Anchorage

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Alaska

Anchorage is a major-metro county-equivalent in Alaska with 17 ZIP codes, 291,836 people, and top-decile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.

National county placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Anchorage, AK sits among US counties with a top-decile household income, on a major-metro county-equivalent population base, across a multi-ZIP patchwork.

Top 4%
household income vs 3,210 US counties
291,836
combined ZIP population
17
USPS ZIP codes covered
$112,127
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.

Anchorage lands in the national county income distribution as top-decile household income on major-metro county-equivalent footing (FIPS 02020, 17 ZIPs, combined population 291,836). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.

High-income counties with wide ZIP mosaics hide sharp internal gradients. The densest ZIP here is 99504 (Anchorage) with 40,914 residents - open it beside a thin rural code from the table before treating the county mean as uniform. HUD Fair Market Rents and FBI county tables attach to FIPS 02020, so scorecards stay county-keyed while household income stays ZIP-keyed.

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17

Total ZIPs

291,836

Total Population

ZIP Codes in Anchorage

Side-by-side: Compare 99504 vs 99507 →

ZIP Code City Population Density
99504 Anchorage 40,914 2,480
99507 Anchorage 37,850 666
99508 Anchorage 35,857 1,995
99577 Eagle River 25,771 46
99502 Anchorage 24,168 529
99515 Anchorage 22,441 819
99516 Anchorage 20,095 181
99501 Anchorage 17,603 979
99517 Anchorage 16,645 1,962
99503 Anchorage 14,563 272
99518 Anchorage 10,225 1,045
99567 Chugiak 9,211 6
99506 Jber 7,749 169
99505 Jber 6,174 104
99587 Girdwood 2,250 4
99540 Indian 320 2
99513 Anchorage 0 -

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the population of Anchorage?

Anchorage has a total population of 291,836 across 17 ZIP codes, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 data.

What ZIP codes are in Anchorage?

Anchorage includes 17 ZIP codes: 99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, and more.

Anchorage's figures come from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023), mapped to ZIP codes via the HUD USPS Crosswalk. PlainZIP is not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau or any government agency. See our methodology for details.

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