Badger, Alaska | |
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 Badger Road is a side road of the Richardson 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 within Fairbanks North Star Borough and the state of Alaska | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Fairbanks North Star |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | Bryce J. Ward |
| • 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 | 65.66 sq mi (170.04 km2) |
| • Water | 1.05 sq mi (2.71 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 19,031 |
| • Density | 289.86/sq mi (111.92/km2) |
| FIPS code | 02-05000 |
Badger is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Alaska. 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.[2]
The population of the CDP was 19,031 as of the 2020 Census, down from 19,482 in 2010.[3][2] Badger's designation as a Place made it number 5 by population, behind Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Knik-Fairview, in a list of Alaska Cities and census-designated places (by population). Badger is a major community of the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.