Alaska Borough Map with Cities — All 30 Boroughs
All 30 of Alaska's boroughs, mapped from official U.S. Census boundaries with population, income, and unemployment for every one. Color the map by any measure, tap a borough for its data, or download a print-ready copy.
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Alaska at a glance
- Scale. Alaska is divided into 30 boroughs across 571,409 sq mi of land, an average of 19,047 sq mi each. calculated from Census TIGER 2026
- People. Its boroughs are home to 737,270 residents. That averages 24,576 each, or 1 per square mile statewide. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
- Water. Another 94,316 sq mi is water, or 14.2% of the state’s area. Lake and Peninsula Borough has the most. calculated from Census TIGER 2026
Alaska’s 30 boroughs, by the numbers
The table lists every borough’s population, median household income, unemployment, density, and land area. Sort it by any column to find yours or rank them. A few patterns stand out:
- Concentrated. Half of Alaska’s 737,270 residents live in just 2 of 30 boroughs, and the 5 largest hold 80.5% of the total. calculated from Census PEP V2025
- Income tracks poverty. The gap from richest to poorest runs 2.5×, and the 10 highest-income boroughs average 9.6% in poverty against 20.4% for the 10 lowest. calculated from Census SAIPE 2024
- The median borough. Half of Alaska’s boroughs have fewer than 6,165 residents, and half report a median household income below $81,705. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census SAIPE 2024
- Lopsided density. Only 10 of 30 boroughs are denser than Alaska’s statewide average of 1 people per square mile. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
| Aleutians East Borough | 3,479 | $86,702 | 2.6% | 0/sq mi | 6,985 sq mi | Sand Point |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 5,240 | $109,399 | 2.3% | 1/sq mi | 4,387 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Anchorage Municipality | 287,155 | $103,780 | 3.4% | 168/sq mi | 1,707 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Bethel Census Area | 18,391 | $59,237 | 10.3% | 0/sq mi | 40,655 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 847 | $99,684 | 4.2% | 2/sq mi | 481 sq mi | Naknek |
| Chugach Census Area | 6,553 | $97,265 | 3.7% | 1/sq mi | 9,574 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Copper River Census Area | 2,666 | $75,304 | 6.7% | 0/sq mi | 24,646 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Denali Borough | 1,616 | $92,588 | 2.1% | 0/sq mi | 12,641 sq mi | Healy |
| Dillingham Census Area | 4,483 | $65,689 | 7.1% | 0/sq mi | 18,356 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 93,972 | $92,086 | 3.5% | 13/sq mi | 7,335 sq mi | Fairbanks |
| Haines Borough | 2,068 | $71,305 | 4.9% | 1/sq mi | 2,339 sq mi | Haines |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 2,271 | $70,694 | 4.1% | 0/sq mi | 6,560 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Juneau City and Borough | 31,609 | $105,304 | 2.9% | 12/sq mi | 2,703 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 61,951 | $82,655 | 4.1% | 4/sq mi | 16,017 sq mi | Soldotna |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 13,549 | $92,939 | 3.0% | 3/sq mi | 4,857 sq mi | Ketchikan |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 12,387 | $92,237 | 3.0% | 2/sq mi | 6,690 sq mi | Kodiak |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 7,932 | $43,511 | 15.7% | 0/sq mi | 17,151 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 1,357 | $59,966 | 6.4% | 0/sq mi | 23,897 sq mi | None in the borough. Its offices are in King Salmon, in Bristol Bay Borough. |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 118,666 | $98,022 | 4.1% | 5/sq mi | 24,703 sq mi | Palmer |
| Nome Census Area | 9,830 | $69,885 | 7.6% | 0/sq mi | 22,970 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| North Slope Borough | 10,582 | $102,563 | 3.4% | 0/sq mi | 88,798 sq mi | Utqiaġvik |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 7,095 | $72,928 | 9.1% | 0/sq mi | 35,672 sq mi | Kotzebue |
| Petersburg Borough | 3,394 | $77,989 | 3.1% | 1/sq mi | 2,902 sq mi | Petersburg |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 5,777 | $63,370 | 7.2% | 1/sq mi | 5,268 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Sitka City and Borough | 8,319 | $91,990 | 2.7% | 3/sq mi | 2,870 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Skagway Municipality | 1,104 | $89,234 | 2.5% | 2/sq mi | 443 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7,270 | $80,754 | 5.3% | 0/sq mi | 24,839 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 2,007 | $72,244 | 4.1% | 1/sq mi | 2,556 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 672 | $75,870 | 3.6% | 0/sq mi | 7,638 sq mi | No separate seat. The city and borough are one unified government. |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 5,028 | $52,856 | 8.7% | 0/sq mi | 145,768 sq mi | None. A census area in the Unorganized Borough, with no borough government. |
Click a column heading to sort all 30 boroughs. A suppressed estimate (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) shows a marker, never a guess. County seats are from Wikidata (CC0), each validated to a Census place inside its county. Where Wikidata has none, the seat comes from the page cited for that county in the seat file, and where the table names no seat, it says why. See the methodology.
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Cities in Alaska
Alaska has 149 incorporated cities. The largest is Anchorage in Anchorage Municipality with 288,976 residents. Use the search on the map above to find any city and highlight the borough it sits in.
| Anchorage (municipality) | Anchorage Municipality | 288,976 |
| Fairbanks | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 32,083 |
| Juneau (city and borough) | Juneau City and Borough | 31,794 |
| Wasilla | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 9,720 |
| Sitka (city and borough) | Sitka City and Borough | 8,368 |
| Ketchikan | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 8,078 |
| Kenai | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 7,641 |
| Bethel | Bethel Census Area | 6,312 |
| Palmer | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 6,268 |
| Homer | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 5,877 |
| Kodiak | Kodiak Island Borough | 5,447 |
| Utqiaġvik | North Slope Borough | 4,778 |
| Unalaska | Aleutians West Census Area | 4,556 |
| Soldotna | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 4,485 |
| Valdez | Chugach Census Area | 3,847 |
| Nome | Nome Census Area | 3,653 |
| Kotzebue | Northwest Arctic Borough | 2,984 |
| Seward | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 2,794 |
| Cordova | Chugach Census Area | 2,453 |
| North Pole | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 2,370 |
| Dillingham | Dillingham Census Area | 2,109 |
| Wrangell (city and borough) | Wrangell City and Borough | 2,088 |
| Houston | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 1,834 |
| King Cove | Aleutians East Borough | 1,352 |
| Quinhagak | Bethel Census Area | 1,311 |
| Delta Junction | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 1,217 |
| Craig | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 1,131 |
| Sand Point | Aleutians East Borough | 1,064 |
| Kotlik | Kusilvak Census Area | 976 |
| Kwethluk | Bethel Census Area | 975 |
| Emmonak | Kusilvak Census Area | 966 |
| Togiak | Dillingham Census Area | 963 |
| Mountain Village | Kusilvak Census Area | 949 |
| Hooper Bay | Kusilvak Census Area | 903 |
| Savoonga | Nome Census Area | 868 |
| Alakanuk | Kusilvak Census Area | 864 |
| Hoonah | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 862 |
| Toksook Bay | Bethel Census Area | 833 |
| Point Hope | North Slope Borough | 832 |
| St. Mary's | Kusilvak Census Area | 810 |
| Kivalina | Northwest Arctic Borough | 809 |
| Kachemak | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 805 |
| Klawock | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 749 |
| Noorvik | Northwest Arctic Borough | 748 |
| Brevig Mission | Nome Census Area | 718 |
| Wainwright | North Slope Borough | 718 |
| Pilot Station | Kusilvak Census Area | 713 |
| Akutan | Aleutians East Borough | 694 |
| Manokotak | Dillingham Census Area | 679 |
| Fort Yukon | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 656 |
The table shows the 50 most populous. Search the map above for the other 99.
A city can reach into more than one borough. The table names the one its center falls in; “+N more” counts the others, from the Census Bureau’s count of each city by borough part Census ACS 2020–2024 place parts.
Which Alaska borough is the richest, largest, most crowded? The answers
- Alaska’s highest median household income is in Aleutians West Census Area ($109,399); the lowest is in Kusilvak Census Area ($43,511). Census SAIPE 2024
- Alaska’s most populous borough is Anchorage Municipality (287,155); the least populous is Yakutat City and Borough (672), a 427× spread. calculated from Census PEP V2025
- Alaska’s largest borough by land area is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (145,768 sq mi); the smallest is Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi). Census TIGER 2026
- Alaska’s highest population density is in Anchorage Municipality (168/sq mi); the lowest is in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (0/sq mi). calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
- Alaska’s highest poverty rate is in Kusilvak Census Area (34.9%); the lowest is in Skagway Municipality (6.2%). Census SAIPE 2024
- In Alaska, unemployment is highest in Kusilvak Census Area (15.7%) and lowest in Denali Borough (2.1%), for September 2026 (preliminary). BLS LAUS September 2026, preliminary
- Alaska’s highest median age is in Haines Borough (50.9); the lowest is in Kusilvak Census Area (23.6). Census ACS 2020–2024
- Alaska’s highest share of adults 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher is in Juneau City and Borough (41.2%); the lowest is in Northwest Arctic Borough (10.6%). Census ACS 2020–2024
- In Alaska, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area borders the most neighbors (9); its interior borough lines run 6,807 miles in total, land only. calculated from Census TIGER 2026 · Census TIGER hydrography 2026
Every figure is a current official estimate from the source named, never a crowd-sourced or copied value. Suppressed estimates (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) are omitted, never guessed. See the full methodology.
Alaska boroughs: common questions
How many boroughs are in Alaska?
Alaska has 30 boroughs covering 571,409 sq mi and about 737K residents. Every one is on the map and in the table above.
What is the largest borough in Alaska?
It depends on the measure. By land area it’s Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (145,768 sq mi); by population it’s Anchorage Municipality (287,155 residents).
What borough is Anchorage in?
Anchorage, population 288,976, is in Anchorage Municipality. Use the search on the map to find any Alaska city’s borough.
What is the richest borough in Alaska?
By median household income, Aleutians West Census Area is the richest at $109,399; the poorest is Kusilvak Census Area at $43,511. Census SAIPE 2024
What is the most populous borough in Alaska?
Anchorage Municipality, with 287,155 residents, about 38.9% of Alaska’s people. That is 427× the least populous, Yakutat City and Borough (672).
Sources & vintages
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, Vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025) — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), 2024 — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, B01002 median age — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, S1501 educational attainment — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), September 2026, preliminary — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb county boundaries, January 1, 2026 vintage — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb areal hydrography, January 1, 2026 — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb incorporated places, January 1, 2026 vintage — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, B01003 total population by place — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: Wikidata, county seats (P36), query of 2026-11-11 — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: County, state and Census sources, seats and no-seat reasons for 92 county-equivalents (3 rows cite the Virginia Association of Counties) — retrieved Nov 2026
- Calculated: population density = population ÷ land area (people per sq mi) (method)
- Calculated: state totals = sum over the state’s counties (population, land area, water area) (method)
- Calculated: averages per county = state total ÷ number of counties (method)
- Calculated: population shares = county (or top-5) population ÷ state total × 100; “half the residents” = fewest largest counties whose populations sum to ≥ 50% of the total (method)
- Calculated: medians across counties = middle value of the county values (mean of the two middle values for an even count) (method)
- Calculated: spreads = highest county value ÷ lowest county value (method)
- Calculated: income tiers vs poverty = mean poverty rate of the N highest- and N lowest-income counties, N = min(10, ⌊counties ÷ 2⌋), only for states with ≥ 6 counties (method)
- Calculated: rankings and superlatives = highest / lowest county value; suppressed values excluded (method)
- Calculated: water share = water area ÷ (land area + water area) × 100 (method)
- Calculated: square miles = TIGER AREALAND or AREAWATER (m²) ÷ 2,589,988.11, rounded to 2 dp (method)
- Calculated: neighbors and border length = counties sharing a boundary arc are neighbors; border length = shared arc length after clipping coastal and Great Lakes water (method)
Data current through .