Alaska · Census place 0201090

Akutan, Alaska

Akutan is a city in Aleutians East, Alaska with an estimated 1,596 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,596; #24 of 26 in Alaska
Change since 2020: +0.8%; +12 people
Land area: 66.0 sq mi; + 81.93 sq mi water
Density: 24 / sq mi; State median 445

Orange pin: Akutan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Juneau.

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Akutan population, 2020 to 2024

Akutan added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,583. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Akutan covers 65.98 square miles of land and 81.93 of water, for 24 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Akutan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Akutan is in

All of Akutan's residents live in Aleutians East, which had 3,632 residents in 2024. Akutan holds 43.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Akutan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Akutan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99553. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Akutan is

The Census internal point of Akutan is at 54.140000, -165.763000. Juneau, the capital, is 1,225.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Unalaska, AK (4,407 people), 34.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 775.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 54.140000, -165.763000
DMS: 54°08'24.00"N 165°45'46.80"W
UTM: 3N 450154.1E 5999367.3N
Geohash: b3d5gzzh6
Plus code: 926P46RP+2Q

Daylight in Akutan

At 54.14° N, Akutan gets about 17 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 7 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 9 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Akutan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Unalaska, 34.9 miles away, with 4,407 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Akutan, AK?

1,596 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.8%) from 1,584 in July 2020.

What county is Akutan in?

Aleutians East. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Akutan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99553.

How far is Akutan from Juneau?

1,225.8 miles (1,972.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Akutan.

What is the nearest larger city to Akutan?

Unalaska, AK, with 4,407 residents, 34.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

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