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Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-2,3,4 codes, which are used by the United States Census Bureau to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [4] Alaska's code is 02, so each code is of the format 02XXX. The FIPS code for each county equivalent links to census data for that county equivalent.
Fort Yukon (Gwichyaa Zheh in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 428 at the 2020 census, down from 595 in 2000. Fort Yukon was the hometown of the late Alaska Congressman Don Young.
Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh [4]) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. [5]
Akhiok (Kasukuak [4] in Alutiiq; Russian: Акхиок) is a second-class city in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. Akhiok is Kodiak's southernmost village. The population was 63 at the 2020 census. [5] Akhiok, which does not have a post office, is a rural location in postal code 99615 that belongs to Kodiak.
In the summer of that year, residents held a vote to change the city's name; a plurality favored the name "Alaska City", [29] but the territorial government ultimately declined to change the city's name. [29] Anchorage was incorporated on November 23, 1920. [14] Construction of the Alaska Railroad continued until its completion in 1923. The ...
North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, [2] up from 2,117 in 2010. [3]
It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,332, down from 12,964 in 2010. [2] College is the third-most populated CDP in Alaska. College is adjacent to the city of Fairbanks. The University of Alaska Fairbanks lies within its boundaries, [3] and serves as its core. The area is ...