(1-28-2026) - Alaska population grew by 1,649 from 2024 to 2025

Alaska's population grew 0.2 percent from 2024 to 2025

Jan. 28, 2026
No. 26-2

JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska grew by 1,649 people from 2024 to 2025, an increase of 0.2 percent, based on population estimates released today by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state's population reached 738,737 on July 1, 2025, up 5,000 since the 2020 Census.

Alaska has lost residents to net migration for 13 straight years, but in recent years the losses have been small enough for the population to grow overall. Last year, 1,740 more people left Alaska than moved in, but the state gained 3,389 residents through natural increase, or births minus deaths.

The number of Alaskans aged 65 and older increased 3.2 percent over the year while the working-age population - ages 18 to 64 - declined by 0.1 percent. The number of children from birth to age 17 decreased by 0.8 percent.

The state's oldest borough was Haines, with a median age of 50.8. The Kusilvak Census Area in western Alaska was youngest at 24.6.

Fourteen of Alaska's 30 boroughs and census areas lost population over the year, although each loss by area was relatively small. The biggest decline was -138 in the Chugach Census Area. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew the most (1,696) followed by the Kenai Peninsula Borough (287).

Complete estimates for the state, boroughs/census areas, cities and census-designated places are available here. Also available are estimates for census tracts, school districts and Alaska Native Regional Corporations and estimates by age and sex for each borough and census area and for places with populations of 1,000 or more.

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