Alaska's at-large congressional district

Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives, elected in the state's sole, at-large congressional district. By area, Alaska's congressional district is the largest congressional district in the United States and the third-largest electoral district represented by a single member in the world, behind only Yakutsk district in Russia and Nunavut's sole electoral district in Canada.

Alaska's at-large congressional district
Representative
  Mary Peltola
D–Bethel
Area665,384.04 sq mi (1,723,336.8 km2)
Distribution
  • 65.7% urban
  • 34.3% rural
Population (2022)733,583
Median household
income		$88,121
Ethnicity
  • 57.5% White
  • 14.8% Native American
  • 9.8% Two or more races
  • 6.8% Hispanic
  • 5.9% Asian
  • 2.8% Black
  • 1.7% Pacific Islander Americans
  • 0.6% other
Cook PVIR+8

On August 31, 2022, Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Republican former governor Sarah Palin in the special election to replace Don Young, who died on March 18 of the same year. Peltola became the first Democrat elected to the House of Representatives from Alaska since 1972, and the first Alaskan Native to be elected to the United States House of Representatives in history.

As of 2024, the district is the most Republican-leaning congressional district represented by a Democrat, with a partisan lean of R+8.

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