After 4 years of declining population, Alaska gained about 1,000 residents between 2020 and 2021. Not huge numbers and experts say this doesn't necessarily break the downward trend.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For the first time in four years, Alaska is seeing a population increase. According to the, the state gained 932 people from April 2020 to July 2021.
Alaska last saw a peak population size in 2016 at 743,000 residents, before dropping by 10,000 the next year. The department said the past year’s increase was accompanied by seeing fewer residents leaving Alaska. Additionally, the state also saw a higher amount of people moving to Alaska. A large factor of this increase, Howell said, had to do with the F-35A Joint Strike Fighters unit being transferred to Fairbanks.