The Matanuska-Susitna Borough gained more than 2,000 residents last year while Anchorage lost nearly 1,600, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Alaska population estimates.
More people moved out of Alaska than into the state last year, but other population factors nearly offset the loss, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Kristie Wilder, a Census demographer, said Alaska lost more than 6,000 people to other states last year, continuing a decade-long trend.The population lost to domestic migration was almost entirely offset by two other dynamics: Births outnumbered deaths, and more than 2,000 people moved to Alaska from other countries. In all, the state’s population held nearly steady, at 734,000. According to the Census Bureau, that’sWithin Alaska, the big action was in Southcentral.
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