Question: How much was the PFD for the past 5 years?
Answer: The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has a page listing the dividend amounts all the way back to 1982 at http://www.apfc.org/home/Content/dividend/dividend.cfm. Amounts for the last five years were:
2007 $1654.00
2006 $1106.96
2005 $845.76
2004 $919.84
2003 $1107.56
2002 $1540.76
The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is a payment to Alaska residents from investment income generated by Alaska's Permanent Fund.