Badger, Alaska

Badger, Alaska
CDP
Badger Road is a side road of the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and North Pole and provides primary access to the majority of the CDP. The Fairbanks end is viewed from the Richardson Highway overpass.
Location within Fairbanks North Star Borough and the state of Alaska
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Fairbanks North Star
Government
• Borough mayor	Grier Hopkins [1]
•  State senators	Scott Kawasaki (D) Robert Myers (R)
•  State reps.	Mike Prax (R) Will Stapp (R) Frank Tomaszewski (R)
Area [2]
• Total	66.70 sq mi (172.75 km2)
• Land	65.65 sq mi (170.04 km2)
• Water	1.05 sq mi (2.71 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	19,031
• Density	289.9/sq mi (111.92/km2)
FIPS code	02-05000

Badger is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Alaska. It was one of the CDPs created in 2010 out of small suburbs and outskirts of Fairbanks. It has an area of 66.71 sq. mi, 65.63 of land and 1.08 of water. ^[3]

The population of the CDP was 19,031 as of the 2020 Census, down from 19,482 in 2010. ^{[4] [3]} Badger's designation as a Place made it number 5 by population, behind Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Knik-Fairview, in a list of Alaska Cities and census-designated places (by population). Badger is a major community of the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	19,482		—
2020	19,031		−2.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

Badger first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP) ^[6] with a total population of 19,482.

Sex

For every 100 females there were 109.9 males.

18 years and over		65 years and over
Total	Female	Total	Female
13,744	6,518	1,017	445

Age

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

Under 5	5 to 17	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 59	60 to 64	65 to 74	75 to 84	85 and over
1,685	4,053	789	1,133	3,089	2,771	2,979	1,138	828	764	200	53

Households

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

References

1. "Mayor's Office". Fairbanks North Star Borough. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
2. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
4. "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
6. Alaska: 2010 - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics "2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). U.S. Department of Commerce - Economics and Statistics Administration. U.S. CENSUS BUREAU - census.gov. June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

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