Kodiak Island, Alaska

Kodiak Island population, land area and income

Kodiak Island had 12,654 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 6,689.5 square miles of land. It ranks 8th of 30 in Alaska by population and 18th by land area. That works out to 1.9 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 Kodiak Island is 2.0 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $86,250 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kodiak Island's population changed since 2020

Kodiak Island lost 390 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.0%. That ranks 21st 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, Kodiak Island recorded 673 births and 335 deaths, a natural change of +338. Net international migration added +529 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,307. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,307 people.

Where Kodiak Island is

The Census internal point of Kodiak Island is at 57.704400, -153.918400. 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 Kodiak Island outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kodiak Island

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Kodiak Island, 5,399 people together, or 43% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kodiak Island; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Kodiak with 5,399.

Counties bordering Kodiak Island

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 2 neighbors for Kodiak Island. The most populous is Kenai Peninsula, AK, with 61,259 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Kenai Peninsula

  61,259 people

  192 mi NNE

• Lake and Peninsula

  1,315 people

  96 mi WNW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 712.5 miles ENE of Kodiak Island's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 289.6 miles away.

Kodiak Island FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kodiak Island is 02150: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 150. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $86,250.