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Alaska Population News Articles

Population Density

Historic & Projected Growth

Population by County

POPULATION DENSITY

People per square mile, 2010: 1.2

People per square mile, 2020: 1.3

HISTORIC & PROJECTED GROWTH 1790 TO 2040

Sources: Census figures from U.S. Bureau of the Census & *Estimates from Weldon Cooper Center, Demographics Research Group
(The Census Bureau and Weldon Cooper Center have not yet provided updated State projections to reflect 2020 census numbers.)

Population by County

*Between the 2010 and 2020 census, several districts in Alaska were redrawn.

 See visit the Bureau of the Census for more information.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

Population News Articles

Shrinking sea ice means more-intense storms on Alaska’s coast, analysis suggests – Nov 13, 2024

Method rapidly determines surface air quality during Alaska wildfires – Oct 31, 2024

NASA helps find thawing permafrost adds to near-term global warming – Oct 29, 2024

Feds award Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium nearly $75M to address climate change impacting Native communities – Oct 16, 2024

Advocates call for a ban on cruise ship scrubbers, citing pollution concerns – Aug 29, 2024

Alaskan belugas face threat from dwindling food supply, pollution – Aug 19, 2024

Alaska Has A Salmon Problem With Rising Temps Affecting Population – Aug 15, 2024

Permafrost melt raises threat of ‘giant mercury bomb’ in Arctic: Study – Aug 15, 2024

Severe flooding from glacier outburst damages over 100 homes in Alaska’s capital – Aug 9, 2024

Warm weather in Alaska highlights risk climate change poses to future Arctic Winter Games – Mar 17, 2024

Study reveals 30% decline in Alaska humpbacks in last decade – Mar 14, 2024

President Biden’s Clean Energy Agenda Takes Root in Alaska – Mar 12, 2024

Trees are expanding north in Alaska’s Arctic as a result of sea ice loss – Mar 11, 2024

Study finds home heating fuel is direct source of sulfate in Fairbanks’s winter air – Feb 21, 2024

Partnership agreement launches erosion protection project along Kenai River – September 28, 2023

Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before winter sets in – September 19, 2023

Western Alaska Welcomes Teachers From Near And Far – September 7, 2023

Haaland cancels leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge: ‘Climate change is the crisis of our lifetime’ – September 6, 2023

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development talks housing crisis with state and local leaders – August 31, 2023

Top environmental chief ‘proud’ to block proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay – August 30, 2023

Dwindling sea ice and rising Arctic ship traffic may bring unwelcome visitors to King Island – June 9, 2023

Ice-Jam Flooding Impacts Communities on Alaska’s Yukon River – May 18, 2023

Anchorage changed how it counts its homeless population during the pandemic. The number doubled. – May 19, 2023

Arctic Lakes Are Disappearing Fast, and Scientists Are Just Figuring Out Why – December 1, 2022

First pollution alert of the season for Fairbanks/North Pole – November 15, 2022

In Alaska, A Mystery Over Disappearing Whales – November 30, 2022

Without Sea Ice, More Polar Bears Spend Time Onshore, Increasing Potential for Human Interaction – November 1, 2022

Historic wildfires rage across Alaska – June 24, 2022

Scientists point to climate change as likely cause for Alaska snow crab decline – June 16, 2022

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image – June 14, 2022

Warming Climate and Habitat Change Has Moose Numbers on the Rise in Southwest Alaska – June 10, 2022

Scientists find new indicators of Alaska permafrost thawing – June 7, 2022

Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters – February 26, 2022

Engineers give Alaska’s infrastructure a C– – February 23, 2022

Studying winter air quality problems in Alaska – February 10, 2022

Portable Homes Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change – February 7, 2022

Alaskan Indigenous leaders fear impacts on salmon streams by mining project – January 26, 2022

Climate change is making Glacier Bay unstable. Scientists are mapping the risks to visitors – November 11, 2021

New research shows how Alaska subsistence harvesters are having to adapt to climate change – November 10, 2021

First Person: How climate change shapes the community of Kivalina, Alaska – November 8, 2021

At Alaska’s most popular national park, climate change threatens the only road in and out – November 7, 2021

This Is the Largest State in America – November 2, 2021

Climate change poses threat to Indigenous Alaskans’ seal hunting, study finds – August 29, 2021

As local streams warm on the Kenai Peninsula, cold water inputs could be crucial for salmon – August 27, 2021

Landslide prompts closure on Denali Park Road in Alaska – August 24, 2021

Female and young walruses depend on disappearing Arctic Sea ice for food sources – August 20, 2021

‘It was sad having to leave’: Climate crisis splits Alaskan town in half – June 8, 2021

Salmon Season Kicks off with Urgent Call from Alaska Fishermen: Congress Must Take Climate Action,

Reduce Greenhouse Gas Pollution Now – May 12, 2021

Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Electric vehicles with Devon Kibby – February 18, 2021

Seal species showing signs of impact from warmer Alaska climate – February 8, 2021

Tracking and Monitoring Climate Change in the North – February 8, 2021

Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Preserving Wetlands and Peatlands with Koren Bosworth – February 4, 2021

Alaska environmental regulators introduce plan to monitor cruise ship pollution after Gov. Dunleavy vetoed funding for onboard observers – January 27, 2021

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