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Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in the state of Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area.
Known for its enterpreunial spirit, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. Construction of the George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage. A number of state and federal agencies have offices in Wasilla, including the Alaska Departments of Environmental Conservation, Labor and Divisions of Public Assistance, Social Services.Wasilla gained international focus when Sarah Palin, who served as Wasilla's mayor before her election as Governor of Alaska, was chosen by John McCain as his vice-presidential running mate in the 2008 United States presidential election.
In 1994, a statewide ballot initiative to move the capital of Alaska to Wasilla was defeated. Around the same time, the Matanuska Valley began to recover from an economic collapse, beginning a sustained boom that involved significant population growth, increased local employment, and a spike in residential and commercial real estate development.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 12.4 square miles. 11.7 square miles of it is land and 0.7 square miles of it (5.64%) is water.
Wasilla began as a transportation logistics & trade center serving natural resource extraction (mining, trapping & timber) followed by small-scale agricultural activity around1935; construction of the Parks Highway around 1975 substantially reduced travel time to Anchorage, encouraging the transition to a satellite community where workers commute to Anchorage for employment. Local sources of employment has increased in recent years.
About 35 percent of the Wasilla workforce commutes to Anchorage. The local economy is quite diverse, and residents are employed in a variety of city, borough, state, federal, retail and professional service positions. Other contributors to the economy inclue tourism, agriculture, wood products, steel, and concrete products.
| Label | Estimate | Margin of Error | Percent | Percent Margin of Error |
 SEX AND AGE |
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| Total population |
9,098 | ±37 | 9,098% | (x) |
| Male | 4,542 | ±245 | 50% | ±3 |
| Female | 4,556 | ±246 | 50% | ±3 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 100 | ±11 | (x) | (x) |
| Under 5 years | 554 | ±159 | 6% | ±2 |
| 5 to 9 years | 618 | ±145 | 7% | ±2 |
| 10 to 14 years | 713 | ±135 | 8% | ±2 |
| 15 to 19 years | 494 | ±138 | 5% | ±2 |
| 20 to 24 years | 415 | ±135 | 5% | ±2 |
| 25 to 34 years | 1,495 | ±243 | 16% | ±3 |
| 35 to 44 years | 1,202 | ±201 | 13% | ±2 |
| 45 to 54 years | 1,040 | ±146 | 11% | ±2 |
| 55 to 59 years | 459 | ±126 | 5% | ±1 |
| 60 to 64 years | 600 | ±159 | 7% | ±2 |
| 65 to 74 years | 863 | ±158 | 10% | ±2 |
| 75 to 84 years | 398 | ±133 | 4% | ±2 |
| 85 years and over | 247 | ±113 | 3% | ±1 |
| Median age (years) | 37 | ±3 | (x) | (x) |
| Under 18 years | 2,267 | ±271 | 25% | ±3 |
| 16 years and over | 7,087 | ±257 | 78% | ±3 |
| 18 years and over | 6,831 | ±273 | 75% | ±3 |
| 21 years and over | 6,666 | ±291 | 73% | ±3 |
| 62 years and over | 1,912 | ±277 | 21% | ±3 |
| 65 years and over | 1,508 | ±222 | 17% | ±2 |
| 18 years and over |
6,831 | ±273 | 6,831% | (x) |
| Male | 3,274 | ±237 | 48% | ±3 |
| Female | 3,557 | ±228 | 52% | ±3 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 92 | ±10 | (x) | (x) |
| 65 years and over |
1,508 | ±222 | 1,508% | (x) |
| Male | 577 | ±118 | 38% | ±6 |
| Female | 931 | ±167 | 62% | ±6 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 62 | ±15 | (x) | (x) |
| RACE |
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| Total population |
9,098 | ±37 | 9,098% | (x) |
| One race | 8,459 | ±175 | 93% | ±2 |
| Two or more races | 639 | ±176 | 7% | ±2 |
| One race |
8,459 | ±175 | 93% | ±2 |
| White | 7,227 | ±341 | 79% | ±4 |
| Black or African American | 81 | ±74 | 1% | ±1 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native |
637 | ±239 | 7% | ±3 |
| Cherokee tribal grouping | 10 | ±15 | 0% | ±0 |
| Chippewa tribal grouping | 27 | ±40 | 0% | ±0 |
| Navajo tribal grouping | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Sioux tribal grouping | 10 | ±18 | 0% | ±0 |
| Asian |
341 | ±114 | 4% | ±1 |
| Asian Indian | 41 | ±45 | 1% | ±1 |
| Chinese | 45 | ±48 | 1% | ±1 |
| Filipino | 137 | ±88 | 2% | ±1 |
| Japanese | 42 | ±44 | 1% | ±1 |
| Korean | 57 | ±60 | 1% | ±1 |
| Vietnamese | 19 | ±32 | 0% | ±0 |
| Other Asian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
60 | ±63 | 1% | ±1 |
| Native Hawaiian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Chamorro | 29 | ±43 | 0% | ±1 |
| Samoan | 31 | ±47 | 0% | ±1 |
| Other Pacific Islander | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Some other race | 113 | ±92 | 1% | ±1 |
| Two or more races |
639 | ±176 | 7% | ±2 |
| White and Black or African American | 45 | ±38 | 1% | ±0 |
| White and American Indian and Alaska Native | 330 | ±126 | 4% | ±1 |
| White and Asian | 192 | ±109 | 2% | ±1 |
| Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Race alone or in combination with one or more other races |
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| Total population |
9,098 | ±37 | 9,098% | (x) |
| White | 7,830 | ±295 | 86% | ±3 |
| Black or African American | 127 | ±84 | 1% | ±1 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1,008 | ±286 | 11% | ±3 |
| Asian | 586 | ±194 | 6% | ±2 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 74 | ±68 | 1% | ±1 |
| Some other race | 131 | ±85 | 1% | ±1 |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE |
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| Total population |
9,098 | ±37 | 9,098% | (x) |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
529 | ±191 | 6% | ±2 |
| Mexican | 240 | ±101 | 3% | ±1 |
| Puerto Rican | 81 | ±82 | 1% | ±1 |
| Cuban | 144 | ±145 | 2% | ±2 |
| Other Hispanic or Latino | 64 | ±62 | 1% | ±1 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino |
8,569 | ±199 | 94% | ±2 |
| White alone | 6,949 | ±343 | 76% | ±4 |
| Black or African American alone | 81 | ±74 | 1% | ±1 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 588 | ±240 | 7% | ±3 |
| Asian alone | 341 | ±114 | 4% | ±1 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone | 29 | ±43 | 0% | ±1 |
| Some other race alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±0 |
| Two or more races |
581 | ±158 | 6% | ±2 |
| Two races including Some other race | 18 | ±28 | 0% | ±0 |
| Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races | 563 | ±152 | 6% | ±2 |
| Total housing units | 4,264 | ±242 | (x) | (x) |
| CITIZEN, VOTING AGE POPULATION |
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| Citizen, 18 and over population |
6,656 | ±253 | 6,656% | (x) |
| Male | 3,198 | ±229 | 48% | ±3 |
| Female | 3,458 | ±241 | 52% | ±3 |
