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Most sparsely populated, Alaska counties · 2010

Alaska counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 27 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, AKAK5,0280−15%

02Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3570−11%

03Yakutat, AKAK6720−18%

04North Slope, AKAK10,5820+28%

05Denali, AKAK1,6160−4%

06Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0950+4%

07Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4830−2%

08Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2700+14%

09Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,2710–

10Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8300+3%

11Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3910+6%

12Aleutians East, AKAK3,4790+16%

13Wrangell, AKAK2,0071–

14Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7771–

15Haines, AKAK2,0681+5%

16Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2401+2%

17Petersburg, AKAK3,3941–

18Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3872−2%

19Bristol Bay, AKAK8472−21%

20Skagway, AKAK1,1042–

21Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5493−4%

22Sitka, AKAK8,3193+1%

23Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9513+11%

24Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6664+50%

25Juneau, AKAK31,60912+2%

26Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97213+18%

27Anchorage, AKAK287,155171+12%

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