Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

Fairbanks North Star population, land area and income

Fairbanks North Star had 94,951 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 7,334.8 square miles of land. It ranks 3rd of 30 in Alaska by population and 16th by land area. That works out to 12.9 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 Fairbanks North Star is 15.4 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $86,780 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Fairbanks North Star's population changed since 2020

Fairbanks North Star lost 398 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.4%. That ranks 13th 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, Fairbanks North Star recorded 5,935 births and 2,596 deaths, a natural change of +3,339. Net international migration added +955 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -4,939. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 4,939 people.

Where Fairbanks North Star is

The Census internal point of Fairbanks North Star is at 64.670500, -146.496100. 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 Fairbanks North Star outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Fairbanks North Star

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Fairbanks North Star, 34,237 people together, or 36% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Fairbanks North Star; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Fairbanks with 31,732.

Counties bordering Fairbanks North Star

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Fairbanks North Star. The most populous is Southeast Fairbanks, AK, with 7,313 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Southeast Fairbanks

  7,313 people

  113 mi ESE

• Yukon-Koyukuk

  5,099 people

  156 mi WNW

• Denali

  1,621 people

  126 mi WSW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 591.7 miles SE of Fairbanks North Star's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 256.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fairbanks, AK (population 31,732), 35.9 miles away.

Fairbanks North Star FIPS code

The FIPS code of Fairbanks North Star is 02090: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 090. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $86,780.