Badger, Alaska


Badger is a census-designated place in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Alaska. The population of the CDP was 19,482 as of the 2010 Census. It has an area of 66.71 sq. mi, 65.63 of land and 1.08 of water. Badger's designation as a Place made it number 4 by population behind Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in a list of Alaska Cities and census-designated places. Along with Fairbanks, and North Pole Badger is a major community of the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was one of the CDPs created in 2010 out of small suburbs and outskirts of Fairbanks.
Fort Wainwright the Army and National Guard installation of Fairbanks is inside the Badger Place geographic boundaries. The military estimates that the installation serves approximately 7,000 Soldiers and 6,500 Family Members, 2,400 Civilians and Contractors and 7,800 Retirees and Veterans. The Soldiers and Family Members are very transient but the total population number less so. A significant portion of the Badger population reported in the 2010 Census were Soldiers and Family Members of Fort Wainwright.

Demographics

Badger first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place.