Alaska grew by 2,274 people from 2023 to 2024, an increase of 0.3 percent, based on population estimates released today by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state’s population, which had been below 740,000 since 2018, reached 741,147 on July 1, 2024.
Alaska has lost residents to net migration for 12 straight years, but in recent years, the losses have been small enough for the population to grow overall. Last year, 1,163 more people left Alaska than moved in, but the state gained 3,437 residents through natural increases or births minus deaths.
The number of Alaskans aged 65 and older increased by 4 percent over the year, while the working-age population — ages 18 to 64 — declined by 0.4 percent. The number of children from birth to age 17 decreased by 0.3 percent.
The state’s oldest borough was Haines, with a median age of 49.8. The Kusilvak Census Area in western Alaska was the youngest at 24.3.
Twenty-one 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 -196 in the Kodiak Island Borough. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew the most (2,059), followed by the Fairbanks North Star Borough (630).
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, as well as estimates by age and sex for each borough and census area and for places with populations of 1,000 or more.