Dillingham, Alaska

Dillingham population, land area and income

Dillingham had 4,642 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 18,335.8 square miles of land. It ranks 19th of 30 in Alaska by population and 10th by land area. That works out to 0.3 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; Dillingham is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,598 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Dillingham's population changed since 2020

Dillingham lost 198 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.1%. That ranks 25th 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, Dillingham recorded 342 births and 204 deaths, a natural change of +138. Net international migration added +55 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -406. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 406 people.

Where Dillingham is

The Census internal point of Dillingham is at 59.543300, -158.267100. 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 Dillingham outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Dillingham

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Dillingham, 2,145 people together, or 46% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Dillingham; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Dillingham with 2,145.

Counties bordering Dillingham

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Dillingham. The most populous is Bethel, AK, with 18,237 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bethel

  18,237 people

  116 mi NNW

• Lake and Peninsula

  1,315 people

  119 mi SE

• Bristol Bay

  884 people

  72 mi SE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 850.2 miles E of Dillingham's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 326.7 miles away.

Dillingham FIPS code

The FIPS code of Dillingham is 02070: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 070. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,598.