Facts
- Population
- 61,259 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.2 %
- Net migration
- 639 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- Alaska
- Population base, April 2020
- 58,797 (2020)
- Births
- 576 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.4
- Deaths
- 567 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 9
- International migration
- 52 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 587 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.4
- Postal code
- AK
- FIPS code
- 02122
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.2 % |
| 2023 | 5.0 % |
| 2022 | 5.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.6 % |
| 2020 | 9.9 % |
| 2019 | 6.6 % |
| 2018 | 7.5 % |
| 2017 | 8.2 % |
| 2016 | 8.6 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 61,259 |
| 2023 | 61,285 |
| 2022 | 60,631 |
| 2021 | 59,947 |
| 2020 | 58,941 |