Anchorage is a unified home
rule municipality in the south central 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, 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. Altogether, the Anchorage
metropolitan area, which combines Anchorage with the neighboring
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 380,821 in 2012.
Anchorage has been named an All-America City four times by the
National Civic League. It has also been named by Kiplinger as the
most tax-friendly city in the United States.
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