The state of Alaska saw an increase in population of 0.31% from 2023 to 2024, despite more people leaving the state than entering it.
The Alaskan population increased by about 0.3 percent from 2023 to 2024ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The state of Alaska saw an increase in population of 0.31% from 2023 to 2024, despite more people leaving the state than entering it.
new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Based on Census Data from 2020 and state data, the population is estimated to have increased to 741,147 people. “We were a little bit surprised by the amount of growth, but glad to see that the state’s growing,” said state demographer David Howell. “We’re seeing a little bit less negative net migration the last few years and so we’re able to grow as a state through what we refer to as natural increase.” Natural increase is the difference between the number of births and deaths. In the case of 2023 to 2024 there were 15,143 births as opposed to 3,437 deaths. That increase and a net loss of 1,163 residents to outward migration accounts for the estimated population increase of 2,274. The natural increase is almost always positive, there have been years where outward migration outpaces the increase — between 2016 and 2020 — when the population declined. Alaska has seen consistent loss to outward migration over the last 12 years, but has seen population increases each year from 2020 to 2024. “We’re very transient so net migration is in flux at all times in Alaska,” Howell said. “But natural increase has been a steady source of growth for us since statehood.” While Alaska as a whole did see a net increase in population, 21 of Alaska’s 30 boroughs and census-designated areas saw a decrease in population, although most were relatively small. The areas with the most increase were the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which grew by 2,059 people, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough, which grew by 630. Howell did note that as Alaska’s population ages, there was a 0.4% decrease in the working-age population of 18 to 64-year-olds, as well as a 0.3% decrease in children under 17. “We have this large Baby Boomer cohort born between 1945 and 1964, and the last of them don’t turn 65 until 2029,” Howell said. “And so as we continue to have these large numbers of people turning 65, we’ll likely see our working age population start to decline unless we start to really see a big influx of migrants coming up, which is entirely possible.”, but like much of the country, there is a steadily declining birth rate year over year. “There’s a million reasons why people do or don’t have kids,” Howell said. “And so, you know, for whatever reason, people are having kids later and that is leading to less births.” While the increase from 2023 to 2024 may have been slightly surprising to some, it still falls within by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which predicted a loss of 0.48% on the low side and an increase of 1.01% on the high side.
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