Capital | Juneau |
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Admission to Union | January 3, 1959 (49th) |
Abrev. | AK US-AK |
Largest city | Anchorage |
Website | www.alaska.gov |
Area
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Total | 663,268 sq mi (1,717,854 km2) |
Rank | 1st |
Width E-W | 808 miles (1,300 km) |
Length N-S | 1,479 miles (2,380 km) |
% water | 13.77 |
Latitude | 51'20'N to 71'50'N |
Longitude | 130'W to 172'E |
Time zones | East of 169° 30' Alaska: UTC-9/DST-8 West of 169° 30' Aleutian: UTC-10/DST-9 |
Population
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Rank | 47th |
2012 est. | 731,449 |
2000 | 626,932 |
Density | 1.26/sq mi (0.49/km2) |
Median income | US$64,333 (4th) |
Elevation
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Highest | Mount McKinley @ 20,320 ft (6,193.7 m) |
Mean | 1900 ft (580 m) |
Lowest | Pacific Ocean @ 0 ft (0 m) |
State Symbols
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State Motto | "North to the Future |
Nicknames | "The Last Frontier" "Land of the Midnight Sun" "Seward's Icebox" |
Bird | Willow Ptarmigan |
Fish | King Salmon |
Flower | Forget-me-not |
Insect | Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly |
Mammal | Moose, Bowhead whale |
Tree | Sitka Spruce |
Fossil | Woolly mammoth |
Mineral | Gold |
Rock | Jade |
Slogan | "Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach" |
Soil | Tanana |
Song | "Alaska's Flag" |
Sport | Mushing |
Historical populations | ||
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Census | Pop. | Change |
1880 | 33,426 | --- |
1890 | 32,052 | -4.1% |
1900 | 63,592 | 98.4% |
1910 | 64,356 | 1.2% |
1920 | 55,036 | -14.5% |
1930 | 59,278 | 7.7% |
1940 | 72,524 | 22.3% |
1950 | 128,643 | 77.4% |
1960 | 226,167 | 75.8% |
1970 | 300,382 | 32.8% |
1980 | 401,851 | 33.8% |
1990 | 550,043 | 36.9% |
2000 | 626,932 | 14.0% |
2010 | 710,231 | 13.3% |
Est.2012 | 731,449 | 3.0% |