Who's moving to Alaska

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

-1,509 net households from other states

Arrived from other states

14,075

households, 2022-2023

Left for other states

15,584

households, 2022-2023

Moved within Alaska

5,967

households changed county, stayed in state

-1,509 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — departures edge ahead by 1,509 households. That loss has shrunk to less than half of what it was five years ago. Another 403 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years

Every move in or out of Alaska, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.

-3,005

18–19

-2,725

19–20

-1,552

20–21

-2,143

21–22

-1,483

22–23

Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Anchorage · Anchorage Municipality — the busiest moving market in Alaska.

Where Alaska is gaining from other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Kalifornsky Kenai Peninsula Borough +143

#600 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Unalaska Aleutians West Census Area +62

#791 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Sitka Sitka City and Borough +43

#1,205 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Healy Denali Borough +26

#1,505 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Ketchikan Ketchikan Gateway Borough +9

#1,574 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Metlakatla Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area +5

#1,403 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Haines Haines Borough +2

#1,436 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Hoonah Hoonah-Angoon Census Area +1

#1,796 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Where Alaska is losing to other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Anchorage Anchorage Municipality -979

Fairbanks Fairbanks North Star Borough -399

Knik-Fairview Matanuska-Susitna Borough -112

Juneau Juneau City and Borough -70

Bethel Bethel Census Area -55

Kodiak Kodiak Island Borough -29

Utqiagvik North Slope Borough -27

Nome Nome Census Area -23

Which states Alaska trades households with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.

Washington -159

586 in

745 out

Texas -109

460 in

569 out

Arizona -275

339 in

614 out

California +121

505 in

384 out

Colorado -124

177 in

301 out

Nevada -111

152 in

263 out

Households arriving in Alaska from another state report $63,178 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $70,954. Departures out-earn arrivals — Alaska is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$63,178

Leaving for another state$70,954

Compare movers in Anchorage →

City-level breakdowns

Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

Anchorage Fairbanks Knik-Fairview Kalifornsky Juneau Kodiak Ketchikan Sitka Bethel Nome Glennallen Dillingham

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 62% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 27 of Alaska's counties have published data.