Kenai
Peninsula Borough
Community and Economic
Development Division
Quarterly Report
of Key Economic Indicators for Period Ending March
31, 2005
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Homer
Cost of Food |
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Cost of food data is collected by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Extension. Each quarter the Cooperative Extension surveys up to three grocers in communities throughout the state to determine the cost of food for one week. Specific guidelines are presented to the surveyors regarding item size and sale price for 104 items.
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| HOMER |
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March
2000 |
March
2001 |
March
2002 |
March
2003 |
March
2004 |
March
2005 |
Annual
Change
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| Sales
Tax (in percent) |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
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| Percent
of Food Unavailable |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| Child
1 year |
20.6 |
20.0 |
21.0 |
19.4 |
21.0 |
20.9 |
0.2% |
| Child
2 years |
0.0 |
0.0 |
21.0 |
19.4 |
20.7 |
20.7 |
0.2% |
| Children
3-5 years |
18.1 |
21.9 |
23.0 |
21.3 |
22.7 |
22.9 |
0.7% |
| Children
6-8 years |
22.4 |
29.2 |
30.7 |
28.5 |
30.7 |
30.7 |
0.1% |
| Children
9-11 years |
33.9 |
33.1 |
34.8 |
32.2 |
34.4 |
34.5 |
0.2% |
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| Males
12-14 years |
38.3 |
37.5 |
39.3 |
36.4 |
38.8 |
39.0 |
0.6% |
| Males
15-19 years |
39.5 |
38.7 |
40.7 |
37.4 |
39.9 |
40.2 |
0.6% |
| Males
20-50 years |
39.2 |
38.6 |
40.7 |
37.5 |
40.0 |
40.3 |
0.5% |
| Males
51 years & over |
37.4 |
36.7 |
38.7 |
35.7 |
38.2 |
38.4 |
0.5% |
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| Females
12-19 years |
33.1 |
32.3 |
34.0 |
31.3 |
33.6 |
33.8 |
0.6% |
| Females
20-50 years |
34.3 |
33.7 |
35.6 |
32.8 |
35.0 |
35.1 |
0.3% |
| Females
51 years and over |
33.3 |
32.8 |
34.6 |
31.9 |
33.9 |
34.2 |
0.6% |
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| Family
of 2 (20-50 years) |
80.8 |
79.6 |
83.8 |
77.4 |
82.5 |
82.9 |
0.4% |
| Family
of 2 (51 & older) |
77.7 |
76.5 |
80.7 |
74.4 |
79.4 |
79.8 |
0.6% |
| Family
of 4 children 1-5 years |
116.6 |
114.3 |
120.2 |
111.1 |
118.4 |
119.0 |
0.4% |
| Family
of 4 children 6-11 years |
137.4 |
134.7 |
141.7 |
131.0 |
140.1 |
140.5 |
0.3% |
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| Electricity,
1000 kWh |
103.5 |
112.4 |
118.9 |
124.7 |
101.3 |
115.9 |
14.4% |
| Heating
oil, 55 gal |
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75.9 |
56.7 |
82.0 |
88.6 |
120.5 |
36.0% |
| Gas-55
gal unleaded auto |
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99.0 |
85.2 |
105.0 |
103.4 |
117.1 |
13.3% |
| Lumber,
2X4X8' |
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2.6 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
9.4% |
| Propane,
100 LB refill |
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38.7 |
38.7 |
42.2 |
45.8 |
52.8 |
15.3% |
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