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The U.S. State With The World's Smallest Costco
By Alli Neal
If you don't live in Juneau, Alaska, the only way to access the world’s smallest Costco is by boat or plane, as there are no main roads into the town.
The population of Juneau, Alaska, is only 31,685 as of 2022, but it's a big cruise port. There's supposedly even a $10 shuttle from the docks to Costco for visiting tourists.
Although it has a more diminutive size, Assistant Vice President Kevin Green says it's not actually missing that much inventory, with 3,200 items compared to Costco's usual 3,800.
The small Costco also doesn't have a gas station or bakery, but it does have booze, tires, a pharmacy, and, technically, a small food court.
As one Juneau resident discusses on Reddit, getting products into the city causes prices to rise above many Costco locations, but they're still fair compared to other options.
It's a pretty standard Costco, to the disappointment of one Yelp reviewer from California who bemoans that it has "no special or unique Juneau, Alaska items."