Yakutat, Alaska

Yakutat population, land area and income

Yakutat had 690 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 7,627.6 square miles of land. It ranks 30th of 30 in Alaska by population and 15th by land area. That works out to 0.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and the 4th lowest nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Yakutat has 11% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $77,108 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Yakutat's population changed since 2020

Yakutat gained 8 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.2%. That ranks 7th 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, Yakutat recorded 16 births and 12 deaths, a natural change of +4. Net international migration added +5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +22. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 22 people.

Where Yakutat is

The Census internal point of Yakutat is at 60.017500, -140.416800. It sits in UTM zone 7N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Yakutat outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Yakutat

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Yakutat. Its 690 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Yakutat

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Yakutat. The most populous is Chugach, AK, with 6,604 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Chugach

  6,604 people

  201 mi WNW

• Copper River

  2,631 people

  182 mi NW

• Hoonah-Angoon

  2,312 people

  195 mi ESE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 243.2 miles ESE of Yakutat's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 311.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 248.1 miles away.

Yakutat FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yakutat is 02282: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 282. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $77,108.