Juneau, Alaska

Juneau population, land area and income

Juneau had 31,572 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,702.9 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 30 in Alaska by population and 25th by land area. That works out to 11.7 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 Juneau is 5.1 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $99,748 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Juneau's population changed since 2020

Juneau lost 631 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.0%. That ranks 19th 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, Juneau recorded 1,174 births and 946 deaths, a natural change of +228. Net international migration added +310 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,229. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,229 people.

Where Juneau is

The Census internal point of Juneau is at 58.372900, -134.178400. 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 Juneau outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Juneau

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Juneau, 31,572 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Juneau; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Juneau with 31,572.

Counties bordering Juneau

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 2 neighbors for Juneau. The most populous is Hoonah-Angoon, AK, with 2,312 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Hoonah-Angoon

  2,312 people

  62 mi W

• Haines

  2,104 people

  71 mi NW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 10.1 miles WSW of Juneau's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 558.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 0.0 miles away.

Juneau FIPS code

The FIPS code of Juneau is 02110: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 110. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $99,748.