Palmer (Alaska)

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Palmer
Palmer Depot with a narrow-gauge locomotive
Palmer Depot with a narrow-gauge locomotive
Location in Alaska
Palmer (Alaska)
Palmer
Palmer
Basic data
Foundation : April 30, 1951
State : United States
State : Alaska
Borough : Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Coordinates : 61 ° 36 ′  N , 149 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 61 ° 36 ′  N , 149 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 )
Residents : 5,937 (as of 2010)
Population density : 612.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.7 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 71 m
Postal code : 99645
Area code : +1 907
FIPS : 02-58660
GNIS ID : 1407737

Palmer is a city in and at the same time the administrative seat (Bourough Seat) of Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska in the United States . The city is located in the center of the Matanuska - Susitna valley about 68 kilometers northeast of Anchorage and can be reached via the Glenn Highway .

The city was founded in 1916 as a railroad station on the Alaska Railroad . In 1935, 203 families from Michigan , Wisconsin, and Minnesota moved to Palmer and started a proper town there with state support.

Demographics

At the time of the census in 2000 ( US Census 2010 ) Palmer had 5937 inhabitants on a land area of ​​9.7 km². In the period 2010 to 2014, the median age was 31.2 years (US national average: 37.4 years). The per capita income (engl. The per capita income ) amounted to US $ 26,340 (national average of USA: US $ 28,555). 10.3% of the population had their income below the poverty line (US national average: 14.8%). 21.2% of the population were of German descent , 13.1% were of Irish and 9.6% of English descent.

Individual evidence

  1. US Census Bureau
  2. US Census Bureau
  3. US Census Bureau

Web links

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