Mexicans to Alaska
High-paying jobs are luring Mexicans to Alaska. Since 1980, Alaska's Hispanic population has nearly tripled from 9,000 to 25,000. Hispanics now make up 4.2 percent of the state's residents, up from 3.2 percent in 1980.

Spanish Place Names on the Face of Alaska
Dr. Arsenio Rey-Tejerina is the chairman of the Division of Romance Languages at the University of Alaska (Anchorage), and has conducted extensive research on the Spanish explorations of Alaska. This comprehensive article decribes the names as you wo

Latinos are overrepresented in Alaska prisons
A graph showing the disparity of Latinos in Alaska prisons and jails.