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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. The median across all 30 is 21.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: North Slope, AK, up 10 places to #11.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

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

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

03▲2Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09548.7%+5.0 pts

04▼1Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48348.3%+4.2 pts

05▼1Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83048.3%+4.3 pts

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

07▲2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77733.2%+5.4 pts

08▼1Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35731.3%−2.3 pts

09▲5Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27030.7%+8.2 pts

10▲3Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95125.9%+3.1 pts

11▲10North Slope, AKAK10,58223.4%+6.0 pts

12Wrangell, AKAK2,00723.4%+0.5 pts

13▼2Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66623.1%+0.1 pts

14▲2Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38722.5%+1.8 pts

15▲3Bristol Bay, AKAK84721.6%+2.7 pts

16▼6Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27120.9%−2.6 pts

17Petersburg, AKAK3,39420.9%+1.9 pts

18▲2Anchorage, AKAK287,15520.5%+1.8 pts

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

20▲6Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55320.0%+5.7 pts

21▼6Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54919.5%−2.0 pts

22▲3Aleutians East, AKAK3,47919.3%+4.8 pts

23▼15Haines, AKAK2,06818.5%−15.0 pts

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

25▼2Juneau, AKAK31,60916.7%+1.3 pts

26▲1Sitka, AKAK8,31914.7%+2.8 pts

27▲1Skagway, AKAK1,10412.4%+1.1 pts

28▼6Yakutat, 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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES