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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.

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YEAR20202024
Highest Medicare coverage by state
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020
01Wrangell, AKAK2,00728.6%+5.1 pts
02Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66628.3%+14.6 pts
03Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27127.3%+4.0 pts
04Petersburg, AKAK3,39424.5%−3.2 pts
05Yakutat, AKAK67223.8%+6.4 pts
06Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95121.7%+1.7 pts
07Haines, AKAK2,06821.5%−1.2 pts
08Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77721.1%+2.2 pts
09Bristol Bay, AKAK84720.2%+7.8 pts
10Sitka, AKAK8,31919.6%+3.0 pts
11Skagway, AKAK1,10418.3%+3.9 pts
12Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54918.0%+1.7 pts
13Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02817.1%+1.6 pts
14Juneau, AKAK31,60917.0%+1.5 pts
15Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27016.1%+0.5 pts
16Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66615.7%+1.8 pts
17Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55315.6%+2.4 pts
18Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97214.2%+2.7 pts
19Anchorage, AKAK287,15513.8%+1.7 pts
20Aleutians East, AKAK3,47913.0%+1.7 pts
21Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38712.9%+1.1 pts
22Denali, AKAK1,61612.7%+1.4 pts
23Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48311.2%+1.0 pts
24Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35710.4%+0.0 pts
25Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8308.8%+0.9 pts
26Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3918.4%+0.5 pts
27Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0958.2%+0.5 pts
28Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9327.9%+0.9 pts
29North Slope, AKAK10,5827.0%−0.3 pts
30Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2404.9%−2.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES