Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.99K people in Alaska with Finnish ancestry (0.54% of Alaska population). Among all Alaska counties, Petersburg Borough had the highest percentage of its population with Finnish ancestry (2.67%), followed by Yakutat City and Borough (2.13%), and Juneau City and Borough (1.55%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Finnish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Alaska.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021
Petersburg Borough
Yakutat City and Borough
Juneau City and Borough
Copper River Census Area
Chugach Census Area
Haines Borough
Wrangell City and Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Denali Borough
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Petersburg Borough 2.67
2 Yakutat City and Borough 2.13
3 Juneau City and Borough 1.55
4 Copper River Census Area 1.44
5 Chugach Census Area 1.30
6 Haines Borough 0.95
7 Wrangell City and Borough 0.79
8 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 0.77
9 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.62
10 Denali Borough 0.59
11 Kenai Peninsula Borough 0.56
12 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0.55
13 Sitka City and Borough 0.52
14 Lake and Peninsula Borough 0.51
15 Anchorage Municipality 0.50
16 Dillingham Census Area 0.49
17 Skagway Municipality 0.45
18 Aleutians East Borough 0.35
19 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 0.34
20 Nome Census Area 0.32
21 Kodiak Island Borough 0.30
22 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.26
23 Bethel Census Area 0.23
23 Fairbanks North Star Borough 0.23
24 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.17
25 Aleutians West Census Area 0.13
26 Bristol Bay Borough 0.12
27 North Slope Borough 0.06