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Alaska

30 counties and 355 townships, towns, villages and census designated places have a page.

  • Census data · ACS 2019-2023
  • 504 public schools
  • 740,133 (2024 estimate)Population
  • 30Counties
  • 355Towns with a page
  • 504Public schools
  • $89,336Median household income
  • $333,300Median home value

All 30 countiesA to Z

Counties in Alaska
CountyPlaces with a pageLand area
Aleutians East Borough66,985.4 sq mi
Aleutians West Census Area84,387.4 sq mi
Anchorage Municipality11,706.8 sq mi
Bethel Census Area3540,654.9 sq mi
Bristol Bay Borough3481.4 sq mi
Chugach Census Area59,574.3 sq mi
Copper River Census Area2024,647.4 sq mi
Denali Borough512,639.7 sq mi
Dillingham Census Area1018,353.2 sq mi
Fairbanks North Star Borough177,335.0 sq mi
Haines Borough62,334.9 sq mi
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area96,559.7 sq mi
Juneau City and Borough12,702.9 sq mi
Kenai Peninsula Borough3716,017.6 sq mi
Ketchikan Gateway Borough34,857.1 sq mi
Kodiak Island Borough126,689.5 sq mi
Kusilvak Census Area1317,151.5 sq mi
Lake and Peninsula Borough1823,896.6 sq mi
Matanuska-Susitna Borough3024,707.1 sq mi
Nome Census Area1722,969.8 sq mi
North Slope Borough988,792.8 sq mi
Northwest Arctic Borough1235,671.7 sq mi
Petersburg Borough32,900.9 sq mi
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area165,268.1 sq mi
Sitka City and Borough12,870.2 sq mi
Skagway Municipality1442.9 sq mi
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1724,839.2 sq mi
Wrangell City and Borough12,556.1 sq mi
Yakutat City and Borough17,628.4 sq mi
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area38145,767.5 sq mi

Source: Census Gazetteer 2025: counties, retrieved November 14, 2026.

Largest towns in AlaskaCensus population estimate

Alaska against the United StatesOfficial sources, refreshed yearly

Alaska compared with the United States
Alaska compared with the United States, American Community Survey 2019-2023
MeasureAlaskaUnited States
Population733,971332,387,540
Median household income$89,336$78,538
Median age35.638.7
Median home value$333,300$303,400
Bachelor’s degree or higher31.2%35.0%
Foreign-born residents7.8%13.9%
Owner-occupied homes66.6%65.0%
Mean commute to work19.5 minutes26.6 minutes

Sources: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026; American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, the United States, retrieved November 14, 2026.

Population, 2000 to 2020+17.0%
600k650k700k750k2000: 626,93220002010: 710,23120102020: 733,3912020626,932733,391
Population of Alaska at each census
CensusPopulation
2000626,932
2010710,231
2020733,391

As counted at each census, within the boundaries the area had then; the current estimate is in the glance card.

Sources: Census 2000 Summary File 1: total population, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census 2010 Summary File 1: total population, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census 2020 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171): total population, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026.

Household income in Alaska
Under $50k26.3%
$50k to $100k29%
$100k to $150k19.6%
$150k to $200k11.3%
$200k and over13.8%

Median household income $89,336 · Share of households by income, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table S1901.

Source: American Community Survey 5-year subject table S1901 (household income) 2019–2023, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026.

Housing tenure in Alaska
Owner occupied
178,369 units
Renter occupied
89,496 units
Vacancy rate
18.2%

Occupied housing units by tenure and the share of all units vacant, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table DP04.

Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026.

Jobs by sector in Alaska2023
Health care and social assistance49,634
Retail trade34,008
Accommodation and food services28,571
Transportation and warehousing21,001
Professional, scientific, and technical services19,647
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services19,118
Construction17,103
Manufacturing11,521

263,691 employees in 22,178 establishments with payroll in 2023, all sectors; employers themselves are not named in the source. County Business Patterns counts are published with noise.

Source: County Business Patterns 2023: employment by sector, state level, state 02, retrieved November 14, 2026.