DEMOGRAPHICS / AT A GLANCE

Population                  
670,053

Total Area                   
656,425 square miles

Land Area                   
570,374 square miles

Water Area                 
86,051 square miles

Coastline
6640 miles

Highest Point             
Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet

Lowest Point              
Pacific Ocean Sea Level

Capital City                 
Juneau

Largest Cities 
Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Sitka, Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak, Bethel, Wasilla, Barrow

Topography                
Pacific and Arctic mountain systems, central plateau and Arctic Slope.

Statehood                   
January 3, 1959

Area Code      
907

Agriculture                 
Seafood, nursery stock, dairy products, vegetables, livestock.

Industry                                  
Petroleum and natural gas, gold and other mining, food processing, lumber and wood products, tourism.

Nickname                   
The Last Frontier

Origin of State Name  
Based on the Aleut word “alaxsxaq” literally meaning “object toward which the action of the sea is directed” or more simply “the mainland.”

State Bird       
Willow Ptarmigan

State Flower   
Forget Me Not

State Tree                   
Sitkaspruce

State Song                  
Alaska’s Song

State Motto                 
North to the Future