Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks population, 2020 to 2024

Fairbanks lost 676 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -275. Among 11 Alaska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alaska has 8,033 people, so Fairbanks is 4.0 times that size.

Fairbanks covers 31.80 square miles of land and 0.83 of water, for 998 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Fairbanks is denser than the typical town.

What county Fairbanks is in

All of Fairbanks's residents live in Fairbanks North Star, which had 94,951 residents in 2024. Fairbanks holds 33.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fairbanks

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fairbanks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99701, 99703, 99712. 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 Fairbanks is

The Census internal point of Fairbanks is at 64.836500, -147.651700. Juneau, the capital, is 624.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anchorage, AK (289,600 people), 258.1 miles away.

Daylight in Fairbanks

At 64.84° N, Fairbanks gets about 21 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 3 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 18 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fairbanks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is North Pole, 10.3 miles away, with 2,505 people.