Alaska statistical areas

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Map of the four core-based statistical areas in Alaska.
An enlargeable map of the four core-based statistical areas in Alaska.[1]

The U.S. State of Alaska currently has four statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated two metropolitan statistical areas and two micropolitan statistical areas in Alaska.[1] The most populous of these statistical areas is the Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area with a 2020 Census population of 398,328.[2]

Statistical areas[]

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[3] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core[a] of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core."[3] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000."[3]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures[b] of at least 15%."[3] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table[]

The table below describes the 4 United States statistical areas, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas in the State of Alaska with the following information:[4]

  1. The core based statistical area (CBSA)[3] as designated by the OMB.[1]
  2. The CBSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates.[5]
  3. The borough or census area name
  4. The borough/census area population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [5]
The 4 United States statistical areas, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas of the State of Alaska
Core Based Statistical Area 2019 Population County 2019 Population
Anchorage, AK MSA 396,317 Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska 288,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska 108,317
Fairbanks, AK MSA 96,849 Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska 96,849
Juneau, AK μSA 31,974 City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska 31,974
Ketchikan, AK μSA 13,901 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska 13,901
none Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska 58,708
Bethel Census Area, Alaska 18,386
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska 12,998
Nome Census Area, Alaska 10,004
North Slope Borough, Alaska 9,832
Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska 9,202
City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska 8,493
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska 8,314
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska 7,621
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska 6,893
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska 6,203
Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska 5,634
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska 5,230
Dillingham Census Area, Alaska 4,916
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska 3,337
Petersburg Borough, Alaska 3,266
Haines Borough, Alaska 2,530
Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska 2,502
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska 2,148
Denali Borough, Alaska 2,097
Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska 1,592
Municipality of Skagway, Alaska 1,183
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska 836
Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska 579
State of Alaska 731,545

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a core-based statistical area is delineated."[3]
  2. ^ The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity."[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (March 6, 2020). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 20-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved December 6, 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "QuickFacts for Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
  5. ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in the United States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. April 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

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Coordinates: 64°04′07″N 152°16′42″W / 64.0685°N 152.2782°W / 64.0685; -152.2782 (State of Alaska)

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