Counties in Alaska by households

Anchorage Municipality had the highest households of 30 counties in 2021, at 106,695. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 216. The median was 1,857 and the figure for Alaska was 260,561. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest106,695Anchorage Municipality

Lowest216Yakutat City and Borough

Median1,85730 counties

Alaska260,561History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 1,000
1,000 to 2,000
2,000 to 3,000
3,000 to 7,000
7,000 and over

count, 2021. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 count
1	Anchorage Municipality	106,695
2	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	38,056
3	Fairbanks North Star Borough	35,298
4	Kenai Peninsula Borough	22,768
5	Juneau City and Borough	12,922
6	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	5,487
7	Bethel Census Area	4,520
8	Kodiak Island Borough	4,416
9	Sitka City and Borough	3,439
10	Nome Census Area	2,714
11	Chugach Census Area	2,592
12	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	2,310
13	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	2,127
14	North Slope Borough	2,103
15	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	1,899
16	Kusilvak Census Area	1,815
17	Northwest Arctic Borough	1,756
18	Dillingham Census Area	1,372
19	Petersburg Borough	1,211
20	Aleutians West Census Area	1,004
21	Copper River Census Area	946
22	Aleutians East Borough	914
23	Wrangell City and Borough	842
24	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	811
25	Haines Borough	773
26	Denali Borough	531
27	Skagway Municipality	390
28	Lake and Peninsula Borough	319
29	Bristol Bay Borough	315
30	Yakutat City and Borough	216

Other periods

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About this ranking

Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (Counties in Alaska by households, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), Counties in Alaska by households, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alaska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Counties in Alaska by households, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alaska-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), Counties in Alaska by households, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households): Counties in Alaska by households, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alaska-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest households?

Anchorage Municipality, with 106,695 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest households?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 216 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.