ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska might be one of the last places in America where a person can disappear. Off the grid, hundreds of miles from their nearest neighbor, people here can elude their problems and their exes and even law enforcement.

But, as the locals joke, the reality TV producers will still find them.

Alaska is in the midst of a reality television boom that began in 2005 with the premiere of “Deadliest Catch” and was supercharged by a tax credit program meant to attract feature filmmakers. More than 20 reality shows are currently in some stage of production in the state, which has about 735,000 people — fewer than Fort Worth, Texas. The productions tend to concentrate in rural Alaska, where less than half the population lives. Once you’re off the road system, it seems, the cameras are everywhere.

“We have such a low population density and so many shows, it is probably the most highly saturated in the country,” says Michael Bergstrom, a freelance producer who lives in Alaska and has worked on a number of reality shows. Louisiana, which also offers a tax credit, might be close, he says.

A few big-budget film productions have been lured to Alaska by the tax incentive, including “Big Miracle” with Drew Barrymore and “The Frozen Ground,” a thriller staring Nicolas Cage. Another film, “Hunter Killer,” is slated to begin filming in Whittier, a small town south of Anchorage. But by far the biggest slice of the $85 million the state has paid out has gone to reality TV. Between 2009 and 2013, the state approved 65 show applications classified as nonfiction television, according to the state.

Local reaction to all the attention on Alaska is mixed. Naturally, there is money to be made. Though reality TV crews are small, the shows contract with local businesses for lodging, food and transportation. And though it can’t be directly correlated to all the Alaska-related publicity, tourism to Alaska has never been better. But the original idea behind the credit was that it would provide Alaskan jobs, and most of the TV production staff still comes from out of state. In 2013, for example, Alaskans brought home only 15 percent of the wages paid, according to the state.

And, watching many of the shows, for Alaskans, can be cringe-inducing.