Haines, Alaska

Haines population, land area and income

Haines had 2,104 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,334.9 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 30 in Alaska by population and 27th by land area. That works out to 0.9 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 Haines has 34% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $78,649 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Haines's population changed since 2020

Haines gained 19 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.9%. That ranks 8th 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, Haines recorded 101 births and 72 deaths, a natural change of +29. Net international migration added +26 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -29. The largest single component was natural change, which added 29 people.

Where Haines is

The Census internal point of Haines is at 59.098400, -135.575800. It sits in UTM zone 8N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Haines outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Haines

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Haines. Its 2,104 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Haines

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Haines. The most populous is Juneau, AK, with 31,572 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Juneau

  31,572 people

  71 mi SE

• Hoonah-Angoon

  2,312 people

  49 mi SSW

• Skagway

  1,119 people

  33 mi NNE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 69.0 miles SE of Haines's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 491.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 70.9 miles away.

Haines FIPS code

The FIPS code of Haines is 02100: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 100. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $78,649.