Official Name: | North Lakes, Alaska |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | North Lakes |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Borough |
Subdivision Name2: | Matanuska-Susitna |
Leader Title: | Borough mayor |
Leader Name: | Edna DeVries |
Leader Title1: | State senators |
Leader Name1: | Mike Shower (R) David Wilson (R) |
Leader Title2: | State reps. |
Leader Name2: | George Rauscher (R) Jesse Sumner (R) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 44.62 |
Area Land Km2: | 40.10 |
Area Water Km2: | 4.52 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 17.23 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 15.48 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.74 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 9450 |
Population Density Km2: | 235.64 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 610.31 |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation Ft: | 360 |
Coordinates: | 61.6075°N -149.3019°W |
Area Code: | 907 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-55745 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
North Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census, after the split of the former CDP of Lakes.[2] It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.
North Lakes is located northeast of Wasilla and west of Palmer; the CDP name refers to a chain of lakes in the community. It is bordered to the south by the South Lakes CDP.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the North Lakes CDP has a total area of 44.6km2, of which 40.1km2 are land and 4.5km2, or 10.12%, are water.[1]
As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,450, the second most populated CDP in the borough and the fourth largest in the state.[3]