ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ALASKA BEACON) - Alaska’s population rose slightly between 2024 and 2025 and is now at its highest level since 2017, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baby products line the shelves on March 3, 2026, at an aisle in an Anchorage grocery store. Fewer babies are being born in Alaska, ...

The number of seniors in Alaska continues to surge, a trend that’s contributing to the reduction of natural population growth and causing other wide-ranging impacts, according to a recent state report ...

Alaska souvenir name signs are seen on Monday at a gift shop in the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Oliver was the most popular name for baby boys born in Alaska in 2023, according to the ...

Southeast Alaska’s population is expected to drop 17% between 2023 and 2050, far more than any other region of the state and enough to account for most of a 2% statewide population drop during that ...

This article has been updated to correct the percentage increase for Juneau residents 65 and over, and for the total population of Haines, between 2020 and 2024. Alaska may have a few more people than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cars are driven on Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage on Oct. 7, 2024. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaska's population ...

Fewer Alaska babies are being born and more Alaskans are dying, causing the state’s natural population increase margin to shrink substantially over the past decade, according to state demographers.

Alaska’s population rose slightly between 2024 and 2025 and is now at its highest level since 2017, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Wednesday. Alaska had an ...