Facts
- Population
- 18,237 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.3 %
- Net migration
- -319 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 12.0 % (2025)
- State
- Alaska
- Population base, April 2020
- 18,664 (2020)
- Births
- 395 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 21.7
- Deaths
- 157 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 238
- International migration
- 27 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -346 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -17.5
- Postal code
- AK
- FIPS code
- 02050
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.0 % |
| 2024 | 10.6 % |
| 2023 | 9.8 % |
| 2022 | 9.4 % |
| 2021 | 12.8 % |
| 2020 | 12.2 % |
| 2019 | 11.9 % |
| 2018 | 12.0 % |
| 2017 | 12.9 % |
| 2016 | 13.7 % |
| 2015 | 13.9 % |
| 2014 | 15.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,237 |
| 2023 | 18,199 |
| 2022 | 18,272 |
| 2021 | 18,589 |
| 2020 | 18,670 |