RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 30 SHOWN OF 30

Highest Medicaid coverage, Alaska counties · 2020

Alaska counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2020 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 21.5%.

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01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93263.8%–

02Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39151.5%–

03Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48344.1%–

04Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83044.0%–

05Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09543.7%–

06Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02840.8%–

07Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35733.6%–

08Haines, AKAK2,06833.5%–

09Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77727.8%–

10Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27123.5%–

11Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66623.0%–

12Wrangell, AKAK2,00722.9%–

13Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95122.8%–

14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27022.5%–

15Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54921.5%–

16Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38720.7%–

17Petersburg, AKAK3,39419.0%–

18Bristol Bay, AKAK84718.9%–

19Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66618.9%–

20Anchorage, AKAK287,15518.7%–

21North Slope, AKAK10,58217.4%–

22Yakutat, AKAK67216.9%–

23Juneau, AKAK31,60915.4%–

24Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97215.0%–

25Aleutians East, AKAK3,47914.5%–

26Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55314.3%–

27Sitka, AKAK8,31911.9%–

28Skagway, AKAK1,10411.3%–

29Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24011.1%–

30Denali, AKAK1,6164.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS