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Rural blog: The Village

Top 10 villages with the highest gas, heating fuel prices

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Posted: March 18, 2009 - 11:15 am

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A recent report on Alaska heating fuel and gasoline prices shows what many villagers already know: That as oil prices dropped this winter, the costs in many rural communities remained high.

Of the 100 communities that the state Division of Community and Regional Affairs surveyed this February, here are the 10 with the highest gasoline prices and heating fuel prices:

Top heating fuel costs as of Feb. 2009:
1. Arctic Village (Interior) -- $9.50 per gallon.
2. Point Baker (Southeast) -- $8.80 per gallon.
3. Emmonak (Western) -- $8.71 per gallon.
4. Hughes (Interior) -- $8.55 per gallon.
5. Kokhanok (South Coastal) -- $8.11 per gallon.
6. Koyuk (Western) -- $8.06 per gallon
7. Saint Michael (Western) -- $8.06
8. Atka (South Coastal) -- $7.99
9. Stebbins (Western) -- $7.99
10. Gambell (Wesern). -- $7.88

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Top gasoline costs as of Feb. 2009
1. Arctic Village (Interior) -- $9 per gallon
2. Point Baker (Southeast) -- $8.80 per gallon
3. Hughes (Interior) -- $8.50 per gallon
4. Kokhanok (South Coastal) -- $8.40 per gallon
5. Deering (Western) -- $7.82 per gallon
6. Saint Michael (Western) -- $7.80 per gallon
7. Toksook Bay (Western) -- $7.74 per gallon
8. Wales (Western) -- $7.73 per gallon
9. Stebbins (Western) -- $7.71 per gallon
10. Koyuk (Western) -- $7.71 per gallon

(Remember, these numbers only represent the villages that the state surveyed.)

Meantime, here's a couple bonus lists showing which parts of the state, based on census area, gained and lost the most people over the past year:

Four census areas that lost the most people: 2007 to 2008.*
-- Yakutat City and Borough -4.3 percent.
-- Aleutians East Borough -3.3 percent
-- Hoonah-Angoon census area -2.1 percent
-- Fairbanks North Star Borough -1.6 percent

Four census areas that gained the most people: 2007 to 2008.*
-- Denali Borough + 4.8 percent
-- Matanuska-Susitna Borough + 3.5 percent
-- Haines Borough + 2.8 percent
-- Kenai Peninsula Borough + 1.7 percent

(* Based on percentages, not overall number of people, in each Census area. Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. All numbers based on estimates from July 1 of each year.)

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