| State of Alaska |
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| Flag |
Èdìdí |
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| Ìlàjẹ́: The Last Frontier |
| Motto(s): North to the Future |
 Map with Alaska highlighted |
| Èdè oníibiṣẹ́ |
None[1][2] |
| Spoken language(s) |
English 89.7%,
Native North American 5.2%,
Spanish 2.9% |
| Orúkọaráàlú | Alaskan |
| Olúìlú | Juneau |
| Ìlú atóbijùlọ | Anchorage |
| Àlà | Ipò 1st ní U.S. |
| - Total | 663,268 sq mi
(1,717,854 km2) |
| - Width | 2,261 miles (3,639 km) |
| - Length | 1,420 miles (2,285 km) |
| - % water | 13.77 |
| - Latitude | 51°20'N to 71°50'N |
| - Longitude | 130°W to 172°E |
| Iyeèrò | Ipò 47th ní U.S. |
| - Total | 686,293 (2008 est.)[3]
626,932 (2000) |
| - Density | 1.03/sq mi (0.4/km2)
Ranked 50th in the U.S. |
| - Median income | US$64,333 (4th) |
| Elevation | |
| - Highest point |
Mount McKinley[4]
20,320 ft (6,193.7 m) |
| - Mean | 1900 ft (580 m) |
| - Lowest point | Pacific Ocean[4]
sea level |
| Admission to Union |
January 3, 1959 (49th) |
| Gómìnà | Sean Parnell (R) |
| Ìgbákejì Gómìnà | Craig Campbell (R) |
| Legislature | {{{Legislature}}} |
| - Upper house | {{{Upperhouse}}} |
| - Lower house | {{{Lowerhouse}}} |
| U.S. Senators | Lisa Murkowski (R)
Mark Begich (D) |
| U.S. House delegation | Don Young (R) (list) |
| Time zones | |
| - east of 169° 30' | Alaska: UTC-9/DST-8 |
| - west of 169° 30' | Aleutian: UTC-10/DST-9 |
| Abbreviations |
AK US-AK |
| Website | alaska.gov |
