Alaska Counties by Population (2024)

by Kristen Carney Kristen Carney

Updated: June 20, 2024

The most populous counties in Alaska are Anchorage Municipality with 286,075, Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 115,239, Fairbanks North Star Borough with 94,840, Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,223, and Juneau City and Borough with 31,555. You can get the most current Census population data for all 30 Alaska counties, sorted from the most populous counties in Alaska to the least, according to the 2023 Population Estimates Program.

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Rank County Population
1 Anchorage Municipality 286,075
2 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 115,239
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough 94,840
4 Kenai Peninsula Borough 61,223
5 Juneau City and Borough 31,555
6 Bethel Census Area 18,224
7 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,738
8 Kodiak Island Borough 12,565
9 North Slope Borough 10,603
10 Nome Census Area 9,763
11 Sitka City and Borough 8,282
12 Kusilvak Census Area 8,001
13 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,361
14 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 7,077
15 Chugach Census Area 6,769
16 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 5,696
17 Aleutians West Census Area 5,160
18 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5,129
19 Dillingham Census Area 4,607
20 Aleutians East Borough 3,461
21 Petersburg Borough 3,427
22 Copper River Census Area 2,674
23 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2,262
24 Haines Borough 2,070
25 Wrangell City and Borough 2,064
26 Denali Borough 1,584
27 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,331
28 Skagway Municipality 1,095
29 Bristol Bay Borough 844
30 Yakutat City and Borough 687

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023. Population Division. May 2024.

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