Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area
The Fairbanks-College, AK metro area is one borough in Alaska: Fairbanks North Star Borough. About 93,972 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.8% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 93,972 1.8% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- Borough
- Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Land area
- 7,335 sq mi (18,998 km²)
- Time zone
- Alaska TimeUTC-09:00 in January; UTC-08:00 in July
- State
- Alaska
- CBSA code
- 21820
The borough in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
| Borough | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Central | 93,972 |
A central borough holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying boroughs: no neighboring borough sends enough commuters to join it. A borough belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal cities, largest first
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