Ranking of Alaska Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Alaska counties, Anchorage Municipality had the highest population density per square mile (170.64 people per sqr mile), followed by Fairbanks North Star Borough (13.04 people per sqr mile), and Juneau City and Borough (11.93 people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest population density (0.04 people per sqr mile), followed by Lake and Peninsula Borough (0.06 people per sqr mile), and Yakutat City and Borough (0.09 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alaska counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
Anchorage
Fairbanks North Star
Juneau
Matanuska-Susitna
Kenai Peninsula
Sitka
Ketchikan Gateway
Skagway
Kodiak Island
Bristol Bay
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 Anchorage Municipality 170.64
2 Fairbanks North Star Borough 13.04
3 Juneau City and Borough 11.93
4 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 4.33
5 Kenai Peninsula Borough 3.67
6 Sitka City and Borough 2.95
7 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 2.87
8 Skagway Municipality 2.86
9 Kodiak Island Borough 1.96
10 Bristol Bay Borough 1.75
11 Aleutians West Census Area 1.19
12 Petersburg Borough 1.17
13 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 1.09
14 Haines Borough 0.89
15 Wrangell City and Borough 0.83
16 Chugach Census Area 0.75
17 Aleutians East Borough 0.49
17 Kusilvak Census Area 0.49
18 Bethel Census Area 0.46
19 Nome Census Area 0.44
20 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.36
21 Dillingham Census Area 0.27
21 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 0.27
22 Northwest Arctic Borough 0.22
23 Denali Borough 0.13
24 North Slope Borough 0.12
25 Copper River Census Area 0.11
26 Yakutat City and Borough 0.09
27 Lake and Peninsula Borough 0.06
28 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0.04