Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell population, land area and income

Wrangell had 2,064 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,556.1 square miles of land. It ranks 25th of 30 in Alaska by population and 26th by land area. That works out to 0.8 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 Wrangell has 33% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $65,011 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wrangell's population changed since 2020

Wrangell lost 65 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.1%. That ranks 22nd 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, Wrangell recorded 92 births and 98 deaths, a natural change of -6. Net international migration added +5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -63. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 63 people.

Where Wrangell is

The Census internal point of Wrangell is at 56.180800, -132.026800. 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 Wrangell outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wrangell

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Wrangell, 2,064 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wrangell; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Wrangell with 2,064.

Counties bordering Wrangell

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Wrangell. 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

  62 mi SE

• Prince of Wales-Hyder

  5,746 people

  56 mi SW

• Petersburg

  3,436 people

  74 mi NNW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 171.6 miles NNW of Wrangell's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA (population 113,011), 703.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 171.4 miles away.

Wrangell FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wrangell is 02275: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 275. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $65,011.