Alaska Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Alaska is the northwest state of United States borders territory of Yukon to the east and southeast, and the Canadian province of British Columbia and a maritime border with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west. Alaska population in 2024 is expected to be 731,280 and is the largest US state by area with 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 square km). In 1867, due to reduced Russian interest in the region, Russia offered to sold the Alaska territory to the U.S. for $7.2 million. Alaska has about 100,000 glaciers covering roughly 5% of the state. Alaska is popular for glaciers, mountains, rivers, lakes, and waterways, Alaska's largest lake, Lake Iliamna, is roughly the size of Connecticut. Alaska is famous for various creatures like salmon, jellyfish, moose, caribou, bears, whales, bison, puffins.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Alaska
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Alaska

According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, AK population in 2020 is 733,391 dropping the growth rate from 2016 onwards. Alaska population in 2023 is expected to be 733,913, population in 2022 is expected to be 731,011, and in 2021 is expected to be 732,673.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	713,906
2011	722,038	1.14
2012	730,399	1.16
2013	737,045	0.91
2014	736,307	-0.10
2015	737,547	0.17
2016	741,504	0.54
2017	739,786	-0.23
2018	737,438	-0.32
2019	734,857	-0.35
2020	733,391	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	732,673	-0.10
2022*	731,061	-0.22
2023*	731,280	0.03

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Alaska Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Alaska by race are: 65.26% are White Americans, 3.21% are Black Americans, 6.17% are Asian population

White Population

White population in Alaska are 481,971, percentage wise 65.26 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Alaska are 23,702, percentage wise 3.21 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Alaska, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Alaska are 45,604, percentage wise 6.17 percent are asians, out of these 849 are Asian Indians, 2,134 are Chinese, 25,855 are Filipinos which is largest in asian population, 1,526 are Japanese, 4,849 are Korean, 1,208 are Vietnamese and 9,183 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Alaska are 50,162. Percentage wise 6.79 percent are hispanics, out of these 27,254 are Mexican people, 7,332 are Puerto Ricans, 813 are Cubans, and 14,763 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

NHPI represents 1.23% of population, 1565 are Native Hawaiian, 5,253 are Samoan and 481 are Guamanian or Chamorro. AIAN represents 14.21%, 427 belongs to Sioux tribals, 225 are Navajos, 653 are Chippewa and 714 are Cherokee tribal group.

Total Population	738,565	Percent
White	481,971	65.26%
Black or African American	23,702	3.21%
American Indian and Alaska Native	104,995	14.216%
Cherokee tribal grouping	714	0.097%
Chippewa tribal grouping	653	0.088%
Navajo tribal grouping	225	0.030%
Sioux tribal grouping	427	0.058%
Asian Population	45,604	6.17%
Asian Indian	849	0.11%
Chinese	2,134	0.29%
Filipino	25,855	3.50%
Japanese	1,526	0.21%
Korean	4,849	0.66%
Vietnamese	1,208	0.16%
Other Asian Population	9,183
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	9,075	1.23%
Native Hawaiian	1,565	0.212%
Guamanian or Chamorro	481	0.065%
Samoan	5,253	0.711%
Other Pacific Islander	1,776
Some other race	10,505
Hispanic or Latino	50,162	6.79%
Mexican	27,254	3.69%
Puerto Rican	7,332	0.99%
Cuban	813	0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino	14,763

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Alaska

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Anchorage	291,538

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Alaska Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Alaska by age is 738,565, out of these 386,319 are male, 352,246 are female, The sex ratio of Alaska is 1,097. The Alaska population by age are, under 15 years is 156,412, 15 years and over is 582,153, 30 years and over is 413,486, 65 years and over is 74,340 and 85 years and over is 5,921. 52.31 percent are male, 47.69 percent are female, 21.18 percent are under 15 years old, 78.82 percent are 15 years and over, 55.99 percent are 30 years and over, 10.07 percent are 65 years and over, 0.80 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in AK

English is the official language of Alaska, 83.99% of the population speak English, followed by 3.39% are Spanish speakers, 5.48 are Asian speakers and 2.36 speak european languages.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	574,744	83.99
Spanish Language	23,226	3.39
European Language	16,154	2.36
Asian Languages	37,499	5.48
Other Languages	32,675	4.77

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Alaska Education

Below is the education stats of Alaska state of High school and universities.

Population 18 to 24 years		76,877	43,719	33,158
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	11,310	6,454	4,856
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	29,693	17,947	11,746
	Some college or associates degree	30,885	17,137	13,748
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,989	2,181	2,808
Population 25 years and over		475,442	246,692	228,750
	Less than 9th grade	12,656	5,679	6,977
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	23,521	13,289	10,232
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	131,293	76,279	55,014
	Some college, no degree	129,941	67,896	62,045
	Associates degree	40,210	19,661	20,549
	Bachelors degree	88,308	40,317	47,991
	Graduate or professional degree	49,513	23,571	25,942

White		321,080	170,419	150,661
	High school graduate or higher	307,135	162,414	144,721
	Bachelors degree or higher	112,902	54,062	58,840
Black or African		14,707	8,520	6,187
	High school graduate or higher	13,325	7,716	5,609
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,892	1,130	1,762
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		59,101	28,905	30,196
	High school graduate or higher	48,541	23,609	24,932
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,665	1,758	2,907
Asian		29,572	13,064	16,508
	High school graduate or higher	24,120	10,894	13,226
	Bachelors degree or higher	7,712	2,940	4,772
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		4,704	2,283	2,421
	High school graduate or higher	4,054	1,992	2,062
	Bachelors degree or higher	484	166	318
Hispanic or Latino Origin		25,192	12,953	12,239
	High school graduate or higher	22,116	11,314	10,802
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,482	1,865	2,617

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below is the disable population of Alaska state with the stats of difficulty in hearing, vision, ambulatory and cognitive.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	83,410
Male	45,296
Female	38,114
	-
White	54,225
Black or African American	3,118
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	14,594
Asian	4,190
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	743
Some other race	879
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	31,702
With a vision difficulty	15,669
With a cognitive difficulty	29,357
With an ambulatory difficulty	38,636
With a self-care difficulty	14,637
With an independent living difficulty	24,292

Counties of Alaska

In the year 1961, the Alaska legislature passed a statute that allow local governments to incorporate as county-like Boroughs. Borough is a town with its local government or its a district which acts as an administrative unit. As on 2018, Anchorage Municipality is the largest administrative unit in Alaska with 291,538, followed by Matanuska-Susitna Borough with 107,610, Fairbanks North Star Borough with 98,971, Kenai Peninsula Borough with 58,533 and Juneau City and Borough with 32,113 people.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Aleutians East Borough	3,495	3,515	0.6	20	20
Aleutians West Census Area	5,726	5,723	-0.1	17	17
Anchorage Municipality	294,264	291,538	-0.9	1	1
Bethel Census Area	18,079	18,216	0.8	6	6
Bristol Bay Borough	870	877	0.8	28	28
Denali Borough	2,066	2,059	-0.3	25	25
Dillingham Census Area	4,935	5,000	1.3	19	19
Fairbanks North Star Borough	99,725	98,971	-0.8	3	3
Haines Borough	2,518	2,474	-1.7	22	23
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	2,139	2,151	0.6	24	24
Juneau City and Borough	32,061	32,113	0.2	5	5
Kenai Peninsula Borough	58,522	58,533	0	4	4
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	13,882	13,918	0.3	7	7
Kodiak Island Borough	13,519	13,345	-1.3	8	8
Kusilvak Census Area	8,230	8,303	0.9	13	13
Lake and Peninsula Borough	1,607	1,587	-1.2	26	26
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	106,383	107,610	1.2	2	2
Nome Census Area	9,968	10,008	0.4	9	9
North Slope Borough	9,831	9,872	0.4	10	10
Northwest Arctic Borough	7,767	7,671	-1.2	14	14
Petersburg Borough	3,259	3,221	-1.2	21	21
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	6,469	6,422	-0.7	16	16
Sitka City and Borough	8,686	8,647	-0.4	12	12
Skagway Municipality	1,162	1,148	-1.2	27	27
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	6,885	6,918	0.5	15	15
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	9,224	9,164	-0.7	11	11
Wrangell City and Borough	2,511	2,503	-0.3	23	22
Yakutat City and Borough	607	604	-0.5	29	29
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	5,396	5,327	-1.3	18	18