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.

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 ...

Alaska’s population total remained almost unchanged in 2023 at 736,812, an increase of 304 from 2022, according to the Alaska Vital Statistics 2023 Annual Report. The state’s population has increased ...

Construction workers walk down Fifth Avenue between D and E streets in downtown Anchorage on Feb. 16, 2021. (Jeff Chen / Alaska Public Media) More people moved out of Alaska than into the state last ...

JUNEAU — As the Alaska Legislature convenes in Juneau, the state population is on the minds of lawmakers. For the 11th consecutive year, more people moved out of Alaska than moved into it, according ...

Alaska’s working-age population peaked 10 years ago, and the rate of loss since then has been nearly the highest among all U.S. states, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.

Alaska ranked No. 1 with the highest proportion of Alaska Native and American Indian residents per capita among U.S. states, according to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data. Across America, multiple racial ...

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 ...

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, ...