Alaska Occupational Therapy Association
New to Alaska or thinking about relocating?
Here is some information to help you out
Alaska Occupational Therapy Statistics
- There are 290 OTs licensed in Alaska
- There are 11 OTAs licensed in Alaska
- There are about 100 members of AKOTA
- There is at least one therapist in the following Alaskan cities: Auke Bay, Chugiak, Dutch Harbor, Eagle River, Ester, Fairbanks, Fort Richardson, Fritz Creek, Girdwood, Haines, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nikiski, Palmer, Sitka, Soldotna, Wasilla, and Valdez.
Quick facts about Alaska
- Population Ranked 47th in the U.S.
- Total population 710,231 (2010)
- Approximately 375,000 live in the Anchorage/Mat-Su region
- Other cities: Fairbanks 35,000; Juneau (state capitol) 31,000; Homer 6,000; Nome 3,700; Valdez 4,500
- Population Density: Approximately 1 person per square mile.
- Total geographic area: 663,268 sq miles
Watch a glacier calving!
Aiylak glacier in Kenai Fiords National Park
Dall porpoise racing ahead of the boat in Kenai Fiords
Let's clear up a myth.....
A common notion about Alaska is that the whole state goes dark in the winter and has endless sunlight in the summer. That's not quite the case.
Barrow, at the very top of the state, has a two-month winter period in which the sun doesn't rise. But that's the extreme, and winter's long nights get shorter the farther south you go. South of the Arctic Circle, every place has sunlight at least part of the day.
In the summer, all of Arctic Alaska gets 24-hour sunlight for at least one day at the solstice. Barrow has continuous daylight for 85 days. South of the circle, every town has a night every day, even if it's quite brief.
Long dawns and dusks can make the day appear longer than it actually is. Even as far south as Anchorage, it's possible to read a newspaper outdoors at 2 a.m. -- two hours after sunset -- in the days around the summer solstice.
In summer 2011, solstice occurs at 3:28 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time on June 21. The winter solstice occurs at 2:38 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Dec. 21.
