what is the capital of alaska state?
Juneau
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 On June 30 , 1958 , the U.S. Senate voted 64 – 20 to accept Alaska as a state . The news set off massive celebrations in Fairbanks . Residents set off fireworks , an impromptu parade took place down Cushman Street , the city 's main road , and an attempt to dye the Chena River gold in celebration instead turned it green . The celebration was capped when residents used weather balloons to lift a 30 @-@ foot ( 9 @.@ 1 m ) wide wooden star painted gold and emblazoned with " 49 " into the air . The balloons lifted it , then drifted into power lines , causing a 16 @-@ minute power outage across the city . 

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 President Warren G. Harding visited Fairbanks in 1923 as part of a trip to hammer in the ceremonial final spike of the railroad at Nenana . The rail yards of the Tanana Valley Railroad were converted for use by the Alaska Railroad , and Fairbanks became the northern end of the line and its second @-@ largest depot . 

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 With a land area of 83 @.@ 9 square miles ( 217 @.@ 3 km ² ) , Seattle is the northernmost city with at least 500 @,@ 000 people in the United States , farther north than Canadian cities such as Toronto , Ottawa , and Montreal , at about the same latitude as Salzburg , Austria . 

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 Although Fairbanks was in decline , two major projects mitigated the worst effects of the post @-@ gold rush slump : construction of the Alaska Railroad and the creation of the University of Alaska . 

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 The new survey included Alaska and Hawaii , which have large populations of indigenous people ; while the 2004 survey only included the contiguous 48 states . 
