Ester, AK Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2010: 2,422.

Population (female): 1,141

Median Age: 33.2 years

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Ester: 107.1 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (1.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 25.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 72.9% for American Indian residents, 46.7% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 6.7% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (27.3%), American (24.5%), English (8.9%), European (7.8%), Irish (6.7%), Norwegian (5.1%).

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Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $78,913 (it was $50,461 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $47,187 (it was $29,155 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $209,867 (it was $113,100 in 2000) Ester:$209,867AK:$273,100

In 1988, Mushing magazine began publication in Ester and continued to be produced and published there until it was sold in 2005. The town became the site of a sled dog stage race between Ester and Nenana and back again, the Fireplug Sled Dog Race, which was held for ten years, from 1990 to 2001, and in which many famous mushers participated, including Dean Seibold and Jeff King. In January 1999, the town's first newspaper, The Ester Republic, was founded by Deirdre Helferrich; it was published regularly until 2015, and now is published sporadically. In August 1999 the John Trigg Ester Library (JTEL) opened, a membership library named after a local resident who had started a book exchange in a nearby bar. In 2012, the JTEL received a donation of a local log cabin built in the 1940s, and relocated many of its holdings to the new space. Today the village features two saloons, five publishers, a library, a community hall, a secular chapel, a post office with its own zip code (99725), silversmiths and other artisans, numerous art studios, about two dozen homes, most of which were built by their owners, and three active gold mines. There is a fire station, a small store, and a secular chapel on the outskirts of the village.

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National Drug Free Workplace Alliance (https://www.ndwa.org/)

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Substance Abuse Mental Health Safety Administration (https://www.samhsa.gov/)

US Drug Enforcement Administration (https://www.dea.gov/)

Office of Drug alcohol Policy Control (https://www.transportation.gov/odapc)

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Comprehensive Online Resources for Drug Testing

  1. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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  2. FDA: Drug Testing

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  4. BeSafeRx - FDA

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  5. SAMHSA: Drug Testing Resources for the Workplace

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  6. Drugs.com

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  7. Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)

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  8. Merck Manuals

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  9. SAMHSA Store

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  10. National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)

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  11. CDC: Workplace Health Promotion

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  12. Mayo Clinic: Drug Testing

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  15. World Health Organization (WHO)

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  16. Healthline: Drug Testing

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  17. WebMD: Drug Testing

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  18. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

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Local Area Info: Ester, Alaska

Ester is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population in the CDP was 2,422 at the 2010 census, although there are only about a dozen homes in the village itself. The Ester Camp Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ester was founded as a gold mining camp in the early 1900s, and the economy has focused on mining and services for miners. The Ester Community Association was founded in 1941, and continues to work for the welfare of the community, e.g. establishing and maintaining the Ester Community Park and sponsoring an annual Fourth of July parade. There are several small businesses in Ester, including two saloons, a publishing house, a jewelry maker, hand crafted soap maker, and local artisans. The Ester Volunteer Fire Department, John Trigg Ester Library, Ester Historic Society, and Ester Post Office serve residents in Ester and surrounding areas. There is also a convenience store and secular chapel on the outskirts of the village. Many artists, writers, and musicians reside in Ester, and the local art and music scene has thrived for many years.

The hydraulic mining technique of directing high pressurized streams of water onto the land to uncover gold revealed that Ester had rich deposits of fossils and bones of prehistoric animals. In the 1950s, Walter Wigger, who owned the Ester Creek Gold Mine, discovered a 198-pound mammoth tusk along Ester Creek. Photographs taken by tourists in the 1940s document huge piles of bones of prehistoric animals including tusks, skulls, and large leg bones that were washed out by the process of stripping.

Ester was originally a gold mining camp on Ester Creek, with the first claim staked in February 1903 by Latham A. Jones. Jones worked with the Eagle Mining Company, the biggest claimholder on Glen Gulch in the Rampart mining district, but it was an independent miner, John "Jack" Mihalcik, a Czechoslovakian immigrant born in 1866, who was the first person to actually discover gold on Ester Creek. Mihalcik staked his claim in November 1903 but the news of the discovery of gold did not become public until the following February. By 1907, Ester City had a population of around 200 people, with a thriving mining industry. A social hall was completed in 1907, and was well known throughout the mining district for its dance floor. The hall was used for religious services as well as dances, movies, card games, parties, and other entertainment. The town had five saloons and two hotels. In 1908 and 1910, the hall was the site of campaign speeches by candidates for the seat of Territorial Delegate. (Labor won in 1908, but Judge James Wickersham won the Ester precinct in 1910.) By 1909 Ester City had a baseball field, a doctor, a mine workers' union local, and a teacher, but gold production was beginning to decline.

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Population (total): Population in 2010: 2,422.

Population (female): 1,141

Median Age: 33.2 years

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Ester: 107.1 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (1.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 25.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 72.9% for American Indian residents, 46.7% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 6.7% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (27.3%), American (24.5%), English (8.9%), European (7.8%), Irish (6.7%), Norwegian (5.1%).

Elevation:

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $78,913 (it was $50,461 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $47,187 (it was $29,155 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $209,867 (it was $113,100 in 2000) Ester:$209,867AK:$273,100

In 1988, Mushing magazine began publication in Ester and continued to be produced and published there until it was sold in 2005. The town became the site of a sled dog stage race between Ester and Nenana and back again, the Fireplug Sled Dog Race, which was held for ten years, from 1990 to 2001, and in which many famous mushers participated, including Dean Seibold and Jeff King. In January 1999, the town's first newspaper, The Ester Republic, was founded by Deirdre Helferrich; it was published regularly until 2015, and now is published sporadically. In August 1999 the John Trigg Ester Library (JTEL) opened, a membership library named after a local resident who had started a book exchange in a nearby bar. In 2012, the JTEL received a donation of a local log cabin built in the 1940s, and relocated many of its holdings to the new space. Today the village features two saloons, five publishers, a library, a community hall, a secular chapel, a post office with its own zip code (99725), silversmiths and other artisans, numerous art studios, about two dozen homes, most of which were built by their owners, and three active gold mines. There is a fire station, a small store, and a secular chapel on the outskirts of the village.