State Abbreviation | AK |
Statehood | 21553 |
State Capital | Juneau |
State Size | Total (Land + Water): 663,267 sq miles; Land Only: 571,951 sq miles |
Number of Counties | 27 |
State Population (2010) | 710231 |
Electoral Votes | 3 |
State Quarter Issue Date | 39685 |
State Motto | North to the future |
State Flower | Forget Me Not |
State Bird | Willow Ptarmigan |
Nickname | The Last Frontier |
State Flag | Alaska State Flag |
Area Codes | 907 |
Top 5 Cities (2010 population) | Anchorage (291,826) |
| Fairbanks (31,535) |
| Juneau (31,275) |
| Sitka (8,881) |
| Ketchikan (8,050) |
Major Sports Teams | None |
Federal Prisons | None |
Federal Correctional Institutions | None |
State Prisons | Anchorage Correctional Complex, Anchorage |
| Anchorage Correctional Complex East, formerly known as Anchorage Jail |
| Anchorage Correctional Complex West, formerly known as Cook Inlet Pre-Trial |
| Anvil Mountain Correctional Center, Nome |
| Fairbanks Correctional Center, Fairbanks |
| Goose Creek Correctional Center, Point MacKenzie, between Anchorage and Wasilla |
| Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, Anchorage (Eagle River) |
| Ketchikan Correctional Center, Ketchikan |
| Lemon Creek Correctional Center, Juneau |
| Mat-Su Pretrial Facility, Palmer |
| Palmer Medium Correctional Center, Palmer |
| Palmer Minimum Correctional Center, Palmer |
| Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward |
| Wildwood Correctional Center, near Kenai |
| Wildwood Pretrial Facility, near Kenai |
| Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center, Bethel |