† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAnchorageAlaskaUnited States
German15.1%14.2%12.5%
English11.0%10.0%9.5%
Irish10.3%9.5%9.4%
American3.9%3.6%5.3%
Italian3.1%2.5%4.8%
Norwegian2.8%3.0%—
Swedish2.4%1.2%—
Scottish2.2%2.1%1.3%
Samoan5.3%0.9%—
Native Hawaiian0.8%0.2%—
Tongan0.5%——
Filipino4.7%3.5%0.9%
Hmong1.6%0.7%—
Korean0.9%0.5%0.4%
Chinese0.5%0.3%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
Japanese0.3%0.2%0.2%
Laotian0.3%——
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Mexican4.6%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.9%1.8%
Dominican0.6%0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.4%0.2%0.4%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Spanish0.4%0.4%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†3.9%2.1%9.9%
Sudanese0.3%0.2%—
African0.2%—0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Median age
35.2
36
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.9%
13.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Median household income
$103,284
$92,788
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.7%
31.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.2%
15.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
3.2%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
3.2%
2.5%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
4.2%
2.2%
1.1%
Other languages
1.3%
3.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Catholic
—
5.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Anchorage, Alaska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−23.2%
2008
−16.0%
2012
−9.9%
2016
−5.3%
2020
+1.1%
2024
+1.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. † 2012, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
48.7%Harris64,781
47.3%Trump62,922
3.9%
D+1.4
D+0.3
D+2.9
132,900
D
48.8%Biden71,316
47.7%Trump69,685
3.6%
D+1.1
D+6.4
R+3.3
146,191
R
41.6%Clinton54,157
46.9%Trump61,059
11.5%
R+5.3
D+4.6
R+7.4
130,223
R
43.2%Obama54,044
53.0%Romney66,387
3.8%
R+9.9
D+6.1
R+13.7
125,171
R
41.1%Obama55,283
57.1%McCain76,758
1.7%
R+16.0
D+7.3
R+23.3
134,386
R
37.0%Kerry29,764
60.2%Bush48,467
2.8%
R+23.2
—
R+20.8
80,493
Anchorage holds nearly 40% of Alaska's total population, making it the state's dominant swing market — municipal races here have swung double digits between cycles, and its diverse military, Native, and oil-sector workforce resists clean partisan sorting.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 1.4 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 23.2 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 1.4 points.
A population of 288,976, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,284 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee's Summit and South Hill.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Anchorage, Alaska voted Democratic by 1.4 points (D+1.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 132,900 votes cast, 64,781 went Democratic and 62,922 went Republican.
When did Anchorage, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Anchorage, Alaska voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Anchorage, Alaska?
Anchorage, Alaska has a population of 288,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Anchorage, Alaska?
Median household income in Anchorage, Alaska is $103,284 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Anchorage, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Anchorage, Alaska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
