Alaska · Census place 0280770
Unalaska, Alaska
Unalaska is a city in Aleutians West, Alaska with an estimated 4,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,407
- #14 of 26 in Alaska
- Change since 2020
- +3.7%
- +157 people
- Land area
- 102.2 sq mi
- + 108.68 sq mi water
- Density
- 43 / sq mi
- State median 445
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Unalaska population, 2020 to 2024
Unalaska added 157 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +122.
Unalaska covers 102.21 square miles of land and 108.68 of water, for 43 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Unalaska is less dense than the typical town.
What county Unalaska is in
All of Unalaska's residents live in Aleutians West, which had 5,424 residents in 2024. Unalaska holds 81.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Unalaska
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Unalaska by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99685, 99692. 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 Unalaska is
The Census internal point of Unalaska is at 53.910300, -166.529000. Juneau, the capital, is 1,260.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel, AK (6,335 people), 507.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 808.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 53.910300, -166.529000
- DMS
- 53°54'37.08"N 166°31'44.40"W
- UTM
- 3N 399563.0E 5974624.7N
- Geohash
- b39ddw163
- Plus code
- 925MWF6C+4C
Daylight in Unalaska
At 53.91° N, Unalaska gets about 17 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 7 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 9 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Unalaska
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Akutan, 34.9 miles away, with 1,596 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Unalaska, AK?
4,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 157 (3.7%) from 4,250 in July 2020.
What county is Unalaska in?
Aleutians West. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Unalaska?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 99685, 99692.
How far is Unalaska from Juneau?
1,260.7 miles (2,028.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Unalaska.
What is the nearest larger city to Unalaska?
Bethel, AK, with 6,335 residents, 507.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.