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Anchorage, [a] officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, [5] [9] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population.
Anchorage Hotel built. Population: 3,332. [4] 1917 – Anchorage Daily Times newspaper begins publication. [5] 1920 Anchorage incorporated as a town. [1] Leopold David becomes mayor. Population: 1,856. [4] 1922 – Anchorage Public Library Association organized. [6] 1924 – KFQD radio begins broadcasting. 1936 City Hall built. Alaska State ...
Population [14] Notes 1 Anchorage: Anchorage Municipality: 174,431: City of Anchorage merged with Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1975 to form the Municipality of Anchorage. [15] 2 Fairbanks: Fairbanks North Star Borough: 22,645: 3 Juneau: City & Borough of Juneau: 19,528
In 2005, the population of Alaska was 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 36,730, or 5.9%, since the year 2000. [2] This includes a natural increase since the last census of 36,590 people (53,132 births minus 16,542 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 1,181 people into the state.
The Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of the Municipality of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the south central region of Alaska. [2] As of the 2010 census, the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 380,821. [3]
The four United States statistical areas, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas of the State of Alaska; Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] County-equivalent
The United States Census Bureau found in the 2020 United States census that the population of Alaska was 733,391 on April 1, 2020, a 3.3% increase since the 2010 United States census. [6] According to the 2010 United States Census, the U.S. state of Alaska had a population of 710,231, a 13.3% increase from 626,932 at the 2000 U.S. census.
The strategic location of Alaska, which led to a massive buildup of military facilities throughout Alaska during the years of World War II, changed that. Largely due to the military presence and resource development activities throughout Alaska, Anchorage has enjoyed significant boosts to its population and economic base from 1940 to the present.