Alaska, Alaska is one of fifty states that make up the United States of America. Its capital is Juneau and its most populous city is Anchorage. It is located in the far northwest of North America, in the West region of the country, Pacific division. It borders the Arctic Ocean to the north, Canada to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and the Bering Sea to the west. At 1,717,856 km² it is the largest state in the country and the seventh largest subnational entity in the world, behind the republic of Saja (Russia), Western Australia, Krai of Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Greenland (Denmark), Nunavut (Canada) and Queensland (Australia); 710,231 people in 2010,. There are 24 county in Alaska. You can find the list of these counties and detailed information from the links below.
County Name | Population |
---|---|
Aleutians East Borough | 3,401 |
Aleutians West Census Area | 5,680 |
Anchorage Municipality | 287,095 |
Bethel Census Area | 18,437 |
Bristol Bay Borough | 788 |
Denali Borough | 2,081 |
Dillingham Census Area | 4,833 |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | 95,651 |
Haines Borough | 2,614 |
Juneau City and Borough | 31,849 |
Kenai Peninsula Borough | 59,414 |
Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 13,747 |
Kodiak Island Borough | 12,992 |
Lake and Peninsula Borough | 1,493 |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 110,213 |
Nome Census Area | 9,909 |
North Slope Borough | 9,294 |
Northwest Arctic Borough | 7,644 |
Petersburg Borough | 3,296 |
Sitka City and Borough | 8,405 |
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 6,957 |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | 9,202 |
Yakutat City and Borough | 637 |
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 5,077 |