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As a whole, Alaska’s population grew from 710,231 in 2010 to 733,391 in 2020, a growth of 3.3%.
The results of the 2020 U.S. Census paint a picture of shifting demographics throughout the nation and in Alaska. Alaska Public Media’s Adelyn Baxter breaks down the data.
Alaska’s population remained stable from 2021 into last year, as state officials say higher death rates from the COVID-19 pandemic and Alaskans leaving the state negated natural population ...
“Alaska’s 65-plus population nearly doubled from 2010 to 2021 and grew by 6,000 from 2020 to 2021 alone,” Fried wrote. “This age group will keep growing through at least 2035. ...
The 2020 census is set to begin in Toksook Bay, Alaska, continuing the tradition of counting the most remote parts of the most northern state before the rest of the U.S.
Southeast Alaska’s population expected drop 17% by 2050, by far the most statewide. State expects to lose 15,000 residents, 12,000 of them from Southeast, according to report.
Alaska’s population is set to significantly decline by 2050, according to a new forecast from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The department publishes population ...
Jan. 15—Alaska's working-age population continued its long-term decline in 2023 as more people continue to leave the state than move here, according to annual data released this month by the ...
Aug. 10—If you drive across the Rust Belt in the Lower 48, you'll encounter them here and there: half-empty towns with schools and storefronts boarded up, waiting for an economic upswing that ...
Alaska officials have canceled several crab harvests in a conservation effort that sent shock waves through ... The population declined 83% from 2018 to 2022 as some small crab entered the ...