Editing Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Alaska}}
{{US Census population
|1880= 33426
|1890= 32052
|1900= 63592
|1910= 64356
|1920= 55036
|1930= 59278
|1940= 72524
|1950= 128643
|1960= 226167
|1970= 300382
|1980= 401851
|1990= 550043
|2000= 626932
|2010= 710231
|2020= 733391
|estyear=2024
|estimate=740133
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2024|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407074341/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=1930 and 1940 censuses taken in preceding autumn<br />Sources: 1910–2020<ref name="Census2010">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html|title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |archive-date=April 29, 2021|website=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}

The [[United States Census Bureau]] found in the [[2020 United States census]] that the population of Alaska was 733,391 on April 1, 2020, a 3.3% increase since the [[2010 United States census]].<ref name="2020Census" /> According to the 2010 United States Census, the U.S. state of Alaska had a population of 710,231, a 13.3% increase from 626,932 at the 2000 U.S. census.

In 2020, Alaska ranked as the 48th largest state by population, ahead of only [[Vermont]] and [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html |title=2020 Census Apportionment Results, Table 2 Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census |date=April 26, 2021 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194109/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at {{convert|1.2|PD/sqmi}}, with the next state, Wyoming, at {{convert|5.8|PD/sqmi}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Population Data: Population Density |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=June 6, 2012 |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028061117/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php |archive-date=October 28, 2011 }}</ref> Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|area]], and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income).<ref>{{cite web|title=State Per Capita Income 2011|url=https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2012/pdf/spi0312pc_fax.pdf|publisher=Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=June 6, 2012|date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915190231/http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2012/pdf/spi0312pc_fax.pdf|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{as of|2018}} due to its population size, it is one of 14 U.S. states that still have only one telephone [[Telephone numbering plan|area code]].<ref name="US area codes">{{cite web|url=https://www.50states.com/areacodes/|title=State Area Codes|website=50states.com|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080220/https://www.50states.com/areacodes/|archive-date=February 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 2,320 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007–2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Race and ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|+ Alaska racial breakdown of population
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census" /> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |first=Laura K. |last=Yax }}</ref> !! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/state/AK|title=Population of Alaska—Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts—CensusViewer|website=censusviewer.com|access-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010352/http://censusviewer.com/state/AK|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|website=census.gov|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name=CensusACS2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812181603/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 78.8% || 75.5% || 69.3% || 66.7% || 59.4%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 16.9% || 15.6% || 15.6% || 14.8% || 15.2%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.9% || 3.6% || 4.0% || 5.4% || 6.0%
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 3.0% || 4.1% || 3.5% || 3.3% || 3.0%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and <br />[[Pacific Islander American|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || 0.5% || 1.0% || 1.7%
|-
| [[Other race]] || 0.4% || 1.2% || 1.6% || 1.6% || 2.5%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Multiracial]] || – || – || 5.5% || 7.3% || 12.2%
|}
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Alaska.png|thumb|270x270px|Ethnic origins in Alaska]]
[[File:Alaska racial and ethnic map.svg|thumb|Map of the largest racial/ethnic group by borough. Red indicates Native American, blue indicates non-Hispanic white, and green indicates Asian. Darker shades indicate a higher proportion of the population.]]The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] estimated 60.2% of the population was [[whites| white]], 3.7% [[African Americans|black or African American]], 15.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaska Native]], 6.5% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 1.4% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander]], 7.5% two or more races, and 7.3% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latin American]]. At the survey estimates, 7.8% of the total population was foreign-born from 2015 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK/PST040219|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> In 2015, 61.3% was white, 3.4% black or African American, 13.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.2% Asian, 0.9% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 7.7% multiracial. Hispanics and Latin Americans were 7% of the state population in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2015.DP05|access-date=2021-05-21|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040742/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2015.DP05|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2015 to 2019, the largest Hispanic and Latin American groups were [[Mexican Americans]], [[Puerto Ricans]], and [[Cuban Americans]]. The largest Asian groups living in the state were [[Filipino Americans|Filipinos]], [[Korean Americans]], and [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]] and Chinese Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05|access-date=2021-05-21|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328092609/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05|url-status=live}}</ref>

The state was 64.1% white, 14.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 5.4% Asian, 3.3% black or African American, 1.0% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 1.6% from some other race, and 7.3% from two or more races in 2010. Hispanics or Latin Americans made up 5.5% of the population in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{as of|2011}}, 50.7% of Alaska's population younger than one year of age belonged to minority groups (i.e., did not have two parents of white ancestry).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1960, the United States Census Bureau reported Alaska's population as 77.2% white, 3% black, and 18.8% American Indian and Alaska Native.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska—Race and Hispanic Origin: 1880 to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |access-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=December 24, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2018, the top countries of origin for Alaska's immigrants were the [[Philippines]], [[Mexico]], Canada, [[Thailand]] and [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_alaska.pdf|title=Immigrants in Alaska|access-date=September 24, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213222032/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_alaska.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Languages===
{{Further|Alaska Native languages}}

According to the 2011 American Community Survey, 83.4% of people over the age of five spoke only English at home. About 3.5% spoke Spanish at home, 2.2% spoke another [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]], about 4.3% spoke an [[Languages of Asia|Asian]] language (including [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]),<ref>"50 Quick Facts about Alaska" {{ISBN|978-1-783-33276-2}}</ref> and about 5.3% spoke other languages at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2013/acs/acs-22.pdf|title=Language use in the United States, 2011|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513042213/http://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2013/acs/acs-22.pdf|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the American Community Survey determined 83.7% spoke only English, and 16.3% spoke another language other than English. The most spoken European language after English was Spanish, spoken by approximately 4.0% of the state population. Collectively, Asian and Pacific Islander languages were spoken by 5.6% of Alaskans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Language Statistics|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20languages&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1601|access-date=2021-05-22|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522170320/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20languages&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1601|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2010, a total of 5.2% of Alaskans speak one of the state's 20 [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|indigenous languages]],<ref>Graves, K, PhD, MSW, Rosich, R, PhD, McBride, M, PhD, RN, Charles, G, Phd and LaBelle, J, MA: Health and health care if Alaska Native Older Adults. {{cite web |url=http://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/ |title=Ethno Med – Alaska Native – Description – Geriatrics – Stanford Medicine |access-date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128175847/http://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/ |archive-date=January 28, 2014 }}. In Periyakoil VS, eds. eCampus Geriatrics, Stanford Ca, 2010.</ref> known locally as "native languages".

The [[Alaska Native Language Center]] at the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] claims that at least 20 [[Alaska Native languages|Alaskan native languages]] exist and there are also some languages with different dialects.<ref name="uaf.edu">{{cite web |title=Languages, Alaska Native Language Center |url=http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727073141/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of Alaska's native languages belong to either the [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] or [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dene]] language families; some languages are thought to be [[Language isolate|isolates]] (e.g. [[Haida language|Haida]]) or have not yet been classified (e.g. [[Tsimshianic languages|Tsimshianic]]).<ref name="uaf.edu" /> {{as of|2014}} nearly all of Alaska's native languages were classified as either threatened, shifting, moribund, nearly extinct, or dormant languages.<ref>Languages, Alaska Native Language Center, [[Ethnologue]] (classifications), http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706170402/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ |date=July 6, 2014 }}</ref>

In October 2014, the governor of Alaska signed a bill declaring the state's 20 indigenous languages to have official status.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/24/alaskas-indigenous-languages-official "Alaska's indigenous languages attain official status"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093511/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/24/alaskas-indigenous-languages-official |date=February 12, 2017 }}, Reuters.com, October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20216&session=28|title=Bill History/Action for 28th Legislature HB 216|website=The Alaska State Legislature|access-date=January 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204183710/http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20216&session=28|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This bill gave them symbolic recognition as official languages, though they have not been adopted for official use within the government. The 20 languages that were included in the bill are:

{{div col}}
#[[Inupiat language|Inupiaq]]
#[[Central Siberian Yupik language|Siberian Yupik]]
#[[Central Alaskan Yup'ik language|Central Alaskan Yup'ik]]
#[[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]]
#[[Aleut language|Unangax]]
#[[Dena'ina language|Dena'ina]]
#[[Deg Xinag language|Deg Xinag]]
#[[Holikachuk language|Holikachuk]]
#[[Koyukon language|Koyukon]]
#[[Upper Kuskokwim language|Upper Kuskokwim]]
#[[Gwich'in language|Gwich'in]]
#[[Lower Tanana language|Tanana]]
#[[Upper Tanana language|Upper Tanana]]
#[[Tanacross language|Tanacross]]
#[[Hän language|Hän]]
#[[Ahtna language|Ahtna]]
#[[Eyak language|Eyak]]
#[[Tlingit language|Tlingit]]
#[[Haida language|Haida]]
#[[Coast Tsimshian dialect|Tsimshian]]
{{div col end}}

===Religion===
{{See also|Alaska Native religion|Shamanism among Alaska Natives}}
[[File:Sitka - St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral.jpg|thumb|[[St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)|St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral]] in downtown [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]]|left|265x265px]]{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religious self-identification in Alaska per the [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2020 survey<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2023 |title=2020 American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-AK |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]] |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-AK |url-status=live }}</ref>|label1=[[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]]|value1=37|color1=White|label2=[[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]|value2=36|color2=DarkBlue|label3=[[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]|value3=14|color3=Purple|label4=[[Eastern Orthodoxy in the United States|Eastern Orthodox]]|value4=4|color4=Yellow|label5=[[Mormonism in the United States|Mormonism]]|value5=2|color5=Teal|label6=[[Jehovah's Witness]]|color6=Green|label7=Other|color7=Gray|label8=|value6=1|value7=6}}Multiple surveys have ranked Alaska among [[List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity|the most irreligious states]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Emma |date=2017-09-06 |title=The 20 States Where Non-Religious People Make Up the Greatest Share of the Population |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/no-religion-states-prri/538821/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002064510/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/no-religion-states-prri/538821/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-04 |title=Survey Finds Alaskans Less Religious Than Other Americans |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/09/04/survey-finds-alaskans-less-religious-than-other-americans/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002064510/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/09/04/survey-finds-alaskans-less-religious-than-other-americans/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Multiple image
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According to statistics collected by the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA) from 2010, about 34% of Alaska residents were members of religious congregations. Of the religious population, roughly 4% were Mormon, 0.5% Jewish, 0.5% Muslim, 1% Buddhist, 0.2% Baháʼí, and 0.5% Hindu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religions.pewforum.org/maps|title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics—Pew Research Center|date=May 11, 2015|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506033840/http://religions.pewforum.org/maps|archive-date=May 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest religious denominations in Alaska {{as of|2010|lc=y}} was the [[Catholic Church]] with 50,866 adherents; non-denominational Evangelicals with 38,070 adherents; [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] with 32,170 adherents; and the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] with 19,891 adherents.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/02/rcms2010_02_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives—State Membership Report |publisher=thearda.com |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212162841/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/02/rcms2010_02_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/02/rcms2010_02_state_adh_2010.asp|title=The Association of Religion Data Archives—Maps & Reports|website=thearda.com|access-date=November 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212162841/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/02/rcms2010_02_state_adh_2010.asp|archive-date=December 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alaska has been identified, along with Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest, as being [[Unchurched Belt|the least religious states in the United States]], in terms of church membership.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_472.html |title=Adherents.com |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505013647/http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_472.html |archive-date=May 5, 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116035021/http://www.adn.com/life/story/463303.html |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url=http://www.adn.com/life/story/463303.html |title=Believe it or not, Alaska's one of nation's least religious states |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |date=July 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 23, 2008 }}</ref>

The Pew Research Center in 2014 determined 62% of the adult population practiced Christianity. Of the Christian denominations, Catholicism was the largest Christian group. When Protestant denominations were combined, Protestantism was the largest Christian tradition, with Evangelicalism being the largest movement within the Protestant group. The unaffiliated population made up the largest non-Christian religious affiliation at 37%. [[Atheism|Atheists]] made up 5% of the population and the largest non-Christian religion was [[Buddhism]]. In 2020, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) determined 57% of adults were Christian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-AK |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ava.prri.org |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-AK |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2022, Christianity increased to 77% of the population according to the PRRI.

Through the Association of Religion Data Archives in 2020, its Christian population was dominated by [[Nondenominational Christianity|non/inter-denominational Protestantism]] as the single largest Christian cohort, with 73,930 adherents. Roman Catholics were second with 40,280 members; throughout its Christian population, non-denominational Christians had an adherence rate of 100.81 per 1,000 residents, and Catholics 54.92 per 1,000 residents.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=2020 Congregational Membership |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=1&c=02 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419105607/https://thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=1&c=02 |url-status=live }}</ref> Per 2014's Pew study, religion was seen as very important to 41% of the population, although 29% considered it somewhat important.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=May 11, 2015 |title=Adults in Alaska |url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/alaska/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114210213/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/alaska/ |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |access-date=January 1, 2016 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project}}</ref> In 2014, Pew determined roughly 55% believed in God with absolute certainty, and 24% believed fairly certainly. Reflecting the separate 2020 ARDA study, the 2014 Pew study showed 30% attended religious services once a week, 34% once or twice a month, and 36% seldom/never.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018, ''[[The Gospel Coalition]]'' published an article using Pew data and determined non-churchgoing Christians nationwide did not attend religious services often through the following: practicing the faith in other ways, not finding a house of worship they liked, disliking sermons and feeling unwelcomed, and logistics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Joe |title=Why Christians Don't Go to Church (and Why They Must) |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/americans-christians-dont-go-church-must/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=The Gospel Coalition |date=October 13, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419170251/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/americans-christians-dont-go-church-must/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1795, the first [[Russian Orthodox Church]] was established in [[Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska|Kodiak]]. Intermarriage with Alaskan Natives helped the Russian immigrants integrate into society. As a result, an increasing number of Russian Orthodox churches gradually became established within Alaska.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vilda.alaska.edu/u?/cdmg11,4904 |title=An early Russian Orthodox Church |publisher=Vilda.alaska.edu |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225102019/http://vilda.alaska.edu/u/?%2Fcdmg11%2C4904 |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Alaska also has the largest [[Quaker]] population (by percentage) of any state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/maps/map.asp?state=101&variable=201 |title=Association of Religion Data Archive |publisher=Thearda.com |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113080504/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/maps/map.asp?state=101&variable=201 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, there were 6,000 Jews in Alaska (for whom observance of [[halakha]] [[Jewish law in the polar regions|may pose special problems]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110128024235/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0077.pdf Table 76. Religious Bodies—Selected Data]. U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011.</ref> Alaskan Hindus often share venues and celebrations with members of other Asian religious communities, including [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] and [[Jainism|Jains]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201151519/http://caia.arctic.us/?Shri_Ganesha_Mandir_of_Alaska |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url=http://www.caia.arctic.us/?Shri_Ganesha_Mandir_of_Alaska |title=Shri Ganesha Mandir of Alaska |publisher=Cultural Association of India Anchorage |last1=Kalyan |first1=Mala |url-status=dead |access-date=September 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindumandir.us/west-coast.html#AK |title=Hindu Temples on West Coast USA |publisher=Hindu Temples in USA—Hindu Mandirs in USA |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616130334/http://www.hindumandir.us/west-coast.html |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201151459/http://caia.arctic.us/?Holi_%2F_Baisakhi_Celebration%3A |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url=http://www.caia.arctic.us/?Holi_%2F_Baisakhi_Celebration%3A |title=Holi / Baisakhi Celebration |publisher=Cultural Association of India Anchorage |url-status=dead |access-date=September 26, 2009 }}</ref> In 2010, Alaskan Hindus established the [[Sri Ganesha Temple of Alaska]], making it the first Hindu Temple in Alaska and the northernmost Hindu Temple in the world. There are an estimated 2,000–3,000 Hindus in Alaska. The vast majority of Hindus live in Anchorage or Fairbanks.

Estimates for the number of Muslims in Alaska range from 2,000 to 5,000.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116035850/http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8656236p-8548061c.html |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url=http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8656236p-8548061c.html |title=First Muslim cemetery opens in Alaska |first1=Julia |last1=O'Malley |website=Anchorage Daily News |date=February 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 30, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202834/http://engagingmuslims.alaskapacific.edu/ |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |url=http://engagingmuslims.alaskapacific.edu/ |website=engagingmuslims.alaskapacific.edu |title=Engaging Muslim: Religion, Culture, Politics |url-status=dead |access-date=August 30, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humanitynews.net/index.php/main/more/alaskan_muslims_avoid_conflict/ |title=Alaskan Muslims Avoid Conflict |publisher=Humanity News |date=July 7, 2005 |first1=Robert |last1=Howk |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113085537/http://www.humanitynews.net/index.php/main/more/alaskan_muslims_avoid_conflict/ |archive-date=January 13, 2009 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2020, ARDA estimated there were 400 Muslims in the state.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Islamic Community Center of Anchorage, Alaska|Islamic Community Center of Anchorage]] began efforts in the late 1990s to construct a mosque in Anchorage. They broke ground on a building in south Anchorage in 2010 and were nearing completion in late 2014. When completed, the mosque was the first in the state and one of the northernmost mosques in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2010/12/20101225111741183159.html |title=Mosque milestone for Alaska Muslims—Americas |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=December 25, 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204061054/http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2010/12/20101225111741183159.html |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] center,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.akbahai.org/ |title=Alaska Bahá'í Community |access-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013401/http://www.akbahai.org/ |archive-date=January 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and there were 690 adherents in 2020.<ref name=":1" /> Additionally, there were 469 adherents of [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]] and [[Yoga]] altogether in 2020, and a small number of [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhists]] were present.