Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage
City and Borough
Downtown Anchorage and Bootleggers Cove as photographed from Point Woronzof Park on an April evening.
Flag Seal
Nicknames:  "The City of Lights and Flowers", "Los Anchorage"[1][2]
Motto:  Big Wild Life
Location of Anchorage within Alaska
Coordinates: 61°13′00″N 149°53′37″W / 61.21667°N 149.89361°W / 61.21667; -149.89361
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Anchorage
Settled	1914
Incorporated	November 23, 1920 (city) January 1, 1964 (borough) September 15, 1975 (unified municipality)
Named for	The anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek
Area [3]
• City and Borough	1,946.69 sq mi (5,041.89 km2)
• Land	1,706.89 sq mi (4,420.81 km2)
• Water	239.80 sq mi (621.08 km2)
• Urban	78.8 sq mi (204 km2)
Elevation	102 ft (31 m)
Population  (2020)
• City and Borough	291,247
• Rank	1st in Alaska 73rd in the United States
• Density	170.6/sq mi (65.88/km2)
• Urban	249,252 (US: 164th)[4]
• Urban density	2,718.4/sq mi (1,049.6/km2)
• Metro	398,807 (US: 137th)
Demonyms	Anchoragite Anchoriginal (informal)
Time zone	UTC-9 (AKST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code	99501–99524, 99529–99530, 99599
Area code	907
Geocode	1398242
FIPS code	02-03000
Climate	Subarctic
Website	www.muni.org

Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, United States. With a population of 291,247 residents (as of 2020),^[5] it makes up nearly two-fifths of the state's population.

1. ↑ Cochran, Jessica. "Alaska Cultural Connections: Los Anchorage". Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
2. ↑ Cole, Dermot (September 25, 2011). "'Los Anchorage' may seem a world apart, but it's not alien territory". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
3. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
4. ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "QuickFacts: Anchorage municipality, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.