Alaska population loss looms with fewer births and more deaths in an aging population

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 590

Last Updated: 6 days, 23 hours ago

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Fewer Alaska babies are being born and more Alaskans are dying, causing the state’s natural population increase margin to shrink substantially over the past decade, according to state demographers.

Alaska is far from alone in this population change, according to the analysis, described in an article published in Alaska Economic Trends, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development research section’s monthly magazine.

“Basically, we’re going in the same direction as the national trend,” …

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