Haines Borough, Alaska

A borough in Alaska, ranked 24 of 30 by population.

BoroughFIPS 02100

Within Alaska

Haines Borough, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Haines, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population: 2,068; -21 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area: 2,335; square miles. A further 14.6% of the total area is water
Population density: 0.89; people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat: Haines; Seat of county government.
Established: 1968; 57 years ago
Largest city: Not available; No incorporated place lies within this borough.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Haines Borough with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Haines Borough, Alaska from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined — Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 600 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Haines Borough ranks

Position among the 30 boroughs and census areas of Alaska, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

Measure	Value	In Alaska	Nationally
Population	2,068	24th of 30	3,037th of 3,144
Land area	2,335 sq mi	27th of 30	238th of 3,144
Population density	0.89 per sq mi	14th of 30	3,089th of 3,144
Median household income	$86,927	11th of 30	375th of 3,143

Full data for Haines Borough

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
Measure	Value	Source and vintage
Population	2,068	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020	2,089	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?	2,084	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area	2,335 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area	398.6 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area	2,734 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?	0.89 per sq mi	Computed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income	$86,927	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value	$293,300	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age	50.9	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households	901	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units	1,379	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths: -4; 13 births, 17 deaths
Net migration: +4; More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Haines Borough

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering area	State	Shared border	Population
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	Alaska	194 mi	2,271
Juneau City and Borough	Alaska	66 mi	31,609
Skagway Municipality	Alaska	41 mi	1,104

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.