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Alaska population 2026

Q: What is the population of Alaska in 2026?

The latest official figure is 737,270, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Alaska would have about 738 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Alaska has 737,270 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 733 more than a year earlier (+0.10%). It is 48th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 0.2% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 738 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Alaska in numbers

Population: 737 thousand 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.10% +733 people
Change since 2020: +0.59% from 733 thousand
Share of the US: 0.2% 48th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 1per km² 1,479,509 km²
Births in the year: 9 thousand deaths: 6 thousand
International migration: +2 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −5 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,308, 1,959 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 4,525 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Macao (723 thousand).

Population of Alaska by year

737k

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Year	Population
2010	713,982
2011	722,349
2012	730,810
2013	737,626
2014	737,075
2015	738,430
2016	742,575
2017	740,983
2018	736,624
2019	733,603
2020	732,906
2021	734,590
2022	733,659
2023	734,654
2024	736,537
2025	737,270

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	737,270	+733	+0.10%
2024	736,537	+1,883	+0.26%
2023	734,654	+995	+0.14%
2022	733,659	−931	−0.13%
2021	734,590	+1,684	+0.23%
2020	732,906	−697	−0.10%
2019	733,603	−3,021	−0.41%
2018	736,624	−4,359	−0.59%
2017	740,983	−1,592	−0.21%
2016	742,575	+4,145	+0.56%
2015	738,430	+1,355	+0.18%
2014	737,075	−551	−0.07%
2013	737,626	+6,816	+0.93%
2012	730,810	+8,461	+1.17%
2011	722,349	+8,367	+1.17%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Alaska among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Alaska

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Anchorage289,600
Fairbanks32,325
Juneau31,555
Eagle River24,793
Badger19,482

Questions

What is the population of Alaska in 2026?

The latest official figure is 737,270, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Alaska would have about 738 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Alaska’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 733 people (+0.10%) in the latest year, and has changed +0.59% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,308, 1,959 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 4,525 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Alaska rank in the US?

Alaska is 48th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 0.2% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Alaska?

About 1 people per km², on 1,479,509 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Alaska?

Anchorage, with about 290 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Alaska population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/alaska/

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