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Alaska
AKUnited States national overview in the World Factbook ↗
DRAFT · Dated statistical and subject baseline. Figures retain their individual reference years.
Introduction
Background ⓘ
Purchased from Russia in 1867, Alaska became a United States territory in 1912 before statehood.
Geography
Total area ⓘ
665,724.899 square miles (1,724,219.573 square kilometres) (2025)
Land area ⓘ
571,390.053 square miles (1,479,893.444 square kilometres) (2025)
Water area ⓘ
94,334.846 square miles (244,326.13 square kilometres) (2025)
Setting ⓘ
Alaska has coasts on the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi seas, as well as the Arctic Ocean. Its land border is with Canada.
People
Government
Economy
Median household income ⓘ
95,220 2025 USD ± 4,301 (90% confidence) (2025)
Per capita income ⓘ
48,244 2025 USD ± 1,544 (90% confidence) (2025)
People below poverty level ⓘ
78,839 people ± 8,342 (90% confidence) (2025)
Population with poverty status determined ⓘ
718,873 people ± 1,538 (90% confidence) (2025)
Poverty rate ⓘ
11% (2025)
Housing
National Park Service places
Places associated with this state or territory in the NPS directory.
- Alagnak Wild River ↗
- Aniakchak National Monument ↗
- Aniakchak National Preserve ↗
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve ↗
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument ↗
- Denali National Park ↗
- Denali National Preserve ↗
- Gates of the Arctic National Park ↗
- Gates of the Arctic National Preserve ↗
- Glacier Bay National Park ↗
- Glacier Bay National Preserve ↗
- Katmai National Park ↗
- Katmai National Preserve ↗
- Kenai Fjords National Park ↗
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park ↗
- Kobuk Valley National Park ↗
- Lake Clark National Park ↗
- Lake Clark National Preserve ↗
- Noatak National Preserve ↗
- Sitka National Historical Park ↗
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park ↗
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve ↗
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve ↗
Further reading
- Official government ↗
- USAFacts population profile ↗
Secondary presentation of Census data; not independent corroboration of Census estimates.
Source records
- Background
U.S. Census Bureau, Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography: Alaska ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Total area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 665,724.899 square miles.
- Land area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 571,390.053 square miles.
- Water area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 94,334.846 square miles.
- Setting
State of Alaska, Geography of Alaska ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Resident population
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2025-07-01. July 1 resident population estimate; Vintage 2025. Includes all ages. Earlier vintages are revised by this release.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 737,270 people.
- Resident population estimate, 2020
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2020-07-01. July 1, 2020 resident population estimate from the same Vintage 2025 series; not the April 1 decennial census count.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 732,906 people.
- Population change, 2020–2025
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2020-07-01/2025-07-01. Calculated percentage change between July 1 population estimates in the same Vintage 2025 series.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 0.6%.
- Capital
U.S. Census Bureau, Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography: Alaska ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Statehood
U.S. Census Bureau, Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography: Alaska ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source. Date of admission to the Union.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Median household income
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B19013 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Median household income in the past 12 months, in 2025 inflation-adjusted dollars. Universe: households. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:11.8995582Z.
Original source value: 95,220 2025 USD ± 4,301 (90% confidence).
- Per capita income
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B19301 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Per capita income in the past 12 months, in 2025 inflation-adjusted dollars. Universe: total population. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.6293232Z.
Original source value: 48,244 2025 USD ± 1,544 (90% confidence).
- People below poverty level
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. People whose income in the past 12 months was below the poverty level. Universe: population for whom poverty status is determined. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 78,839 people ± 8,342 (90% confidence).
- Population with poverty status determined
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Denominator for the poverty count. Excludes people for whom poverty status is not determined. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 718,873 people ± 1,538 (90% confidence).
- Poverty rate
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Calculated as B17001_E002 / B17001_E001 × 100. Population for whom poverty status is determined. Rounded to one decimal. Source counts and their 90% margins of error are retained as separate facts; a margin of error for this derived rate has not been calculated.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 11%.
- Housing units
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B25001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Total housing units, occupied and vacant. ACS estimate; not the annual Population Estimates Program housing-unit series. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:17.0506096Z.
Original source value: 330,538 housing units ± 668 (90% confidence).