This booklet provides data on Alaska's population, economy, health, education, government, and natural resources, including specific information on Alaska Natives. Since 1960, Alaska's population has tripled and become more diverse, more stable, older, less likely to be male or married, and more concentrated. About 69 percent of the population lived in or near Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau by 2000. The Native population doubled between 1970 and 2000, and the share of the Native population in large urban areas increased from 17 to 32 percent. A section on the economy covers various economic sectors and changes in employment, the role of the military in the economy, Alaska Native corporations, per capita income, cost of living, and housing costs and conditions. A section on communities and health covers share of schoolchildren whose parents receive public assistance, alcohol control in Native communities, and various indicators of adult and child health. With regard to education, the share of Alaskan adults with high school diplomas tripled between 1960 and 2000, but in the 1990s Alaskan teenagers were less likely to graduate from high school and less likely to go to college than other U.S. students, and over half of high school sophomores in 2001 failed the graduation qualifying exam. Data on teacher salaries and on college students leaving the state are also presented. Other sections discuss air and water quality, subsistence hunting and fishing, oil revenue, and taxes. (Contains many maps and figures.) (SV)