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The 23,000-square-mile (60,000 km²) Matanuska-Susitna Borough (the Alaskan equivalent of a county) governs the Mat-Su Valley. According to the 2020 Census, the borough's population is 107,081, a 21.7% increase since 2010.

The City of Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska.

The smallest municipality by population is Kupreanof with 21 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Sitka which spans 2,870.34 sq mi (7,434.1 km²), while Kiana is the smallest at 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km²).

Wasilla, Alaska's cost of living is 16% higher than the national average. The cost of living in any area can vary based on factors such as your career, its average salary and the real estate market of that area.

With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Wasilla has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 28.

The English place name Matanuska derives from a Russian term spelled in various ways, including "Matanooski" and "Mednoviska", and meaning "copper river people", perhaps referring to an implied route from Cook Inlet to the Copper River.

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor is the largest community in the Aleutian Islands, home to about 4,700 residents plus World War II history at the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area, Russian history, and excellent fishing, hiking, and birding.

On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two metropolitan statistical areas and two micropolitan statistical areas in Alaska. The most populous of these statistical areas is the Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area, centered on the state's largest city of Anchorage.

Towering mountains, huge glacier valleys, fish-filled rivers and lakes, abundant Alaska wildlife, glorious hiking country, scenic camping and quaint frontier communities - the Mat-Su Valley is what Alaska visitors dream about.

Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010. The borough seat is Soldotna, the largest city is Kenai, and the most populated community is the census-designated place of Kalifornsky.