{"id":172,"date":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2018-10-31T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:31:14","slug":"at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Population\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n670,053<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n656,425 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n570,374 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n86,051 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coastline<\/strong><br \/>\n6640 miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highest Point\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nMt. McKinley 20,320 feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lowest Point\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPacific Ocean Sea Level<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital City\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nJuneau<\/p>\n<p><strong>Largest Cities\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nAnchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Sitka, Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak, Bethel, Wasilla, Barrow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topography\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPacific and Arctic mountain systems, central plateau and Arctic Slope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statehood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 1959<\/p>\n<p><strong>Area Code\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n907<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agriculture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nSeafood, nursery stock, dairy products, vegetables, livestock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPetroleum and natural gas, gold and other mining, food processing, lumber and wood products, tourism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nickname\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Last Frontier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Origin of State Name\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the Aleut word \u201calaxsxaq\u201d literally meaning \u201cobject toward which the action of the sea is directed\u201d or more simply \u201cthe mainland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Bird\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nWillow Ptarmigan<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Flower\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nForget Me Not<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Tree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nSitkaspruce<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Song\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nAlaska\u2019s Song<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Motto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nNorth to the Future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE Population\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 670,053 Total Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 656,425 square miles Land Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 570,374 square miles Water Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 86,051 square miles Coastline 6640 miles Highest Point\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet Lowest Point\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pacific Ocean Sea Level Capital City\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Juneau Largest Cities\u00a0 Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Sitka, Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak, Bethel, Wasilla, Barrow Topography\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pacific and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AnchorageAK3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}