Distribution of Juneau's Population and Housing

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently provided JEDC with 2010 Census data on population and housing by census tract for the Juneau area.  

The Juneau Borough is divided into six census tracts that are always defined and bounded by physical characteristics such as a road, a river, or a mountain ridge. The locations and boundaries of the six census tracts are: 

1. North of Mendenhall River, bounded on the south by the Mendenhall River and Fritz Cove Road, on the east by the Juneau Icefield, and on the north and west by the Borough boundary.
2. West Mendenhall Valley, bounded on the north and west by the Mendenhall River, on the south by Egan Drive, and on the east by Mendenhall Loop Road.
3. East Mendenhall Valley and Airport area, bounded on the west by Mendenhall Loop Road and the Mendenhall River, on the east by Steep and Jordan Creeks, and on the south by Gastineau Channel.
4. Norway Point to Fred Meyer, bounded on the north and west by the Juneau Icefield and Census Tract 3, on the east by Norway Point and the ridge line to the Juneau Icefield, and on the south by Gastineau Channel.
5. Downtown Juneau and Thane, bounded on the north by Census Tract 4, on the west by Gastineau Channel, and on the south and east by the Juneau Icefield and the Borough Boundary.
6. Douglas Island, bounded on the north and west by the Gastineau Channel, and on the South and East by the Borough boundary, including Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island.

The U.S. Census Bureau tries to divide boroughs or census areas into tracts that are of similar population wherever possible. Meeting the criteria of physical characteristics and similar population was not so easy in Juneau.