Alaska is a state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2010 United States census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants but is the largest by land area spanning 665,384.04 square miles (1,723,336.8Â km) of land. As of the 2020 Census, Alaska has 206 census-designated places.
Changes for 2020 include the addition of five census-designated places: Eareckson Station (last gazetted in 1980), Mill Bay, North Lakes, Petersburg (a former city), and South Lakes. Six former census-designates places counted for the 2010 census were not included in 2020: Edna Bay, incorporated in 2014; Lakes, split into North Lakes and South Lakes; New Allakaket, annexed by neighboring Allakaket in March 2015; Northway Junction and Northway Village, both merged with Northway; and Whale Pass, incorporated in 2017.