In the early spring of 1942 Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native Alaskans, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ALASKA BEACON) - Alaska’s population rose slightly between 2024 and 2025 and is now at its highest level since 2017, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The offices of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development in Juneau are seen on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Photo by ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska’s population grew by 0.2% in the last year, adding 1,649 people, according to estimates from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state ...

Alaska’s population rose in 2022 according to new estimates released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, marking a second consecutive year of increases after four years of ...

Alaska’s share of youth has shrunk and its retirement-age population has grown sharply, opposing factors that are reducing the state’s workforce and complicating the pandemic-related labor shortage, ...

Construction workers walk down Fifth Avenue between D and E streets in downtown Anchorage on Feb. 16, 2021. (Jeff Chen / Alaska Public Media) More people moved out of Alaska than into the state last ...

Crowds gathered near the holding area at the official start of the Iditarod in Willow on March 6, 2022. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Alaska’s population remained stable from 2021 into last year, ...

Mountains in the distance gleam in a view from the Dena'ina Convention Center on the final day of the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference on Oct. 19, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cars are driven on Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage on Oct. 7, 2024. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaska's population ...