8,355 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
2,870 square miles of land · 3 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
2 active community water systems list Sitka City and Borough in the area they serve, reporting 9,543 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SITKA surface water · tribal · AK2130075 | 9,448 served |
| PORT ALEXANDER PWS surface water · local government · AK2130156 | 95 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
No county jail figure in the national data for Sitka City and Borough — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
2 school districts have their office in Sitka City and Borough. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $28 million — $26.8 million to run schools, about $23,911 per student, plus $160,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.4 million local (mostly property tax), $15.5 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.5 million.
Spent $14.1 million — $14 million to run schools, about $34,396 per student, plus $72,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $0 local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $5.6 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Sitka City and Borough about $7.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
36 bridges in Sitka City and Borough: 15 in good condition, 20 fair, and 1 poor (2.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| LOGGING ROAD over CORNER CREEK TRIB · built 1974 | 0 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $31.9 million of work in Sitka City and Borough in fiscal 2025, about $3,767 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alaska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Sitka City and Borough come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Sitka City and Borough built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Alaska: the state government and every county in Alaska.
Nearby counties: Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (86 mi) · Petersburg Borough (88 mi) · Juneau City and Borough (93 mi) · Haines Borough (132 mi) · Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (133 mi) · Wrangell City and Borough (143 mi).