.3% Other Services 1,317 1,287 1,245 1,251 0.5% Membership Organizations, etc. 628 607 602 610 1.3% Repair & Maintenance 473 456 439 434 -1.1% Government 11,621 11,732 11,789 11,816 0.2% Federal Government 3,381 3,450 3,472 3,469 -0.1% State Government 5,214 5,233 5,251 5,289 0.7% Local Government 3,026 3,049 3,066 3,058 -0.3% Unclassified Establishments 52 36 11 7 -36.4% Total Industries 38,128 38,228 38,261 37,855 -1.1% SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section; Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages fka Employment & Earnings Summary, 2009 (data are preliminary and subject to revision). NOTE: Blanks in the Total Earnings & Avg Mo Earnings columns due to confidentiality; data are suppressed. * Not available.

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ANNUAL AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE BY INDUSTRY Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006-2009 % Change Industry 2006 2007 2008 2009 2008-09 Natural Resources & Mining $6,721 $6,448 $6,993 $7,414 6.0% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting $1,602 $1,837 $1,695 $1,793 5.8% Mining $6,899 $6,598 $7,201 $7,624 5.9% Construction $4,893 $5,223 $5,625 $5,656 0.6% Construction of Buildings $4,440 $4,834 $5,273 $5,524 4.8% Heavy Construction $6,100 $6,036 $6,493 $6,896 6.2% Specialty Trade Contractors $4,889 $5,294 $5,684 $5,534 -2.6% Manufacturing $4,168 $4,122 $4,212 $4,370 3.8% Trade, Transportation & Utilities $3,109 $3,189 $3,276 $3,390 3.5% Wholesale Trade $3,491 $3,525 $3,809 $4,037 6.0% Retail Trade $2,353 $2,444 $2,475 $2,501 1.1% General Merchandise Stores $2,184 $2,264 $2,325 $2,302 -1.0% Food & Beverage $2,180 $2,273 $2,274 $2,343 3.0% Transportation & Warehousing $4,266 $4,358 $4,443 $4,523 1.8% Air Transportation $3,409 $3,471 $3,467 $3,674 6.0% Transit & Ground Passenger - - - $2,366 * Information $3,962 $4,042 $4,212 $4,251 0.9% Telecommunication $5,010 $5,272 $5,166 $5,058 -2.1% Financial Activities $3,512 $3,568 $3,611 $3,745 3.7% Finance & Insurance $3,678 $3,830 $3,828 $4,006 4.6% Credit Intermediation, etc. $3,297 $3,446 $3,419 $3,720 8.8% Real Estate, Renting & Leasing $3,325 $3,252 $3,308 $3,399 2.8% Real Estate $3,393 $3,350 $3,165 $3,213 1.5% Professional & Business Services $3,105 $3,321 $3,561 $3,719 4.4% Professional, Scientific, Technical Services $3,573 $3,617 $3,985 $4,107 3.1% Management of Companies & Enterprises $7,119 - - $5,564 * Administrative & Waste Services $2,436 - - $2,971 * Educational & Health Services $3,085 $3,200 $3,387 $3,465 2.3% Health Care & Social Assistance $3,118 $3,234 $3,425 $3,499 2.2% Leisure & Hospitality $1,389 $1,426 $1,484 $1,487 0.2% Accommodation $2,158 $2,259 $2,312 $2,349 1.6% Food Services & Drinking Places $1,136 $1,155 $1,210 $1,240 2.5% Other Services $2,212 $2,213 $2,278 $2,363 3.7% Membership Organizations, etc. $1,853 $1,823 $1,868 $1,977 5.8% Repair & Maintenance $3,054 $3,064 $3,150 $3,275 4.0% Government $3,670 $3,832 $3,948 $4,176 5.8% Federal Government $4,524 $4,762 $4,793 $4,946 3.2% State Government $3,394 $3,560 $3,727 $3,980 6.8% Local Government $3,192 $3,247 $3,370 $3,641 8.0% Unclassified Establishments $1,816 $2,277 $3,299 $3,291 -0.2% Total Industries $3,363 $3,452 $3,606 $3,738 3.7% SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section; Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages fka Employment & Earnings Summary, 2009 (data are preliminary and subject to revision). NOTE: Blanks in the Total Earnings & Avg Mo Earnings columns due to confidentiality; data are suppressed. * Not available.

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FAIRBANKS' LARGEST EMPLOYERS Top 25 EMPLOYERS Average Monthly Employment by Range 2010 Avg Employment Range Firm Name A Federal Government A University of Alaska A Fairbanks North Star School District A State of Alaska (excluding University) A Banner Health System B Wal-Mart Associates Inc (including Sam's Club) B Fred Meyer Stores Inc C ASRC, AES Pipeline Power and Communication C Fairbanks North Star Borough C Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc C Tanana Chiefs Conference Inc C Safeway Inc D Fairbanks Resource Agency D Golden Valley Electric Association Inc D Fountainhead Development Inc D Ambrose LLC (formerly McDonald's Restaurants of Alaska) D City of Fairbanks D Fairbanks Native Association Inc D Laidlaw Education Services D Tanana Valley Medical Surgical Group Inc D Nana Management Services LLC D Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd D The Home Depot USA Inc D Westmark Hotels Inc D Flint Hills Resources Alaska SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, personal communication, May 2011. NOTE: Due to reporting confidentiality laws the method of presentation has changed with 2009 data. The new form of reporting will be the average monthly employment range showing a high and low figure. AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT RANGES: A = 1,000-3,500 B = 500-749 C = 250-499 D = 100-249

Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 26 Population and Social Conditions

ALASKA'S PER CAPITA INCOME BY BOROUGH AND CENSUS AREA 2005-2009 Rank % Chg 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 in 2008-09 State United States $35,424 $37,698 $39,461 $40,674 $39,635 - -2.6% Alaska $36,770 $38,835 $41,196 $44,414 $43,212 - -2.7% North Slope Borough $44,364 $50,839 $58,248 $64,757 $65,564 1 1.2% Bristol Bay Borough $41,623 $45,309 $48,615 $53,215 $58,717 2 10.3% Denali Borough $46,852 $50,227 $52,424 $53,839 $54,097 3 0.5% Skagway Borough - - - $56,581 $53,005 4 -6.3% Ketchikan Gateway Borough $43,212 $44,550 $48,622 $52,308 $51,850 5 -0.9% Haines Borough $43,062 $45,619 $48,975 $52,112 $50,001 6 -4.1% Anchorage, Municipality of $42,310 $44,597 $47,142 $50,446 $48,598 7 -3.7% Juneau City and Borough $40,421 $43,063 $46,314 $49,171 $48,062 8 -2.3% Valdez-Cordova C.A. $36,937 $38,247 $41,899 $46,290 $45,177 9 -2.4% Petersburg C.A. - - - - $43,606 10 - Southeast Fairbanks C.A. $35,001 $36,122 $40,408 $43,459 $42,508 11 -2.2% Sitka City and Borough $34,912 $36,158 $39,920 $42,530 $41,567 12 -2.3% Yakutat City and Borough $34,046 $38,424 $40,121 $45,000 $41,115 13 -8.6% Kodiak Island Borough $33,970 $35,860 $38,494 $41,346 $40,393 14 -2.3% Kenai Peninsula Borough $32,223 $34,341 $36,936 $40,678 $39,294 15 -3.4% Fairbanks North Star Borough $32,284 $34,878 $36,359 $39,517 $38,895 16 -1.6% Matanuska-Susitna Borough $32,209 $33,673 $36,212 $39,534 $38,508 17 -2.6% Lake & Peninsula Borough $27,286 $30,224 $33,056 $36,869 $36,694 18 -0.5% Hoonah-Angoon C.A. - - - $37,790 $35,990 19 -4.8% Dillingham C.A. $31,341 $32,598 $33,689 $36,080 $35,828 20 -0.7% Wrangell City and Borough - - - - $35,197 21 - Aleutian West C.A. $28,288 $30,795 $32,667 $35,776 $33,668 22 -5.9% Nome C.A. $27,593 $28,263 $29,907 $33,198 $32,531 23 -2.0% Yukon-Koyukuk C.A. $26,428 $27,082 $28,747 $31,113 $32,135 24 3.3% Northwest Arctic Borough $27,182 $27,708 $29,420 $31,280 $31,285 25 0.0% Aleutian East Borough $27,373 $29,616 $27,953 $31,844 $29,944 26 -6.0% Bethel C.A. $25,464 $26,151 $27,258 $28,827 $29,173 27 1.2% Prince of Wales-Hyder C.A.¹ - - - - $28,479 28 - Wade Hampton C.A. $16,652 $16,902 $17,985 $19,674 $19,651 29 -0.1% Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. $23,838 $23,783 $25,371 $28,586 - - - Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. $36,941 $39,426 $40,185 - - - - Wrangell-Petersburg C.A. $35,226 $36,712 $38,946 $40,317 - - - SOURCE: Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, http://www.bea.gov/regional/index.htm, CA1-3 Table, April 2011. NOTE: New estimates for 2009 and revisions for 2007-2008 were released on April 21, 2011. Data provided are preliminary estimates and may be subject to change. Rank in State numbers are reflecting most current year. - No calculation available.

27 Spring 2011 Community Research Quarterly Employment

QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES BY INDUSTRY*^ Fairbanks North Star Borough By Quarter --2Q 2010 Avg Mo-- --3Q 2010 Avg Mo-- % Chg from prev Qtr Industry Employmt Wage Employmt Wage Employmt Wage Natural Resources & Mining 1,138 $6,749 1,287 $7,239 13.1% 7.3% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting 81 $1,675 48 $1,744 -40.7% 4.1% Mining 1,057 $7,140 1,239 $7,454 17.2% 4.4% Construction 2,889 $5,922 3,350 $6,207 16.0% 4.8% Construction of Buildings 778 $5,007 932 $5,591 19.8% 11.7% Heavy Construction 485 $6,157 520 $6,063 7.2% -1.5% Specialty Trade Contractors 1,626 $6,289 1,898 $6,548 16.7% 4.1% Manufacturing 634 $4,258 644 $4,433 1.6% 4.1% Trade, Transportation & Utilities 7,737 $3,151 8,040 $3,331 3.9% 5.7% Wholesale Trade 656 $3,918 672 $3,957 2.4% 1.0% Retail Trade 4,538 $2,505 4,634 $2,601 2.1% 3.8% General Merchandise Stores 1,326 $2,399 1,360 $2,415 2.6% 0.7% Food & Beverage 467 $2,391 480 $2,514 2.8% 5.1% Transportation & Warehousing 2,114 $3,731 2,299 $3,924 8.8% 5.2% Air Transportation 618 $3,815 636 $3,710 2.9% -2.8% Transit & Ground Passenger 279 $2,440 277 $2,066 -0.7% -15.3% Information 496 $4,254 491 $4,392 -1.0% 3.2% Telecommunication 297 $5,135 292 $4,914 -1.7% -4.3% Financial Activities 1,563 $3,733 1,596 $3,682 2.1% -1.4% Finance & Insurance 873 $4,070 878 $3,897 0.6% -4.3% Credit Intermediation, etc. 522 $3,744 514 $3,549 -1.5% -5.2% Real Estate, Renting & Leasing 690 $3,306 718 $3,419 4.1% 3.4% Real Estate 433 $3,152 453 $3,217 4.6% 2.1% Professional & Business Services 2,371 $3,647 2,487 $3,781 4.9% 3.7% Professional, Scientific, Technical Services 1,523 $3,890 1,594 $4,140 4.7% 6.4% Management of Companies & Enterprises 55 $4,948 51 $5,445 -7.3% 10.0% Administrative & Waste Services 793 $3,089 842 $2,999 6.2% -2.9% Educational & Health Services 4,868 $3,295 4,882 $3,546 0.3% 7.6% Health Care & Social Assistance 4,700 $3,310 4,728 $3,570 0.6% 7.9% Leisure & Hospitality 4,282 $1,409 4,626 $1,626 8.0% 15.4% Accommodation 1,040 $1,942 1,273 $2,439 22.4% 25.6% Food Services & Drinking Places 2,770 $1,245 2,796 $1,335 0.9% 7.2% Other Services 1,169 $2,429 1,180 $2,337 0.9% -3.8% Membership Organizations, etc. 550 $2,027 580 $1,823 5.5% -10.1% Repair & Maintenance 413 $3,315 399 $3,456 -3.4% 4.3% Government 11,900 $4,599 11,518 $4,543 -3.2% -1.2% Federal Government 3,649 $5,251 3,634 $5,303 -0.4% 1.0% State Government 5,624 $3,895 5,292 $4,368 -5.9% 12.1% Local Government 2,627 $5,198 2,592 $3,835 -1.3% -26.2% Unclassified Establishments 40 $1,604 46 $2,419 15.0% 50.8% Total Industries 39,089 $3,791 40,147 $3,916 2.7% 3.3% SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section; Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages fka Employment & Earnings Summary, State of Alaska website: http://almis.labor.state.ak.us, 2011. * All numbers are preliminary and there is an approximate 6 month lag in data release.

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APARTMENT / MULTI-PLEX VACANCY RATES Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ------Percent Vacant ------March 1.5 9.6 18.5 6.9 18.4 June 9.7 9.4 11.1 7.6 September 11.9 15.6 5.3 8.9 December 12.2 20.2 6.6 10.1 SOURCE: FNSB Community Research Center Rental Survey, 2007-2011. NOTE: Vacancy rates are based on a sample of 3,000 to 4,000 rental units and include data for apartments, duplexes, tri-plexes and larger multi-plex rental properties. They do not include single-family houses, mobile homes or cabins. Changes in seasonal apartment availability may also factor into the Fall and Winter figures. Vacancy influences: The Ft. Wainwright Army 172nd Stryker Brigade was deployed to Iraq in Fall-Winter 2005-06, Fall-Winter 2008-09, and Spring-Summer 2011-12. Ft. Wainwright base housing privatized and contracted management to New Haven Communities in May 2009. Birchwood Apartments (400 units; 3-5 bdrm.) which were once on-base military housing was privatized and started public advertising May 2007 (included in this survey June 2007). Alpine Lodge (16 Units: efficiencies) entered the market as seasonal rental housing beginning 4th Quarter 2007. Lazelle Estates (37 Units:3-4 bedrooms) appeared on market survey September 2007. Aging Fairview Manor demolished 81 Units in 2008 and 30 Units in 2010. Weeks Field Estates has replaced them with 74 Units in 2009. In 2011, Weeks Field Estates will have completed 56 Units more. Walden Estates, once off-base military housing, privatized and placed 150 units; 3-5 bdrms., on the market for sale or rent (27:duplexes; 23:4-plexes; 4:houses) in June 2010 (PHII).

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RENTAL HOUSING UNITS AVAILABLE Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011 ------Apartments ------Houses ------Mobile Total Eff. 1-BR 2-BR 3+BR 1-BR 2-BR 3-BR 4+BR Homes Cabins Rentals 2007 March 12 44 51 9 6 8 16 3 5 13 167 June 18 68 96 281 3 7 7 6 2 24 512 September 70 146 121 274 5 20 24 17 14 36 727 December 59 180 167 254 10 21 43 13 8 35 790 2008 March 43 132 117 190 10 12 18 10 11 27 570 June 39 72 105 241 9 15 39 4 5 20 549 September 68 277 183 241 8 16 36 19 17 49 914 December 91 266 262 291 10 19 26 21 11 31 1,028 2009 March 59 257 234 233 5 14 15 13 3 18 851 June 36 198 138 149 7 10 12 16 7 21 594 September 35 67 57 51 8 9 3 12 5 18 265 December 56 106 81 64 9 6 16 16 7 34 395 2010 March 38 95 93 74 5 5 16 6 NA 16 348 June 34 64 107 108 2 5 8 6 2 10 346 September 70 121 112 103 1 16 36 15 6 21 501 December 51 173 143 80 5 15 18 12 2 23 522 2011 March 40 142 120 153 5 9 8 7 1 12 497 % Change 2010-11 5% 49% 29% 107% 0% 80% -50% 17% NA -25% 43% March SOURCESOURCE:: CommunityCommunity ResearchResearch CenterCenter rentalrental surveys,surveys, 20072006-2011,-2010 including, including mostmost majormajor apartmentapartment complexes,complexes Fairbanksand Fairbanks Daily NewsDaily- NewsMiner- Mineradvertisements,advertisements and http://www.craigslist.comduring the week surroundingduringthe the19 thweekof March, surroundingJune, theSeptember 19th of andMarch,December June, September. and December. NOTENOTE:: BirchwoodBirchwood Apartments ((400400 unitsunits;; 3-5 bdrm.)bdrm.) whichwhich werewere onceonce onon--basebase militaryhousing housingwas privitized was privitizedand started and startedpublic advertisingpublic Mayadvertising2007. MayBirchwood 2007 (includedApts. became in this surveya part Juneof this 2007).survey Alpinein June Lodge2007 (16. Units:Alpine efficiencies)Lodge (16 Unitsentered: efficiencies) the market asentered seasontheal rentalmarket as seasonalhousing beginningrental housing 4th Quarterbeginning 2007.4th LazelleQuarter Estates2007. (37Lazelle Units:3Estates-4 bedrooms)(37 Units :appeared3-4 bedrooms) on marketappeared surveyon Septembermarket survey 2007.September Aging 2007. TheFairviewFt. Wainwright Manor demolishedArmy 172 111nd UnitsStryker fromBrigade 2008-2010.deployed Weeksto FieldIraq FallEstates05 -has06 replacedand again themFall with08 -7409 .UnitsWalden in 2009Estates, and 56once Unitsoff more-base militaryin 2011. housing,Walden Estates,placed 40 onceunits offon-basethe militarymarket forhousing,sale or privitaizedrent (18 duplexes and placed; 18 1504-plexes units;; 43-houses)5 bdrms.,March on the2010 market. for sale or rent (27:duplexes; 23:4-plexes; 4:houses) in June 2010 (PHII). See Vacancy Rates footer for deployments.

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AVERAGE MONTHLY RENTS FOR AVAILABLE HOUSING UNITS Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011 ------Apartments ------Houses ------Mobile Eff. 1-BR 2-BR 3+ BR 1-BR 2-BR 3-BR 4+ BR Homes Cabins 2007 March $564 $724 $964 $1,464 $883 $1,237 $1,652 $1,458 $894 $574 June $608 $756 $998 $1,791 $1,050 $1,220 $1,350 $1,870 $975 $541 September $772 $784 $1,019 $1,742 $710 $1,282 $1,468 $1,668 $865 $577 December $834 $764 $1,020 $1,684 $945 $1,195 $1,503 $1,749 $855 $534 2008 March $574 $759 $1,024 $1,662 $900 $1,137 $1,419 $1,650 $814 $492 June $620 $791 $1,019 $1,807 $922 $1,195 $1,525 $1,837 $748 $491 September $741 $849 $1,071 $1,763 $890 $1,248 $1,518 $2,314 $962 $518 December $713 $836 $1,023 $1,736 $827 $1,038 $1,437 $2,447 $866 $563 2009 March $678 $862 $1,035 $1,751 $1,008 $1,218 $1,476 $2,470 $898 $578 June $674 $857 $1,018 $1,705 $1,254 $1,129 $1,584 $2,227 $760 $558 September $835 $898 $1,078 $1,844 $931 $1,138 $1,333 $2,353 $824 $527 December $760 $867 $1,047 $1,852 $1,552 $1,111 $1,555 $2,230 $821 $505 2010 March $617 $817 $1,028 $1,763 $960 $1,489 $1,516 $2,073 NA $562 June $685 $874 $1,063 $1,837 $1,125 $1,310 $1,606 $1,903 $1,300 $535 September $842 $901 $1,124 $1,613 $950 $1,288 $1,649 $2,101 $795 $589 December $737 $901 $1,102 $1,583 $840 $1,319 $1,588 $2,098 $925 $608 2011 March $644 $911 $1,138 $1,676 $990 $1,388 $1,481 $1,875 $850 $570 % Change 2010-11 4% 12% 11% -5% 3% -7% -2% -10% NA 1% March SOURCE: Community Research Center rental surveys, 2007-2011, including most major apartment complexes, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner advertisements, and http://www.craigslist.com during the week surrounding the 19th of March, June, September and December. NOTE: Birchwood Apartments (400 units; 3-5 bdrm.) which were once on-base military housing was privitized and started public advertising May 2007 (included in this survey June 2007). Alpine Lodge (16 Units: efficiencies) entered the market as seasonal rental ho using beginning 4th Quarter 2007. Lazelle Estates (37 Units:3-4 bedrooms) appeared on market survey September 2007. Aging Fairview Manor demolished 111 Units from 2008-2010. Weeks Field Estates has replaced them with 74 Units in 2009 and 56 Units more in 2011. Walden Estates, once off-base military housing, privitaized and placed 150 units; 3-5 bdrms., on the market for sale or rent (27:duplexes; 23:4-plexes; 4:houses) in June 2010 (PHII). See Vacancy Rates footer for deployments. AVERAGE MONTHLY RENTS FOR AVAILABLE HOUSING UNITS Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011

$1,200 $2,500 Avg. House Rent Values Rent Avg. House $1,000 $2,000 $800 $1,500 $600 $1,000 $400 2 Bdrm. Apts. $200 3 Bdrm. Houses $500

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RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SALES* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2009-2011** Quarter 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5+ Bedroom Total # Price # Price # Price # Price # Price # Sold Avg.Price 2009 1st Qtr. 7 $152,834 14 $158,295 52 $224,299 21 $266,933 7 $329,360 101 $226,343 2nd Qtr. 12 $102,783 36 $159,202 114 $220,742 47 $264,209 8 $260,517 217 $214,890 3rd Qtr. 16 $95,618 47 $165,116 157 $225,087 53 $271,545 14 $275,528 287 $219,088 4th Qtr. 11 $107,581 57 $160,385 142 $226,106 50 $255,550 11 $295,627 271 $215,726

2009 Total 46 $109,055 154 $161,362 465 $224,245 171 $264,285 40 $287,474 876 $217,845

2010 1st Qtr. 4 $77,125 22 $145,470 74 $199,165 30 $249,569 7 $263,971 137 $201,328 2nd Qtr. 18 $115,860 36 $154,643 148 $238,118 60 $268,627 12 $266,016 274 $227,022 3rd Qtr. 20 $129,520 36 $156,949 137 $228,472 50 $285,938 13 $259,723 256 $223,494 4th Qtr. 17 $107,794 45 $136,580 134 $214,027 58 $256,721 15 $282,959 269 $207,407

2010 Total 59 $115,540 139 $147,941 493 $223,043 198 $266,623 47 $269,378 936 $216,659

2011 1st Qtr. 5 $107,300 30 $161,399 89 $232,332 35 $270,897 6 $293,258 165 $226,042

2011 Total 5 $107,300 30 $161,399 89 $232,332 35 $270,897 6 $293,258 165 $226,042

% Chg. 1st Qtr. 25% 39% 36% 11% 20% 17% 17% 9% -14% 11% 20% 12% 2010-11 % Chg. ANNUAL 28% 6% -10% -8% 6% -1% 16% 1% 18% -6% 7% -1% 2009-10 SOURCE: Greater Fairbanks Board of Realtors and Alaska/Multiple Listing Service, Inc., personal and computer printout communications 2009-2011. Fairbanks Area MLS District data maintained by the Board or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market, and neither the Board nor its MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for accuracy of the data. * Does not include houses without bedrooms or sales of housing with zero lot lines.

RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SALES Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011, Quarterly Data 350 $300,000 Sales Average Selling Price

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ANNUAL AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SALES* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2010

Avg. % Chg fr prev yr 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5+ Bedroom Total # Selling Total # Avg. Year # Price # Price # Price # Price # Price Sold Price Sold Price 2000 59 $53,824 180 $92,473 396 $140,714 140 $173,130 41 $187,028 816 $131,679 11.3% 2.7% 2001 61 $63,591 233 $94,299 432 $150,035 162 $176,423 47 $188,765 935 $137,025 14.6% 4.1% 2002 43 $68,595 175 $100,499 295 $158,241 130 $213,208 50 $201,706 693 $151,545 -25.9% 10.6% 2003 59 $74,127 204 $107,667 410 $170,379 173 $204,159 47 $237,134 893 $159,751 28.9% 5.4% 2004 65 $93,531 164 $120,336 441 $178,733 147 $214,663 39 $240,959 856 $170,080 -4.1% 6.5% 2005 55 $95,452 160 $135,749 439 $207,847 163 $244,873 38 $266,373 855 $196,785 -0.1% 15.7% 2006 64 $107,793 158 $148,952 554 $220,860 194 $262,791 46 $288,256 1016 $213,613 18.8% 8.6% 2007 58 $107,211 176 $170,842 541 $228,359 194 $271,421 41 $288,301 1010 $222,084 -0.6% 4.0% 2008 59 $107,872 135 $155,583 493 $218,826 159 $277,801 19 $306,389 865 $214,151 -14.4% -3.6% 2009 46 $109,055 154 $161,362 465 $224,245 171 $264,285 40 $287,474 876 $217,845 1.3% 1.7% 2010 59 $115,540 139 $147,941 493 $223,043 198 $266,623 47 $269,378 936 $216,659 6.8% -0.5% Annual Average 57 $90,599 171 $130,518 451 $192,844 166 $233,580 41 $251,069 886 $184,656 2000-10 SOURCE: Greater Fairbanks Board of Realtors and Alaska/Multiple Listing Service, Inc., personal and computer printout communications 2000- 2010. Fairbanks Area MLS District data maintained by the Board or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market, and neither the Board nor its MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for accuracy of the data. * Does not include houses without bedrooms or housing with zero lot lines. ** The Year-End Total number of sales includes the calculated average price of sales.

ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SALES* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2010

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NEW STRUCTURES BY UNIT ANNUAL REPORT* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2010

City of Fairbanks City of North Pole

Multi Fairbanks Multi North Pole Year Built SFR Cabin Family Total SFR Cabin Family Total 2000 24 14 38 2 2 2001 24 4 28 1 6 7 2002 42 1 4 47 4 2 6 2003 65 14 79 9 9 2004 61 1 4 66 37 14 51 2005 67 1 14 82 42 1 43 2006 70 14 84 37 2 39 2007 61 4 2 67 29 8 37 2008 14 14 11 11 2009 10 1 11 1 1 2010 15 5 60 80 8 2 10 Total 453 13 130 596 181 1 34 216 2000-2010 Average 41.2 2.2 14.4 54.2 16.5 1.0 5.7 19.6 2000-2010

Balance of Borough NEW CONSTRUCTION (All)

FNSB New Con- Multi Balance Multi struction Year Built SFR Cabin Family Total SFR Cabin Family Total 2000 347 183 24 554 373 183 38 594 2001 434 94 22 550 459 94 32 585 2002 488 109 34 631 534 110 40 684 2003 555 131 54 740 629 131 68 828 2004 668 130 102 900 766 131 120 1,017 2005 644 131 81 856 753 133 95 981 2006 603 151 91 845 710 151 107 968 2007 571 130 52 753 661 134 62 857 2008 288 127 15 430 313 127 15 455 2009 280 111 28 419 291 112 28 431 2010 264 84 26 374 287 89 88 464 Total 5,142 1,381 529 7,052 5,776 1,395 693 7,864 2000-2010 Average 467.5 125.5 48.1 641.1 525.1 126.8 63.0 714.9 2000-2010 SOURCE: Fairbanks North Star Borough Assessing Department, personal communications, 2006-2011. NOTE: Assessing figures are collected and updated daily but stabilize one quarter after calendar year close and prior to May certification date. The term Multi-family is indicative of structures having more than one residential unit, such as a duplex, triplex, 4- plex, etc. Structures with Mother-in-law apartments are not usually regarded as multi-family. Single Family Residential (SFR) abbreviated above. SFR includes condominiums, and townhouses. In some instances, cabins and mobile homes are viewed as SFR (however, cabins are not necessarily year-round residential units, and mobile homes are not always located on a lot with a foundation). The mobile home classification is typically considered transient stock (because they can easily be relocated). The by Structure count was replaced with a "by unit" count beginning February, 2010. * Current data supersedes previous figures reported.

Community Research Quarterly Spring 2011 34 COST OF LIVING

ACCRA COST OF LIVING INDEX* For Selected Cities First Quarter 2011 Msc. Composite Grocery Trans- Health Goods & City Index Items Housing Utilities portation Care Services 100% 13.31% 29.27% 10.22% 9.86% 4.23% 33.11% West: Fairbanks, AK 138.1 133.7 143.5 207.1 113.9 142.3 120.5 Anchorage, AK 130.8 142.3 140.4 100.1 113.8 139.4 131.0 Kodiak, AK 126.1 145.6 120.8 142.3 138.1 132.3 113.8 Juneau, AK 138.8 128.2 165.5 159.3 110.7 150.7 120.1 Phoenix, AZ 96.2 108.8 81.7 102.7 108.9 104.4 97.2 San Diego, CA 130.8 104.7 189.2 112.3 112.7 113.5 102.9 Denver, CO 106.4 103.5 112.5 90.3 96.4 107.6 110.1 Boise, ID 96.6 105.4 84.2 98.7 100.5 101.1 101.6 Missoula, MT 100.2 107.4 92.8 103.1 99.5 107.1 102.4 Farmington, NM 99.1 101.8 98.1 90.8 96.7 101.3 101.8 Seattle, WA 120.0 111.9 134.4 89.9 112.4 116.1 122.4 Laramie, WY 99.1 104.3 106.2 92.6 88.7 100.2 95.8 South: Miami, FL 107.7 109.6 112.8 93.2 112.1 104.6 106.0 Atlanta, GA 95.2 96.4 91.0 89.4 98.2 98.9 99.0 Lafayette, LA 97.3 93.6 102.4 83.1 109.4 89.8 95.9 St. Joseph, MO 93.2 99.3 85.1 97.5 91.8 92.0 97.0 Tulsa, OK 89.9 94.5 68.3 94.5 100.0 103.1 101.2 Memphis, TN 87.3 88.2 73.8 92.3 96.0 102.3 92.9 Dallas, TX 95.8 100.8 75.7 109.3 103.6 104.7 104.0 North Central: South Bend, IN 91.0 90.1 84.8 91.1 94.9 97.8 94.8 Grand Rapids, MI 88.9 98.9 76.1 91.2 98.2 95.3 91.9 Green Bay, WI 94.7 87.5 84.2 107.2 102.3 110.3 98.9 Northeast: New York, NY 218.4 154.8 397.9 158.9 119.7 130.3 144.3 Philadelphia, PA 126.2 125.5 140.7 130.3 109.6 105.8 119.9 Boston, MA 137.6 120.5 157.6 146.4 107.1 121.9 135.2 Raleigh, NC 95.1 99.6 82.2 103.8 98.4 94.7 101.0 Richmond, VA 102.6 108.1 101.1 111.7 100.7 104.5 99.1 Avg. of 312 Urban Areas 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

SOURCE: ACCRA (American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association), "ACCRA Cost of Living Index," (First Quarter 2011), May 2011. NOTE: The ACCRA Cost of Living Index does not measure inflation (price change over time). Because each quarterly report is a separate comparison of prices at a single point in time, and because both the number and the mix of participants changes from one quarter to the next, Index data from different quarters cannot be compared. For inflation data you will need to use the CPI (Consumer Price Index). * Item percentages change so please watch for current percentages.

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80.0

Miami, Miami, FL

Kodiak, AK Kodiak, WASeattle, GA Atlanta,

Memphis, TNMemphis,

Missoula, MT Missoula,

Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks,

St. Joseph, St. MO South South Bend, IN

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-U FOR ALL ITEMS Anchorage & U.S. City Annual Average 2000-2010

240.0

220.0

200.0

180.0

160.0

140.0 U.S. City Average

120.0 Anchorage

100.0

2002 2000 2004 2006 2008 2009

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-U*^ Anchorage, Alaska 2005-2010 % Change 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 Jan. - June Average 169.6 176.7 179.394 187.659 190.032 194.834 2.5% July - Dec. Average 174.1 177.9 183.080 191.335 193.456 195.455 1.0% Annual Average 171.8 177.3 181.237 189.497 191.744 195.144 1.8% % Change from 3.1% 3.2% 2.2% 4.6% 1.2% 1.8% Previous Year SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Indexes Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average, not seasonally adjusted, 2005-2010. NOTE: 1982-1984 = 100 * For All Urban Consumers.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-U* FOR ALL ITEMS U.S. City Average 2006-2011 % Change 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010-11 January 198.3 202.4 211.080 211.143 216.687 220.223 1.6% February 198.7 203.5 211.693 212.193 216.741 221.309 2.1% March 199.8 205.4 213.528 212.709 217.631 223.467 2.7% April 201.5 206.7 214.823 213.240 218.009 May 202.5 207.9 216.632 213.856 218.178 June 202.9 208.4 218.815 215.693 217.965 July 203.5 208.3 219.964 215.351 218.011 August 203.9 207.9 219.086 215.834 218.312 September 202.9 208.5 218.783 215.969 218.439 October 201.8 208.9 216.573 216.177 218.711 November 201.5 210.2 212.425 216.330 218.803 December 201.8 210.0 210.228 215.949 219.179 Annual Average 201.6 207.3 215.303 214.537 218.056 % Change from 3.2% 2.8% 3.8% -0.4% 1.6% Previous Year SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Indexes Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average, not seasonally adjusted, 2006-2011. NOTE: 1982-1984=100; All items. * For All Urban Consumers.

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COST OF FOOD AT HOME FOR A WEEK Selected Alaskan Communities December 2010 Anchorage Bethel Cordova Delta Jct Fairbanks Homer Nome Family of 2 19-50 years 80.80 160.17 123.14 105.48 77.15 93.18 142.00 51-70 years 76.62 151.87 116.76 100.02 73.16 88.35 134.65 Family of 4 with: Children, 2-5 years 117.66 233.24 179.32 153.61 112.35 135.68 206.79 Children, 6-11 years 135.10 267.80 205.89 176.37 129.00 155.79 237.43 Individuals Children: 1 years 20.03 39.70 30.52 26.14 19.12 23.09 35.19 2-3 years 21.62 42.86 32.95 28.22 20.64 24.93 38.00 4-5 years 22.62 44.83 34.47 29.53 21.60 26.08 39.75 6-8 years 28.69 56.88 43.73 37.46 27.40 33.09 50.43 9-11 years 32.88 65.17 50.11 42.92 31.39 37.91 57.78 Males: 12-13 years 34.97 69.32 53.29 45.65 33.39 40.33 61.46 14-18 years 36.07 71.49 54.96 47.08 34.44 41.59 63.38 19-50 years 38.86 77.02 59.22 50.73 37.10 44.81 68.29 51-70 years 35.47 70.31 54.05 46.30 33.87 40.90 62.33 71+ years 35.67 70.70 54.36 46.56 34.06 41.13 62.68 Females: 12-13 years 35.17 69.71 53.60 45.91 33.58 40.56 61.81 14-18 years 34.67 68.73 52.84 45.26 33.11 39.98 60.93 19-50 years 34.57 68.53 52.69 45.13 33.01 39.87 60.76 51-70 years 34.17 67.74 52.08 44.61 32.63 39.41 60.06 71+ years 33.68 66.75 51.32 43.96 32.15 38.83 59.18 SOURCE: Alaska Cooperative Extension Service, UAF, "Cost. of Food at Home for a Week," December 2010. NOTE: There will be a 3 month lag in this report due to press timelines. COST OF FOOD AT HOME FOR A WEEK FAMILY OF 4 WITH CHILDREN AGE 6-11 YEARS Selected Alaskan Communities December 2010

Bethel 267.80

Nome 237.43

Cordova 205.89

Delta Jct 176.37

Homer 155.79

Anchorage 135.10

Fairbanks 129.00

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ANNUAL AVERAGE SELF-SERVICE UNLEADED GASOLINE PRICES Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006-2010 4.000

3.500

3.000 In Dollars In 2.500 Annual Average

2.000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

AVERAGE SELF-SERVICE UNLEADED GASOLINE PRICES* Fairbanks North Star Borough 2007-2011

% chg from 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 previous year

January $2.499 $3.189 $2.539 $3.279 $3.629 10.7% February $2.399 $3.279 $2.599 $3.349 $3.699 10.5% March $2.519 $3.469 $2.559 $3.349 $3.919 17.0% April $2.679 $3.579 $2.559 $3.499 May $2.859 $3.999 $2.679 $3.499 June $3.029 $4.359 $2.859 $3.499 July $2.999 $4.599 $3.159 $3.529 August $2.959 $4.429 $3.299 $3.529 September $2.959 $4.339 $3.349 $3.529 October $2.959 $3.599 $3.479 $3.529 November $3.189 $2.689 $3.369 $3.559 December $2.189 $2.539 $3.329 $3.559 Annual Average $2.770 $3.672 $2.982 $3.476

SOURCE: Community Research Center gasoline price survey and personal communications with Totem Chevron on Gaffney Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, 2010-2011. NOTE: Figures reflect prices at the self-serve pump for unleaded gasoline. Price is a monthly average of full months business. Only national gasoline retail chain outlets are surveyed. Factors that may influence the price fluctuations include seasonality in the demand for gasoline, changes in the cost of crude oil, product supply/demand imbalances, proximity of supply, supply disruptions, competition in the local market, environmental programs, operating costs, and World oil supply/demand. Recent examples include the natural disaster named Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) which took out 25% of the US Crude oil production and 15% of the US refinery capacity. Some major pipelines were impacted by either shutdowns or reduced operating rates. The Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (April 2010). Other factors are political unrest such as the riots in the Middle East including Egypt, and Libya (January-April 2011). It is known that retail prices are likely to remain elevated as long as some refineries remain shut down and the U.S. gasoline market continues to stretch supplies to their limit. * Beginning December 2010 this survey changed to monthly reporting.

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ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1990-2010

50,000 Commercial Residential 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000

1998 2003 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1990-2010 ------Residential ------Commercial ------Total % chg from Year FMUS GVEA Total FMUS GVEA Total Customers prev yr 1990 4,432 23,117 27,549 1,473 3,238 4,711 32,260 1.2% 1991 4,320 23,293 27,613 1,476 3,274 4,750 32,363 0.3% 1992 4,312 24,043 28,355 1,473 3,334 4,807 33,162 2.5% 1993* 4,300 25,200 29,500 1,470 3,400 4,870 34,370 3.6% 1994 4,403 24,705 29,108 1,486 3,438 4,924 34,032 -1.0% 1995 4,389 24,767 29,156 1,493 3,528 5,021 34,177 0.4% 1996 4,426 25,386 29,812 1,531 3,586 5,117 34,929 2.2% 1997 - 30,035 30,035 - 5,540 5,540 35,575 1.8% 1998 - 30,411 30,411 - 5,534 5,534 35,945 1.0% 1999 - 31,196 31,196 - 5,469 5,469 36,665 2.0% 2000 - 31,271 31,271 - 5,651 5,651 36,922 0.7% 2001 - 32,118 32,118 - 5,796 5,796 37,914 2.7% 2002 - 32,626 32,626 - 5,887 5,887 38,513 1.6% 2003 - 33,638 33,638 - 5,962 5,962 39,600 2.8% 2004 - 33,981 33,981 - 5,989 5,989 39,970 0.9% 2005 - 34,837 34,837 - 6,155 6,155 40,992 2.6% 2006 - 35,554 35,554 - 6,322 6,322 41,876 2.2% 2007 - 36,395 36,395 - 6,471 6,471 42,866 2.4% 2008 - 36,860 36,860 - 6,678 6,678 43,538 1.6% 2009 - 37,154 37,154 - 6,865 6,865 44,019 1.1% 2010 - 37,530 37,530 - 6,922 6,922 44,452 1.0% SOURCE: Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System, Billing Dept., personal communications 1990-1997; Golden Valley Electric Association, Member Services, personal communications 1990-2010. NOTE: Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System was purchased by Golden Valley Electric Association in 1997. The commercial number starting in 1997 includes headbolt heaters counted at apartment complexes with active service at time of survey. * Estimate.

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NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1999-2011 ------Commercial ------% Change Year Residential Total From Prev. Yr. Small Large Subtotal 1999 31 41 2 43 74 NA 2000 68 103 3 106 174 135.1% 2001 152 205 10 215 367 110.9% 2002 195 277 11 288 483 31.6% 2003 231 308 18 326 557 15.3% 2004 290 385 19 404 694 24.6% 2005 341 379 19 398 739 6.5% 2006 355 510 21 531 886 19.9% 2007 463 591 26 617 1,080 21.9% 2008 463 611 29 640 1,103 2.1% 2009 441 643 30 673 1,114 1.0% 2010 463 624 31 655 1,118 1.4% 2011 463 622 34 656 1,119 0.4% SOURCE: Fairbanks Natural Gas, LLC., personal communications 1999-2011. NOTE: Current data supercede previous figures reported. NA not available.

NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1999-2011* ------Commercial ------% Change From Prev. Yr. Year Residential Small Large Annual Average 1999 $6.96 $6.78 $6.66 $6.72 0.0% 2000 $6.96 $6.78 $6.66 $6.72 0.0% 2001 $7.59 $7.41 $7.29 $7.35 9.4% 2002 $8.56 $8.38 $8.26 $8.32 13.2% 2003 $8.56 $8.38 $8.26 $8.32 0.0% 2004 $9.81 $9.63 $9.51 $9.57 15.0% 2005 $11.28 $11.07 $10.94 $11.01 15.0% 2006 $12.97 $12.73 $12.58 $12.66 15.0% 2007 $21.23 $20.83 $20.60 $20.72 63.7% 2008 $23.35 $22.91 $22.66 $22.79 10.0% 2009 $23.35 $22.91 $22.66 $22.79 10.0% 2010 $23.35 $22.91 $22.66 $22.79 10.0% 2011 $23.35 $22.91 $22.66 $22.79 0.0% SOURCE: Fairbanks Natural Gas, LLC., personal communications 1999-2010. NOTE: Price listed per Mcf (1,000 cubic feet) or 1 MMBtu's (1,000,000 btu's). FNG supplier changed in October 2006. Two steps in rate change occured between October 2006 and May 2007 due to new supplier costs. NA not available. * 1999-2000 gas rates remained the same.

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TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS** Fairbanks North Star Borough 1990-2010 ------Residential ------Commercial ------

Year FMUS PTI* ACS GCI Total FMUS PTI ACS GCI Total 1990 16,197 8,200 - - 24,397 8,807 1,209 - - 10,016 1991 17,536 10,389 - - 27,925 9,254 1,435 - - 10,689* 1992 17,708 10,667 - - 28,375 9,728 1,555 - - 11,283 1993 18,314 11,070 - - 29,384 9,956 1,623 - - 11,579 1994 18,867 11,082 - - 29,949 10,330 1,823 - - 12,153 1995 19,351 11,623 - - 30,974 10,686 1,930 - - 12,616 1996 20,098 12,053 - - 32,151 11,259 2,055 - - 13,314 1997 - 34,368 - - 34,368 - 17,934 - - 17,934 1998 - 33,800 - - 33,800 - 17,637 - - 17,637 1999 - 36,815 - - 36,815 - 17,425 - - 17,425 2000 - - 37,055 - 37,055 - - 17,437 - 17,437 2001 - - 36,600 1,032 37,632 - - 17,224 4,342 21,566 2002 - - 31,218 4,788 36,006 - - 14,691 5,422 20,113 2003 - - 30,208 5,699 35,907 - - 11,899 5,288 17,187 2004 - - 29,639 6,632 36,271 - - 11,708 5,540 17,248 2005 - - 29,590 7,187 36,777 - - 11,679 5,491 17,170 2006 - - 30,191 8,916 39,107 - - 11,916 5,818 17,734 2007 - - 31,015 9,585 40,600 - - 13,151 6,517 19,668 2008 - - 31,401 10,419 41,820 - - 13,457 6,812 20,269 2009 - - 37,358 12,395 49,753 - - 13,805 6,988 20,793 2010 - - 37,822 12,549 50,371 - - 13,088 6,625 19,713 SOURCE: Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System, Accounting Dept., personal communications 1990-97; Telephone Utilities of the Northland, Business Office, personal communications 1990; Fairbanks Telephone Directory 1990-94; PTI Business Office, personal communications 1992- 01. Alaska Communications Services (purchased PTI), personal communications 2001-04. GCI (addition to market 2002), personal communications 2002-2011. NOTE: Numbers reflect telephone lines in service; multiple lines may be held by a single residence or business. Lines listed as residential may include small business and residential. 1999 figures may include secondary lines for new internet access users. * PTI service area expanded in 1991 to include Eielson Air Force Base. GCI entered the FNSB market in June 2001. ** Numbers may be subject to revision. SPECIAL NOTICE: Our preliminary figures for 1998 were received as a total amount only. A split between Residential and Commercial was made based on 1997 customer percentages. In 2004 ACS declined participation and the calculated figures used since are based on 2003 customer percentages.

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WATER CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1991-2010 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 Commercial Water 3,000 2,000 Residential Water 1,000

1995 2002 2009 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010

WATER CUSTOMERS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1991-2010 ------Residential ------Commercial ------Golden Golden College Heart North Pole College Heart North Pole Year Utilities FMUS Utilities Utilities Total Utilities FMUS Utilities Utilities Total 1991 1,534 3,491 - 133 5,158 103 2,570 - 114 2,787 1992 1,543 3,512 - 136 5,191 125 2,573 - 113 2,811 1993 1,558 *3,580 - 139 5,277 112 *2,570 - 114 2,796 1994 1,564 3,620 - 147 5,331 116 2,544 - 114 2,774 1995 **1,729 3,659 - 152 5,540 122 2,532 - 114 2,768 1996 1,767 3,698 - 177 5,642 137 2,610 - 113 2,860 1997 1,578 - 4,103 180 5,861 132 - 2,086 114 2,332 1998 1,655 - 4,186 236 6,077 148 - 2,089 125 2,362 1999 1,544 - 4,412 193 6,149 280 - 1,599 122 2,001 2000 1,578 - 4,431 247 6,256 302 - 1,598 119 2,019 2001 1,588 - 4,451 258 6,297 307 - 1,613 116 2,036 2002 1,614 - 4,513 229 6,356 317 - 1,633 128 2,078 2003 1,639 - 4,552 232 6,423 339 - 1,653 128 2,120 2004 1,678 - 4,588 289 6,555 348 - 1,663 138 2,149 2005 1,730 - 4,636 303 6,669 343 - 1,683 142 2,168 2006 1,785 - 4,685 451 6,921 353 - 1,706 153 2,212 2007 1,806 - 4,694 474 6,974 365 - 1,726 ^98 2,189 2008 1,837 - 4,713 477 7,027 373 - 1,744 84 2,201 2009 1,842 - 4,721 477 7,040 376 - 1,757 86 2,219 2010 1,851 - 4,724 477 7,052 387 - 1,774 86 2,247 SOURCE: Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System, Accounting Dept., personal communications 1991-97; College Utilities. System Accounting Dept., personal communications 1991-98; City of North Pole, personal communications 1991-2011; Utilities Services of Alaska, personal communications 1997-2011. NOTE: Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System was purchased by Fairbanks Sewer & Water in 1997. Utilities Services of Alaska is administering both Golden Heart Utilities (City services) and College Utilities (University services). * Estimate. ** Revised March 1997. ^ Beginning in 2007 Multi-family residential was shifted from Commercial Rates to Residential Rates in the City of North Pole.

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POPULATION COUNTS & ESTIMATES** Fairbanks, North Pole and the Fairbanks North Star Borough 2000-2010, Selected Years U.S. Census Ak. Department Ak. Dept of Bureau (1) of Labor (2) Commerce (3) F 2000 30,180 30,224 30,224 A 2001 30,978 29,521 29,558 I 2002 31,542 29,778 29,670 R 2003 31,733 28,929 29,486 B 2004 33,200 30,109 30,083 A 2005 33,900 31,115 31,071 N 2006 33,884 30,189 30,552 K 2007 35,185 31,801 30,552 S 2008 35,199 31,450 30,367 2009 35,252 32,506 32,506 2010 31,535 31,535 31,535 N 2000 1,568 1,570 1,570 O 2001 1,612 1,469 1,500 R 2002 1,661 1,601 1,683 T 2003 1,713 1,602 1,646 H 2004 1,765 1,530 1,532 2005 1,917 1,601 1,599 P 2006 2,003 1,648 1,710 O 2007 2,177 1,977 1,710 L 2008 2,206 2,207 2,099 2009 2,226 2,200 2,200 E 2010 2,117 2,117 2,117 2000 82,769 82,840 82,840 2001 85,233 83,276 83,530 2002 87,329 84,765 84,791 F 2003 89,198 82,173 82,214 N 2004 92,301 85,474 84,979 S 2005 94,451 87,739 87,608 B 2006 94,803 87,797 96,888 2007 97,952 91,525 96,888 2008 98,351 92,762 97,970 2009 98,660 93,779 98,660 2010 97,581 97,581 97,581 SOURCE: (1) U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, July 1st estimates. Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Alaska: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009, March 2010. Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Alaska: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009, September 2010. Reflecting Census 2000 and Census 2010 data. Census website: http://www.census.gov. (2) Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, and US Census 2010, 2000, and 1990. Table 2 Population of Alaska by Labor Market Area, Borough and Census Area, 1990-2010 (2010 Vintage numbers). All estimates represent July 1 of that year unless stated otherwise as Census years, e.g. 2000 and 2010. ADOL website: http://almis.labor.state.ak.us. (3) Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), Division of Community and Regional Affairs, certified 2009 municipal population, June 1, 2010. DCCED Certified numbers may vary from ADOL population estimates as a result of the Population Estimate Appeal process available to incorporated communities on a yearly basis. Once certified, DCCED numbers may be applied for two consecutive calendar years. DCCED website: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm.state.ak.us. NOTE: The FNSB numbers include population for all communities within the Borough plus Fort Wainwright Army Base and Eielson Air Force Base. ** U.S. Census estimated numbers may be revised annually. Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development numbers are provisional.

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MILITARY POPULATION Ft. Wainwright Army Base* By Quarter 2008-2010 Ft. Wainwright % Change Military Active Military Army Base Qtr. Total (same Qtr.) Duty Personnel Dependents (FWA) fr/prev/yr 2008 1st 4,598 7,025 11,623 -18.6% 2nd 4,593 7,413 12,006 -11.1% 3rd 4,859 7,995 12,854 -4.1% 4th 4,866 8,017 12,883 -6.0% 2009 1st 4,908 8,566 13,474 15.9% 2nd 4,825 8,482 13,307 10.8% 3rd 4,956 8,683 13,639 6.1% 4th 4,732 8,410 13,142 2.0% 2010 1st 4,317 7,710 12,027 -10.7% 2nd 4,412 7,832 12,244 -8.0% 3rd 6,466 8,275 14,741 8.1% 4th 6,137 9,284 15,421 17.3% SOURCE: ALCOM, Alaskan Command, 2007-2010. NOTE: June 2009 ALCOM used the military Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) which uses the military definition of a "dependent" associated with the uniformed services members (sponsors). Since these DEERS persons may be anywhere in the country, it grossly inflates the number of dependents at the Alaska base. * Does not include contract civilian positions or BLM. ^ ALCOM numbers not available at presstime.

MILITARY POPULATION Eielson Air Force Base* By Quarter 2008-2010 Eielson Air % Change Military Active Military Force Base Qtr. Total (same Qtr.) Duty Personnel Dependents (EAFB) fr/prev/yr 2008 1st 2,087 3,056 5,143 -22.6% 2nd 2,056 3,049 5,105 -23.2% 3rd 2,054 3,029 5,083 0.4% 4th 2,039 3,103 5,142 -9.4% 2009 1st 2,023 3,312 5,335 3.7% 2nd 2,007 3,343 5,350 4.8% 3rd 1,926 3,177 5,103 0.4% 4th 1,867 3,071 4,938 -4.0% 2010 1st 1,886 3,036 4,922 -7.7% 2nd 1,955 3,090 5,045 -5.7% 3rd 2,202 2,591 4,793 -6.1% 4th 1,886 2,929 4,815 -2.5% SOURCE: ALCOM, Alaskan Command, 2007-2010. NOTE: June 2009 ALCOM used the military Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) which uses the military definition of a "dependent" associated with the uniformed services members (sponsors). Since these DEERS persons may be anywhere in the country, it grossly inflates the number of dependents at the Alaska base. Active Duty 1 qtr. 2007 correction made 9/2007. * Does not include contract civilian positions or BLM. ^ ALCOM numbers not available at presstime.

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POPULATION OF ALASKA ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF THE RESIDENT POPULATION FOR COUNTIES OF ALASKA 2005-2009 Rank % Chg 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 in 2008-09 State United States 295,753,151 298,593,212 301,579,895 304,374,846 307,006,550 - 0.9% Alaska 669,488 677,325 682,297 688,125 698,473 - 1.5% Anchorage, Municipality of 276,863 279,935 278,504 280,471 286,174 1 2.0% Fairbanks North Star Borough 94,451 94,803 97,952 98,351 98,660 2 0.3% Matanuska-Susitna Borough 74,988 79,406 82,404 85,319 88,379 3 3.6% Kenai Peninsula Borough 51,527 52,179 53,238 53,651 54,665 4 1.9% Juneau City and Borough 30,872 30,681 30,544 30,991 30,796 5 -0.6% Bethel C.A. 16,997 17,090 17,100 17,215 17,352 6 0.8% Kodiak Island Borough 13,050 13,093 13,074 13,170 13,346 7 1.3% Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,143 13,295 13,117 13,074 13,005 8 -0.5% Nome C.A. 9,377 9,293 9,310 9,326 9,391 9 0.7% Valdez-Cordova C.A. 9,813 9,715 9,462 9,332 9,324 10 -0.1% Sitka City and Borough 8,929 8,940 8,728 8,711 8,747 11 0.4% Wade Hampton C.A. 7,455 7,464 7,583 7,654 7,731 12 1.0% Northwest Arctic Borough 7,374 7,438 7,425 7,467 7,444 13 -0.3% Southeast Fairbanks C.A. 6,470 6,758 6,855 6,824 6,892 14 1.0% North Slope Borough 6,798 6,675 6,630 6,725 6,752 15 0.4% Yukon-Koyukuk C.A. 6,070 5,845 5,811 5,712 5,627 16 -1.5% Prince of Wales-Hyder C.A.¹ - - - - 5,560 17 - Dillingham C.A. 4,938 4,945 4,963 4,926 4,957 18 0.6% Aleutian West C.A. 5,422 5,019 4,763 4,604 4,659 19 1.2% Petersburg C.A. - - - - 3,773 20 - Aleutian East Borough 2,637 2,619 2,818 2,724 2,744 21 - Haines Borough 2,232 2,245 2,315 2,327 2,399 22 - Wrangell City and Borough - - - - 2,147 23 - Hoonah-Angoon C.A. - - - 2,182 2,127 24 -2.5% Denali Borough 1,835 1,828 1,805 1,821 1,851 25 - Lake & Peninsula Borough 1,557 1,529 1,525 1,494 1,485 26 -0.6% Skagway Borough - - - 905 920 27 1.7% Bristol Bay Borough 1,104 1,038 997 956 881 28 -7.8% Yakutat City and Borough 677 658 675 650 685 29 - Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan C.A. 5,619 5,677 5,562 5,566 - - - Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon C.A. 3,187 3,137 3,105 - - - - Wrangell-Petersburg C.A. 6,103 6,020 6,032 5,977 - - - SOURCE: Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, http://www.bea.gov/regional/index.htm, CA1-3 Table, April 2011. NOTE: New estimates for 2009 and revisions for 2007-2008 were released on April 21, 2011. Data provided are preliminary estimates and may be subject to change. Rank in State numbers are reflecting most current year. - No calculation available.

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SUPERIOR COURT FILINGS Fairbanks, Alaska FY 2003-2010 % Change Type of Filing 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10

Felony 522 473 640 742 675 598 650 780 20% Violent 148 119 168 192 167 149 151 188 25% Property 115 131 181 150 154 170 203 246 21% Fraud/Forgery 41 34 39 42 0 0 0 0 - Drugs/Alcohol 126 103 151 126 143 86 108 148 37% Traffic 86 70 82 108 118 116 112 116 4% Other 6 16 19 124 93 77 76 82 8% Probate 764 893 677 642 651 692 724 662 -9% Adoption 134 127 117 107 102 122 125 111 -11% Estates 211 218 156 136 155 155 136 145 7% Sanity/Alcohol 260 367 310 289 291 326 371 281 -24% Guardianship¹ 110 145 93 93 80 76 75 98 31% Minor Settlements² 47 32 1 14 14 7 7 20 186% Other 2 4 0 3 9 6 10 7 -30% Domestic Relations 697 799 788 709 857 830 746 1,029 38% Divorce 200 239 266 266 378 356 332 451 36% Dissolution of Marriage 398 402 368 293 338 330 258 359 39% Support/Custody 48 75 108 122 114 120 117 178 52% Other 51 83 46 28 27 24 39 41 5% Other Civil Filings 385 389 263 320 342 301 321 293 -9% Children's Matters 311 226 267 372 346 294 299 232 -22%

Total 2,679 2,780 2,635 2,785 2,871 2,715 2,740 2,996 9%

SOURCE: Alaska Court System, Alaska Court System Annual Report, website: http://courts.alaska.gov/annualrep.htm, 2003-2010. NOTE: The State's fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. Reciprocal support relabeled support/custody in 2005. ¹ Guardianships, Conservatorships, Protective Proceedings. ² Minor Settlements, Emancipations.

DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, POLICE AND LAWYERS Fairbanks, Alaska FY 2003-2010 % Change 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10

Population 84,791 84,979 90,731 91,557 91,557 95,858 90,085 93,970 4.3% Total Number of Police 105 106 97 101 118 123 128 182 42.2% Police p/1000 Population 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.9 35.7% Total Number of Lawyers 183 192 188 181 181 259 260 263 1.2% Lawyers p/1000 Population 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.9 2.8 -3.4% SOURCE: Alaska Court System, Alaska Court System Annual Report, website: http://courts.alaska.gov/annualrep.htm, 2003-2010. NOTE: The State's fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. Population numbers reflect ADOL population vintage estimates plus a 4th Judicial District inclusive calculation dated October 2010, represented by Superior Court Trial Site.

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DISTRICT COURT FILINGS^ Fairbanks, Alaska FY 2003-2010 % Change Type of Filing 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10

Misdemeanor 4,297 4,016 3,812 4,199 3,737 3,892 3,686 4,857 32% Violence 652 592 530 704 484 472 404 528 31% Theft/Fraud 301 273 285 252 378 391 457 449 -2% Environmental 74 55 82 46 20 0 0 0 - Nuisance 360 364 304 364 0 0 0 0 - Alcohol/Drugs 1,000 839 786 739 119 128 75 126 68% Resisting the Law 61 43 39 119 0 0 0 0 - Vice 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - Traffic 1,802 1,757 1,701 1,570 1,505 1,643 1,572 1,809 15% Other 43 93 85 401 1,231 1,258 1,178 1,945 65% Traffic (based on dispositions) 7,483 6,524 5,268 8,516 9,301 8,448 8,751 9,314 6% Equipment 1,486 877 241 1,544 2,202 2,033 1,997 1,876 -6% Speeding 2,576 1,927 997 2,325 2,377 2,168 2,803 3,010 7% Alcohol/Drugs 0 0 0 0 206 163 137 281 105% Signs/Control Devices 667 437 100 870 0 0 0 0 - Improper Driver Behavior 0 0 0 0 2,629 2,307 2,311 2,603 13% Other Moving/Maneuvers 454 400 50 332 1,589 1,375 1,238 1,124 -9% License Restriction 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Registration/Title 1,097 767 0 53 0 0 0 0 - Other/Minor Offense/Infraction 1,201 2,112 3,879 3,392 298 402 265 420 58% Small Claims 1,638 1,161 1,578 1,358 1,303 1,596 1,379 1,449 5% Other Civil Filings 1,855 1,821 1,678 1,706 1,729 1,915 1,701 1,993 17% Civil/Property Damage 407 331 311 313 283 238 182 246 35% Debt/Contract 482 359 310 353 353 560 533 567 6% Domestic Violence 729 784 216 718 791 836 706 885 25% General/Other 237 347 841 322 302 281 280 295 5%

Total 15,273 13,522 12,336 15,779 16,070 15,851 15,517 17,613 14%

SOURCE: Alaska Court System, Alaska Court System Annual Report, website: http://courts.alaska.gov/annualrep.htm, 2003-2010. NOTE: The State's fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. ^ Sub-category classifications changing in 2007. # Other (2008) categories includes: Protection Order Violations, Public Order and Other.

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CRIMINAL OFFENSE SUMMARY Fairbanks and North Pole Police Departments and Detachment D of the Alaska State Troopers 2004-2009 Motor Criminal Forcible Vehicle Homicide Rape Assault* Robbery Burglary Theft Larceny 2004 Ak. State Troopers 5 22 643 12 327 213 641 Fairbanks Police 2 54 1,421 46 224 145 1,134 North Pole Police 0 1 42 0 12 3 91 Total 2004 7 77 2,106 58 563 361 1,866 2005 Ak. State Troopers 6 21 788 17 395 308 935 Fairbanks Police 3 44 1,274 62 208 189 1,109 North Pole Police 0 1 44 0 16 20 60 Total 2005 9 66 2,106 79 619 517 2,104 2006 Ak. State Troopers 4 15 766 10 352 226 741 Fairbanks Police 1 67 894 47 297 157 1,163 Fairbanks Airport Police 0 0 5 0 1 3 17 North Pole Police 0 1 35 1 21 11 78 UAF Police Dept 0 0 32 0 18 2 162 Total 2006 5 83 1,732 58 689 399 2,161 2007 Ak. State Troopers 7 14 497 12 334 187 865 Fairbanks Police 5 43 883 42 236 165 957 Fairbanks Airport Police 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 North Pole Police 0 1 55 1 24 7 85 UAF Police Dept 0 0 22 0 2 1 85 Total 2007 12 58 1,464 55 596 362 2,011 2008 Ak. State Troopers 8 14 498 12 229 118 482 Fairbanks Police 3 41 793 28 141 127 921 Fairbanks Airport Police 0 0 6 0 1 3 33 North Pole Police 0 4 28 3 12 14 78 UAF Police Dept 0 0 32 0 9 1 95 Total 2008 11 59 1,357 43 392 263 1,609 2009 Ak. State Troopers 5 30 692 9 289 182 699 Fairbanks Police 0 62 895 47 194 92 1,126 Fairbanks Airport Police 0 0 13 0 0 4 17 North Pole Police 0 2 67 1 14 8 79 UAF Police Dept 0 2 12 0 5 4 83 Total 2009 5 96 1,679 57 502 290 2,004 % Change -54.5% 62.7% 23.7% 32.6% 28.1% 10.3% 24.5% 2008-09 SOURCE: Alaska State Troopers, D Detachment, personal communications, 2004-2011; State of Alaska, Department of Public Safety, Division of Administrative Services, Information Systems 2000 to include their publication "Crime Reported in Alaska, 2009 Uniform Crime Reporting", http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Statewide/UCR.aspx, 2011. NOTE: 2009 numbers are preliminary and may be subject to change. * Includes simple and aggravated assault.

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1989-2009 ------All Accidents ------Alcohol-related Accidents ------Property Property Only Injury Fatal Total Only Injury Fatal Total 1989 1,439 522 12 1,973 97 81 6 184 1990 1,568 490 3 2,061 90 89 0 179 1991 1,597 539 7 2,143 117 71 3 191 1992 1,645 484 10 2,139 96 69 4 169 1993 1,595 494 14 2,103 89 84 3 176 1994 1,452 448 5 1,905 86 57 4 147 1995 1,352 441 7 1,800 83 66 7 156 1996 1,402 429 7 1,838 82 58 4 144 1997 1,371 548 11 1,930 85 77 6 168 1998 1,214 495 8 1,717 60 56 2 118 1999 1,272 489 12 1,773 64 48 5 117 2000 1,268 450 12 1,730 80 39 5 124 2001 1,183 487 9 1,679 54 53 5 112 2002 920 434 5 1,359 43 63 3 109 2003 1,337 491 7 1,835 55 37 2 94 2004 1,494 496 10 2,000 57 46 1 104 2005 1,373 454 10 1,837 41 25 7 73 2006 982 317 13 1,312 29 27 5 61 2007 1,093 374 19 1,486 37 30 11 78 2008 1,121 372 2 1,495 24 14 1 39 2009 NA NA NA - NA NA NA - % Change NA NA NA - NA NA NA - 2008-09 SOURCE: Alaska DOT/PF, Traffic & Safety Section, Alaska Traffic Accidents, 1989-2010. NOTE: There is a one years lag in data release. 2009 data not available at press time. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Fairbanks North Star Borough 1988-2008 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 Property Only 1,000 Injury & Fatality 800 600 400 200

2007 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DISTRIBUTED OR SOLD * Fourth Judicial District 2004-2010

% Change Month 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009-10 LIQUOR ------IN GALLONS------January 14,581 16,905 17,210 20,716 28,029 29,146 22,113 -24% February 11,540 11,702 11,073 15,059 13,238 10,341 14,743 43% March 12,021 12,989 12,742 13,520 8,107 14,549 15,382 6% April 15,439 15,082 17,502 16,417 14,353 17,578 18,468 5% May 14,363 15,107 18,262 13,307 17,214 7,510 19,123 155% June 14,639 17,029 13,427 21,624 18,239 30,839 20,151 -35% July 17,240 17,431 21,476 20,958 24,440 22,425 22,228 -1% August 14,428 14,816 13,520 14,839 16,560 22,512 21,560 -4% September 18,075 21,751 19,066 2,388 26,454 22,153 20,818 -6% October 17,268 17,335 17,029 14,755 9,138 20,292 11,890 -41% November 14,742 13,079 15,987 16,112 15,163 19,743 10,617 -46% December 15,238 16,023 16,347 17,184 12,604 18,263 26,576 46% TOTAL 179,574 189,249 193,641 186,879 203,539 235,351 223,669 -5% WINE ------IN GALLONS------January 16,801 16,702 13,947 26,574 41,276 46,418 27,391 -41% February 14,376 20,351 19,660 25,248 16,947 11,530 18,336 59% March 13,942 16,339 16,192 17,234 15,998 20,317 19,700 -3% April 24,961 18,728 22,211 22,257 21,480 29,074 23,300 -20% May 18,344 17,113 29,763 13,596 20,228 11,905 24,652 107% June 19,819 22,356 14,265 33,289 22,834 37,350 21,488 -42% July 21,585 23,810 34,386 26,609 31,027 32,111 34,013 6% August 14,659 15,079 15,320 16,696 27,747 26,542 27,344 3% September 22,393 33,324 24,737 9,709 37,648 24,796 25,595 3% October 23,478 18,102 21,236 21,235 14,979 24,802 10,257 -59% November 17,982 13,566 21,159 18,427 17,311 25,696 10,037 -61% December 20,519 21,914 21,375 23,470 15,854 21,348 40,945 92% TOTAL 228,859 237,384 254,251 254,344 283,329 311,889 283,058 -9% BEER** ------IN GALLONS------JanuarySOURCE: Alaska125,002Department123,779of Transportation125,900& Public Facilities,181,020Fairbanks295,460International 351,042Airport, "Fairbanks195,082International Airport-44% February 162,103 205,011 144,976 203,973 153,994 90,925 137,537 51% March 142,779 154,774 133,706 148,205 108,834 135,297 147,958 9% April 222,933 171,581 172,586 168,007 155,462 194,245 173,684 -11% May 182,869 180,135 266,113 121,660 182,071 87,574 204,881 134% June 207,852 248,359 169,827 304,248 233,579 338,872 227,098 -33% July 261,968 267,041 332,386 251,366 246,353 257,032 267,300 4% August 178,995 167,524 155,253 163,488 235,773 275,503 255,965 -7% September 242,378 321,918 236,782 237,103 271,041 214,545 235,608 10% October 290,097 199,445 198,292 198,377 113,958 235,254 241,996 3% November 178,757 117,840 190,306 141,321 114,949 181,587 170,115 -6% December 168,164 165,273 171,473 180,063 94,363 170,543 158,405 -7%

TOTAL 2,363,897 2,322,680 2,297,600 2,298,831 2,205,837 2,532,419 2,415,629 -5% SOURCE: Alaska Department of Revenue, Report of Alcoholic Beverages Distributed or Sold, 2004-2010. The 4th Judicial District includes Fairbanks, Bethel, Delta Jct., Ft. Yukon, Galena, Healy, Nenana, Rampart, Tanana & Tok. * Beginning in 2003, qualifying beer includes the category malt beverage in its total. 51 Spring 2011 Community Research Quarterly Population and Social Conditions

AIR QUALITY SUMMARY - MAXIMUM 8 HOUR CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS Fairbanks 2002-2010, Winter Months 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ------Carbon Monoxide Concentrations (in parts per million) ------January 4.2 5.2 4.4 4.3 4.9 3.3 3.5 3.3 5.0 February 7.6 5.4 6.1 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.6 March 2.9 3.6 2.5 2.1 2.4 1.8 3.6 1.6 2.3 October 4.2 2.3 2.6 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.2 ~ November 4.6 2.9 4.1 2.4 2.8 2.8 3.1 4.5 ~ December 6.3 6.4 3.2 4.9 3.8 2.5 3.6 5.4 ~ ------Number of Days Exceeding Limits ------January 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 February 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 March 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ November 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ December 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOURCE: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Dept. of Environmental Services, peronal communications 2002-2010. NOTE: Monitoring for Fairbanks is only required for the period of October through March. * This 8-hour period averages the most vehicles in use in the downtown area. ** Clean Air Act of 1977 limit for carbon monoxide (CO) is an 8-hour average of 9 parts per million (ppm).

PRECIPITATION Fairbanks 2003-2010 ------Precipitation* in Inches ------Month 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Avg.** January 0.28 0.33 1.17 0.22 0.50 0.93 0.52 0.03 0.56 February 0.89 0.33 0.25 0.76 0.12 0.18 0.59 0.15 0.36 March 0.02 0.29 0.26 0.22 0.20 0.10 1.09 0.09 0.28 April 0.05 0.03 0.18 0.40 0.10 1.27 0.09 0.29 0.21 May 0.27 1.96 1.26 0.18 0.86 0.50 0.05 0.24 0.60 June 0.61 0.31 1.93 0.71 1.88 2.08 1.55 1.36 1.40 July 5.96 1.13 3.44 2.24 3.67 4.12 0.06 3.11 1.73 August 1.89 0.37 0.24 2.16 1.52 2.66 2.72 1.46 1.74 September 1.27 1.34 1.72 0.56 1.58 0.64 0.53 1.19 1.12 October 0.34 1.12 0.45 0.56 0.51 0.76 0.50 0.45 0.92 November 1.68 0.63 0.75 0.09 0.11 0.28 0.31 1.71 0.68 December 0.59 0.75 0.15 0.48 0.31 0.50 0.36 0.23 0.74

Total 13.85 8.59 11.80 8.58 11.36 14.02 8.37 10.31 10.34

SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data--Fairbanks, 2003-2010. * Includes the water equivalent of snowfall. ** Based on Period of Record (POR) which begins with the January data month and the number of years used to compute the mean. POR = 30 YRS. Normal, Means, and Extremes - Fairbanks (PAFA) showing 30 year Normals (1971-2000); normal (inches), 2010.

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PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL Fairbanks 2003-2010

80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00

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SNOWFALL Fairbanks 2003-2010 ------Snowfall in Inches ------Month 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Average * January 6.9 8.5 17.8 4.0 8.9 14.4 9.2 1.0 10.6 February 7.8 7.8 4.5 13.2 1.6 5.4 14.1 2.5 7.1 March 0.8 5.2 5.2 4.7 3.3 1.4 15.5 1.6 5.2 April T 0.2 4.5 3.3 T 14.7 T T 2.4 May T T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 June 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 July 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 August 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 September 0.1 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.2 0.0 2.2 October 2.6 17.0 6.4 4.6 9.5 12.2 5.3 T 12.0 November 27.6 11.9 14.3 1.4 4.2 6.5 7.4 11.6 13.8 December 9.6 15.0 4.2 7.8 6.0 12.2 6.8 4.1 13.5 Total 55.4 67.4 57.2 39.4 33.5 68.6 58.5 20.9 67.4

SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data--Fairbanks, 2003-2010. T Trace. * Based on Period of Record (POR) which begins with the January data month and the number of years used to compute the mean. POR = 30 YRS. Normal, Means, and Extremes - Fairbanks (PAFA) showing 30 year Normals (1971-2000); normal (inches), 2010.

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AVERAGE AND RECORD TEMPERATURES Fairbanks 2010

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AVERAGE AND RECORD TEMPERATURES Fairbanks 2003-2010

Month 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Average* High Low January -3.3 -15.9 -9.1 -22.0 -6.5 -9.1 -11.8 -5.2 -0.3 52 -61 February 11.0 1.1 -2.3 5.6 -6.6 -5.8 -1.4 13.3 8.0 47 -58 March 8.6 6.0 19.6 3.0 -6.4 15.4 5.6 26.7 25.0 56 -49 April 33.1 35.1 32.2 29.5 37.6 29.5 31.2 51.2 43.6 76 -24 May 47.2 52.3 55.6 49.7 51.1 49.9 51.6 66.5 60.6 89 -1 June 60.2 66.9 61.5 58.1 61.6 60.2 60.3 69.0 70.9 96 29 July 60.7 64.5 62.2 61.3 64.4 60.6 66.5 72.1 73.0 94 35 August 56.2 62.2 57.3 54.4 60.5 55.0 54.5 69.8 66.3 93 27 September 41.8 38.8 46.3 49.5 47.1 46.7 48.5 58.6 54.3 84 3 October 32.0 29.7 27.4 31.7 21.2 15.1 30.7 36.3 31.4 72 -27 November 9.2 7.1 -5.1 -9.8 11.5 -1.3 -1.1 19.2 11.2 49 -46 December -9.1 -3.3 0.9 -1.9 -3.2 -7.7 -2.7 -10.2 3.3 45 -62

Average 29.0 28.7 28.9 25.8 27.7 25.7 27.7 38.9 37.3 96 -62

SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data--Fairbanks, 2003-2010. * Based on Period of Record (POR) which begins with the January data month and the number of years used to compute the mean. POR = 30 YRS. Normal, Means, and Extremes - Fairbanks (PAFA) showing 30 year Normals (1971-2000); normal (inches), 2010. The POR on the High/Low = 59 YRS.

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AIR QUALITY SUMMARY - PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5) MONITORING-AQI Fairbanks North Star Borough 2004-2010

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ------PM 2.5 Average Concentration (in micrograms/cubic meter) ------January 31.3 30.2 36.9 26.0 27.6 19.2 39.5 February 25.7 31.3 14.0 26.7 31.7 15.0 19.5 March 10.6 7.9 10.0 16.6 10.5 5.5 10.0 April 8.7 6.1 4.6 8.9 8.4 3.0 5.4 May 6.9 5.8 * 7.4 4.1 1.7 8.6 June 87.1 19.9 16.0 9.2 4.9 6.3 8.5 July * 21.1 7.6 8.4 4.9 34.1 9.2 August * 86.3 6.6 7.3 5.0 37.9 0.9 September * 6.5 7.4 * 5.3 2.9 0.5 October * 6.7 9.5 14.1 10.6 8.3 7.6 November * 18.5 28.0 19.0 24.7 22.5 12.4 December * 30.0 21.8 26.7 30.6 30.9 28.3

------Number of Days Exceeding Limits (35.5 ug/m3) ------January 7 11 14 4 7 5 15 February 5 9 2 6 7 2 1 March 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 April 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 0 0 * 0 0 0 2 June 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 July * 6 0 0 0 9 1 August * 10 0 0 0 8 0 September * 0 0 * 0 0 0 October * 0 0 0 1 0 0 November * 2 9 0 8 5 0 December * 10 4 9 9 14 9

Total 16 52 32 20 32 43 28

SOURCE: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Air Quality Monitoring Program, website: http://www.fnsb.us/airquality, personal communications, 2010. NOTE: Monitoring for Fairbanks North Star Borough is required by the Federal Clean Air Act. EPA strengthened the air quality standards for particle pollution in 2006. FNSB (PM2.5) data is collected from multiple locations within the borough. PM2.5 Definition: PM stands for particulate matter suspended in air. PM followed by a number refers to all particles with a certain maximum size (aerodynamic diameter). All smaller particles are included. PM2.5 is particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of up to 2.5 µm, referred to as the fine particle fraction (which per definition includes the ultrafine particles). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, website: http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations. * Insufficient data to classify. Key Facts You Should Know About Particle Pollution Particles in the air can cause or aggravate a number of health problems and have been linked with illnesses and deaths from heart or lung diseases. At highest risk from particle pollution are people with heart or lung disease, older adults (possibly because they may have undiagnosed heart or lung disease), and children whose lungs are still developing and who are more likely to have asthma and are more active outdoors. Particles of concern include both very small, "fine" particles (that can only be seen through an electron microscope) and somewhat larger "coarse" dust particles. Fine particles have been more clearly linked to the most serious health problems.

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U.S. CENSUS 2010 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics By State of Alaska, Borough, Place, and Census Designated Place (CDP), Census Area (CA), and Fairbanks North Star Borough by Census Tract POPULATION - ALL AGES HOUSING alone Units

Two Or Total More Total hispanic nothispanic

area pop White Indian American Native Alaska Black Asian Islander Pacific Other Races Hsg occupied vacant Alaska 710,231 473,576 104,871 23,263 38,135 7,409 11,102 51,875 39,249 670,982 306,967 258,058 48,909 Fairbanks North Star Borough 97,581 75,175 6,879 4,423 2,591 396 1,446 6,671 5,651 91,930 41,783 36,441 5,342 Badger CDP 19,482 16,323 950 534 322 33 182 1,138 880 18,602 7,532 6,858 674 Chena Ridge CDP 5,791 4,852 358 74 105 2 45 355 186 5,605 2,596 2,323 273 College CDP 12,964 9,483 1,227 419 591 54 146 1,044 687 12,277 5,211 4,820 391 Eielson AFB CDP 2,647 2,126 24 207 69 12 43 166 210 2,437 848 639 209 Ester CDP 2,422 2,048 163 52 28 4 15 112 79 2,343 1,229 1,069 160 Fairbanks city 31,535 20,853 3,148 2,830 1,124 262 828 2,490 2,837 28,698 13,056 11,534 1,522 Farmers Loop CDP 4,853 4,078 308 40 85 4 31 307 139 4,714 2,106 1,920 186 Fox CDP 417 342 31 2 3 1 4 34 22 395 236 199 37 Goldstream CDP 3,557 3,167 121 22 26 1 24 196 90 3,467 1,837 1,579 258 Harding-Birch Lakes CDP 299 279 10 1 0 0 1 8 8 291 656 129 527 Moose Creek CDP 747 583 38 38 22 5 10 51 36 711 332 305 27 North Pole city 2,117 1,686 71 115 85 2 22 136 130 1,987 916 828 88 Pleasant Valley CDP 725 650 27 4 4 0 3 37 12 713 396 312 84 Salcha CDP 1,095 980 47 9 15 0 2 42 36 1,059 585 429 156 South Van Horn CDP 558 425 37 15 10 5 5 61 28 530 253 223 30 Steele Creek CDP 6,662 5,822 250 52 60 10 72 396 216 6,446 2,743 2,525 218 Two Rivers CDP 719 616 26 1 7 1 9 59 36 683 348 296 52 FNSB Tract 1 1,709 1,139 293 94 38 2 28 115 108 1,601 1,210 1,019 191 FNSB Tract 2 3,418 2,168 595 241 103 6 52 253 186 3,232 1,479 1,315 164 FNSB Tract 3 4,958 2,639 848 648 221 27 93 482 374 4,584 2,119 1,923 196 FNSB Tract 4 4,717 3,354 377 265 204 36 88 393 311 4,406 1,925 1,812 113 FNSB Tract 5 2,371 1,705 252 106 78 8 42 180 148 2,223 1,486 1,147 339 FNSB Tract 6 4,024 2,773 517 167 139 15 81 332 269 3,755 1,785 1,644 141 FNSB Tract 7 4,142 2,806 422 278 203 32 80 321 333 3,809 1,904 1,727 177 FNSB Tract 8 5,388 3,679 555 217 275 30 76 556 369 5,019 2,206 2,082 124 FNSB Tract 9 5,772 4,842 361 66 102 2 46 353 193 5,579 2,608 2,329 279 FNSB Tract 10 1,529 1,153 150 33 40 10 15 128 63 1,466 686 614 72 FNSB Tract 11 8,143 5,556 118 1,125 196 148 396 604 1,259 6,884 2,113 1,795 318 FNSB Tract 12 6,854 5,821 350 58 101 7 69 448 255 6,599 2,760 2,563 197 FNSB Tract 13 6,462 5,358 390 99 262 8 35 310 157 6,305 2,501 2,274 227 FNSB Tract 14 7,357 6,017 471 207 112 10 77 463 329 7,028 2,979 2,688 291 FNSB Tract 15 10,052 8,493 407 281 188 25 87 571 453 9,599 3,734 3,451 283 FNSB Tract 16 4,836 3,991 181 196 127 5 49 287 255 4,581 2,025 1,816 209 FNSB Tract 17 1,422 1,281 55 12 19 0 4 51 44 1,378 1,337 566 771 FNSB Tract 18 2,743 2,216 27 207 70 12 43 168 210 2,533 892 677 215 FNSB Tract 19 11,684 10,184 510 123 113 13 85 656 335 11,349 6,034 4,999 1,035 SOURCE: US Census Bureau, 2010 Census PL 94-171 Redistricting Data File, Tables P1 and P2, March 2011.

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POPULATION COMPARISON - All Ages - By Race Fairbanks North Star Borough US Census 2000, 2010 % chg US Census 2000 US Census 2010 2000-2010 % of Total % of Total FNSB Total Population 82,840 POP (2000) 97,581 POP (2010) 17.8% white alone 64,439 77.8% 75,175 77.0% 16.7% AI/AN alone 5,714 6.9% 6,879 7.0% 20.4% Black alone 4,843 5.8% 4,423 4.5% -8.7% Asian alone 1,720 2.1% 2,591 2.7% 50.6% Pacific Islander alone 245 0.3% 396 0.4% 61.6% other alone 1,414 1.7% 1,446 1.5% 2.3% 2> races more 4,465 5.4% 6,671 6.8% 49.4% hispanic - 3,440 4.2% 5,651 5.8% 64.3% non-hispanic - 79,400 95.8% 91,930 94.2% 15.8% SOURCE: US Census Bureau, Census 2000 and the 2010 Census PL 94-171 Redistricting Data File, Tables P1 and P2, March 2011. AI/AN American Indian/Alaska Native.

POPULATION COMPARISON - All Ages - By Race Alaska US Census 2000, 2010 % chg US Census 2000 US Census 2010 2000-2010 % of Total % of Total ALASKA Total Population 626,932 POP (2000) 710,231 POP (2010) -11.7% white alone 434,534 69.3% 473,576 66.7% -8.2% AI/AN alone 98,043 15.6% 104,871 14.8% -6.5% Black alone 21,787 3.5% 23,263 3.3% -6.3% Asian alone 25,116 4.0% 38,135 5.4% -34.1% Pacific Islander alone 3,309 0.5% 7,409 1.0% -55.3% other alone 9,997 1.6% 11,102 1.6% -10.0% 2> races more 34,146 5.4% 51,875 7.3% -34.2% hispanic - 25,852 4.1% 39,249 5.5% -34.1% non-hispanic - 601,080 95.9% 670,982 94.5% -10.4%

SOURCE: US Census Bureau, Census 2000 and the 2010 Census PL 94-171 Redistricting Data File, Tables P1 and P2, March 2011. AI/AN American Indian/Alaska Native.

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Date of Incorporation: January 1, 1964

Form of Government: Second Class Borough

Type of Government: Borough Mayor, 3 yr. Term Assembly, 9 Members Elected at large, 3 yr. Terms

Population (2010) U.S. Census: 97,581

Size: 7,361 square miles 19,065 square kilometers

Certified Assessed Valuation (2010): $8,316,756,512 (non-pipeline) $ 739,610,090 (pipeline) Fairbanks North Star Borough Community Research Center PO Box 71267 Fairbanks, AK 99707-1267

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