List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska

Table columns:
Borough
FIPS County Code [3]
Borough seat [1]
Class [4][5][6][7]
Established [1]
Origin
Etymology
Density
Population [1]
Area [1]
Map

Table rows:
cells: Aleutians East Borough
013
Sand Point
Second
1987
-
Its location in the east Aleutian Islands, which are themselves of uncertain linguistic origin; possibly derived from Chukchi word aliat ("island")
0.45
3,141
6,988 sq mi (18,099 km2)
cells: Anchorage
020
(Consolidated city-borough)
Unified Home Rule
1964/1975
Anchorage Borough formed in 1964, merged with city in 1975 to form unified city-borough
Derived from the presence of a safe place to anchor and unload supplies for construction of the Alaska Railroad circa 1913, thereby creating a community.
171.18
291,826
1,697 sq mi (4,395 km2)
cells: Bristol Bay Borough
060
Naknek
Second
1962
-
Named in 1778 by Capt. James Cook for George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol.
1.98
997
505 sq mi (1,308 km2)
cells: Denali Borough
068
Healy
Home Rule
1990
-
From Denali, the tallest North American mountain, which means "great one" in the Dena'ina language
0.14
1,826
12,750 sq mi (33,022 km2)
cells: Fairbanks North Star Borough
090
Fairbanks
Second
1964
-
Named for its borough seat of Fairbanks, named in turn for Charles Fairbanks (1852 - 1918), U.S. Senator from Indiana and vice president under Theodore Roosevelt, and for Polaris, the North Star
13.3
97,581
7,366 sq mi (19,078 km2)
cells: Haines Borough
100
(Consolidated city-borough)
Home Rule
1968 (Consolidated 2002)
-
After Haines, which was itself named for Mrs F.E. Haines, the key fundraiser for the construction of a Presbyterian mission in the town.
1.08
2,508
2,344 sq mi (6,071 km2)
cells: Juneau
110
(Consolidated city-borough)
Unified Home Rule
1970
The City of Juneau merged with the City of Douglas and the surrounding borough to form the municipality
Joseph "Joe" Juneau, prospector and co-founder of the city.
11.58
31,275
2,716 sq mi (7,034 km2)
cells: Kenai Peninsula Borough
122
Soldotna
Second
1964
-
The Kenai Peninsula, whose name may be derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for Cook Inlet.
3.45
55,400
16,013 sq mi (41,473 km2)
cells: Ketchikan Gateway Borough
130
Ketchikan
Second
1963
-
The borough seat of Ketchikan and the borough's gateway location on the Alaska-Canada border.
2.77
13,477
4,840 sq mi (12,536 km2)
cells: Kodiak Island Borough
150
Kodiak
Second
1963
-
Named after Kodiak Island, which may itself be named for the Koniag people
2.08
13,592
6,560 sq mi (16,990 km2)
cells: Lake and Peninsula Borough
164
King Salmon
Home Rule
1989
-
The borough's many large lakes, and the Alaska Peninsula
0.07
1,631
23,782 sq mi (61,595 km2)
cells: Matanuska-Susitna Borough
170
Palmer
Second
1964
-
Named for the valley that the Matanuska and Susitna Rivers form.
3.62
88,995
24,682 sq mi (63,926 km2)
cells: North Slope Borough
185
Barrow
Home Rule
1972
-
The Alaska North Slope along the Brooks Range.
0.11
9,430
88,817 sq mi (230,035 km2)
cells: Northwest Arctic Borough
188
Kotzebue
Home Rule
1986
In 1986, residents of Kotzebue and 10 other area villages voted to form the Northwest Arctic Borough (with boundaries coincident with those of NANA), to be economically based on taxing the Red Dog mine, then under development.
Its geographic location and position above the Arctic Circle.
0.21
7,523
35,898 sq mi (92,975 km2)
cells: Petersburg Borough
195
Petersburg
Home Rule
2013
Incorporated after voters approved borough formation in December 2012.
Named for Norwegian immigrant Peter Buschmann, founder of the former city of Petersburg.
1.16
3,273
3,829 sq mi (9,917 km2)
cells: Sitka
220
(Consolidated city-borough)
Unified Home Rule
1971
-
Derived from Tlingit word Shee At'iká, meaning "People on the outside of Shee (Baranof Island)."
3.09
8,881
2,874 sq mi (7,444 km2)
cells: Skagway
230
(Consolidated city-borough)
First
2007
-
Derived from Tlingit word Shgagwèi, meaning "a windy place with white caps on the water."
2.14
968
452 sq mi (1,171 km2)
cells: Unorganized Borough
-
-
-
1961
The Borough Act of 1961 created The Unorganized Borough including all of Alaska not within a Unified, Home rule, First class or Second class borough.
A legal entity in Alaska, covering those parts of Alaska not within an incorporated borough; it is administered by the state of Alaska.[8]
0.24
78,149
323,440 sq mi (837,706 km2)
cells: Wrangell
275
(Consolidated city-borough)
Unified Home Rule
2008
formerly part of Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
Ferdinand von Wrangel, Russian administrator of Alaska, 1840-49.
0.93
2,369
2,570 sq mi (6,656 km2)
cells: Yakutat
282
(Consolidated city-borough)
Home Rule
1992
-
Yakutat Bay and the Yakutat Alaska Native people
0.09
662
7,650 sq mi (19,813 km2)

Questions about this table:
originalText: what is the largest borough in alaska by population
answer: answerTexts: Anchorage