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Oldest Cities in Alaska by Median Age

The top 25 of 25 Alaska cities on GIS Map, ranked by highest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Haines	Haines	50.1 years	1,757
2	Wrangell	Wrangell	48.1 years	2,088
3	Petersburg	Petersburg	46.1 years	3,227
4	Skagway	Skagway	40.5 years	1,174
5	Unalaska	Aleutians West	40.4 years	4,556
6	Kodiak	Kodiak Island	40.2 years	5,447
7	Homer	Kenai Peninsula	40 years	5,877
8	Juneau	Juneau	40 years	31,794
9	Sitka	Sitka	39.7 years	8,368
10	Valdez	Valdez-Cordova	38.4 years	3,847
11	Cordova	Valdez-Cordova	37.8 years	2,453
12	Seward	Kenai Peninsula	37.7 years	2,794
13	Ketchikan	Ketchikan Gateway	37.4 years	8,078
14	Dillingham	Dillingham	35.5 years	2,109
15	Anchorage	Anchorage	35.2 years	288,976
16	Wasilla	Matanuska-Susitna	34.8 years	9,720
17	Kenai	Kenai Peninsula	34.4 years	7,641
18	Utqiagvik	North Slope	34.4 years	4,778
19	Soldotna	Kenai Peninsula	33.1 years	4,485
20	Palmer	Matanuska-Susitna	32.9 years	6,268
21	Bethel	Bethel	32.4 years	6,312
22	Nome	Nome	31.4 years	3,653
23	Kotzebue	Northwest Arctic	31 years	2,984
24	Fairbanks	Fairbanks North Star	29 years	32,083
25	North Pole	Fairbanks North Star	28.2 years	2,370

Top Alaska Counties

Counties ranked by highest median age.

1. Haines Borough50.9 years 2. Hoonah-Angoon Census Area50 years 3. Copper River Census Area48.9 years 4. Wrangell City and Borough48.1 years 5. Petersburg Borough45.7 years 6. Denali Borough44 years 7. Yakutat City and Borough43.7 years 8. Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area43.4 years 9. Kenai Peninsula Borough41.4 years 10. Skagway Municipality41.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Oldest Cities in Alaska by Median Age”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alaska/oldest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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