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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Largest US Counties by Population in Alaska

The most populous counties in the country, with what a median home costs to own in each. Between them these counties hold a large share of the American housing market.

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Alaska ranked

#County PopulationMonthly to ownEffective rate
1 Anchorage Municipality 289,069$3,0611.294%
2 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 110,677$2,5831.100%
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough 95,555$2,3511.264%
4 Kenai Peninsula Borough 59,843$2,3150.664%
5 Juneau City and Borough 31,969$3,3560.934%
6 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,870$2,8910.683%
7 Kodiak Island Borough 12,878$2,9910.917%
8 North Slope Borough 10,891$1,8220.948%
9 Nome Census Area 9,925$1,7881.547%
10 Sitka City and Borough 8,393$3,2550.472%
11 Kusilvak Census Area 8,277$7190.274%
12 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,611$1,2980.122%
13 Chugach Census Area 6,964$2,6180.917%
14 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,936$2,0830.712%
15 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 5,730$1,7500.470%
16 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5,271$8630.862%
17 Aleutians West Census Area 5,178$3,1810.708%
18 Dillingham Census Area 4,780$1,5291.755%
19 Petersburg Borough 3,394$2,3470.686%
20 Copper River Census Area 2,626$1,8400.081%
21 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2,313$2,1230.416%
22 Wrangell City and Borough 2,106$2,2500.620%
23 Haines Borough 2,077$2,5010.802%
24 Skagway Municipality 1,308$3,1260.342%
25 Bristol Bay Borough 878$2,1330.716%
26 Yakutat City and Borough 506$1,5430.762%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Largest US Counties by Population across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

Other rankings

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