Denali, Alaska

Denali population, land area and income

Denali had 1,621 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 12,641.1 square miles of land. It ranks 26th of 30 in Alaska by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 0.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and the 7th lowest nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Denali has 26% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $86,118 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Denali's population changed since 2020

Denali gained 7 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.4%. That ranks 11th 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, Denali recorded 85 births and 34 deaths, a natural change of +51. Net international migration added +40 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -93. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 93 people.

Where Denali is

The Census internal point of Denali is at 63.682000, -150.027000. It sits in UTM zone 5N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Denali outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Denali

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Denali. Its 1,621 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Denali

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Denali. 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

  99 mi S

• Fairbanks North Star

  94,951 people

  126 mi NE

• Southeast Fairbanks

  7,313 people

  208 mi E

• Yukon-Koyukuk

  5,099 people

  126 mi NNW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 638.9 miles ESE of Denali's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 174.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fairbanks, AK (population 31,732), 106.9 miles away.

Denali FIPS code

The FIPS code of Denali is 02068: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 068. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $86,118.