Alaska — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions4
Athletic Sections6
School Districts19
Concepts (11)
Alaska
Local NameAlaska
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameState Legislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsBoroughs
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesAnchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau
Borough
Local NameBorough
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBorough Assembly
Executive TitleBorough Mayor
Executive RequiredNo
SubdivisionsCities
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Education
Regional Educational Attendance Area
Local NameRegional Educational Attendance Area
Local AbbrevREAA
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameREAA School Board
Region
Local NameRegion
Parent Org NameASAA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (0)
No governance entries recorded.
Sources (4)
Counties
Urlhttps://maps.commerce.alaska.gov/server/rest/services/Community_Related/Community_Locations_and_Boundaries/MapServer/3
ProviderAlaska DCCED/DCRA (Division of Community and Regional Affairs — the actual authority on municipal status), layer "Boroughs and Census Areas"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 30 records (19 organized boroughs + 11 census areas comprising the Unorganized Borough).
Field mapping (4)
CommunityNamename
Census Areaconcept_id proxy — null = organized borough, "Y" = census area (part of the Unorganized Borough)
FIPSjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "census_geoid")
EconomicRegionattributes.economic_region
Municipalities
Urlhttps://maps.commerce.alaska.gov/server/rest/services/Community_Related/Community_Locations_and_Boundaries/MapServer/1
Providersame DCRA host, layer "City Boundaries"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 145 records. The 6 unified home-rule city-boroughs (Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, Yakutat, Wrangell) do NOT appear here — they show up only in the counties/boroughs layer above. Presence in that layer + absence here is the reliable signal for a unified city-borough (confirmed — "Municipality of Anchorage" returns zero rows in this layer but appears in the boroughs layer, FIPS 02020).
Field mapping (4)
CommunityNamename
IncorporationTypeconcept_id — "1st Class City," "2nd Class City," "Home Rule City"
IncorporationYearattributes.incorporated_year
IsActiveattributes.is_active
School Districts
Urlhttps://maps.commerce.alaska.gov/server/rest/services/Education_Related/School_Districts_and_REAAs/MapServer/0
Providersame DCRA org — a single layer combining district and REAA concepts, exactly matching this file's own dual-role design
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 53 records. Source metadata verbatim states "A polygon feature layer combining the school districts in organized boroughs and the Regional Education Attendance Areas (REAAs) in unorganized areas" — confirms the dual role directly. This is also the educational_region source — no separate REAA layer needed.
Field mapping (4)
EntityNamename
EntityID / SchoolDistrictIDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "ak_school_entity")
Typeconcept_id — "Borough," "City," or "REAA"
Cityattributes.host_city
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the FIPS from the counties source above.