Alaska Demographics

Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Alaska
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1880 33,426 —
1890 32,052 −4.1%
1900 63,592 98.4%
1910 64,356 1.2%
1920 55,036 −14.5%
1930 59,278 7.7%
1940 72,524 22.3%
1950 128,643 77.4%
1960 226,167 75.8%
1970 300,382 32.8%
1980 401,851 33.8%
1990 550,043 36.9%
2000 626,932 14.0%
2010 710,231 13.3%
2019 (est.) 731,545 3.0%
1930 and 1940 censuses taken in preceding autumn
Sources: 1910–2010, US Census Bureau[45]
2018 Estimate[4]
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Alaska was 731,545 on July 1, 2019, a 3.00% increase since the 2010 United States Census.[4]

In 2010, Alaska ranked as the 47th state by population, ahead of North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming (and Washington, D.C.). Estimates show North Dakota ahead as of 2018.[46] Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km2).[47] Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income).[48] As of November 2014, the state’s unemployment rate was 6.6%.[49] As of 2018, it is one of 14 U.S. states that still have only one telephone area code.[50]