Anchorage, Alaska demographics

Anchorage, AK demographics: median age 35.2; 38.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Anchorage municipality, Alaska · Census PEP place · GEOID 0203000. The survey estimates a population of 288,976 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Anchorage is 35.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.1 years. There are 108,597 households (±1,322). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.2 ±0.1	35.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 288,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Under 18	67,997 MOE unavailable	23.5% MOE unavailable	24.1%	22.0%
18–34	75,744 MOE unavailable	26.2% MOE unavailable	24.7%	22.8%
35–64	108,052 ±1,903	37.4% MOE unavailable	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	37,183 ±1,269	12.9% MOE unavailable	13.8%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 288,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Male	147,639 ±154	51.1% MOE unavailable	52.5%	49.5%
Female	141,337 ±154	48.9% MOE unavailable	47.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 288,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
White alone	164,037 ±1,228	56.8% MOE unavailable	59.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	14,485 ±1,101	5.0% MOE unavailable	3.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	21,074 ±1,396	7.3% MOE unavailable	13.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	28,797 ±1,252	10.0% MOE unavailable	6.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	9,050 ±500	3.1% MOE unavailable	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race alone	9,304 ±1,105	3.2% MOE unavailable	2.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	42,229 ±2,548	14.6% MOE unavailable	13.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 288,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	261,531 MOE unavailable	90.5% MOE unavailable	92.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27,445 MOE unavailable	9.5% MOE unavailable	7.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 108,597
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Married-couple family	50,726 ±1,462	46.7% ±1.2 pp	48.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	5,914 ±663	5.4% ±0.6 pp	5.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	11,736 ±895	10.8% ±0.8 pp	10.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	30,956 ±1,343	28.5% ±1.2 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	9,265 ±721	8.5% ±0.7 pp	7.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 108,597
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Households with people under 18	33,629 ±1,071	31.0% ±0.9 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	74,968 ±1,394	69.0% ±1.0 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 108,597
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	30,956 ±1,343	28.5% ±1.2 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	36,554 ±1,427	33.7% ±1.2 pp	33.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	16,654 ±1,028	15.3% ±0.9 pp	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	14,306 ±1,074	13.2% ±1.0 pp	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,718 ±655	5.3% ±0.6 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,654 ±398	2.4% ±0.4 pp	2.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,755 ±324	1.6% ±0.3 pp	2.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 288,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Native	257,547 ±1,723	89.1% MOE unavailable	92.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	31,429 ±1,723	10.9% MOE unavailable	7.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 270,641
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
English only	224,056 ±2,329	82.8% MOE unavailable	84.9%	77.7%
Spanish	12,510 ±1,111	4.6% MOE unavailable	3.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	805 ±301	0.3% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,247 ±364	0.5% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,739 ±478	0.6% MOE unavailable	0.8%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,008 ±701	0.7% MOE unavailable	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	2,332 ±507	0.9% MOE unavailable	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,003 ±352	0.4% MOE unavailable	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	334 ±193 · low precision	0.1% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	8,627 ±917	3.2% MOE unavailable	2.5%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	11,358 ±1,472	4.2% MOE unavailable	2.2%	1.1%
Arabic	1,165 ±865 · low precision	0.4% MOE unavailable	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	3,457 ±629	1.3% MOE unavailable	3.8%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 192,864
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	11,352 ±1,004	5.9% MOE unavailable	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	46,386 ±1,885	24.1% MOE unavailable	28.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	45,158 ±1,799	23.4% MOE unavailable	24.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	15,419 ±1,063	8.0% MOE unavailable	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	45,794 ±1,617	23.7% MOE unavailable	19.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28,755 ±1,439	14.9% MOE unavailable	11.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 285,463
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Same house	238,827 ±2,652	83.7% ±0.9 pp	85.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	28,125 ±2,045	9.9% ±0.7 pp	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	4,705 ±1,063	1.6% ±0.4 pp	2.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	11,594 ±1,440	4.1% ±0.5 pp	3.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,212 ±769	0.8% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.9% of Anchorage residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.0% in Alaska and 8.4% nationally. 94.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Anchorage	Alaska	U.S.	Compared with Alaska
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.9% ±0.6 pp	11.0%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.5% ±0.9 pp	91.9%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	11.0% ±0.6 pp	10.7%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Anchorage . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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