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Chapter 3 ⎯ Affected Environmentwith 7,384 people (12.45 percent) identified as minority, and 6,149 people (10.82 percent) reportedincomes below the poverty level.Protection of ChildrenA number of children reside in the 1,435 family housing units on FRA. In accordance with the mandatesof Executive Order 13045, training plans and construction site maps for projects undertaken onFRA are reviewed to ensure that no dangerous or hazardous activities occur near schools, childcarefacilities, or other areas with large populations of children.3.2.7.2 Donnelly Training AreaDTA is located in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. Delta Junction is the closest community toDTA. The Army has frequent contact, both formal and informal meetings, with the federally recognizedtribes located along the Alaska Highway (Dot Lake, Healy Lake, Tok, Northway, Tanacross,Tetlin) to determine Army impacts to their villages.Most of the area is unincorporated and is not a well-defined region in terms of political, economic, orsocial boundaries. For census purposes, this Southeast Fairbanks area was defined to include the regionsurrounding the Alaska Highway between the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Canadianborder.Historically, Delta Junction was the closest community directly affected by DTA. The economic impactof personnel using DTA for training operations is mostly felt in the Fairbanks North Star Borough,as these personnel are primarily stationed at FWA. There are also some minor economic influencesin the Delta Junction area because of personnel training at DTA, traveling through Delta Junction,and frequenting local establishments.PopulationDelta Junction’s racial profile indicates a higher proportion of white individuals and a lower proportionof Alaska Native individuals compared to the statewide average. Delta Junction also has asmaller proportion of black or Hispanic persons compared to statewide averages.Economy, Employment, and IncomeIn the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, about 40 percent of total jobs are governmental. The 13 uniformedmilitary at DTA in 2001 had a monthly earnings average of $1,979. This is lower than pay inFairbanks, Anchorage, and during the previous history of Fort Greely, where uniformed military payexceeded the average for the area. Uniformed military are not tracked regularly in labor publicationsbecause they do not participate in the unemployment compensation program. Data provided by theDepartment of Labor do not include uniformed military in totals for government and all industries.The average monthly earnings in the Southeast Fairbanks Census region in year 2000 were $2,559. Inthe previous year, payroll averaged $3,041, almost 20 percent higher than the census area in general.Income and poverty data for the Southeast Fairbanks Census region in year 2000 indicate a substantiallylower per-capita income and higher poverty level for Delta Junction. Family incomes areslightly higher than in Fairbanks, indicating that single individuals in poverty are weighing down theper-capita average.February 2008 3–117 2/25th SBCT Final EIS