Alaska: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Alaska recorded 9,014 births in 2024 across 30 boroughs and census areas, served by 12 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 7 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 291 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 9,014-4.7% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 127 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 291CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 31.0national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 3,624 | 207 | 17.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 94,951 | 1,375 | 26 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 117,613 | 1,367 | 18 | 75.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 61,259 | 510 | 16 | 31.9 | 2 | 0 |
| Bethel Census Area | 18,237 | 381 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Juneau City and Borough | 31,572 | 267 | 12 | 22.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 7,946 | 208 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Nome Census Area | 9,836 | 167 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 12,654 | 152 | 3 | 50.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 7,134 | 137 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| North Slope Borough | 10,663 | 125 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 13,677 | 104 | 9 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7,313 | 98 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Dillingham Census Area | 4,642 | 75 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 5,746 | 64 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Sitka City and Borough | 8,355 | 60 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 5,099 | 58 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Chugach Census Area | 6,604 | 27 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Haines Borough | 2,104 | 25 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Petersburg Borough | 3,436 | 25 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 2,064 | 25 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 1,315 | 22 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Copper River Census Area | 2,631 | 21 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 5,424 | 20 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Aleutians East Borough | 3,632 | 19 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Denali Borough | 1,621 | 19 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 2,312 | 17 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 884 | 13 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Skagway Municipality | 1,119 | 8 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 690 | 1 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
16 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 770 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence, not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) | Jber | Anchorage | Department of Defense | Not reported | , |
| Alaska Native Medical Center | Anchorage | Anchorage | Government - Federal | Yes | Designated |
| Alaska Regional Hospital | Anchorage | Anchorage | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Bartlett Regional Hospital | Juneau | Juneau | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Bassett Ach (Ft Wainwright) | Fort Wainwright | Fairbanks North Star | Department of Defense | Not reported | , |
| Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital | Dillingham | Dillingham | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
| Central Peninsula General Hospital | Soldotna | Kenai Peninsula | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Fairbanks Memorial Hospital | Fairbanks | Fairbanks North Star | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Maniilaq Health Center | Kotzebue | Northwest Artic Borough | Tribal | Not reported | , |
| Mat-Su Regional Medical Center | Palmer | Matanuska-Susitna | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | No |
| Norton Sound Regional Hospital | Nome | Nome | Tribal | Yes | Designated |
| Peacehealth Ketchikan Medical Center | Ketchikan | Ketchikan Gateway | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center | Anchorage | Anchorage | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Providence Valdez Medical Center | Valdez | Valdez-Cordova | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital | Barrow | North Slope Borouh | Tribal | Not reported | , |
| Searhc Wrangell Medical Center & Ltc | Wrangell | Wrangell City And Borough | Tribal | Not reported | , |
| South Peninsula Hospital | Homer | Kenai Peninsula | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium | Sitka | Sitka Borough | Tribal | Not reported | , |
| Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Reg Hospital | Bethel | Bethel | Tribal | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024, see the blackout.
Clinical measures and legal measures are never joined on this site. Adverse-event rates describe medicine; litigation describes a legal process. Where both appear together it is to describe a market, not to suggest that one predicts the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau: County Population Totals and Components of Change, 2024: births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns, 2023: NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare: Maternal Health · Hospital: PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare: Hospital General Information: ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau: Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000): county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
Cite this analysis
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Alaska: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 25 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/alaska/
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- Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing Officer. Credentials.
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