See also: List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska

Alaska Population Density Map

As of 2005, Alaska has an estimated population of 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 36,730, or 5.9%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 36,590 people (53,132 births minus 16,542 deaths), and an increase due to net migration of 1,181 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 5,800 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 4,619 people. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Map of Alaska boroughs and census areas The U.S. state of Alaska does not have counties in the sense of counties in the rest of the country. ... Image File history File links Alaska_population_map. ... Image File history File links Alaska_population_map. ... The Seventeenth United States Census was taken in 1950. ... The Eighteenth United States Census was taken in 1960. ... The Nineteenth United States Census was taken in 1970. ... The Twetieth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,542,199, an increase of 11. ... The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

With a population of 626,932, according to the 2000 U.S. census ^[1], Alaska is ranked 48th out of the 50 States. But ranked by population density, Alaska is the least densely populated at 2.849 people per square kilometer (1.1 per square mile), with the next nearest ranking state, Wyoming, at 13.208 (5.1 per square mile), and the most densely populated, New Jersey, at 2937.92 people per square kilometer (1,134.4 per square mile).

For purposes of the federal census, the state is divided into artificial divisions defined geographically by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

The center of population of Alaska is located approximately 64.37 kilometers (39.96 miles) east of Anchorage. ^[2]. Center of population is a subject of study in the field of demographics. ...

Since the 2000 census Alaska has passed North Dakota to become the 47th most populated state. Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  Ranked 19th  - Total 70,762 sq mi (183,272 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 340 miles (545 km)  - % water 2. ...

Race and ancestry

Multiracial/Mixed-Race people are the third largest group of people in the state, totaling 6.9% of the population or 44,426. The largest ancestry groups in the state are: German (16.6%), Alaska Native or American Indian (15.6%), Irish (10.8%), British (9.6%), American (5.7%), and Norwegian (4.2%). Alaska has the largest percentage of American Indians of any state.

The vast, sparsely populated regions of northern and western Alaska are primarily inhabited by Alaska Natives, who are also numerous in the southeast. Anchorage, Fairbanks, and other parts of south-central and southeast Alaska have many whites of northern and western European ancestry. The Wrangell-Petersburg area has many residents of Scandinavian ancestry and the Aleutians contain a large Filipino population. Most of the state's black population lives in Anchorage. Fairbanks also has a sizable black population as well.

Languages

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 85.7% of Alaska residents age 5 and older speak English at home. The next most common languages are Spanish (2.88%), Yupik (2.87%), Tagalog (1.54%), and Iñupiaq (1.06%).^[3] The 22nd United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Yupik (Yupik/Юпик) people speak several distinct languages, depending on their location. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inupiak or Inupiatun is a group of dialects of the Inuit language spoken in northern and northwestern Alaska. ...

A total of 5.2% of Alaskans speak one of the state's 22 indigenous languages, known locally as Native languages. These languages belong to two major language families, Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dené (Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit). As the homeland of these two major language families of North America, Alaska has been described as the crossroads of the continents, providing evidence for the recent settlement of North America via the Bering land bridge.^{[citation needed]} Indigenous languages of the Americas (or Amerindian Languages) are spoken by indigenous peoples from the southern tip of South America to Alaska and Greenland, encompassing the land masses which constitute the Americas. ... Eskimo-Aleut languages Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. ... Pre-contact distribution of Na-Dené languages (in red) Na-Dené (also Na-Dene, Nadene, Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit) is a Native American language family which includes the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit. ... Nautical chart of Bering Strait, site of former land bridge between Asia and North America The Bering land bridge, also known as Beringia, was a land bridge roughly 1600 km (1000 miles) north to south at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times...

Eskimo-Aleut languages Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. ... Aleut (Unangam Tunuu) is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. ... Sirenik is a moribund Yupik language, with just one remaining elderly fluent speaker in Sireniki village, Chukotka, northeastern Russia. ... The Yupik (Yupik/Юпик) people speak several distinct languages, depending on their location. ... For the people, see Siberian Yupik. ... The Alutiiq (plural: Alutiit), also called Pacific Yupik or Sugpiaq, are a southern, coastal branch of Alaskan Yupik. ... Naukan is a dialect of the Eskimo language. ... The language of the Inuit people is traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and to some extent in the subarctic in Labrador. ... Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inupiak or Inupiatun is a group of dialects of the Inuit language spoken in northern and northwestern Alaska. ... Pre-contact distribution of Na-Dené languages (in red) Na-Dené (also Na-Dene, Nadene, Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit) is a Native American language family which includes the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit. ... A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ... Eyak is a Na-Dené language that was historically spoken in southern Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River. ... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ... Ahtna or Ahtena is the Na-Dene language of the Ahtna ethnic group of the Copper River area of Alaska. ... Dena’ina (sometimes spelled Tanaina) (ISO 693-3 tfn) is the Athabaskan language of the region surrounding Cook Inlet. ... Deg Hitan (also Deg Xinag, Deg Xitan, Deg Hitan, Degexitan, Ingalik, Ingalit, Inkaliten, Inkality, Kaiyuhkhotana) is a group of Athabaskan peoples in Alaska. ... Holikachuk (also Innoko, Organized Village of Grayling, Innoka-khotana, Tlëgon-khotana) are an Athabascan people native to western Alaska. ... Koyukon is an Athabaskan language spoken along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon River in western interior Alaska. ... The Upper Kuskokwim language (also called Kolchan, Goltsan, and McGrath Ingalik) is an Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené language family. ... Lower Tanana (also Tanana) is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska and adjacent areas of Canadas Yukon Territory. ... Tanacross Mountain Photo: Gary Holton Tanacross (also Transitional Tanana) is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken by fewer than 60 persons in eastern Interior Alaska. ... Upper Tanana is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska and adjacent areas of Canadas Yukon Territory. ... The Gwich’in language is the Athabaskan language of the Gwich’in indigenous people. ... Chief Isaac of the Han people The Hän language is a Native American endangered language spoken in only two places: Eagle, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon. ... Pre-contact distribution of Haida The Haida language is the language of the Haida people. ... Tsimshianic is a family of languages spoken in northern British Columbia and southern Alaska. ... Coast Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Smalgyax, is a Tsimshianic language spoken by the Tsimshian nation in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. ...

Religion

Russian Orthodox church in Sitka, Alaska.

• Christian – 78%
  • Protestant – 62%
    • Baptist – 11%
    • Lutheran – 8%
    • Methodist – 6%
    • Pentecostal – 2%
    • Quaker – 1%
  • Eastern Orthodox – 8%
  • Roman Catholic – 7%
  • Episcopal – 1%
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 4%
• Buddhist – 10%
• Not religious/agnostic – 7%
• Other religions – 1%

Notable is Alaska's relatively large Eastern Orthodox Christian population, a result of early Russian colonization and missionary work among indigenous Alaskans. Alaska also has the largest Quaker population (by percentage) of any state. Also, as of 1994, there are 3,060 Jews in Alaska. ^[5] Jehovah's Witnesses stands at a little less than 2,400. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 148 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Russian Orthodox Church in Sitka, Alaska photo from flickr by adactio. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 148 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Russian Orthodox Church in Sitka, Alaska photo from flickr by adactio. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... Lutheranism describes those churches within Christianity that were reformed according to the theological insights of Martin Luther in the 16th century. ... For the Methodist school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine) Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... The Pentecostal movement within Evangelical Christianity places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as shown in the Biblical account of the Day of Pentecost. ... Pendle Hill, a landmark in the history of the Society of Friends. ... ... Roman Catholicism in the United States or Catholicism has flourished since its colonial era, previous to the establishment of the nation. ... The arms of the Episcopal Church are based on the St Georges Cross, a symbol of England (mother of world Anglicanism), with a saltire reminiscent of the Cross of St Andrew in the canton in reference to the historical origins of the American episcopate in the Scottish Episcopal Church. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... Buddhism is a dharmic, non-theistic religion and a philosophy. ... Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning without, and Gnosticism or gnosis, meaning knowledge) means unknowable, and is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities—is unknown or (possibly) inherently unknowable. ... The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as: the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles, having maintained unbroken the link between its clergy and the Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ...