RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 30 SHOWN OF 30

Highest Medicare coverage, Alaska counties · 2020

Alaska counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2020 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 13.7%.

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01Petersburg, AKAK3,39427.7%–

02Wrangell, AKAK2,00723.5%–

03Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27123.3%–

04Haines, AKAK2,06822.7%–

05Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95120.0%–

06Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77718.9%–

07Yakutat, AKAK67217.4%–

08Sitka, AKAK8,31916.6%–

09Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54916.3%–

10Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27015.6%–

11Juneau, AKAK31,60915.5%–

12Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02815.5%–

13Skagway, AKAK1,10414.4%–

14Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66613.9%–

15Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66613.7%–

16Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55313.2%–

17Bristol Bay, AKAK84712.4%–

18Anchorage, AKAK287,15512.1%–

19Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38711.8%–

20Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97211.5%–

21Aleutians East, AKAK3,47911.3%–

22Denali, AKAK1,61611.3%–

23Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35710.4%–

24Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.2%–

25Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3917.9%–

26Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8307.9%–

27Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0957.7%–

28North Slope, AKAK10,5827.3%–

29Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9327.0%–

30Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2406.9%–

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