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 ...

Bill Popp, President and CEO of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation(AEDC) discusses the three-year economic outlook at the luncheon held in the Dena'ina Center on August 2, 2023. (Adam ...

Correction: The original version of this article stated that Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are forecast to continue growing in population. Anchorage and the Mat-Su are grouped together ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 16—Alaska's working-age population continued its long-term decline in 2023 as more people continue to leave the state than ...

If you drive across the Rust Belt in the Lower 48, you’ll encounter them here and there: half-empty towns with schools and storefronts boarded up, waiting for an economic upswing that may never come.

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 largest cities and towns have lost residents since 2020, but some smaller cities have gained in population, according to new data from U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau’s latest report shows ...