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Anchorage, AK MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 19,803
  equals Births 30,485
  less Deaths 10,682
Net Migration -3,002
  equals net International Migration 6,371
  plus net Domestic Migration -9,373

The population of the Anchorage, AK MSA changed from 383,166 on 2010 to 399,790 in 2015 -- a change of 16,624 (4.34%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (19,803) exceeded net migration (-3,002); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Anchorage, AK MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020P0000001 293,405 296,333 298,613 301,537 300,357 298,695 5,290 1.80
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170P0000001 89,761 91,841 93,791 95,877 98,285 101,095 11,334 12.63
Total P0000001 383,166 388,174 392,404 397,414 398,642 399,790 16,624 4.34
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020B0000001 4,648 4,783 4,591 4,698 4,810 4,796 23,678 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170B0000001 1,284 1,338 1,309 1,343 1,402 1,415 6,807 
Total B0000001 5,932 6,121 5,900 6,041 6,212 6,211 30,485 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020D0000001 1,268 1,497 1,507 1,578 1,754 1,700 8,036 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170D0000001 404 519 519 557 523 528 2,646 
Total D0000001 1,672 2,016 2,026 2,135 2,277 2,228 10,682 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020NC000001 3,380 3,286 3,084 3,120 3,056 3,096 15,642 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170NC000001 880 819 790 786 879 887 4,161 
Total NC000001 4,260 4,105 3,874 3,906 3,935 3,983 19,803 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020MI000001 1,320 831 1,461 1,205 1,236 1,348 6,081 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170MI000001 72 31 77 59 58 65 290 
Total MI000001 1,392 862 1,538 1,264 1,294 1,413 6,371 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020MD000001 1,568 -1,117 -2,250 -1,189 -5,687 -5,925 -16,168 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170MD000001 2,016 1,185 1,065 1,224 1,457 1,864 6,795 
Total MD000001 3,584 68 -1,185 35 -4,230 -4,061 -9,373 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020MN000001 2,888 -286 -789 16 -4,451 -4,577 -10,087 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170MN000001 2,088 1,216 1,142 1,283 1,515 1,929 7,085 
Total MN000001 4,976 930 353 1,299 -2,936 -2,648 -3,002 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Anchorage Municipality, AK02020GQ000001 8,450 8,685 8,699 8,905 8,197 8,190 -260 -3.08
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK02170GQ000001 1,370 1,364 1,318 2,157 2,497 2,495 1,125 82.12
Total GQ000001 9,820 10,049 10,017 11,062 10,694 10,685 865 8.81

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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