List of cities in Alaska

This is a list of incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Alaska, including unified city-boroughs.There are a total of 149 cities in Alaska.

State capital

† Borough seat

Cities in Alaska

Name	Class[1]	Borough or Census Area[2]	Incorporated[3]	Population (2020)[4]	Population (2010)[4]	Change	Land area (2020)[5]		Population density
							sq mi	km2
Adak	Second Class	Aleutians West (CA)	2001	171	326	−47.5%	32.43	84.0	5.3/sq mi (2.0/km2)
Akhiok	Second Class	Kodiak Island	1974	63	71	−11.3%	7.40	19.2	8.5/sq mi (3.3/km2)
Akiak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1970	462	346	+33.5%	1.89	4.9	244.4/sq mi (94.4/km2)
Akutan	Second Class	Aleutians East	1979	1,589	1,027	+54.7%	65.98	170.9	24.1/sq mi (9.3/km2)
Alakanuk	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1969	756	677	+11.7%	32.20	83.4	23.5/sq mi (9.1/km2)
Aleknagik	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1973	211	219	−3.7%	26.55	68.8	7.9/sq mi (3.1/km2)
Allakaket	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1975	177	105	+68.6%	14.72	38.1	12.0/sq mi (4.6/km2)
Ambler	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1971	274	258	+6.2%	10.28	26.6	26.7/sq mi (10.3/km2)
Anaktuvuk Pass	Second Class	North Slope	1959	425	324	+31.2%	5.18	13.4	82.0/sq mi (31.7/km2)
Anchorage	Unified Home Rule	Anchorage	1975	291,247	291,826	−0.2%	1,706.80	4,420.6	170.6/sq mi (65.9/km2)
Anderson	Second Class	Denali[a]	1962	177	246	−28.0%	42.20	109.3	4.2/sq mi (1.6/km2)
Angoon	Second Class	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	1963	357	459	−22.2%	24.53	63.5	14.6/sq mi (5.6/km2)
Aniak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1972	507	501	+1.2%	6.18	16.0	82.0/sq mi (31.7/km2)
Anvik	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1969	70	85	−17.6%	9.49	24.6	7.4/sq mi (2.9/km2)
Atka	Second Class	Aleutians West (CA)	1988	53	61	−13.1%	8.47	21.9	6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Atqasuk	Second Class	North Slope	1982	276	233	+18.5%	39.12	101.3	7.1/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Bethel	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1957	6,325	6,080	+4.0%	44.51	115.3	142.1/sq mi (54.9/km2)
Bettles	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1985	23	12	+91.7%	1.56	4.0	14.7/sq mi (5.7/km2)
Brevig Mission	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	428	388	+10.3%	2.43	6.3	176.1/sq mi (68.0/km2)
Buckland	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1966	550	416	+32.2%	0.85	2.2	647.1/sq mi (249.8/km2)
Chefornak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1974	506	418	+21.1%	5.24	13.6	96.6/sq mi (37.3/km2)
Chevak	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1967	951	938	+1.4%	1.14	3.0	834.2/sq mi (322.1/km2)
Chignik	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula	1983	97	91	+6.6%	10.95	28.4	8.9/sq mi (3.4/km2)
Chuathbaluk	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1975	104	118	−11.9%	4.47	11.6	23.3/sq mi (9.0/km2)
Clark's Point	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1971	67	62	+8.1%	3.32	8.6	20.2/sq mi (7.8/km2)
Coffman Cove	Second Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1989	127	176	−27.8%	10.90	28.2	11.7/sq mi (4.5/km2)
Cold Bay	Second Class	Aleutians East	1981	50	108	−53.7%	53.41	138.3	0.9/sq mi (0.35/km2)
Cordova	Home Rule	Chugach (CA)	1909	2,609	2,239	+16.5%	61.35	158.9	42.5/sq mi (16.4/km2)
Craig	First Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1922	1,036	1,201	−13.7%	6.69	17.3	154.9/sq mi (59.8/km2)
Deering	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1970	182	122	+49.2%	5.02	13.0	36.3/sq mi (14.0/km2)
Delta Junction	Second Class	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)	1960	918	958	−4.2%	13.88	35.9	66.1/sq mi (25.5/km2)
Dillingham	First Class	Dillingham (CA)	1963	2,249	2,329	−3.4%	33.34	86.4	67.5/sq mi (26.1/km2)
Diomede	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1970	83	115	−27.8%	2.43	6.3	34.2/sq mi (13.2/km2)
Eagle	Second Class	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)	1901	83	86	−3.5%	0.88	2.3	94.3/sq mi (36.4/km2)
Edna Bay[b]	Second Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	2014[6]	25	—	—	21.14	54.8	1.2/sq mi (0.46/km2)
Eek	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1970	404	296	+36.5%	0.65	1.7	621.5/sq mi (240.0/km2)
Egegik	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula	1995	39	109	−64.2%	29.55	76.5	1.3/sq mi (0.50/km2)
Ekwok	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1974	111	115	−3.5%	16.75	43.4	6.6/sq mi (2.5/km2)
Elim	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1970	366	330	+10.9%	2.66	6.9	137.6/sq mi (53.1/km2)
Emmonak	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1964	825	762	+8.3%	4.97	12.9	166.0/sq mi (64.1/km2)
Fairbanks†	Home Rule	Fairbanks North Star	1903[7]	32,515	31,535	+3.1%	31.75	82.2	1,024.1/sq mi (395.4/km2)
False Pass	Second Class	Aleutians East	1990	397	35	+1,034.3%	25.07	64.9	15.8/sq mi (6.1/km2)
Fort Yukon	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1959	428	583	−26.6%	6.74	17.5	63.5/sq mi (24.5/km2)
Galena	First Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1971	472	470	+0.4%	17.65	45.7	26.7/sq mi (10.3/km2)
Gambell	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1963	640	681	−6.0%	10.51	27.2	60.9/sq mi (23.5/km2)
Golovin	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1971	175	156	+12.2%	4.13	10.7	42.4/sq mi (16.4/km2)
Goodnews Bay	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1970	258	243	+6.2%	3.33	8.6	77.5/sq mi (29.9/km2)
Grayling	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1969	210	194	+8.2%	11.23	29.1	18.7/sq mi (7.2/km2)
Gustavus	Second Class	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	2004	655	442	+48.2%	36.36	94.2	18.0/sq mi (6.9/km2)
Holy Cross	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1968	176	178	−1.1%	28.83	74.7	6.1/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Homer	First Class	Kenai Peninsula	1964	5,522	5,003	+10.4%	13.79	35.7	400.4/sq mi (154.6/km2)
Hoonah	First Class	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	1946	931	760	+22.5%	5.87	15.2	158.6/sq mi (61.2/km2)
Hooper Bay	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1966	1,375	1,093	+25.8%	7.50	19.4	183.3/sq mi (70.8/km2)
Houston	Second Class	Matanuska-Susitna	1966	1,975	1,912	+3.3%	23.94	62.0	82.5/sq mi (31.9/km2)
Hughes	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1973	85	77	+10.4%	3.04	7.9	28.0/sq mi (10.8/km2)
Huslia	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1969	304	275	+10.5%	15.79	40.9	19.3/sq mi (7.5/km2)
Hydaburg	First Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1927	380	376	+1.1%	0.29	0.75	1,310.3/sq mi (505.9/km2)
Juneau	Unified Home Rule	Juneau	1970	32,255	31,275	+3.1%	2,704.03	7,003.4	11.9/sq mi (4.6/km2)
Kachemak	Second Class	Kenai Peninsula	1961	576	472	+22.0%	1.67	4.3	344.9/sq mi (133.2/km2)
Kake	First Class	Petersburg[c]	1952	543	557	−2.5%	7.67	19.9	70.8/sq mi (27.3/km2)
Kaktovik	Second Class	North Slope	1971	283	239	+18.4%	0.77	2.0	367.5/sq mi (141.9/km2)
Kaltag	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1969	158	190	−16.8%	21.64	56.0	7.3/sq mi (2.8/km2)
Kasaan	Second Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1976	30	49	−38.8%	6.06	15.7	5.0/sq mi (1.9/km2)
Kenai	Home Rule	Kenai Peninsula	1960	7,424	7,100	+4.6%	29.14	75.5	254.8/sq mi (98.4/km2)
Ketchikan†	Home Rule	Ketchikan Gateway	1900	8,192	8,050	+1.8%	3.81	9.9	2,150.1/sq mi (830.2/km2)
Kiana	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1964	447	361	+23.8%	0.19	0.49	2,352.6/sq mi (908.3/km2)
King Cove	First Class	Aleutians East	1947	757	938	−19.3%	24.66	63.9	30.7/sq mi (11.9/km2)
Kivalina	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1969	444	374	+18.7%	1.63	4.2	272.4/sq mi (105.2/km2)
Klawock	First Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1929	720	755	−4.6%	0.68	1.8	1,058.8/sq mi (408.8/km2)
Kobuk	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1973	191	151	+26.5%	15.51	40.2	12.3/sq mi (4.7/km2)
Kodiak†	Home Rule	Kodiak Island	1940	5,581	6,130	−9.0%	3.92	10.2	1,423.7/sq mi (549.7/km2)
Kotlik	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1970	655	577	+13.5%	2.99	7.7	219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2)
Kotzebue†	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1958	3,102	3,201	−3.1%	24.76	64.1	125.3/sq mi (48.4/km2)
Koyuk	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1970	312	332	−6.0%	5.10	13.2	61.2/sq mi (23.6/km2)
Koyukuk	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1973	98	96	+2.1%	5.74	14.9	17.1/sq mi (6.6/km2)
Kupreanof	Second Class	Petersburg	1975	21	27	−22.2%	3.02	7.8	7.0/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Kwethluk	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1975	812	721	+12.6%	10.18	26.4	79.8/sq mi (30.8/km2)
Larsen Bay	Second Class	Kodiak Island	1974	34	87	−60.9%	4.03	10.4	8.4/sq mi (3.2/km2)
Lower Kalskag	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1969	278	282	−1.4%	1.24	3.2	224.2/sq mi (86.6/km2)
Manokotak	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1970	488	442	+10.4%	73.14	189.4	6.7/sq mi (2.6/km2)
Marshall	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1970	492	414	+18.8%	4.06	10.5	121.2/sq mi (46.8/km2)
McGrath	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1975	301	346	−13.0%	42.33	109.6	7.1/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Mekoryuk	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1969	206	191	+7.9%	7.07	18.3	29.1/sq mi (11.2/km2)
Mountain Village	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1967	621	813	−23.6%	4.21	10.9	147.5/sq mi (57.0/km2)
Napakiak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1970	358	354	+1.1%	2.01	5.2	178.1/sq mi (68.8/km2)
Napaskiak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1971	509	405	+25.7%	2.90	7.5	175.5/sq mi (67.8/km2)
Nenana	Home Rule	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1921	358	378	−5.3%	5.95	15.4	60.2/sq mi (23.2/km2)
New Stuyahok	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1972	512	510	+0.4%	33.72	87.3	15.2/sq mi (5.9/km2)
Newhalen	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula[d]	1971	168	190	−11.6%	6.03	15.6	27.9/sq mi (10.8/km2)
Nightmute	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1974	306	280	+9.3%	98.96	256.3	3.1/sq mi (1.2/km2)
Nikolai	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1970	89	94	−5.3%	4.39	11.4	20.3/sq mi (7.8/km2)
Nome	First Class	Nome (CA)	1901	3,699	3,598	+2.8%	12.80	33.2	289.0/sq mi (111.6/km2)
Nondalton	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula	1971	133	164	−18.9%	6.74	17.5	19.7/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Noorvik	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1964	694	668	+3.9%	0.84	2.2	826.2/sq mi (319.0/km2)
North Pole	Home Rule	Fairbanks North Star	1953	2,243	2,117	+6.0%	4.08	10.6	549.8/sq mi (212.3/km2)
Nuiqsut	Second Class	North Slope	1975	512	402	+27.4%	8.89	23.0	57.6/sq mi (22.2/km2)
Nulato	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1963	238	264	−9.8%	41.09	106.4	5.8/sq mi (2.2/km2)
Nunam Iqua	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1974	217	187	+16.0%	11.57	30.0	18.8/sq mi (7.3/km2)
Nunapitchuk	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1969	594	496	+19.8%	6.99	18.1	85.0/sq mi (32.8/km2)
Old Harbor	Second Class	Kodiak Island	1966	216	218	−0.9%	16.19	41.9	13.3/sq mi (5.1/km2)
Ouzinkie	Second Class	Kodiak Island	1967	109	161	−32.3%	5.54	14.3	19.7/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Palmer†	Home Rule	Matanuska-Susitna	1951	5,888	5,937	−0.8%	5.07	13.1	1,161.3/sq mi (448.4/km2)
Pelican	First Class	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	1943	98	88	+11.4%	0.55	1.4	178.2/sq mi (68.8/km2)
Pilot Point	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula	1992	70	68	+2.9%	24.55	63.6	2.9/sq mi (1.1/km2)
Pilot Station	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1969	615	568	+8.3%	1.61	4.2	382.0/sq mi (147.5/km2)
Platinum	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1975	55	61	−9.8%	47.27	122.4	1.2/sq mi (0.46/km2)
Point Hope	Second Class	North Slope	1966	830	674	+23.1%	5.00	12.9	166.0/sq mi (64.1/km2)
Port Alexander	Second Class	Petersburg	1974	78	52	+50.0%	3.50	9.1	22.3/sq mi (8.6/km2)
Port Heiden	Second Class	Lake and Peninsula	1972	100	102	−2.0%	46.77	121.1	2.1/sq mi (0.81/km2)
Port Lions	Second Class	Kodiak Island	1966	170	194	−12.4%	4.99	12.9	34.1/sq mi (13.2/km2)
Quinhagak	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1975	776	669	+16.0%	4.10	10.6	189.3/sq mi (73.1/km2)
Ruby	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1973	139	166	−16.3%	7.03	18.2	19.8/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Russian Mission	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1970	421	312	+34.9%	5.37	13.9	78.4/sq mi (30.3/km2)
Saint Paul	Second Class	Aleutians West (CA)	1971	413	479	−13.8%	42.62	110.4	9.7/sq mi (3.7/km2)
Sand Point†	First Class	Aleutians East	1966	578	976	−40.8%	8.01	20.7	72.2/sq mi (27.9/km2)
Savoonga	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	835	671	+24.4%	5.87	15.2	142.2/sq mi (54.9/km2)
Saxman	Second Class	Ketchikan Gateway	1929	384	411	−6.6%	0.96	2.5	400.0/sq mi (154.4/km2)
Scammon Bay	Second Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1967	600	474	+26.6%	0.47	1.2	1,276.6/sq mi (492.9/km2)
Selawik	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1977[e]	809	829	−2.4%	2.33	6.0	347.2/sq mi (134.1/km2)
Seldovia	First Class	Kenai Peninsula	1945	235	255	−7.8%	0.39	1.0	602.6/sq mi (232.7/km2)
Seward	Home Rule	Kenai Peninsula	1912	2,717	2,693	+0.9%	13.96	36.2	194.6/sq mi (75.1/km2)
Shageluk	Second Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1970	100	83	+20.5%	10.22	26.5	9.8/sq mi (3.8/km2)
Shaktoolik	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	212	251	−15.5%	1.07	2.8	198.1/sq mi (76.5/km2)
Shishmaref	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	576	563	+2.3%	2.34	6.1	246.2/sq mi (95.1/km2)
Shungnak	Second Class	Northwest Arctic	1967	272	262	+3.8%	8.05	20.8	33.8/sq mi (13.1/km2)
Sitka	Unified Home Rule	Sitka	1971	8,458	8,881	−4.8%	2,870.06	7,433.4	2.9/sq mi (1.1/km2)
Soldotna†	Home Rule[8]	Kenai Peninsula	1967	4,342	4,163	+4.3%	6.96	18.0	623.9/sq mi (240.9/km2)
St. George	Second Class	Aleutians West (CA)	1983	67	102	−34.3%	34.78	90.1	1.9/sq mi (0.73/km2)
St. Mary's	First Class	Kusilvak (CA)	1967	599	507	+18.1%	44.60	115.5	13.4/sq mi (5.2/km2)
St. Michael	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	456	401	+13.7%	21.75	56.3	21.0/sq mi (8.1/km2)
Stebbins	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	634	556	+14.0%	32.61	84.5	19.4/sq mi (7.5/km2)
Tanana	First Class	Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)	1961	246	246	0.0%	10.67	27.6	23.1/sq mi (8.9/km2)
Teller	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1963	249	229	+8.7%	1.49	3.9	167.1/sq mi (64.5/km2)
Tenakee Springs	Second Class	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	1971	116	131	−11.5%	13.15	34.1	8.8/sq mi (3.4/km2)
Thorne Bay	Second Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	1982	476	471	+1.1%	26.67	69.1	17.8/sq mi (6.9/km2)
Togiak	Second Class	Dillingham (CA)	1969	817	817	0.0%	42.01	108.8	19.4/sq mi (7.5/km2)
Toksook Bay	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1972	658	590	+11.5%	28.71	74.4	22.9/sq mi (8.8/km2)
Unalakleet	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1974	765	688	+11.2%	2.86	7.4	267.5/sq mi (103.3/km2)
Unalaska	First Class	Aleutians West (CA)	1942	4,254	4,376	−2.8%	102.21	264.7	41.6/sq mi (16.1/km2)
Upper Kalskag	Second Class	Bethel (CA)	1975	212	210	+1.0%	3.56	9.2	59.6/sq mi (23.0/km2)
Utqiaġvik†(Barrow)	First Class	North Slope	1959	4,927	4,212	+17.0%	18.77	48.6	262.5/sq mi (101.4/km2)
Valdez	Home Rule	Chugach (CA)	1901	3,985	3,976	+0.2%	212.69	550.9	18.7/sq mi (7.2/km2)
Wainwright	Second Class	North Slope	1962	628	556	+12.9%	10.31	26.7	60.9/sq mi (23.5/km2)
Wales	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1964	168	145	+15.9%	2.30	6.0	73.0/sq mi (28.2/km2)
Wasilla	First Class	Matanuska-Susitna	1974	9,054	7,831	+15.6%	12.40	32.1	730.2/sq mi (281.9/km2)
Whale Pass[f]	Second Class	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	2017[9]	86	—	—	19.86	51.4	4.3/sq mi (1.7/km2)
White Mountain	Second Class	Nome (CA)	1969	185	190	−2.6%	1.82	4.7	101.6/sq mi (39.2/km2)
Whittier	Second Class	Chugach (CA)	1969	272	220	+23.6%	12.25	31.7	22.2/sq mi (8.6/km2)
Wrangell	Unified Home Rule	Wrangell	2008	2,127	2,369	−10.2%	2,555.99	6,620.0	0.8/sq mi (0.31/km2)
Total cities[g]	–	–	–	497,374	457,229	+8.8%	12,182.77	31,553.2	40.8/sq mi (15.8/km2)
Alaska	–	–	–	733,391	710,231	+3.3%[11]	570,640.95	1,477,953.3	1.3/sq mi (0.50/km2)

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