LIST OF BOROUGHS AND CENSUS AREAS IN ALASKA

The U.S. state of Alaska is not divided into counties, as are 48 other states, but it is divided into boroughs (Louisiana is divided into parishes). Many of the more densely populated parts of the state are part of Alaska's sixteen boroughs, which function somewhat similarly to counties in other states. However, unlike county-equivalents in the other 49 states, the boroughs do not cover the entire land area of the state. The area not part of any borough is referred to as the ''unorganized borough.''
For the 1970 census, the U.S. Census Bureau, in cooperation with the state, divided the unorganized borough into 11 census areas, each roughly corresponding to an election district. However, these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation. They have no government of their own. Boroughs and census areas are both treated as county-level equivalents by the Census Bureau.
Some areas in the unorganized borough receive limited public services directly from the Alaska state government, usually law enforcement from the Alaska State Troopers and educational funding.
Five consolidated city-county governments exist—Juneau City and Borough, City and Borough of Haines, Sitka City and Borough, Yakutat City and Borough as well as the state's largest city, Anchorage. Though its legal name is the ''Municipality of Anchorage,'' it is considered a consolidated city-borough under state law.

Contents

Alphabetical List

Boroughs

Census areas in the Unorganized Borough

References

See also

Alphabetical List

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry.^[1] Alaska's code is 02, which when combined with any county code would be written as 02XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

Boroughs

County

FIPS Code[2]

County Seat [3]

Founded

Origin

Etymology

Population [4]

Area

Map

Census areas in the Unorganized Borough

The Unorganized Borough is that part of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 16 organized boroughs. It encompasses over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km² (374,712 mi²), an area larger than France and Germany combined. As of the 2000 census 13% of Alaskans (81,803 people) reside in it.
Unique among the United States, Alaska is not entirely subdivided into organized county equivalents. In 1970, the United States Census Bureau divided the unorganized borough into 11 census areas to facilitate census taking in the vast unorganized area.

County

FIPS Code

Largest town/city (as of 2000)

Etymology

Population

Area

Map

References

1. FIPS Publish 6-4
2. EPA County FIPS Code Listing
3. NACo - Find a county National Association of Counties
4. Alaska QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

See also

★ List of Alaska borough and census area name etymologies