Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Alaska
Alaska counties and cities ranked by population change.
This page ranks the counties and cities of Alaska by population change — which have the steepest population decline since 2019, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Among counties, Lake and Peninsula Borough leads at -27.7%.
Among cities & places, Aleneva leads at -100.0%.
Counties
| # | Name | Population change 2019–2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | -27.7% | |
| 2 | Yakutat City and Borough | -22.0% | |
| 3 | Haines Borough | -17.5% | |
| 4 | Wrangell City and Borough | -15.8% | |
| 5 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | -10.6% | |
| 6 | Denali Borough | -9.7% | |
| 7 | Aleutians West Census Area | -9.1% | |
| 8 | Kodiak Island Borough | -4.3% | |
| 9 | Dillingham Census Area | -3.6% | |
| 10 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | -3.5% | |
| 11 | Sitka City and Borough | -2.9% | |
| 12 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | -2.0% | |
| 13 | Anchorage Municipality | -1.5% | |
| 14 | Northwest Arctic Borough | -1.3% | |
| 15 | Juneau City and Borough | -0.8% | |
| 16 | Nome Census Area | -0.6% | |
| 17 | Kusilvak Census Area | +0.3% | |
| 18 | Bristol Bay Borough | +0.3% | |
| 19 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | +0.5% | |
| 20 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | +0.8% | |
| 21 | Aleutians East Borough | +1.1% | |
| 22 | Bethel Census Area | +1.9% | |
| 23 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | +2.4% | |
| 24 | Petersburg Borough | +4.2% | |
| 25 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | +5.0% | |
| 26 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | +8.1% | |
| 27 | North Slope Borough | +11.2% | |
| 28 | Skagway Municipality | +18.2% |
Cities & places
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