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Background on the Municipality of Anchorage
Incorporated in 1920, the Municipality of Anchorage encompasses 1,956 square miles of land, and contains an estimated 282,813 residents. These residents are located within the city of Anchorage, and the communities of Girdwood, Turnagain, Eagle River, Chugiak, and Eklutna, as well as on the several military installations (Elmendorf Air Force Base, the US Army's Fort Richardson, and Kulis Air National Guard Base) located within the Municipality.
The largest city in Alaska, Anchorage serves as a major hub for trade, with the Ted Stevens International Airport, Alaska Railroad, Port of Anchorage, and the highway system all converging to create a trade nexus not just for the State of Alaska, but for the United States and surrounding nations as well. Unemployment for 2009 is estimated at 7.0%.
Law enforcement is handled by the Anchorage Police Department. Medical Services are provided by three major hospitals and numerous clinics, and fire services are provided by local and volunteer fire companies throughout the Municipality.
Recent publications
Atlas of Anchorage Community Indicators by Robert H. Langworthy, Shel Llee Flexman-Evans, Sharon Chamard, Alan R. McKelvie, and Donald Yunker. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, May 2009.
The Anchorage Community Survey, 2007: Executive Summary, revised ed. by Shel Llee Flexman-Evans. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Sep 2009.
The Anchorage Community Survey, 2007: Sourcebook by Shel Llee Flexman-Evans. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Sep 2009.
Community Indicators Project at UAA: Anchorage Police Department Related Results by Shel Llee Flexman-Evans. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Sep 2009.
Anchorage Community Survey
The biannual Anchorage Community Survey provides one of the most detailed pictures available of community attitudes within the network of communities forming the Anchorage municipality. The survey reports contain information on the demographics of residents, their perceptions of the life in their neighborhoods, social activities and organizations, and their satisfaction with various municipal and government functions, including policing.
See the index pages for each survey for a complete list of reports, articles, codebooks, and data files:
Additionally, see the Justice Center's Community surveys bibliography for a complete list of Justice Center reports and articles from various community surveys, including the Anchorage Community Survey.
Anchorage Community Indicators
Anchorage Community Indicators, a public education project of the Justice Center begun in 2003, aims at providing information about various aspects of the Anchorage municipality through maps and tables.
- Series 1: Anchorage Community Survey 2003 presents results taken from the Anchorage Community Survey, a telephone survey conducted by the Justice Center in the spring of 2003, focusing on respondents attitudes on five issues — schools, public transportation, snow removal, police performance, emergency medical services — and on residential stability.
- Series 2: Sexual Assault Study presents information about sexual assaults in Anchorage based on sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000–2001.
- Series 3: Neighborhood Characteristics & Police Calls for Service examines the strength of association between neighborhood characteristics, such as housing density and population density, with levels of crime and social deviance in those neighborhoods as measured by police calls for service in 2003.
Anchorage Community Data
Data files from the Anchorage Community Indicators, the biannual Anchorage Community Survey, and other Anchorage-related research projects including the 2002 Anchorage Adult Criminal Victimization Survey are available here for the use of justice and other social science researchers. Information provided here includes codebooks and data in SPSS format. Data files are also easily locatable from the index pages for the individual projects.
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