Badger, Alaska | |
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 Badger Road is a side road of theRichardson 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 withinFairbanks North Star Borough and the state ofAlaska | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Fairbanks North Star |
| Government | |
| • Boroughmayor | Grier Hopkins[1] |
| • State senators | Scott Kawasaki (D) Robert Myers (R) |
| • State reps. | Mike Prax (R) Will Stapp (R) Frank Tomaszewski (R) |
| Area | |
• 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 acensus-designated place (CDP) in theFairbanks North Star Borough ofAlaska. 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 the2020 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 ofAlaska Cities and census-designated places (by population). Badger is a major community of theFairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 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.
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 |
| 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 |
Municipalities and communities ofFairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska,United States | ||
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| Ghost town | ||
64°48′19″N147°24′37″W / 64.80528°N 147.41028°W /64.80528; -147.41028
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