Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska

Prince of Wales-Hyder population, land area and income

Prince of Wales-Hyder had 5,746 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 5,267.6 square miles of land. It ranks 16th of 30 in Alaska by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 1.1 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, about the same as Prince of Wales-Hyder.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,304 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Prince of Wales-Hyder's population changed since 2020

Prince of Wales-Hyder gained 1 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.0%. That ranks 12th 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, Prince of Wales-Hyder recorded 288 births and 300 deaths, a natural change of -12. Net international migration added +12 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -17. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 17 people.

Where Prince of Wales-Hyder is

The Census internal point of Prince of Wales-Hyder is at 55.682800, -133.162400. 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 Prince of Wales-Hyder outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Prince of Wales-Hyder

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Prince of Wales-Hyder, 1,051 people together, or 18% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Prince of Wales-Hyder; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Craig with 1,051.

Counties bordering Prince of Wales-Hyder

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Prince of Wales-Hyder. The most populous is Ketchikan Gateway, AK, with 13,677 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Ketchikan Gateway

  13,677 people

  82 mi E

• Sitka

  8,355 people

  134 mi NW

• Petersburg

  3,436 people

  99 mi N

• Hoonah-Angoon

  2,312 people

  214 mi NNW

• Wrangell

  2,064 people

  56 mi NE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 187.0 miles NNW of Prince of Wales-Hyder's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 692.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 189.8 miles away.

Prince of Wales-Hyder FIPS code

The FIPS code of Prince of Wales-Hyder is 02198: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 198. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,304.