Anchorage

Anchorage is a unified municipal consolidated city-borough in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the West Coast of the United States. With an estimated 287,095 residents in 2020, it is Alaska's most populous city and contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 396,317 in 2019, accounting for more than half the state's population. At 1,706 square miles of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the United States and larger than the smallest state, Rhode Island, which has 1,212 square miles.

Anchorage might appear at first glance to be a typical American city, but closer exploration shows some surprising facets of urban life in Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska is a highly populated city with a population of 299,321 people.

Anchorage has a high percentage of people who are married with children when compared to the rest of the country. Alaska's most important traffic hub, Anchorage welcomes many international airlines and has the world's largest seaplane base.