Bristol Bay, Alaska

Bristol Bay population, land area and income

Bristol Bay had 884 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 481.4 square miles of land. It ranks 29th of 30 in Alaska by population and 29th by land area. That works out to 1.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Bristol Bay has 14% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $99,790 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Bristol Bay's population changed since 2020

Bristol Bay gained 54 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.5%. That ranks 3rd 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, Bristol Bay recorded 51 births and 27 deaths, a natural change of +24. Net international migration added +33 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -15. The largest single component was international migration, which added 33 people.

Where Bristol Bay is

The Census internal point of Bristol Bay is at 58.730500, -156.994500. It sits in UTM zone 4N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Bristol Bay outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Bristol Bay

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Bristol Bay. Its 884 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Bristol Bay

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 2 neighbors for Bristol Bay. The most populous is Dillingham, AK, with 4,642 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Dillingham

  4,642 people

  72 mi NW

• Lake and Peninsula

  1,315 people

  48 mi SSE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 811.3 miles E of Bristol Bay's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 315.4 miles away.

Bristol Bay FIPS code

The FIPS code of Bristol Bay is 02060: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 060. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $99,790.