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Residents per square mile of land (water excluded). Under 50 is rural, a few hundred is small-town, 2,500+ is urban, and 10,000+ is big-city dense.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024).

U.S.
95/sq mi
Alaska
1/sq mi
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Top and bottom zip codes in Alaska

Zip codes with 1,000+ residents

Most densely populated zip codes

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  1. 199508Anchorage5,103/sq mi
  2. 299517Anchorage5,084/sq mi
  3. 399518Anchorage2,578/sq mi
  4. 499501Anchorage2,407/sq mi
  5. 599515Anchorage2,068/sq mi
  6. 699502Anchorage1,423/sq mi
  7. 799824Douglas1,245/sq mi
  8. 899504Anchorage1,143/sq mi
  9. 999703Fort Wainwright858/sq mi
  10. 1099507Anchorage789/sq mi

Most sparsely populated zip codes

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  1. 199576Dillingham0/sq mi
  2. 299588Glennallen0/sq mi
  3. 399780Tok0/sq mi
  4. 499519Anchorage1/sq mi
  5. 599921Craig1/sq mi
  6. 699827Haines1/sq mi
  7. 799574Cordova1/sq mi
  8. 899752Kotzebue1/sq mi
  9. 999674Sutton1/sq mi
  10. 1099929Wrangell1/sq mi

Population density by county in Alaska

  1. 1Anchorage Municipality169/sq mi
  2. 2Fairbanks North Star Borough13/sq mi
  3. 3Juneau City and Borough12/sq mi
  4. 4Matanuska-Susitna Borough5/sq mi
  5. 5Kenai Peninsula Borough4/sq mi
  6. 6Sitka City and Borough3/sq mi
  7. 7Ketchikan Gateway Borough3/sq mi
  8. 8Skagway Municipality3/sq mi
  9. 9Bristol Bay Borough2/sq mi
  10. 10Kodiak Island Borough2/sq mi
  11. 11Aleutians West Census Area1/sq mi
  12. 12Petersburg Borough1/sq mi
  13. 13Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1/sq mi
  14. 14Haines Borough1/sq mi
  15. 15Wrangell City and Borough1/sq mi
  16. 16Chugach Census Area1/sq mi
  17. 17Aleutians East Borough1/sq mi
  18. 18Bethel Census Area1/sq mi
  19. 19Kusilvak Census Area1/sq mi
  20. 20Hoonah-Angoon Census Area0/sq mi
  21. 21Nome Census Area0/sq mi
  22. 22Dillingham Census Area0/sq mi
  23. 23Southeast Fairbanks Census Area0/sq mi
  24. 24Denali Borough0/sq mi
  25. 25Northwest Arctic Borough0/sq mi
  26. 26Copper River Census Area0/sq mi
  27. 27North Slope Borough0/sq mi
  28. 28Yakutat City and Borough0/sq mi
  29. 29Lake and Peninsula Borough0/sq mi
  30. 30Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area0/sq mi

Questions about this map

Which zip code has the highest population density in Alaska?

Among zip codes with at least 1,000 residents, 99508 (Anchorage, AK) has the highest: 5,103/sq mi.

Which zip code has the lowest population density in Alaska?

99576 (Dillingham, AK) has the lowest: 0/sq mi.

What is the population density for the United States?

95/sq mi; in Alaska it is 1/sq mi.

Where does this data come from?

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024). Residents per square mile of land (water excluded). Under 50 is rural, a few hundred is small-town, 2,500+ is urban, and 10,000+ is big-city dense.

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