Back Anchorage Afrikaans አንከረጅ Amharic Anchorage AN Ancoredage ANG أنكوريج (ألاسكا) Arabic انكوريج ARZ Anchorage (Alaska) AST Ankoric (Alyaska) Azerbaijani انکوریج AZB Anchorage BAR

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage
City and Borough
Downtown Anchorage and Bootleggers Cove as photographed from Point Woronzof Park on an April evening.
Downtown Anchorage and Bootleggers Cove as photographed from Point Woronzof Park on an April evening.
Flag of Anchorage
Flag
Official seal of Anchorage
Seal
Nicknames: 
"The City of Lights and Flowers", "Los Anchorage"[1][2]
Motto: 
Big Wild Life
Location of Anchorage within Alaska
Location of Anchorage within Alaska
Coordinates: 61°13′00″N 149°53′37″W / 61.21667°N 149.89361°W / 61.21667; -149.89361
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughAnchorage
Settled1914
Incorporated
  • November 23, 1920 (city)
  • January 1, 1964 (borough)
  • September 15, 1975
    (unified municipality)
Named forThe anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek
Area
[3]
 • City and Borough1,946.69 sq mi (5,041.89 km2)
 • Land1,706.89 sq mi (4,420.81 km2)
 • Water239.80 sq mi (621.08 km2)
 • Urban
78.8 sq mi (204 km2)
Elevation
102 ft (31 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City and Borough291,247
 • Rank
  • 1st in Alaska
  • 73rd in the United States
 • Density170.6/sq mi (65.88/km2)
 • Urban
249,252 (US: 163rd)[4]
 • Urban density2,718.4/sq mi (1,049.6/km2)
 • Metro
398,328 (US: 136th)
Demonyms
  • Anchoragite
  • Anchoriginal (informal)
Time zoneUTC-9 (AKST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99501–99524, 99529–99530, 99599
Area code907
Geocode1398242
FIPS code02-03000
ClimateSubarctic
Websitewww.muni.org

Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, United States. With a population of 291,247 residents (as of 2020),[5] it makes up nearly two-fifths of the state's population.

  1. ↑ Cochran, Jessica. "Alaska Cultural Connections: Los Anchorage". Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Cole, Dermot (September 25, 2011). "'Los Anchorage' may seem a world apart, but it's not alien territory". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "QuickFacts: Anchorage municipality, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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