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Blank Map of Alaska (Counties)

Printable map of Alaska with all 30 boroughs and census areas, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Blank map of Alaska

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

SVG (vector)

Any size, editable in Inkscape, Illustrator or Figma.

PNG and PDF files are drawn in your browser at the size you pick; nothing is uploaded. No watermark, no sign-up.

Alaska at a glance

Boroughs and Census Areas on the map30
Land area (sum of the shapes)1,479,506 km² · 571,240 mi²
Largest borough or census area by land areaYukon-Koyukuk Census Area — 377,540 km²
Smallest borough or census area by land areaSkagway Municipality — 1,147 km²
Population (ACS 2019–2023)733,971
Most populous borough or census areaAnchorage Municipality — 289,069
Places on the with-cities versionAnchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Badger, Knik-Fairview, College, North Lakes, Tanaina, Wasilla, Meadow Lakes

Land areas are the Census Bureau's ALAND figures. Population and income are American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which carry margins of error. Cities are the largest Census places by ACS population; a crowded label is left off rather than overlapped.

All 30 boroughs and census areas of Alaska

Borough Or Census AreaLand area, km²Land area, mi²PopulationMedian household income
Aleutians East Borough18,0946,9863,423$72,692
Aleutians West Census Area11,3784,3935,178$107,344
Anchorage Municipality4,4211,707289,069$98,152
Bethel Census Area105,31040,66018,487$70,616
Bristol Bay Borough1,247481878$100,625
Chugach Census Area24,8009,5756,964$88,565
Copper River Census Area63,83524,6472,626$75,053
Denali Borough32,74012,6412,029$88,935
Dillingham Census Area47,48918,3364,780$74,250
Fairbanks North Star Borough18,9977,33595,555$84,722
Haines Borough6,0472,3352,077$72,607
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area16,9916,5602,313$62,500
Juneau City and Borough7,0012,70331,969$100,513
Kenai Peninsula Borough41,48516,01759,843$77,722
Ketchikan Gateway Borough12,5804,85713,870$89,155
Kodiak Island Borough17,3266,69012,878$83,716
Kusilvak Census Area44,23217,0788,277$48,233
Lake and Peninsula Borough61,72223,8311,007$64,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough63,99224,707110,677$90,625
Nome Census Area59,49122,9709,925$76,643
North Slope Borough229,97288,79310,891$86,313
Northwest Arctic Borough92,38935,6727,611$81,298
Petersburg Borough7,5132,9013,394$77,026
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13,6435,2685,730$59,079
Sitka City and Borough7,4342,8708,393$101,207
Skagway Municipality1,1474431,308$78,594
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area64,31524,8326,936$74,223
Wrangell City and Borough6,6202,5562,106$64,545
Yakutat City and Borough19,7557,627506$80,625
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area377,540145,7695,271$52,642

Printing and using the map

  1. Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each borough or census area.
  2. For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
  3. Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
  4. For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
  5. To colour boroughs and census areas by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each borough or census area is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The borough or census area shapes are the US Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file — boundaries as of January 1, 2024, clipped to the shoreline for mapping.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so boroughs and census areas keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2400 × 1274 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching boroughs and census areas share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small boroughs and census areas may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many boroughs and census areas are on this map of Alaska?

30. every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (US Census Bureau) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each borough or census area. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from the Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file, generalised for mapping, then simplified to suit a 2400 × 1274 pixel drawing. They are right for printing and teaching but are not survey-grade lines and must not be used to settle a boundary question.

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