Alaska Counties by Population

Below are the 30 Alaska counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2022 Population Estimates Program and 2021 American Community Survey.

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Rank County Population
1 Anchorage Municipality 287,145
2 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 113,325
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough 95,356
4 Kenai Peninsula Borough 60,690
5 Juneau City and Borough 31,685
6 Bethel Census Area 18,257
7 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,741
8 Kodiak Island Borough 12,720
9 North Slope Borough 10,805
10 Nome Census Area 9,835
11 Sitka City and Borough 8,382
12 Kusilvak Census Area 8,278
13 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,423
14 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 7,021
15 Chugach Census Area 6,874
16 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 5,650
17 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5,179
18 Aleutians West Census Area 5,122
19 Dillingham Census Area 4,723
20 Aleutians East Borough 3,398
21 Petersburg Borough 3,360
22 Copper River Census Area 2,589
23 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2,287
24 Wrangell City and Borough 2,070
25 Haines Borough 2,056
26 Denali Borough 1,585
27 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,381
28 Skagway Municipality 1,081
29 Bristol Bay Borough 865
30 Yakutat City and Borough 700

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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