Alaska · Census place 0218950

Dillingham, Alaska

Dillingham is a city in Dillingham, Alaska with an estimated 2,145 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,145
#22 of 26 in Alaska
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-95 people
Land area
33.3 sq mi
+ 2.73 sq mi water
Density
64 / sq mi
State median 445
Orange pin: Dillingham. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Juneau.

Dillingham population, 2020 to 2024

Dillingham lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,248. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dillingham covers 33.34 square miles of land and 2.73 of water, for 64 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Dillingham is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dillingham is in

All of Dillingham's residents live in Dillingham, which had 4,642 residents in 2024. Dillingham holds 46.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dillingham

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dillingham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99576. 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 Dillingham is

The Census internal point of Dillingham is at 59.060500, -158.532300. Juneau, the capital, is 862.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel, AK (6,335 people), 164.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 349.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
59.060500, -158.532300
DMS
59°03'37.80"N 158°31'56.28"W
UTM
4N 526823.2E 6546882.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
93F33F69+63

Daylight in Dillingham

At 59.06° N, Dillingham gets about 18 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 6 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 12 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dillingham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethel, 164.6 miles away, with 6,335 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dillingham, AK?

2,145 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 95 (4.2%) from 2,240 in July 2020.

What county is Dillingham in?

Dillingham. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dillingham?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99576.

How far is Dillingham from Juneau?

862.9 miles (1,388.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Dillingham.

What is the nearest larger city to Dillingham?

Bethel, AK, with 6,335 residents, 164.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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