Alaska Counties by Population (2025)

by Kristen Carney Kristen Carney

Updated: August 7, 2025

The most populous counties in Alaska are Anchorage Municipality with 289,600, Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 117,613, Fairbanks North Star Borough with 94,951, Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,259, and Juneau City and Borough with 31,572. 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 2024 Population Estimates Program.

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Rank County Population
1 Anchorage Municipality 289,600
2 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 117,613
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough 94,951
4 Kenai Peninsula Borough 61,259
5 Juneau City and Borough 31,572
6 Bethel Census Area 18,237
7 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,677
8 Kodiak Island Borough 12,654
9 North Slope Borough 10,663
10 Nome Census Area 9,836
11 Sitka City and Borough 8,355
12 Kusilvak Census Area 7,946
13 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 7,313
14 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,134
15 Chugach Census Area 6,604
16 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 5,746
17 Aleutians West Census Area 5,424
18 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5,099
19 Dillingham Census Area 4,642
20 Aleutians East Borough 3,632
21 Petersburg Borough 3,436
22 Copper River Census Area 2,631
23 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2,312
24 Haines Borough 2,104
25 Wrangell City and Borough 2,064
26 Denali Borough 1,621
27 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,315
28 Skagway Municipality 1,119
29 Bristol Bay Borough 884
30 Yakutat City and Borough 690

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024. Population Division. May 2025.

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