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Alaska contains
586,000 square miles of land. It is one-fifth the size of
the lower 48 states, 488 times larger than Rhode Island, two
and a half times larger than Texas, and larger than the next
three largest states in the U.S. combined.
Alaska’s population
is 634,892 (2001 estimate). Nearly half of the state’s
residents live in Anchorage. Alaska has .93 square miles for
each person in the state; by comparison, New York has .003
square miles per person.
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Alaska’s
Ten Largest Communities
(2001 Estimates)
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| Anchorage |
261,446 |
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Kenai |
7,039 |
| Fairbanks |
31,423 |
Kodiak |
6,836 |
| Juneau |
31,262 |
Wasilla |
5,568 |
| Sitka |
8,788 |
Bethel |
5,449 |
| Ketchikan |
8,295 |
Barrow |
4,541 |
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