RANKING · 2024 ACS · 30 SHOWN OF 30

Highest Medicare coverage, Alaska counties

Alaska counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 16.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Copper River Census Area, AK, up 13 places to #2.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01▲1Wrangell, AKAK2,00728.6%+5.1 pts

02▲13Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66628.3%+14.6 pts

03Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27127.3%+4.0 pts

04▼3Petersburg, AKAK3,39424.5%−3.2 pts

05▲2Yakutat, AKAK67223.8%+6.4 pts

06▼1Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95121.7%+1.7 pts

07▼3Haines, AKAK2,06821.5%−1.2 pts

08▼2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77721.1%+2.2 pts

09▲8Bristol Bay, AKAK84720.2%+7.8 pts

10▼2Sitka, AKAK8,31919.6%+3.0 pts

11▲2Skagway, AKAK1,10418.3%+3.9 pts

12▼3Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54918.0%+1.7 pts

13▼1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02817.1%+1.6 pts

14▼3Juneau, AKAK31,60917.0%+1.5 pts

15▼5Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27016.1%+0.5 pts

16▼2Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66615.7%+1.8 pts

17▼1Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55315.6%+2.4 pts

18▲2Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97214.2%+2.7 pts

19▼1Anchorage, AKAK287,15513.8%+1.7 pts

20▲1Aleutians East, AKAK3,47913.0%+1.7 pts

21▼2Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38712.9%+1.1 pts

22Denali, AKAK1,61612.7%+1.4 pts

23▲1Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48311.2%+1.0 pts

24▼1Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35710.4%0.0 pts

25▲1Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8308.8%+0.9 pts

26▼1Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3918.4%+0.5 pts

27Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0958.2%+0.5 pts

28▲1Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9327.9%+0.9 pts

29▼1North Slope, AKAK10,5827.0%−0.3 pts

30Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2404.9%−2.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES