Alaska is a state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2010 United States census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants but is the largest by land area spanning of land. As of the 2020 Census, Alaska has 206 census-designated places.
Changes for 2020 include the addition of five census-designated places: Eareckson Station (last gazetted in 1980), Mill Bay, North Lakes, Petersburg (a former city), and South Lakes. Six former census-designates places counted for the 2010 census were not included in 2020: Edna Bay, incorporated in 2014; Lakes, split into North Lakes and South Lakes; New Allakaket, annexed by neighboring Allakaket in March 2015; Northway Junction and Northway Village, both merged with Northway; and Whale Pass, incorporated in 2017.
Changes for 2010 include the addition of twelve new census-designated places: Badger, Chena Ridge, Eureka Roadhouse, Farmers Loop, Goldstream, Loring, Mertarvik, Nabesna, Point Possession, South Van Horn, Steele Creek, and Whitestone. Six former census-designated places counted for the 2000 census were not included in 2010: Alpine, Copperville (merged into Tazlina CDP), Cube Cove, Miller Landing (annexed to Homer city), Meyers Chuck and Thoms Place (both incorporated into Wrangell city and borough). Two former CDPs became cities: Adak (incorporated in 2001) and Gustavus (incorporated in 2004). Skagway (disincorporated in 2007) is now a census-designated place. Finally, one census-designated place has a new name: Y is now Susitna North.
List of census-designated places Rank(2020) Name 2020Pop. 2010Pop. 2000Pop. Census code(FIPS code) Borough orCensus area Coordinates 1 Knik-Fairview Matanuska-Susitna Borough 2 Badger Fairbanks North Star Borough 3 College Fairbanks North Star Borough 4 North Lakes Matanuska-Susitna Borough 5 Meadow Lakes Matanuska-Susitna Borough 6 Tanaina Matanuska-Susitna Borough 7 Kalifornsky Kenai Peninsula Borough 8 Steele Creek Fairbanks North Star Borough 9 Chena Ridge Fairbanks North Star Borough 10 Sterling Kenai Peninsula Borough 11 Gateway Matanuska-Susitna Borough 12 South Lakes Matanuska-Susitna Borough 13 Fishhook Matanuska-Susitna Borough 14 Farmers Loop Fairbanks North Star Borough 15 Nikiski Kenai Peninsula Borough 16 Mill Bay Kodiak Island Borough 17 Big Lake Matanuska-Susitna Borough 18 Butte Matanuska-Susitna Borough 19 Goldstream Fairbanks North Star Borough 20 Petersburg Petersburg Borough 21 Farm Loop Matanuska-Susitna Borough 22 Eielson AFB Fairbanks North Star Borough 23 Ester Fairbanks North Star Borough 24 Deltana Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 25 Fritz Creek Kenai Peninsula Borough 26 Willow Matanuska-Susitna Borough 27 Ridgeway Kenai Peninsula Borough 28 Bear Creek Kenai Peninsula Borough 29 Anchor Point Kenai Peninsula Borough 30 Point MacKenzie Matanuska-Susitna Borough 31 Kodiak Station Kodiak Island Borough 32 Haines Haines Borough 33 Susitna North Matanuska-Susitna Borough 34 Lazy Mountain Matanuska-Susitna Borough 35 Cohoe Kenai Peninsula Borough 36 Metlakatla Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 37 Diamond Ridge Kenai Peninsula Borough 38 Prudhoe Bay North Slope Borough 39 Tok Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 40 Skagway Municipality and Borough of Skagway 41 Funny River Kenai Peninsula Borough 42 Salamatof Kenai Peninsula Borough 43 Talkeetna Matanuska-Susitna Borough 44 Sutton-Alpine Matanuska-Susitna Borough 45 Buffalo Soapstone Matanuska-Susitna Borough 46 Salcha Fairbanks North Star Borough 47 Healy Denali Borough 48 Ninilchik Kenai Peninsula Borough 49 Knik River Matanuska-Susitna Borough 50 Womens Bay Kodiak Island Borough 51 Happy Valley Kenai Peninsula Borough 52 Kipnuk Bethel Census Area 53 Akiachak Bethel Census Area 54 Yakutat Yakutat City and Borough 55 Two Rivers Fairbanks North Star Borough 56 Fox River Kenai Peninsula Borough 57 Kasigluk Bethel Census Area 58 Pleasant Valley Fairbanks North Star Borough 59 Noatak Northwest Arctic Borough 60 Moose Creek Fairbanks North Star Borough 61 Kasilof Kenai Peninsula Borough 62 South Van Horn Fairbanks North Star Borough 63 Trapper Creek Matanuska-Susitna Borough 64 Kongiganak Bethel Census Area 65 Naknek Bristol Bay Borough 66 Tuntutuliak Bethel Census Area 67 Big Delta Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 67 Tuluksak Bethel Census Area 69 Glennallen Copper River Census Area 70 Fox Fairbanks North Star Borough 71 Tununak Bethel Census Area 72 Atmautluak Bethel Census Area 73 Kwigillingok Bethel Census Area 74 Glacier View Matanuska-Susitna Borough 75 Cooper Landing Kenai Peninsula Borough 76 Copper Center Copper River Census Area 77 Point Lay North Slope Borough 78 Nikolaevsk Kenai Peninsula Borough 79 Fort Greely Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 80 King Salmon Bristol Bay Borough 81 Chickaloon Matanuska-Susitna Borough 82 Harding-Birch Lakes Fairbanks North Star Borough 83 Nanwalek Kenai Peninsula Borough 84 Tazlina Copper River Census Area 85 Seldovia Village Kenai Peninsula Borough 86 Kenny Lake Copper River Census Area 86 Northway Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 88 Eareckson Station Aleutians West Census Area 89 Moose Pass Kenai Peninsula Borough 90 Newtok Bethel Census Area 91 Clam Gulch Kenai Peninsula Borough 92 Venetie Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 93 Cantwell Denali Borough 94 Willow Creek Copper River Census Area 95 Port Alsworth Lake and Peninsula Borough 96 Koliganek Dillingham Census Area 97 Gakona Copper River Census Area 97 Manley Hot Springs Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 99 Denali Park (formerly McKinley Park) Denali Borough 100 Port Graham Kenai Peninsula Borough 101 Hope Kenai Peninsula Borough 102 Mud Bay Haines Borough 103 Kokhanok Lake and Peninsula Borough 103 Tyonek Kenai Peninsula Borough 105 Arctic Village Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 106 Minto Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 107 Tanacross Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 108 Naukati Bay Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 109 Mentasta Lake Copper River Census Area 110 Tetlin Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 111 Mosquito Lake Haines Borough 111 Pitkas Point Kusilvak Census Area 113 Crown Point Kenai Peninsula Borough 114 Slana Copper River Census Area 115 Silver Springs Copper River Census Area 116 Gulkana Copper River Census Area 117 Iliamna Lake and Peninsula Borough 118 McCarthy Copper River Census Area 119 Twin Hills Dillingham Census Area 120 Chitina Copper River Census Area 121 Mertarvik Bethel Census Area 122 Chignik Lagoon Lake and Peninsula Borough 123 Primrose Kenai Peninsula Borough 124 Circle Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 125 Sleetmute Bethel Census Area 125 Tatitlek Chugach Census Area 125 Crooked Creek Bethel Census Area 128 Perryville Lake and Peninsula Borough 129 Klukwan Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 130 Lowell Point Kenai Peninsula Borough 131 Whitestone Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 132 Oscarville Bethel Census Area 133 Levelock Lake and Peninsula Borough 134 Igiugig Lake and Peninsula Borough 135 South Naknek Bristol Bay Borough 136 Central Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 137 Hollis Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 138 Skwentna Matanuska-Susitna Borough 139 Chignik Lake Lake and Peninsula Borough 140 Dry Creek Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 140 Chiniak Kodiak Island Borough 142 Chistochina Copper River Census Area 142 Halibut Cove Kenai Peninsula Borough 144 Chenega Chugach Census Area 145 Rampart Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 145 Stony River Bethel Census Area 147 Chalkyitsik Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 147 Takotna Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 149 Tonsina Copper River Census Area 150 Eagle Village Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 151 Hyder Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 151 Beaver Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 153 Nelchina Copper River Census Area 154 Pedro Bay Lake and Peninsula Borough 155 Nelson Lagoon Aleutians East Borough 156 Excursion Inlet Haines Borough 157 Nikolski Aleutians West Census Area 158 Stevens Village Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 159 Alcan Border Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 159 Mendeltna Copper River Census Area 159 Port Protection Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 162 Birch Creek Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 163 Beluga Kenai Peninsula Borough 163 Coldfoot Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 165 Lake Minchumina Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 166 Lutak Haines Borough 167 Karluk Kodiak Island Borough 167 Petersville Matanuska-Susitna Borough 169 Paxson Copper River Census Area 170 Covenant Life Haines Borough 171 Elfin Cove Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 171 Eureka Roadhouse Matanuska-Susitna Borough 171 Healy Lake Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 174 Dot Lake Village Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 174 Game Creek Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 176 Red Devil Bethel Census Area 177 Dot Lake Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 178 Chase Matanuska-Susitna Borough 179 Four Mile Road Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 180 Ferry Denali Borough 181 Livengood Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 182 Alatna Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 182 Lake Louise Matanuska-Susitna Borough 182 Sunrise Kenai Peninsula Borough 185 Lime Village Bethel Census Area 186 Chicken Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 186 Evansville Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 186 Point Baker Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 186 Tolsona Copper River Census Area 190 Susitna Matanuska-Susitna Borough 191 Point Possession Kenai Peninsula Borough 192 Pope-Vannoy Landing Lake and Peninsula Borough 193 Aleneva Kodiak Island Borough 193 Red Dog Mine Northwest Arctic Borough 193 Wiseman Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 196 Portage Creek Dillingham Census Area 196 Ugashik Lake and Peninsula Borough 198 Nabesna Copper River Census Area 198 Whitestone Logging Camp Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 200 Hobart Bay Petersburg Borough 200 Ivanof Bay Lake and Peninsula Borough 202 Attu Station Aleutians West Census Area 202 Chisana Copper River Census Area 202 Flat Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 202 Loring Ketchikan Gateway Borough 202 Port Clarence Nome Census Area
List of former census-designated places
Name 2010Pop. 2000Pop. Census code(FIPS code) Borough orCensus area Copperville 02-17380 Copper River Census Area Cube Cove 02-18030 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Meyers Chuck 02-48980 Wrangell City and Borough Miller Landing 02-49435 Kenai Peninsula Borough Thoms Place 02-76970 Petersburg Census Area Alpine 02-01882 North Slope Borough
See also List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska List of cities in Alaska
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