College, Alaska

Geography

College is located at (64.848302, -147.827194).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 19.1 sqmi, of which 18.7 sqmi is land and 0.4 sqmi (2.15%) is water.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, College has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in College was 94 F on June 16, 1969, June 26, 1983, and June 22, 1991, while the coldest temperature recorded was -66 F on December 28, 1961.

|Jan record high F = 52 |Feb record high F = 49 |Mar record high F = 57 |Apr record high F = 71 |May record high F = 88 |Jun record high F = 94 |Jul record high F = 92 |Aug record high F = 93 |Sep record high F = 82 |Oct record high F = 71 |Nov record high F = 49 |Dec record high F = 45

|Jan avg record high F = 31.0 |Feb avg record high F = 36.3 |Mar avg record high F = 43.5 |Apr avg record high F = 60.2 |May avg record high F = 75.4 |Jun avg record high F = 84.0 |Jul avg record high F = 84.2 |Aug avg record high F = 79.3 |Sep avg record high F = 67.8 |Oct avg record high F = 53.9 |Nov avg record high F = 32.4 |Dec avg record high F = 32.2 |year avg record high F = 86.4

|Jan avg record low F = -38.6 |Feb avg record low F = -29.2 |Mar avg record low F = -20.7 |Apr avg record low F = 0.0 |May avg record low F = 24.9 |Jun avg record low F = 37.1 |Jul avg record low F = 41.4 |Aug avg record low F = 33.6 |Sep avg record low F = 22.3 |Oct avg record low F = 0.3 |Nov avg record low F = -21.5 |Dec avg record low F = -30.3 |year avg record low F = -41.7

|Jan record low F = -60 |Feb record low F = -52 |Mar record low F = -40 |Apr record low F = -24 |May record low F = 3 |Jun record low F = 27 |Jul record low F = 32 |Aug record low F = 24 |Sep record low F = 5 |Oct record low F = -27 |Nov record low F = -45 |Dec record low F = -66

|Jan snow depth inch = 19.8 |Feb snow depth inch = 23.2 |Mar snow depth inch = 24.2 |Apr snow depth inch = 20.7 |May snow depth inch = 2.2 |Jun snow depth inch = 0.0 |Jul snow depth inch = 0.0 |Aug snow depth inch = 0.0 |Sep snow depth inch = 1.8 |Oct snow depth inch = 6.1 |Nov snow depth inch = 11.5 |Dec snow depth inch = 16.2 |year snow depth inch = 25.7

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Demographics

College first appeared on the 1930 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was made a census-designated place in 1980.

At the 2000 census, there were 11,402 people, 4,104 households and 2,638 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 610.7 PD/sqmi. There were 4,501 housing units at an average density of 241.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.9% White, 3.1% Black or African American, 9.0% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other races, and 5.7% from two or more races. 3.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,104 households, of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.13.

26.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 16.8% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.2 males.

The median household income was $56,560 and the median family income was $69,969. Males had a median income of $47,126 versus $31,495 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $23,381. About 4.9% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District operates the public K-12 schools that serve the CDP, along with the remainder of the borough. The oldest of these is University Park Elementary ("U-Park"), which opened in 1958 along University Avenue. A new school building for U-Park was constructed on Loftus Road during the 1990s; the original school is now used for classrooms by the UAF Community and Technical College. The district operates several other schools within CDP boundaries: along with U-Park, Pearl Creek Elementary, Woodriver Elementary and West Valley High serve attendance areas which include the CDP (middle school students attend Randy Smith Middle and Ryan Middle, located in Fairbanks city limits). Effie Kokrine Charter, Watershed Charter and Hutchison High are also located in the CDP. These schools have open enrollment and are not governed by attendance area boundaries.

The Yukon–Koyukuk School District, which operates public schools in a widely scattered swath of rural Interior Alaska covering much of the nearby Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, has its headquarters within the CDP boundaries.

The CDP includes the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

References

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