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Most sparsely populated, Alaska counties · 2000

Alaska counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 22 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0280+0%

02Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3570+0%

03North Slope, AKAK10,5820+0%

04Yakutat, AKAK6720+0%

05Denali, AKAK1,6160+0%

06Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0950+0%

07Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2700+0%

08Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4830+0%

09Aleutians East, AKAK3,4790+0%

10Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3910+0%

11Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8300+0%

12Haines, AKAK2,0681+0%

13Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2401+0%

14Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3872+0%

15Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6662+0%

16Bristol Bay, AKAK8473+0%

17Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5493+0%

18Sitka, AKAK8,3193+0%

19Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9513+0%

20Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97211+0%

21Juneau, AKAK31,60911+0%

22Anchorage, AKAK287,155152+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES