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Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Southeast Fairbanks Census Area — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area yet — not gathered, never hidden.

7,313 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.1% since 2020)
24,832 square miles of land · 0 people per square mile

How Southeast Fairbanks Census Area compares — against the other counties in Alaska

7,313 — people: 13th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
$23,215 — spending per student in its school districts: 20th highest of 29 Alaska counties.
75.4 years — life expectancy: 16th highest of 23 Alaska counties.
16.1% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 15th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
14.0% — child poverty: 16th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
79.1% — households with broadband internet: 23rd highest of 30 Alaska counties.
$79,014 — median household income: 15th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
10.9% — share of bridges rated poor: 8th highest of 24 Alaska counties.
$3,590 — federal grant dollars per resident: 24th highest of 30 Alaska counties.
$12.1 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 8th highest of 30 Alaska counties.

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

8 active community water systems list Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in the area they serve, reporting 2,246 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

FT. GREELY - MAIN POST groundwater · private · AK2370780	1,257 served
NORTHWAY WASHETERIA groundwater · tribal · AK2381422	223 served
WHITESTONE FARMS TABERNACLE groundwater · private · AK2372075	210 served
EAGLE LOG WELLHOUSE groundwater · local government · AK2382096	192 served
TETLIN UTILITY SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · AK2380638	150 served
TANACROSS WATER SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · AK2380531	108 served
LIVING WORD MINISTRY groundwater · private · AK2380329	62 served
LARRYS APARTMENTS groundwater · private · AK2370879	44 served

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

No county jail figure in the national data for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

2 school districts have their office in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

DELTA-GREELY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE AREA (REAA)938 students

Spent $14.6 million — $14.2 million to run schools, about $15,157 per student, plus $421,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.9 million state, $2.1 million federal.

ALASKA GATEWAY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE AREA (REAA)386 students

Spent $17.5 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $42,798 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $423,000 local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $4.2 million federal.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Southeast Fairbanks Census Area beside Alaska

Life expectancy75.4 years · Alaska 76.3 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance16.1% · Alaska 13.3%

Children in poverty14.0% · Alaska 12.5%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)14.9% · Alaska 12.8%

Households with broadband internet79.1% · Alaska 90.6%

Households with severe housing problems23.3% · Alaska 19.8%

Residents per primary care doctor1,742 · Alaska 1,033

Residents per mental health provider416 · Alaska 131

Unemployment5.2% · Alaska 4.2%

Median household income$79,014 · Alaska $88,696

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Southeast Fairbanks Census Area about $12.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.

The costliest hazards here

Wildfire$4.9 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Cold wave$2.4 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Earthquake$2 million a year · Relatively Low

Avalanche$1.9 million a year · Relatively High

River and inland flooding$793,436 a year · Very Low

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

64 bridges in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 23 in good condition, 34 fair, and 7 poor (10.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

RICHARDSON HIGHWAY over UPPER MILLER CREEK · built 1958	280 vehicles a day
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY over CASTNER CREEK · built 1958	280 vehicles a day
IRR:NORTHWAY ROAD over FISH CAMP CREEK · built 1987	210 vehicles a day
ALASKA HIGHWAY over JOHNSON RIVER · built 1944	180 vehicles a day
ALASKA HIGHWAY over GERSTLE RIVER · built 1944	180 vehicles a day
TAYLOR HIGHWAY over TAYLOR CREEK · built 1977	160 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $24.4 million of work in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in fiscal 2025, about $3,590 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062	closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699	closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661	closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064	closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026	closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778	closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222	closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708	closes 2026-10-29

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alaska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Southeast Fairbanks Census Area built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Fairbanks North Star Borough (114 mi) · Copper River Census Area (128 mi) · Denali Borough (207 mi) · Matanuska-Susitna Borough (221 mi) · Chugach Census Area (250 mi) · Anchorage Municipality (262 mi).