Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
It is the northernmost city in the United States with more than 100,000 residents and the largest community in North America north of the 60th parallel. With an estimated 298,610 residents in 2012,[6] it is Alaska's most populous city and contains more than 40 percent of the state's total population; among the 50 states, only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in its most populous city. Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks /ˈfɛərbæŋks/ is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state, after Anchorage.
It is the principal city of the Fairbanks, Alaska, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, lying less than 120 miles (190 km) south of the Arctic Circle. According to 2012 estimates, the population of the city was 32,070, and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough was 100,343.[3] Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the oldest of Alaska's current colleges. History[edit] The fledgling settlement of Fairbanks as it appeared in 1903. Anchorage, AK to Fairbanks, AK.