County research and study

Alaska county reference

30 counties and county equivalents in Alaska. Search names or FIPS codes, compare Census geography and keep the original sources with your work.

• Aleutians East Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02013

  3,479 residents · 2025 estimate

• Aleutians West Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02016

  5,240 residents · 2025 estimate

• Anchorage Municipality

  Alaska · FIPS 02020

  287,155 residents · 2025 estimate

• Bethel Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02050

  18,391 residents · 2025 estimate

• Bristol Bay Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02060

  847 residents · 2025 estimate

• Chugach Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02063

  6,553 residents · 2025 estimate

• Copper River Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02066

  2,666 residents · 2025 estimate

• Denali Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02068

  1,616 residents · 2025 estimate

• Dillingham Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02070

  4,483 residents · 2025 estimate

• Fairbanks North Star Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02090

  93,972 residents · 2025 estimate

• Haines Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02100

  2,068 residents · 2025 estimate

• Hoonah-Angoon Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02105

  2,271 residents · 2025 estimate

• Juneau City and Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02110

  31,609 residents · 2025 estimate

• Kenai Peninsula Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02122

  61,951 residents · 2025 estimate

• Ketchikan Gateway Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02130

  13,549 residents · 2025 estimate

• Kodiak Island Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02150

  12,387 residents · 2025 estimate

• Kusilvak Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02158

  7,932 residents · 2025 estimate

• Lake and Peninsula Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02164

  1,357 residents · 2025 estimate

• Matanuska-Susitna Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02170

  118,666 residents · 2025 estimate

• Nome Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02180

  9,830 residents · 2025 estimate

• North Slope Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02185

  10,582 residents · 2025 estimate

• Northwest Arctic Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02188

  7,095 residents · 2025 estimate

• Petersburg Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02195

  3,394 residents · 2025 estimate

• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02198

  5,777 residents · 2025 estimate

• Sitka City and Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02220

  8,319 residents · 2025 estimate

• Skagway Municipality

  Alaska · FIPS 02230

  1,104 residents · 2025 estimate

• Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02240

  7,270 residents · 2025 estimate

• Wrangell City and Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02275

  2,007 residents · 2025 estimate

• Yakutat City and Borough

  Alaska · FIPS 02282

  672 residents · 2025 estimate

• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

  Alaska · FIPS 02290

  5,028 residents · 2025 estimate

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Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.