The 10 Gayest Places In Alaska For 2026

The gayest cities in Alaska are Nome and Ketchikan for 2026 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in Alaska research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in Alaska with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2026. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year vintage, which counts same-sex married spouses and same-sex unmarried partners at the city level.

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No. 1 gayest place in Alaska

Nome, AK

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Nome, AK
Source: Wikipedia User ra64 from nome, usa | CC BY-SA 2.0
4.0% gay households · #1 gayest in Alaska
Located in Nome Census Area, Alaska

Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. In 2014 the population was estimated at 3,788, a rise from the 3,598 recorded in the 2010 Census. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the most-populous city in Alaska. Nome lies within the region of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, which is headquartered in Nome.

The city of Nome claims to be home to the world’s largest gold pan, although this claim has been disputed by the Canadian city of Quesnel, British Columbia.

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No. 2 gayest place in Alaska

Ketchikan, AK

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Ketchikan, AK
Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 2.0
1.8% gay households · #2 gayest in Alaska
Map of Ketchikan within Alaska Located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

Ketchikan is a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost city in Alaska. With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050, it is the fifth-most populous city in the state, and tenth-most populous community when census-designated places are included.

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No. 3 gayest place in Alaska

Kodiak, AK

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Kodiak, AK
Source: Wikipedia User Katie Walker | CC BY 2.0
1.3% gay households · #3 gayest in Alaska
Map of Kodiak within Alaska Located in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Kodiak is one of seven communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline. The population was 6,130 as of the 2010 census. 2014 estimates put the population at 6,304.

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No. 4 gayest place in Alaska

Juneau, AK

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Juneau, AK
Source: Wikipedia User Mark Hogan | CC BY-SA 2.0
1.2% gay households · #4 gayest in Alaska
Map of Juneau within Alaska Located in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau, commonly known as Juneau, is the capital city of Alaska. It is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle, and it is the second largest city in the United States by area. Juneau has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of what was then the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1, 1970, when the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current municipality, which is larger by area than both Rhode Island and Delaware.

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No. 5 gayest place in Alaska

Kenai, AK

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Kenai, AK
Source: Wikipedia User gilbert | CC BY 2.0
1.1% gay households · #5 gayest in Alaska
Map of Kenai within Alaska Located in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Kenai is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 7,100 as of the 2010 census.

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No. 6 gayest place in Alaska

Fairbanks, AK

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Fairbanks, AK
Source: Wikipedia User FairbanksMike | CC BY 2.0
0.8% gay households · #6 gayest in Alaska
Map of Fairbanks within Alaska Located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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No. 7 gayest place in Alaska

Homer, AK

5,877 peopleSnackAbility 6/10
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Homer, AK
Source: Wikipedia User Beeblebrox at en.wikipedia) | CC BY-SA 3.0
0.7% gay households · #7 gayest in Alaska
Map of Homer within Alaska Located in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is two hundred and eighteen miles southwest of Anchorage. According to the 2010 Census, the population is 5,003. Long known as The “Halibut Fishing Capital of the World.” Homer is also nicknamed “the end of the road,” and more recently, “the cosmic hamlet by the sea.”

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No. 8 gayest place in Alaska

Sitka, AK

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Sitka, AK
Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 2.0
0.6% gay households · #8 gayest in Alaska
Map of Sitka within Alaska Located in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

The City and Borough of Sitka, formerly Novo-Arkhangelsk, or New Archangel under Russian rule, is a unified city-borough located on Baranof Island and the southern half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,881. In terms of land area, it is the largest city-borough in the U.S., with a land area of 2,870.3 square miles and a total area of 4,811.4 square miles ; however, it is the smallest of Alaska’s boroughs. Urban Sitka, the part that is usually thought of as the “city” of Sitka, is on the west side of Baranof Island.

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No. 9 gayest place in Alaska

Cordova, AK

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Cordova, AK
Source: Wikipedia User FlickreviewR 2 | CC BY 2.0
0.0% gay households · #9 gayest in Alaska
Located in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Cordova is a small town located near the mouth of the Copper River in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The population was 2,239 at the 2010 census. Cordova was named Puerto Cordova by Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. No roads connect Cordova to other Alaskan towns, so a plane or ferry is required to travel there. In the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989, an oil tanker ran aground northwest of Cordova, heavily damaging ecology and fishing.

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No. 10 gayest place in Alaska

Bethel, AK

6,312 peopleSnackAbility 7/10
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Bethel, AK
Source: Public domain
0.0% gay households · #10 gayest in Alaska
Map of Bethel within Alaska Located in Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, approximately 400 miles west of Anchorage, in the Bethel Census Area. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

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Compare the top ten

Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Alaska’s statewide median.

City % LGBTQ households vs AK
1 Nome 0.04030874785591767
2 Ketchikan 0.01815519765739385
3 Kodiak 0.013297872340425532
4 Juneau 0.012379433432065011
5 Kenai 0.011143887250081941
6 Fairbanks 0.00836716096429459
7 Homer 0.007053291536050157
8 Sitka 0.006104651162790698
9 Cordova 0.0
10 Bethel 0.0
City LGBTQ households vs AK
1 Nome 47
2 Ketchikan 62
3 Kodiak 25
4 Juneau 163
5 Kenai 34
6 Fairbanks 101
7 Homer 18
8 Sitka 21
9 Cordova 0
10 Bethel 0
City Households vs AK
1 Nome 1,166
2 Ketchikan 3,415
3 Kodiak 1,880
4 Juneau 13,167
5 Kenai 3,051
6 Fairbanks 12,071
7 Homer 2,552
8 Sitka 3,440
9 Cordova 1,010
10 Bethel 2,095

On the map

Where Alaska’s LGBTQ households are

Saturday Night Science

How we determined the gayest places in Alaska for 2026

In order to rank the gayest cities in Alaska, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same-sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 14 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same-sex partner households being the most gay.

In the end, Nome ended up being the most gay place with 4.0% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straightest.

We updated this report for 2026. This report is our eleventh time ranking the gayest places in Alaska.

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Gayest Places In Alaska

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RankCityHouseholdsLGBTQ Households% Gay Households
1Nome1,166474.0%
2Ketchikan3,415621.8%
3Kodiak1,880251.3%
4Juneau13,1671631.2%
5Kenai3,051341.1%
6Fairbanks12,0711010.8%
7Homer2,552180.7%
8Sitka3,440210.6%
9Cordova1,01000.0%
10Bethel2,09500.0%
11Valdez1,67200.0%
12Soldotna1,80200.0%
13Palmer2,31000.0%
14Wasilla4,18300.0%

Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. Places with over 1,000 households.

Summary

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In Alaska For 2026

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in Alaska, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in Alaska are Nome, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Juneau, Kenai, Fairbanks, Homer, Sitka, Cordova, and Bethel. Not sold on Alaska? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.

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