Older Workers in Alaska
Alaska's population has gotten older over the past 10 years. Alaska's median age in 1998 was 27.5 compared to 33.5 in 2008. The percentage of older Alaskans has also increased over the past decade. In 1998, 5.4 percent of the state's population was 65 and over, by 2008, the percentage rose to 7.3 percent.