Alaska
Alaska: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
region · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Alaska at a glance
Rolled up from the 30 regions inside Alaska on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population733,971
census
Places inside30
20 with a full /local page
Businesses on file26,095
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered17
in the company directory
Who represents them3
places with a /politics page
Property & employers1 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Alaska, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 737,270 persons (resident population, U.S. Census Bureau annual estimate, via FRED AKPOP: 737.270 thousand) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 73,634.8 USD millions, current dollars (BEA GDP by State, all-industry total) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.3 percent, seasonally adjusted (BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Inflation
- 2.2 percent, annual change in CPI-U for Urban Alaska (BLS) (2024) ↗
- Median household income
- 102,500 USD, current dollars (Census CPS ASEC 'Income and Poverty in the United States' series, not ACS) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 65.3 percent (Census Housing Vacancies and Homeownership, annual) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 69,460 USD per person, inflation-adjusted (NY Fed State Level Household Debt Statistics 2003-2025, Feb 2026, per Alaska Dept. of Labor; 14th among states) (2025) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage ↗ | 517,289 USD | average sale (single-family, AHFC lender survey) | 2024-Q4 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough ↗ | 445,351 USD | average sale (single-family, AHFC lender survey) | 2024-Q4 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough ↗ | 340,465 USD | average sale (single-family, AHFC lender survey) | 2024-Q4 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough ↗ | 420,961 USD | average sale (single-family, AHFC lender survey) | 2024-Q4 |
| Juneau ↗ | 517,603 USD | average sale (single-family, AHFC lender survey) | 2024-Q4 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 83.7% | most often at home — spoke only English (ACS, as reported on Wikipedia) | 2019 |
| Language other than English ↗ | 16.3% | most often at home — spoke a language other than English (ACS, as reported on Wikipedia) | 2019 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander languages ↗ | 5.6% | most often at home (ACS, as reported on Wikipedia) | 2019 |
| Spanish ↗ | 4% | most often at home (ACS, as reported on Wikipedia) | 2019 |
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Largest companies in Alaska
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Slope Regional Corporation ↗ | revenue | 5.978 USD billions | 2025 |
| Bristol Bay Native Corporation ↗ | revenue | 3.37 USD billions | 2025 |
| NANA Regional Corporation ↗ | revenue | 3.176 USD billions | 2025 |
| Chenega Corporation ↗ | revenue | 1.6 USD billions | 2025 |
| Lynden ↗ | revenue | 1.358 USD billions | 2025 |
| Calista Corporation ↗ | revenue | 1.277 USD billions | 2025 |
| Bering Straits Native Corporation ↗ | revenue | 1.185 USD billions | 2025 |
| Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation ↗ | revenue | 1.13 USD billions | 2025 |
| Chugach Alaska Corporation ↗ | revenue | 0.964 USD billions | 2025 |
| Koniag ↗ | revenue | 0.877 USD billions | 2025 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-11Alaska's Nov 3, 2026 governor election (ranked-choice; incumbent Mike Dunleavy term-limited) was not decided on first choices: with 74% reporting, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins led with 49.2% (103,610), ahead of Republicans Bernadette Wilson 29.2%, Dave Bronson 14.2% and Treg Taylor 7.5%; the ranked-choice count was still to come. ↗
- 2026-06Inflation-adjusted household debt per person in Alaska fell to $69,460 in 2025, the lowest since 2014 (peak $77,619 in 2008); Alaska ranked 14th among states. ↗
- 2026-06Alaska's credit card delinquency rate rose to its highest level in more than 20 years in 2025, and delinquency rose in every major debt category. ↗
- 2026-10The 2026 Top 49ers (Alaska-founded, Alaska-headquartered companies) earned more than $30 billion in 2025 revenue; ASRC alone made up nearly 20% of that, and 26 of the 49 are Alaska Native corporations. ↗
- 2026-09Alaska's GDP was $73,634.8 million in 2025, up from $69,130.8 million in 2024 (BEA, current dollars). ↗
- 2025-07Urban Alaska consumer prices rose 2.2% in 2024, up from 1.8% in 2023 but below the 3.3% yearly average since 1961; price levels rose about 18% from 2020. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$89,336
Median rent$1,388/mo
Immigrants7.8%
Renters33.4%
Aged 65+13.3%
Unemployment5.4%
Low income10.2%
Speak a language other than English14.5%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Other and unspecified languages27,195 · 3.7%
- Spanish23,665 · 3.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)18,754 · 2.6%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages15,358 · 2.1%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages5,510 · 0.8%
- Korean3,796 · 0.5%
- Other Indo-European languages3,222 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages2,842 · 0.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun2,436 · 0.3%
- Arabic1,804 · 0.2%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1,773 · 0.2%
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Largest places in Alaska
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Anchorage, Alaska full291,247
- 2.Sitka, Alaska full8,458
- 3.Kenai, Alaska full7,424
- 4.Bethel, Alaska full6,325
- 5.Kodiak, Alaska full5,581
- 6.Homer, Alaska full5,522
- 7.Nome, Alaska full3,699
- 8.Kotzebue, Alaska full3,102
- 9.Cordova, Alaska full2,609
- 10.Dillingham, Alaska full2,249
- 11.Girdwood, Alaska full1,742
- 12.Hooper Bay (Naparyaarmiut), Alaska1,375
- 13.Talkeetna, Alaska full1,055
- 14.Craig, Alaska1,036
- 15.Hoonah (Huna), Alaska full931
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Inside Alaska
30 regions have Alaska as their parent.
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Aniak, Alaska
- Barrow, Alaska
- Bethel, Alaska
- Chignik, Alaska
- Cordova, Alaska
- Craig, Alaska
- Dillingham, Alaska
- Dutch Harbor, Alaska
- Fairbanks, Alaska
- Galena, Alaska
- Girdwood, Alaska
- Golovin, Alaska town
- Haines, Alaska
- Homer, Alaska
- Hoonah (Huna), Alaska town
- Hooper Bay (Naparyaarmiut), Alaska
- Iliamna, Alaska
- Juneau, Alaska
- Kenai, Alaska
- Ketchikan, Alaska
- King Salmon, Alaska
- Kodiak, Alaska
- Kotzebue, Alaska
- Nome, Alaska
- Point Hope, Alaska town
- Red Dog, Alaska town
- Sitka, Alaska
- Talkeetna, Alaska
- Valdez, Alaska
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Companies based in Alaska
11 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 17 across Alaska and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Berries | Agribusiness | |
| Alaska Distillery | Beverage | |
| Alaska's Own North Country Wine | Agribusiness | |
| Bear Creek Winery | Agribusiness | |
| Celestial Meads | Agribusiness | |
| Denali Winery | Agribusiness | |
| Glacier Bear Winery | Beverage | |
| Glacier Valley Wines | Agribusiness | |
| Iditarod | Sports | |
| Kodiak Island Winery | Agribusiness | |
| Matson Vineyards | Agribusiness |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Alaska are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.