Rank 46 of 51 by domestic migration per 1,000

Alaska

Alaska lost 17,930 residents to other states and gained 11,111 from other countries — enough to offset 62% of the domestic loss, but not to reverse it. Net migration is still −6,819. International arrivals are slowing the decline here, not ending it.

Measured as counts rather than rates, the channel that moved the most people in Alaska over 2021–2024 was domestic migration. That is a statement about volume, not direction: a channel can be the largest by losing.

Domestic migrationmoved the most people−17,930−24.2 per 1,000 residentsMovers arriving from, or leaving for, other US states.

International migration+11,111+15.0 per 1,000 residentsNet arrivals from outside the United States.

Births minus deaths+13,999+18.9 per 1,000 residentsNatural change. Not migration at all, and frequently mistaken for it.

Year by year

Counts of people. Bars share one scale across all 4 years and all three channels, so a short bar is a small number rather than a rescaled one.

Alaska, components of population change. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: components of change.
Year	Domestic	International	Births	Deaths	Natural
2021	−3,438	+873	9,454	5,333	+4,121
2022	−5,832	+2,818	9,359	6,388	+2,971
2023	−4,886	+3,391	9,132	5,597	+3,535
2024	−3,774	+4,029	9,014	5,642	+3,372

Ranked just above and below Alaska

45Washington, D.C.−20.2 / 1,000 47Louisiana−27.1 / 1,000

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Vintage-year 2020 is published for a partial period and carries no companion rate, so it is excluded rather than shown alongside four full years it cannot be compared with. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). Source file