Unlike most U.S. states, Alaska does not use the term “counties” for its first-order administrative subdivisions. Instead, the state is divided into 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas, which together make up what might be referred to as “Alaska counties” in a general sense. The 11 census areas fall within the Unorganized Borough, which lacks a formal borough government. Alaska, along with Louisiana (which uses parishes), is unique in this administrative structure. For a complete list of boroughs and census (County) areas in Alaska, one must include both the organized boroughs and the census areas within the unorganized region.
List of Boroughs and Census (County) areas in Alaska
List of 19 boroughs in Alaska in Alphabetical Order
- Aleutians East Borough
- Anchorage Borough
- Bristol Bay Borough
- Denali Borough
- Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Haines Borough
- Juneau Borough
- Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Kodiak Island Borough
- Lake and Peninsula Borough
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- North Slope Borough
- Northwest Arctic Borough
- Petersburg Borough
- Sitka Borough
- Skagway Borough
- Unorganized Borough
- Wrangell Borough
- Yakutat Borough
List of 11 Census areas in Alaska in Alphabetical Order
- Aleutians West Census Area
- Bethel Census Area
- Chugach Census Area
- Copper River Census Area
- Dillingham Census Area
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
- Nome Census Area
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
- Valdez-Cordova Census Area
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
