Alaska · Census place 0286380
Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell is a city in Wrangell, Alaska with an estimated 2,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 23rd largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,064
- #23 of 26 in Alaska
- Change since 2020
- -3.1%
- -65 people
- Land area
- 2,556.1 sq mi
- + 915.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1 / sq mi
- State median 445
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Wrangell population, 2020 to 2024
Wrangell lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Wrangell covers 2,556.10 square miles of land and 915.04 of water, for 1 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Wrangell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wrangell is in
All of Wrangell's residents live in Wrangell, which had 2,064 residents in 2024. Wrangell 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 Wrangell
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wrangell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99903, 99929. 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 Wrangell is
The Census internal point of Wrangell is at 56.180800, -132.026800. Juneau, the capital, is 171.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ketchikan, AK (8,033 people), 58.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 703.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 56.180800, -132.026800
- DMS
- 56°10'50.88"N 132°01'36.48"W
- UTM
- 8N 684533.9E 6230181.7N
- Geohash
- c1fpeemhb
- Plus code
- 94895XJF+87
Daylight in Wrangell
At 56.18° N, Wrangell gets about 17 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 6 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 10 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wrangell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Ketchikan, 58.5 miles away, with 8,033 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wrangell, AK?
2,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (3.1%) from 2,129 in July 2020.
What county is Wrangell in?
Wrangell. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wrangell?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 99903, 99929.
How far is Wrangell from Juneau?
171.6 miles (276.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Wrangell.
What is the nearest larger city to Wrangell?
Ketchikan, AK, with 8,033 residents, 58.5 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.