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Demographics of Alaska

Alaska had 737,270 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,364 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Alaska, in five figures

737,270
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
732,906
Population in July 2020
July 1, 2020, Vintage 2025 estimate.
+0.6%
Change since July 2020
+4,364 people.
35.8 ±0.1
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$92,788 ±$1,232
Median household income
ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year’s change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from other states, with the Bureau’s small residual. The 2020 row’s components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Alaska grew 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Alaska's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change

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Alaska grew 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Alaska's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1PopulationChangeIndexUnited States
2020732,906not reported100.0100.0
2021734,590+1,684100.2100.2
2022733,659−931100.1100.7
2023734,654+995100.2101.6
2024736,537+1,883100.5102.5
2025737,270+733100.6103.1

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Population of Alaska on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
2020732,906−477
2021734,590+1,684
2022733,659−931
2023734,654+995
2024736,537+1,883
2025737,270+733

Every county in Alaska, July 2025

Largest first. The change and its parts are July 2020 to July 2025, the five full years. “From elsewhere” is net moves from other counties, in this state or another.

Ranked: by population · by population growth

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Counties of Alaska by population, July 2025
CountyJuly 2025Change
Anchorage Municipality287,155−1.3%
Matanuska-Susitna Borough118,666+10.4%
Fairbanks North Star Borough93,972−1.4%
Kenai Peninsula Borough61,951+5.1%
Juneau City and Borough31,609−1.8%
Bethel Census Area18,391−1.5%
Ketchikan Gateway Borough13,549−2.6%
Kodiak Island Borough12,387−5.1%
North Slope Borough10,582−3.8%
Nome Census Area9,830−1.9%
Sitka City and Borough8,319−1.3%
Kusilvak Census Area7,932−5.2%
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7,270+6.5%
Northwest Arctic Borough7,095−9.0%
Chugach Census Area6,553−7.5%
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5,777+0.6%
Aleutians West Census Area5,240+1.2%
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5,028−5.1%
Dillingham Census Area4,483−7.4%
Aleutians East Borough3,479+1.6%
Petersburg Borough3,394−0.1%
Copper River Census Area2,666+1.9%
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area2,271−3.9%
Haines Borough2,068−1.0%
Wrangell City and Borough2,007−5.6%
Denali Borough1,616+0.2%
Lake and Peninsula Borough1,357−6.2%
Skagway Municipality1,104−10.8%
Bristol Bay Borough847+2.4%
Yakutat City and Borough672−1.5%

Every one of Alaska’s 21 places of 5,000 or more

Largest first, by the American Community Survey’s 2020–2024 count and its margin of error. A place that is also a county is listed with the counties.

Places of Alaska by population, ACS 2020–2024
PlaceACS 2020–⁠2024
Fairbanks city32,083 ±56
Knik-Fairview CDP19,972 ±1,066
Badger CDP18,677 ±1,615
College CDP11,924 ±1,110
North Lakes CDP10,223 ±702
Wasilla city9,720 ±38
Tanaina CDP9,646 ±836
Meadow Lakes CDP8,689 ±762
Kalifornsky CDP8,663 ±773
Ketchikan city8,078 ±28
Kenai city7,641 ±21
Gateway CDP6,845 ±658
Sterling CDP6,323 ±691
Bethel city6,312 ±23
Palmer city6,268 ±36
South Lakes CDP6,180 ±578
Steele Creek CDP5,928 ±1,252
Chena Ridge CDP5,881 ±808
Homer city5,877 ±46
Fishhook CDP5,819 ±559
Kodiak city5,447 ±18

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.8 ±0.1: for men 35.4 ±0.1 and for women 36.3 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Alaska by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 546,636 ±3146.3% ±<0.1
5 to 17130,543 ±1,93217.7% ±0.3
18 to 2467,975 ±1,5989.2% ±0.2
25 to 44218,044 ±2,11729.6% ±0.3
45 to 64170,814 ±2,00823.2% ±0.3
65 and over101,694 ±1,80513.8% ±0.2

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $92,788 ±$1,232, and income per person $46,573 ±$569, in 2024 dollars. The median is $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Alaska by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,00030,384 ±1,17011.2% ±0.4
$25,000 to $49,99937,556 ±1,50013.9% ±0.5
$50,000 to $74,99939,839 ±1,55214.7% ±0.6
$75,000 to $99,99936,803 ±1,27813.6% ±0.5
$100,000 to $149,99953,873 ±1,85919.9% ±0.7
$150,000 to $199,99932,455 ±1,45412.0% ±0.5
$200,000 or more39,623 ±1,36614.6% ±0.5

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Alaska by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages72,786 ±2,89910.1% ±0.4
Under 1821,190 ±1,19112.2% ±0.7
18 to 5938,353 ±1,7119.6% ±0.4
60 and over13,243 ±7939.1% ±0.5

Housing, 2020–2024

Housing in Alaska, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureAlaskaUnited States
Housing units328,491 ±442143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied82.4% ±0.489.9% ±0.1
Vacant17.6% ±0.410.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied66.8% ±0.765.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied33.2% ±0.734.8% ±0.1
Median home value$352,900 ±$3,735$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent$1,419 ±$23$1,413 ±$2
Median year built1986 ±21980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Alaska by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino53,803 ±1177.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic424,584 ±1,06257.7% ±0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic21,172 ±1,2592.9% ±0.2
Asian alone, not Hispanic46,719 ±1,3106.4% ±0.2
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic97,047 ±1,83713.2% ±0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic11,283 ±5011.5% ±0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic5,439 ±9560.7% ±0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic75,659 ±2,87310.3% ±0.4

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Alaska by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state315,299 ±3,80242.9% ±0.5
Born in another state346,893 ±3,52447.2% ±0.5
Born a citizen outside the states16,769 ±1,3922.3% ±0.2
Born abroad56,745 ±1,9837.7% ±0.3
Naturalized citizens35,092 ±1,4474.8% ±0.2
Not citizens21,653 ±1,5422.9% ±0.2

Where Alaska ranks

Compared

Beside the state nearest it by population, and its largest counties each beside the next one down.

Alaska elsewhere on the Factbook

  • Reported crimeCrime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Most dangerous cities in AlaskaCrime and justice

    What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.

  • Prison populationCrime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crimeCrime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligationsFederal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Registered nonprofitsNonprofits

    How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.

  • Payments to doctorsHealth

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • Farm program paymentsFarm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loansPPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Public schoolsSchools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Federal civilian workforceFederal salaries

    Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.

  • The Alaska Factbook entryAcross the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.

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