Alaska Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on February 24, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the total immigrant or foreign-born population in Alaska was 57.93K which was 7.87% of Alaska's population. Among all Alaska counties, Anchorage had the highest immigrant population (32.21K) and immigrants constituted 11.01% of its population, followed by Fairbanks North Star (pop: 4.99K, perc: 5.14%), and then Matanuska-Susitna (pop: 3.82K, perc: 3.58%).

On the other hand, the counties with the least number of immigrant population were: Kusilvak (pop: 24, perc: 0.29%), Copper River (pop: 38, perc: 1.44%), and Lake and Peninsula (pop: 55, perc: 5.58%),

The chart and table below shows the immigrant or foreign-born population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that are immigrants.

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Alaska Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
Alaska Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
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County Immigrant Population % of County Population
Aleutians East 842 24.70
Aleutians West 2379 45.31
Anchorage 32206 11.01
Bethel 424 2.29
Bristol Bay 67 7.89
Chugach 620 8.84
Copper River 38 1.44
Denali 192 8.78
Dillingham 124 2.53
Fairbanks North Star 4994 5.14
Haines 131 6.24
Hoonah-Angoon 58 2.49
Juneau 2864 8.88
Kenai Peninsula 1894 3.23
Ketchikan Gateway 1215 8.72
Kodiak Island 2493 18.86
Kusilvak 24 0.29
Lake and Peninsula 55 5.58
Matanuska-Susitna 3818 3.58
Nome 167 1.66
North Slope 795 7.32
Northwest Arctic 133 1.71
Petersburg 553 16.42
Prince of Wales-Hyder 149 2.53
Sitka 831 9.76
Skagway 116 8.73
Southeast Fairbanks 504 7.36
Wrangell 101 4.67
Yakutat 65 11.57
Yukon-Koyukuk 73 1.34