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Alaska

740,133Population
0.9 %Change since 2020
3,535Natural change, 2023
4.5 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
740,133 (2024)
Change since 2020
0.9 %
Natural change, 2023
3,535
Unemployment rate
4.5 % (2024)
Population base, April 2020
733,395 (2020)
Births
9,132 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
12.3
Deaths
5,597 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
7.6
International migration
3,391 (2023)
Domestic migration
-4,886 (2023)
Net migration
-1,495 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
-2.0
Postal code
AK
FIPS code
02

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Population estimates, 2020–2024

20202024740.1K733K
PeriodValue
2024740,133
2023736,510
2022734,442
2021734,420
2020733,017

Unemployment rate, annual average

202020244.58.3
PeriodValue
20244.5 %
20234.3 %
20224.4 %
20216.4 %
20208.3 %

Counties · 30

#CountyPopulationChange since 2020Unemployment rate
1Anchorage Municipality289,600-0.6 %3.9 %
2Matanuska-Susitna Borough117,6139.8 %5.1 %
3Fairbanks North Star Borough94,951-0.7 %4.1 %
4Kenai Peninsula Borough61,2594.2 %5.3 %
5Juneau City and Borough31,572-2.1 %3.4 %
6Bethel Census Area18,237-2.3 %12.0 %
7Ketchikan Gateway Borough13,677-2.0 %4.2 %
8Kodiak Island Borough12,654-3.4 %4.3 %
9North Slope Borough10,663-3.4 %3.2 %
10Nome Census Area9,836-2.0 %9.6 %
11Sitka City and Borough8,355-1.1 %3.0 %
12Kusilvak Census Area7,946-5.0 %17.4 %
13Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7,3137.4 %6.9 %
14Northwest Arctic Borough7,134-8.5 %10.0 %
15Chugach Census Area6,604-7.0 %5.9 %
16Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5,746-0.2 %8.3 %
17Aleutians West Census Area5,4243.7 %3.1 %
18Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5,099-4.6 %10.0 %
19Dillingham Census Area4,642-4.4 %7.7 %
20Aleutians East Borough3,6326.2 %3.0 %
21Petersburg Borough3,4361.0 %5.4 %
22Copper River Census Area2,6310.6 %7.9 %
23Hoonah-Angoon Census Area2,312-1.9 %6.9 %
24Haines Borough2,1041.2 %9.0 %
25Wrangell City and Borough2,064-3.0 %5.2 %
26Denali Borough1,621-0.2 %4.9 %
27Lake and Peninsula Borough1,315-10.9 %5.8 %
28Skagway Municipality1,119-9.9 %6.7 %
29Bristol Bay Borough8844.9 %3.7 %
30Yakutat City and Borough6904.1 %5.4 %