Alaska Borough Map With Cities

Complete list of all 30 boroughs and census areas in Alaska with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Boroughs and census areas

Population

735,134

Area

503,557 sq mi

Capital

Juneau

Time Zone

Alaska (AKT)

Tap or click any borough or census area for details. Need a printable version? Blank Alaska borough or census area map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 30 Alaska boroughs and census areas

County	Largest City	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Anchorage	Anchorage	276,042	1,705 mi²	$107,812	6
Matanuska-Susitna	Wasilla	113,116	24,608 mi²	$93,613	10
Fairbanks North Star	North Pole	77,741	7,338 mi²	$90,600	7
Kenai Peninsula	Kenai	60,413	16,075 mi²	$79,849	15
Juneau	Juneau	31,778	2,772 mi²	$101,526	3
Bethel	Bethel	31,304	40,570 mi²	$75,786	28
Yukon-Koyukuk	Fairbanks	22,948	145,505 mi²	$73,279	31
Ketchikan Gateway	Ketchikan	13,768	4,858 mi²	$92,885	2
Kodiak Island	Kodiak	12,771	6,550 mi²	$86,619	6
North Slope	Barrow	10,582	88,695 mi²	$103,861	10
Nome	Nome	9,844	22,962 mi²	$81,247	14
Sitka	Sitka	8,368	3,301 mi²	$101,727	1
Kusilvak	Saint Marys	8,112	18,013 mi²	$51,379	12
Northwest Arctic	Kotzebue	7,441	35,573 mi²	$84,429	11
Southeast Fairbanks	Delta Junction	7,166	24,769 mi²	$75,385	8
Chugach	Valdez	6,862	0 mi²	$91,438	4
Prince of Wales-Hyder	Craig	5,715	3,923 mi²	$62,780	10
Aleutians West	Unalaska	5,093	4,390 mi²	$135,076	7
Dillingham	Dillingham	4,724	18,569 mi²	$79,566	7
Aleutians East	King Cove	3,491	6,982 mi²	$62,876	5
Petersburg	Petersburg	3,409	3,282 mi²	$75,125	1
Copper River	Glennallen	2,528	0 mi²	$95,113	4
Hoonah-Angoon	Hoonah	2,229	7,525 mi²	$65,584	6
Haines	Haines	2,168	2,319 mi²	$85,208	2
Wrangell	Wrangell	2,088	2,762 mi²	$64,375	2
Denali	Denali National Park	1,779	12,751 mi²	$82,022	4
Lake and Peninsula	King Salmon	1,288	23,652 mi²	$84,776	14
Skagway	Skagway	1,244	452 mi²	$81,136	1
Bristol Bay	Naknek	595	504 mi²	$84,494	2
Yakutat	Yakutat	527	7,945 mi²	$85,000	1

How many boroughs and census areas does Alaska have?

Alaska is organized into 30 county-equivalents: 19 organized boroughs plus 11 census areas. Unlike most states, large portions of Alaska's land lie within the Unorganized Borough and have no county-level government — the 11 census areas are statistical regions used for the decennial count, not administrative jurisdictions.

The largest borough or census area by land area is Yukon-Koyukuk at 145,505 square miles, home to about 22,948 residents. The most populous is Anchorage with approximately 276,042 residents — a density of about 162 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Yakutat has only about 527 residents.

Alaska’s capital is Juneau, while the largest city is Anchorage — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Alaska’s borough or census area boundaries from our blank map of Alaska page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Alaska borough or census area a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Alaska address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Alaska specifically: the 100-mile radius around Juneau measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Alaska ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Alaska’s 30 boroughs and census areas in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Yukon-Koyukuk is the largest by land area at 145,505 square miles, with about 22,948 residents.

Anchorage is the most populous, with approximately 276,042 residents over 1,705 square miles.

Yakutat has the smallest population at about 527 residents.

Juneau is the state capital. The largest city is Anchorage — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Boroughs and census areasboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.