Alaska – United States

Alaska is a U.S. state on the northwest extremity of the country’s West Coast, just across the Bering Strait from Asia. An exclave of the U.S., it borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and territory of Yukon to the east and southeast and has a maritime border with Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the Arctic Ocean, while the Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest.

Population: 737,438 (2018)
Area: 663,267 sq miles
Capital: Juneau
Colleges and Universities: University of Alaska Anchorage · University of Alaska Fairbanks · University of Alaska Southeast
Senators: Dan Sullivan · Lisa Murkowski
Governor: Mike J. Dunleavy
Did You Know: Alaska has the lowest population density in the United States.