Alaska · 26 places

Cities and towns in Alaska

Short answer

Alaska has 26 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 453,957 residents in 2024. Anchorage is the largest with 289,600.
Places 1,000+
26
5,000+
11
Share of state
61%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Ketchikan with 8,033 people, and the smallest in that group is Kodiak with 5,399. 5 of the 11 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. No place crosses a county line.

Largest places in Alaska

  1. 01Anchorage289,600
  2. 02Fairbanks31,732
  3. 03Juneau31,572
  4. 04Wasilla10,318
  5. 05Sitka8,355
  6. 06Ketchikan8,033
  7. 07Kenai7,770
  8. 08Palmer6,626
  9. 09Bethel6,335
  10. 10Homer6,136
  11. 11Kodiak5,399
  12. 12Utqiaġvik4,668
  13. 13Soldotna4,553
  14. 14Unalaska4,407
  15. 15Valdez3,715
  16. 16Nome3,668
  17. 17Kotzebue2,889
  18. 18Seward2,882
  19. 19North Pole2,505
  20. 20Cordova2,413
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Wasilla (+13.2%), Palmer (+11.6%), Homer (+10.6%). Largest decline: Kodiak (-2.8%).

All 26 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Alaska?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 26 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Alaska, and 11 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Alaska?

Anchorage, with 289,600 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Alaska town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Wasilla grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +13.2%, to 10,318.

What share of Alaska lives in incorporated places?

61%: 453,957 of the state's 740,133 residents live in the 26 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.