List of cities in Alaska by population

This is a list of incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Alaska, including unified city-boroughs, ordered by 2005 population estimate.

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Anchorage

Fairbanks

Juneau, Capital of Alaska

Sitka

Ketchikan

Kodiak

Unalaska

Nome

Kotzebue

Incorporated cities by population

Incorporated Cities of Alaska by estimated 2005 population.

2006 Rank	USGS GNIS Feature ID and Link	Coordinates	Elevation	City Name	Class	Borough or Census area	2000 Population	2005 Estimate	2006 Estimate
Over 100,000
001	1398242	61°13′5″N 149°54′1″W	89 feet (27 m)	Anchorage	Unified Home Rule	Anchorage	260,283	275,043	278,700
10,000 - 100,000
002	2419385	64°50′6″N 147°39′11″W	446 feet (136 m)	Fairbanks	Home Rule	Fairbanks North Star	30,224	31,324	31,142
003	1404263	58°18′7″N 134°25′11″W	72 feet (22 m)	Juneau	Unified Home Rule	Juneau	30,711	30,987	30,737
5,000 - 10,000
005	2419345	57°10′35″N 135°18′7″W	23 feet (7.0 m)	Sitka	Unified Home Rule	Sitka	8,835	8,986	8,920
004	2418871	61°34′37″N 149°27′56″W	318 feet (97 m)	Wasilla	First	Matanuska-Susitna	5,469	8,471	9,236
006	2419407	60°33′40″N 151°12′27″W	79 feet (24 m)	Kenai	Home Rule	Kenai Peninsula	6,942	7,464	7,533
007	1423039	55°20′32″N 131°38′46″W	10 feet (3.0 m)	Ketchikan	Home Rule	Ketchikan Gateway	7,922	7,410	7,446
008	2419445	61°35′51″N 149°6′48″W	233 feet (71 m)	Palmer	Home Rule	Matanuska-Susitna	4,533	6,920	7,443
010	2419414	57°47′27″N 152°24′21″W	66 feet (20 m)	Kodiak	Home Rule	Kodiak Island	6,334	6,273	6,259
009	2419362	60°47′26″N 161°47′33″W	13 feet (4.0 m)	Bethel	Second	Bethel (CA)	5,471	6,262	6,356
011	2419395	59°38′33″N 151°30′52″W	3 feet (0.91 m)	Homer	First	Kenai Peninsula	3,946	5,364	5,524
1,000 - 5,000
012	1419424	53°52′25″N 166°32′12″W	3 feet (0.91 m)	Unalaska	First	Aleutians West (CA)	4,283	4,347	4,167
014	2419361	71°16′22″N 156°45′27″W	49 feet (15 m)	Barrow	First	North Slope	4,581	4,218	4,009
013	2418857	60°29′10″N 151°4′2″W	102 feet (31 m)	Soldotna	First	Kenai Peninsula	3,759	4,087	4,142
015	1412465	61°7′51″N 146°20′54″W	98 feet (30 m)	Valdez	Home Rule	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	4,036	4,015	3,996
016	2419435	64°30′25″N 165°24′48″W	49 feet (15 m)	Nome	First	Nome (CA)	3,505	3,590	3,550
017	2419416	66°52′17″N 162°31′25″W	89 feet (27 m)	Kotzebue	Second	Northwest Arctic	3,082	3,237	3,185
018	1414598	60°6′15″N 149°26′32″W	72 feet (22 m)	Seward	Home Rule	Kenai Peninsula	2,830	3,016	3,025
019	1424228	56°48′41″N 132°57′4″W	46 feet (14 m)	Petersburg	Home Rule	Wrangell-Petersburg (CA)	3,224	3,010	2,931
020	2419377	59°3′18″N 158°32′22″W	92 feet (28 m)	Dillingham	First	Dillingham (CA)	2,466	2,468	2,491
021	2419373	60°32′24″N 145°37′56″W	26 feet (7.9 m)	Cordova	Home Rule	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	2,454	2,327	2,339
022	1415843	56°28′15″N 132°22′36″W	75 feet (23 m)	Wrangell	Home Rule	Wrangell-Petersburg (CA)	2,308	2,117	2,061
N/A	1422400	59°13′43″N 135°26′39″W	36 feet (11 m)	Haines	converted from City to Home Rule Borough	Haines	1,811	N/A	N/A
024	2419438	64°45′12″N 147°21′41″W	479 feet (146 m)	North Pole	Home Rule	Fairbanks North Star	1,570	1,778	1,828
023	2419398	61°37′5″N 149°47′33″W	279 feet (85 m)	Houston	Second	Matanuska-Susitna	1,202	1,614	1,870
025	1421260	55°28′35″N 133°8′54″W	23 feet (7.0 m)	Craig	First	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	1,397	1,217	1,209
026	2419397	61°31′32″N 166°6′14″W	26 feet (7.9 m)	Hooper Bay	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	1,014	1,085	1,090
100 - 1,000
028				Sand Point	First	Aleutians East	952	951	918
027	2419376	64°3′37″N 145°41′42″W	1,250 feet (380 m)	Delta Junction	Second	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)	840	897	934
029	2339479	59°28′7″N 135°18′21″W	62 feet (19 m)	Skagway	First	Skagway	862	828	832
030				Emmonak	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	767	823	827
031				Chevak	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	765	819	823
034				Selawik	Second	Northwest Arctic	772	819	807
032				Togiak	Second	Dillingham (CA)	809	810	816
033				Mountain Village	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	755	808	812
035				Akutan	Second	Aleutians East	713	784	767
036	2419412	55°33′14″N 133°5′11″W	66 feet (20 m)	Klawock	First	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	854	767	765
037				Unalakleet	Second	Nome (CA)	747	752	748
039	1403488	58°6′36″N 135°26′37″W	52 feet (16 m)	Hoonah	First	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	860	751	739
038				King Cove	First	Aleutians East	792	748	739
040				Kwethluk	Second	Bethel (CA)	713	726	719
042				Point Hope	Second	North Slope	757	704	674
041				Alakanuk	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	652	697	700
043				Noorvik	Second	Northwest Arctic	634	672	662
044	2419403	56°58′15″N 133°55′43″W	89 feet (27 m)	Kake	First	Wrangell-Petersburg (CA)	710	667	653
045				Gambell	Second	Nome (CA)	649	653	649
046				Savoonga	Second	Nome (CA)	643	648	645
048				Galena	First	Yukon-Koyukyk (CA)	675	641	612
047				Kotlik	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	591	635	638
049				Pilot Station	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	550	590	593
050				Aniak	Second	Bethel (CA)	572	581	576
051				Shishmaref	Second	Nome (CA)	562	565	562
052				Quinhagak	Second	Bethel (CA)	555	563	558
056				Fort Yukon	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	595	561	534
053				Stebbins	Second	Nome (CA)	547	552	549
055				Toksook Bay	Second	Bethel (CA)	532	542	537
054				St. Mary's	First	Wade Hampton (CA)	500	536	538
059				Wainwright	Second	North Slope	546	507	485
057	2418862	55°39′52″N 132°32′2″W	144 feet (44 m)	Thorne Bay	Second	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	557	503	502
058				Scammon Bay	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	465	499	502
062	2419356	57°27′13″N 134°30′57″W	151 feet (46 m)	Angoon	Second	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	572	481	469
061				Nunapitchuk	Second	Bethel (CA)	466	474	470
060				New Stuyahok	Second	Dillingham (CA)	471	472	476
063				Saint Paul	First	Aleutians West (CA)	532	460	442
064	1413247	59°40′12″N 151°26′3″W	128 feet (39 m)	Kachemak	Second	Kenai Peninsula	431	435	435
065				Buckland	Second	Northwest Arctic	406	430	424
066				Kiana	Second	Northwest Arctic	388	411	405
068				Chefornak	Second	Bethel (CA)	394	400	396
067				Manokotak	Second	Dillingham (CA)	399	400	403
070				Kivalina	Second	Northwest Arctic	377	399	393
069				Napaskiak	Second	Bethel (CA)	390	397	393
071	1414511	55°19′6″N 131°35′45″W	95 feet (29 m)	Saxman	Second	Ketchikan Gateway	431	388	391
074				Nuiqsut	Second	North Slope	433	386	370
073	2419393	58°25′31″N 135°46′21″W	23 feet (7.0 m)	Gustavus	Second	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	N/A	380	374
076				McGrath	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	401	379	360
072				Marshall	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	349	374	376
078				Nenana	Home Rule	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	402	371	353
075				St. Michael	Second	Nome (CA)	368	370	368
077				Napakiak	Second	Bethel (CA)	353	359	356
079	2419401	55°12′21″N 132°49′5″W	92 feet (28 m)	Hydaburg	First	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	382	351	351
080				Ambler	Second	Northwest Arctic	309	328	323
087				Anderson	Second	Denali	367	324	290
085				Nulato	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	336	318	302
081				Russian Mission	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	296	317	318
082				Elim	Second	Nome (CA)	313	316	314
083				Akiak	Second	Bethel (CA)	309	314	311
084	2419467	59°26′22″N 151°42′45″W	43 feet (13 m)	Seldovia	First	Kenai Peninsula	286	300	303
086				Koyuk	Second	Nome (CA)	297	299	297
090				Tanana	First	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	308	290	275
088				Eek	Second	Bethel (CA)	280	285	282
091				Adak	Second	Aleutians West (CA)	N/A	278	269
089				Brevig Mission	Second	Nome (CA)	276	278	276
095				Huslia	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	293	277	264
096				Kaktovik	Second	North Slope	293	272	260
092				Lower Kalskag	Second	Bethel (CA)	267	272	269
094				Shungnak	Second	Northwest Arctic	256	272	268
093				Teller	Second	Nome (CA)	268	269	268
097				Anaktuvuk Pass	Second	North Slope	282	262	251
099				Goodnews Bay	Second	Bethel (CA)	230	234	232
098				Port Lions	Second	Kodiak Island	256	234	234
100				Upper Kalskag	Second	Bethel (CA)	230	234	231
101				Shaktoolik	Second	Nome (CA)	230	232	231
102				Aleknagik	Second	Dillingham (CA)	221	221	223
106				Kaltag	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	230	218	207
103				Old Harbor	Second	Kodiak Island	237	217	216
108				Holy Cross	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	227	215	204
104				Mekoryuk	Second	Bethel (CA)	210	213	211
110				Atqasuk	Second	North Slope	228	212	203
105				Nightmute	Second	Bethel (CA)	208	211	209
107				Ouzinkie	Second	Kodiak Island	225	206	206
109				White Mountain	Second	Nome (CA)	203	205	204
112				Nondalton	Second	Lake and Peninsula	221	188	185
114				Grayling	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	194	184	174
111	2419371	56°0′24″N 132°50′12″W	23 feet (7.0 m)	Coffman Cove	Second	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	199	180	192
116				Ruby	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	188	178	169
113				Nunam Iqua	Second	Wade Hampton (CA)	N/A	176	177
115	1415757	60°46′23″N 148°41′2″W	39 feet (12 m)	Whittier	Second	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	182	172	170
118				Wales	Second	Nome (CA)	152	153	152
119				Diomede	Second	Nome (CA)	146	147	146
121				Golovin	Second	Nome (CA)	144	145	144
122				Deering	Second	Northwest Arctic	136	144	141
120				Eagle	Second	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)	129	139	145
123				Pelican	Home Rule	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	163	139	135
124				Newhalen	Second	Lake and Peninsula	160	136	134
126				St. George	First	Aleutians West (CA)	152	132	128
125				Ekwok	Second	Dillingham (CA)	130	130	131
128				Shageluk	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	129	122	116
127				Chuathbaluk	Second	Bethel (CA)	119	121	120
129				Kobuk	Second	Northwest Arctic	109	115	114
130				Larsen Bay	Second	Kodiak Island	115	105	105
131				Port Heiden	Second	Lake and Peninsula	119	101	100
less than 100
132				Egegik	Second	Lake and Peninsula	116	99	97
134				Anvik	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	104	98	94
133				Tenakee Springs	Second	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	104	98	96
135				Koyukuk	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	101	96	91
136				Nikolai	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	100	93	88
137				Allakaket	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	97	92	87
138				Pilot Point	Second	Lake and Peninsula	100	85	84
117				Atka	Second	Aleutians West	92	81	158
139				Cold Bay	Second	Aleutians East	88	81	78
140	1424551	56°14′59″N 134°38′40″W	43 feet (13 m)	Port Alexander	Second	Wrangell-Petersburg (CA)	81	77	76
141				Clark's Point	Second	Dillingham (CA)	75	75	75
143				Hughes	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	78	74	70
142				Akhiok	Second	Kodiak Island	80	73	73
144				Chignik	Second	Lake and Peninsula	79	67	66
145				False Pass	Second	Aleutians East	64	59	57
146				Platinum	Second	Bethel (CA)	41	42	41
147				Bettles	Second	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	43	41	39
148	1404468	55°32′20″N 132°24′3″W	52 feet (16 m)	Kasaan	Second	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (CA)	39	35	35
149	1424959	56°48′52″N 132°58′50″W	7 feet (2.1 m)	Kupreanof	Second	Wrangell-Petersburg (CA)	23	22	21

Municipal Governments

Municipal Governments in Alaska

Classification	Organized Boroughs Number of Cities	Organized Boroughs 2000 Population	Unorganized Borough Number of Cities	Unorganized Borough 2000 Population	Total Number of Cities	Total 2000 Population
Home Rule Cities	7	62,496	5	13,104	12	75,600
First Class Cities	8	22,112	13	17,537	21	39,649
Second Class Cities	34	13,638	78	32,704	112	46,342
Total	49	98,246	96	63,345	145	161,591

Notes

^ A: GNIS Feature Class "Populated Place" was used in place of "Civil", either because the latter did not exist or was less accurate (in water or on a mountain) away from the actual city population.

References

General references

• "American Fact Finder". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. http://FactFinder.Census.Gov/. 
• Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

• Local Government On-Line, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

• "Alaska Statutes, Title 29, Chapter 04. Classification of Municipalities". Local Government On-Line, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. 2006. http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/LOGON/pubs/29_04.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
• "Municipal Government Structure in Alaska". Local Government On-Line, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. 2003-09-15. http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/logon/muni/muni-structure.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 

• "GNIS Domestic Names Search". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/.