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Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year

Denali Borough had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 30 counties in 2021, at 22.9%. Copper River Census Area had the lowest, at 0.1%. The median was 3.8% and the figure for Alaska was 4.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.9Denali Borough
Lowest0.1Copper River Census Area
Median3.830 counties
Alaska4.1History

Map of counties, 2021

Aleutians East Borough: 4.4 %Aleutians West Census Area: 6.3 %Anchorage Municipality: 4.2 %Bethel Census Area: 0.9 %Bristol Bay Borough: 4.8 %Chugach Census Area: 6.9 %Copper River Census Area: 0.1 %Denali Borough: 22.9 %Dillingham Census Area: 1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 6.7 %Haines Borough: 1.3 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 5.8 %Juneau City and Borough: 2.6 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.4 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 4.2 %Kodiak Island Borough: 7.1 %Kusilvak Census Area: 0.5 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 0.2 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.6 %Nome Census Area: 1.5 %North Slope Borough: 2.2 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.7 %Petersburg Borough: 5.3 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2.7 %Sitka City and Borough: 5.9 %Skagway Municipality: 5.7 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 4.5 %Wrangell City and Borough: 2.9 %Yakutat City and Borough: 6.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2 %
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  • 1.2 to 2.6
  • 2.6 to 3.8
  • 3.8 to 5
  • 5 to 6.4
  • 6.4 and over
%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

Denali Borough: 22.9 %Denali Borough22.9Kodiak Island Borough: 7.1 %Kodiak Island Borough7.1Chugach Census Area: 6.9 %Chugach Census Area6.9Yakutat City and Borough: 6.8 %Yakutat City and Borough6.8Fairbanks North Star Borough: 6.7 %Fairbanks North Star Borough6.7Aleutians West Census Area: 6.3 %Aleutians West Census Area6.3Sitka City and Borough: 5.9 %Sitka City and Borough5.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 5.8 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area5.8Skagway Municipality: 5.7 %Skagway Municipality5.7Petersburg Borough: 5.3 %Petersburg Borough5.3Bristol Bay Borough: 4.8 %Bristol Bay Borough4.8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 4.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area4.5Aleutians East Borough: 4.4 %Aleutians East Borough4.4Anchorage Municipality: 4.2 %Anchorage Municipality4.2Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 4.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough4.2Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.4 %Kenai Peninsula Borough3.4Wrangell City and Borough: 2.9 %Wrangell City and Borough2.9Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.7 %Northwest Arctic Borough2.7Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2.7 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2.7Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.6 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough2.6Juneau City and Borough: 2.6 %Juneau City and Borough2.6North Slope Borough: 2.2 %North Slope Borough2.2Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area2Nome Census Area: 1.5 %Nome Census Area1.5Haines Borough: 1.3 %Haines Borough1.3Dillingham Census Area: 1 %Dillingham Census Area1Bethel Census Area: 0.9 %Bethel Census Area0.9Kusilvak Census Area: 0.5 %Kusilvak Census Area0.5Lake and Peninsula Borough: 0.2 %Lake and Peninsula Borough0.2Copper River Census Area: 0.1 %Copper River Census Area0.1Denali Borough: 22.9 %Denali Borough22.9Kodiak Island Borough: 7.1 %Kodiak Island Borough7.1Chugach Census Area: 6.9 %Chugach Census Area6.9Yakutat City and Borough: 6.8 %Yakutat City and Borough6.8Fairbanks North Star Borough: 6.7 %Fairbanks North Star Borough6.7Aleutians West Census Area: 6.3 %Aleutians West Census Area6.3Sitka City and Borough: 5.9 %Sitka City and Borough5.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 5.8 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area5.8Skagway Municipality: 5.7 %Skagway Municipality5.7Petersburg Borough: 5.3 %Petersburg Borough5.3Bristol Bay Borough: 4.8 %Bristol Bay Borough4.8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 4.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area4.5Aleutians East Borough: 4.4 %Aleutians East Borough4.4Anchorage Municipality: 4.2 %Anchorage Municipality4.2Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 4.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough4.2Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.4 %Kenai Peninsula Borough3.4Wrangell City and Borough: 2.9 %Wrangell City and Borough2.9Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.7 %Northwest Arctic Borough2.7Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2.7 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2.7Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.6 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough2.6Juneau City and Borough: 2.6 %Juneau City and Borough2.6North Slope Borough: 2.2 %North Slope Borough2.2Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area2Nome Census Area: 1.5 %Nome Census Area1.5Haines Borough: 1.3 %Haines Borough1.3Dillingham Census Area: 1 %Dillingham Census Area1Bethel Census Area: 0.9 %Bethel Census Area0.9Kusilvak Census Area: 0.5 %Kusilvak Census Area0.5Lake and Peninsula Borough: 0.2 %Lake and Peninsula Borough0.2Copper River Census Area: 0.1 %Copper River Census Area0.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Denali Borough22.9
2Kodiak Island Borough7.1
3Chugach Census Area6.9
4Yakutat City and Borough6.8
5Fairbanks North Star Borough6.7
6Aleutians West Census Area6.3
7Sitka City and Borough5.9
8Hoonah-Angoon Census Area5.8
9Skagway Municipality5.7
10Petersburg Borough5.3
11Bristol Bay Borough4.8
12Southeast Fairbanks Census Area4.5
13Aleutians East Borough4.4
14Anchorage Municipality4.2
15Ketchikan Gateway Borough4.2
16Kenai Peninsula Borough3.4
17Wrangell City and Borough2.9
18Northwest Arctic Borough2.7
19Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2.7
20Matanuska-Susitna Borough2.6
21Juneau City and Borough2.6
22North Slope Borough2.2
23Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area2
24Nome Census Area1.5
25Haines Borough1.3
26Dillingham Census Area1
27Bethel Census Area0.9
28Kusilvak Census Area0.5
29Lake and Peninsula Borough0.2
30Copper River Census Area0.1

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

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 B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/alaska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/alaska-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_alaska_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs: Counties in Alaska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/alaska-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Denali Borough, with 22.9% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Copper River Census Area, with 0.1% 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 B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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