Sitka, Alaska

Sitka population, 2020 to 2024

Sitka lost 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +51. Among 11 Alaska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alaska has 8,033 people, so Sitka is 1.0 times that size.

Sitka covers 2,870.10 square miles of land and 1,945.04 of water, for 3 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Sitka is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sitka is in

All of Sitka's residents live in Sitka, which had 8,355 residents in 2024. Sitka 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 Sitka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sitka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99835. 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 Sitka is

The Census internal point of Sitka is at 57.193200, -135.367400. Juneau, the capital, is 84.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Juneau, AK (31,572 people), 92.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 562.6 miles away.

Daylight in Sitka

At 57.19° N, Sitka gets about 17 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 6 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 11 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sitka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Juneau, 92.5 miles away, with 31,572 people.