List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska

U.S. state

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of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

is not divided into counties, as 48 other states are (Louisiana

Louisiana

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having parishes instead), but it is divided into boroughs. Many of the more densely populated parts of the state are part of Alaska's eighteen organized boroughs, which function somewhat similarly to counties in other states. However, unlike county-equivalents in the other 49 states, the organized boroughs do not cover the entire land area of the state. The area not part of any organized borough is referred to as the unorganized borough
Unorganized Borough
The Unorganized Borough is the part of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 18 organized boroughs. It encompasses more than half of Alaska's area, , an area larger than any other US state...

.

For the 1970 census, the U.S. Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, in cooperation with the state, divided the unorganized borough into 11 census area

Census tract

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s, each roughly corresponding to an election district. However, these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation. They have no government of their own. Boroughs and census areas are both treated as county-level equivalents by the Census Bureau.

Some areas in the unorganized borough receive limited public services directly from the Alaska state government, usually law enforcement from the Alaska State Troopers

Alaska State Troopers

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and educational funding.

Six consolidated city-county

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governments exist—Juneau City and Borough

Juneau, Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...

, City and Borough of Haines

Haines, Alaska

Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...

, Sitka City and Borough, Yakutat City and Borough

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

Yakutat City and Borough is a unified city-borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4035. The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest", but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word...

, Wrangell City and Borough, as well as the state's largest city, Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

. Though its legal name is the Municipality of Anchorage, it is considered a consolidated city-borough under state law.

The Federal Information Processing Standard

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(FIPS) 55-2,3,4 codes, which are used by the United States Census Bureau

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to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. Alaska's code is 02, which when combined with any county code would be written as 02XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

List of boroughs

Census areas in the Unorganized Borough

The Unorganized Borough

Unorganized Borough

The Unorganized Borough is the part of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 18 organized boroughs. It encompasses more than half of Alaska's area, , an area larger than any other US state...

is that part of the U.S. state

U.S. state

of Alaska

Alaska

not contained in any of its 18 organized boroughs. It encompasses over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km² (374,712 mi²), an area larger than any other US state. As of the 2000 census 13% of Alaskans (81,803 people) reside in it.

Unique among the United States

United States

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, Alaska is not entirely subdivided into organized county equivalents. In 1970, the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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divided the unorganized borough into 11 census areas to facilitate census taking in the vast unorganized area.
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General References

Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development is a department within the government of Alaska. The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development mission statement is to: "Promoting a healthy economy and strong communities."-External links:*...
Local Government On-Line, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development is a department within the government of Alaska. The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development mission statement is to: "Promoting a healthy economy and strong communities."-External links:*...

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List of boroughs

Census areas in the Unorganized Borough

General References

See also