Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage population, 2020 to 2024

Anchorage lost 1,305 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,668. Among 11 Alaska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alaska has 8,033 people, so Anchorage is 36.1 times that size.

Anchorage covers 1,707.07 square miles of land and 237.44 of water, for 170 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Anchorage is less dense than the typical town.

What county Anchorage is in

All of Anchorage's residents live in Anchorage, which had 289,600 residents in 2024. Anchorage holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anchorage

18 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Anchorage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the municipality's land: 99501, 99502, 99503, 99504, 99505, 99506, 99507, 99508, 99513, 99515, 99516, 99517, 99518, 99530, 99540, 99567, 99577, 99587. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a municipality that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Anchorage is

The Census internal point of Anchorage is at 61.174300, -149.284300. Juneau, the capital, is 552.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seattle, WA (780,995 people), 1,413.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 1,400.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,242 m (4,075 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Anchorage

At 61.17° N, Anchorage gets about 19 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 5 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 13 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Anchorage daylight page.

Places near Anchorage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Wasilla, 28.7 miles away, with 10,318 people.