Sitka, Alaska

Sitka population, land area and income

Sitka had 8,355 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,870.1 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 30 in Alaska by population and 24th by land area. That works out to 2.9 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; Sitka is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $89,264 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Sitka's population changed since 2020

Sitka lost 75 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.9%. That ranks 15th 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, Sitka recorded 320 births and 303 deaths, a natural change of +17. Net international migration added +114 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -218. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 218 people.

Where Sitka is

The Census internal point of Sitka is at 57.193200, -135.367400. 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 Sitka outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Sitka

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Sitka, 8,355 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Sitka; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Sitka with 8,355.

Counties bordering Sitka

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 2 neighbors for Sitka. The most populous is Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK, with 5,746 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Prince of Wales-Hyder

  5,746 people

  134 mi SE

• Hoonah-Angoon

  2,312 people

  86 mi NNW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 84.1 miles NNE of Sitka's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 562.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 92.5 miles away.

Sitka FIPS code

The FIPS code of Sitka is 02220: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 220. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $89,264.