Alaska statistical areas

An enlargeable map of the four core-based statistical areas in Alaska.

The U.S. State of Alaska currently has four statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two metropolitan statistical areas and two micropolitan statistical areas in Alaska. ^[1] The most populous of these statistical areas is the Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area with a 2020 Census population of 398,328. ^[2]

Statistical areas

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. ^[3] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core ^{[lower-alpha 1]} of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core." ^[3] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000." ^[3]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures ^{[lower-alpha 2]} of at least 15%." ^[3] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

The table below describes the 4 United States statistical areas, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas in the State of Alaska with the following information: ^{[lower-alpha 3]}

1. The core based statistical area (CBSA) ^[3] as designated by the OMB. ^[1]
2. The CBSA population according to the 2020 US Census. ^[4]
3. The borough or census area name
4. The borough/census area population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates ^[4]

The 4 United States statistical areas, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas of the State of Alaska

Core Based Statistical Area	2020 Population	County	2020 Population
Anchorage, AK MSA	398,328	Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska	291,247
		Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	107,081
Fairbanks-College, AK MSA	95,655	Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska	95,655
Juneau, AK μSA	32,255	City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska	32,255
Ketchikan, AK μSA	13,948	Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska	13,948
none		Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska	58,799
		Bethel Census Area, Alaska	18,666
		Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska	13,101
		North Slope Borough, Alaska	11,031
		Nome Census Area, Alaska	10,046
		City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska	8,458
		Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska	8,368
		Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	7,793
		Chugach Census Area, Alaska	7,102
		Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska	6,808
		Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska	5,753
		Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska	5,343
		Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska	5,232
		Dillingham Census Area, Alaska	4,857
		Aleutians East Borough, Alaska	3,420
		Petersburg Borough, Alaska	3,398
		Copper River Census Area, Alaska	2,617
		Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska	2,365
		Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska	2,127
		Haines Borough, Alaska	2,080
		Denali Borough, Alaska	1,619
		Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska	1,476
		Municipality of Skagway, Alaska	1,240
		Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	844
		Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska	662
State of Alaska			733,391

See also

• Geography portal
• United States portal
• Alaska portal

• Geography of Alaska
  • Demographics of Alaska

Notes

1. The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a core-based statistical area is delineated." ^[3]
2. The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity." ^[3]
3. An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green.An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.

References

1. Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved November 5, 2023.
2. "QuickFacts for Alaska". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 16, 2021.
3. "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
4. "2020 Census Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau. September 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

External links

• Office of Management and Budget
• United States Census Bureau

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