Find out the list of all Alaska (AK), borough, census areas, counties in alphabetically today.
Alaska is one of the unique states in the United States of America, this is because that it does not have counties. Sounds surprising right? The state instead, is divided into 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas within the Unorganized Borough.
The boroughs in Alaska are like counties but made to fit in with the sparsely populated region. Each borough vary in size and population.
Anchorage Municipality has the highest population in Alaska and the largest borough by size is the North Slope Borough.
Alphabetical list of Alaska (AK) Boroughs, census areas and counties
Aleutians East Borough
Anchorage Borough
Bristol Bay Borough
Denali Borough
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Haines Borough
Juneau Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Kodiak Island Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
North Slope Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
Petersburg Borough
Sitka Borough
Skagway Borough
Wrangell Borough
Yakutat Borough
Printable and scannable list of Alaska counties and boroughs
Aleutians East Borough, Anchorage Borough
Bristol Bay Borough
Denali Borough
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Haines Borough
Juneau Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Kodiak Island Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough
Petersburg Borough
Sitka Borough, Skagway Borough
Wrangell Borough.
Yakutat Borough.
Alaska counties, boroughs, census areas by size
North Slope Borough (88,824 square miles)
Northwest Arctic Borough (35,663 square miles)
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (145,576 square miles)
Bethel Census Area (45,504 square miles)
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (24,707 square miles)
Lake and Peninsula Borough (23,832 square miles)
Nome Census Area (22,573 square miles)
Kenai Peninsula Borough (16,017 square miles)
Denali Borough (12,641 square miles)
Dillingham Census Area (18,695 square miles)
Fairbanks North Star Borough (7,335 square miles)
Kusilvak Census Area (19,673 square miles)
Aleutians East Borough (6,985 square miles)
Kodiak Island Borough (6,689 square miles)
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (7,525 square miles)
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (6,675 square miles)
Ketchikan Gateway Borough (4,857 square miles)
Sitka City and Borough (2,870 square miles)
Juneau City and Borough (2,704 square miles)
Haines Borough (2,343 square miles)
Wrangell City and Borough (2,556 square miles)
Petersburg Borough (2,901 square miles)
Skagway Municipality (434 square miles) (smallest).
List of Alaska Organized Boroughs
Aleutians East
Bristol Bay
Denali
Fairbanks North Star
Haines
Kenai Peninsula
Ketchikan Gateway
Kodiak Island
Lake and Peninsula
Matanuska-Susitna
North Slope
Northwest Arctic
Petersburg
Skagway
Yakutat
List of Alaska Unorganized Boroughs
Aleutians West
Bethel
Chugach
Copper River
Dillingham
Hoonah-Angoon
Kusilvak
Nome
Prince of Wales-Hyder
Southeast Fairbanks
Yukon-Koyukuk
Alaska Boroughs vs Counties - What is the difference?
It might interest you to know that Boroughs and counties are both administrative divisions, but different depends on several factors such as a function and region.
Counties: They are subdivisions of a state or country. It includes cities, towns, or villages or rural areas is the local government units in a country.
Boroughs: It has several meanings or representing depending on the location. Let us take Alaska, boroughs are forms of counties but was created to better fit into the way of people and region.
However you consider the United Kingdom, boroughs refers to urban districts with local government authority.