Boroughs and Census Areas of Alaska
Alaska has no counties. It is split into 19 boroughs and 11 census areas, which cover the land outside any borough. This map quiz helps students in grades 5–12 learn all 30 by clicking the map, plus each borough’s seat and each census area’s main town. Start with one region, then try them all at once. Guided mode shows region colors and hints, and Challenge mode takes them away.
19boroughs
11census areas
5map regions to practice one at a time
Quick questions
- How many boroughs does Alaska have?
- Alaska has 19 boroughs and 11 census areas, 30 in all. It has no counties.
- Why does Alaska have boroughs instead of counties?
- Alaska’s constitution set up boroughs in place of counties. Land that is not in any borough is called the Unorganized Borough, and the Census Bureau splits it into census areas.
- What is the seat of Juneau Borough?
- Juneau.
- What is the seat of North Slope Borough?
- Utqiagvik.
All 30 Alaska boroughs and census areas, with seats and main towns
Southwest
- Aleutians East Borough – Sand Point
- Aleutians West Census Area – Unalaska
- Bethel Census Area – Bethel
- Bristol Bay Borough – Naknek
- Dillingham Census Area – Dillingham
- Kusilvak Census Area – Hooper Bay
- Lake and Peninsula Borough – King Salmon
Southcentral
- Anchorage – Anchorage
- Chugach Census Area – Valdez
- Copper River Census Area – Glennallen
- Kenai Peninsula Borough – Soldotna
- Kodiak Island Borough – Kodiak
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough – Palmer
Interior
- Denali Borough – Healy
- Fairbanks North Star Borough – Fairbanks
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area – Tok
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area – Galena
Southeast
- Haines Borough – Haines
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area – Hoonah
- Juneau Borough – Juneau
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough – Ketchikan
- Petersburg Borough – Petersburg
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area – Craig
- Sitka Borough – Sitka
- Skagway Borough – Skagway
- Wrangell Borough – Wrangell
- Yakutat Borough – Yakutat
Far North
- Nome Census Area – Nome
- North Slope Borough – Utqiagvik
- Northwest Arctic Borough – Kotzebue
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Standards
This map is aligned with:
- C3 Framework D2.Geo.2.6-8: Use maps and other representations to explain how the locations of places and regions relate to each other.
- National Geography Standard 1: Use maps and other geographic representations to understand and communicate information.
- National Geography Standard 2: Use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments.
- National Geography Standard 5: People create regions to make sense of Earth’s complexity.
Alignment is our own. The groups that write these standards have not reviewed or endorsed Atlas Conquest.
Printable test for this map
Teachers can print the Alaska Boroughs Map Test with an answer key, with or without a word bank, and in A and B versions so neighbors can’t copy. See the Alaska Boroughs Map Test or browse all printable map tests.
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