Facts
- Population
- 289,600 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.6 %
- Net migration
- -987 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Alaska
- Population base, April 2020
- 291,246 (2020)
- Births
- 3,608 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Deaths
- 2,202 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,406
- International migration
- 2,074 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,061 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.4
- Postal code
- AK
- FIPS code
- 02020
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.9 % |
| 2020 | 7.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.6 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.6 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 289,600 |
| 2023 | 287,932 |
| 2022 | 287,520 |
| 2021 | 288,921 |
| 2020 | 290,905 |