As of the 2000 census, at least 541,916 square miles of Alaska (94.7%) were uninhabited with no permanent human population.
At most 30,036 square miles of Alaska (5.3%) is inhabited.
As of the 2000 United States Census, Alaska could be divided into 4 areas:
Area (sq. mi)
% of state area
Population
% of state population
Cities and Census-Designated Places
26,791
4.7%
579,343
92.4%
Other census blocks with at least 1 household per square mile. (2.5 inhabitants/square mile)
2,182
0.4%
45,059
7.2%
Sparsely populated census blocks with less than 1 household/ (2.5 persons)/square mile
113,029
19.8%
2,658 (estimated 1,063 households)
0.4%
Uninhabited census blocks
434,175
75.9%
0
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434,175 + 113,029 - 1063 = 541,916. At least 541,916 sq. miles of Alaska (94.7%) are uninhabited. This does not include significant parts of cities and CDPs that are also uninhabited.
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