Alaska Public Media

Aleutians see growth as Alaska’s overall population is expected to decline

Southwest Alaska has the fastest-growing population in the state, according to new predictions from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The Southwest region includes seven census ...
Juneau Empire

Alaska demographers predict population drop, a switch from prior forecasts

Correction: The original version of this article stated that Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are forecast to continue growing in population. Anchorage and the Mat-Su are grouped together ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska’s population is slowly increasing. So why isn’t Southeast's?

Haines, pictured above on April 3, is Alaska's oldest borough with a median age around 50. The next oldest borough in the state is Wrangell. Alaska has returned to a period of slow-but-steady ...