Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage population, land area and income

Anchorage had 289,600 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,707.1 square miles of land. It is the most populous of Alaska's 30 county-equivalents. That works out to 169.6 people per square mile, 1.8 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Anchorage is 46.9 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $93,881 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Anchorage's population changed since 2020

Anchorage lost 1,305 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.4%. That ranks 14th of 30 in Alaska for growth. The median Alaska county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +1.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Anchorage recorded 15,416 births and 9,401 deaths, a natural change of +6,015. Net international migration added +6,688 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -14,301. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 14,301 people.

Where Anchorage is

The Census internal point of Anchorage is at 61.174300, -149.284300. It sits in UTM zone 6N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Anchorage outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Anchorage

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Anchorage, 289,600 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Anchorage; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Anchorage with 289,600.

Counties bordering Anchorage

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Anchorage. The most populous is Matanuska-Susitna, AK, with 117,613 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Matanuska-Susitna

  117,613 people

  76 mi N

• Kenai Peninsula

  61,259 people

  117 mi WSW

• Chugach

  6,604 people

  114 mi ESE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 552.8 miles ESE of Anchorage's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 0.0 miles away.

Anchorage FIPS code

The FIPS code of Anchorage is 02020: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 020. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $93,881.