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Highest Medicaid coverage, Alaska counties

Alaska counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93273.1%+9.3 pts

02Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39160.6%+9.1 pts

03Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09548.7%+5.0 pts

04Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48348.3%+4.2 pts

05Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83048.3%+4.3 pts

06Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02835.3%−5.5 pts

07Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77733.2%+5.4 pts

08Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35731.3%−2.3 pts

09Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27030.7%+8.2 pts

10Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95125.9%+3.1 pts

11North Slope, AKAK10,58223.4%+6.0 pts

12Wrangell, AKAK2,00723.4%+0.5 pts

13Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66623.1%+0.1 pts

14Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38722.5%+1.8 pts

15Bristol Bay, AKAK84721.6%+2.7 pts

16Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27120.9%−2.6 pts

17Petersburg, AKAK3,39420.9%+1.9 pts

18Anchorage, AKAK287,15520.5%+1.8 pts

19Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66620.4%+1.5 pts

20Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55320.0%+5.7 pts

21Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54919.5%−2.0 pts

22Aleutians East, AKAK3,47919.3%+4.8 pts

23Haines, AKAK2,06818.5%−15.0 pts

24Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97216.9%+1.9 pts

25Juneau, AKAK31,60916.7%+1.3 pts

26Sitka, AKAK8,31914.7%+2.8 pts

27Skagway, AKAK1,10412.4%+1.1 pts

28Yakutat, AKAK67212.1%−4.8 pts

29Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24010.3%−0.8 pts

30Denali, AKAK1,6166.7%+2.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES