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Highest poverty rate, Alaska counties

Alaska counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 11.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Yakutat, AK, up 11 places to #13.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93232.4%–

02Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39125.6%+5.0 pts

03▲2Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83021.5%+4.1 pts

04▲3Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48319.5%−2.0 pts

05▼1Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09517.9%+0.5 pts

06▼3Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02816.0%−7.8 pts

07▲8Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27114.2%–

08▲4Aleutians East, AKAK3,47913.2%−8.6 pts

09▼1Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35712.8%−6.1 pts

10▲4Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27012.7%−6.2 pts

11▼5Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77712.7%–

12▲8Wrangell, AKAK2,00712.1%–

13▲11Yakutat, AKAK67211.9%−1.7 pts

14▼4Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95111.8%+1.8 pts

15▲6Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24011.3%−0.6 pts

16North Slope, AKAK10,58211.1%+2.0 pts

17▼4Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66610.0%−1.0 pts

18▲11Bristol Bay, AKAK8479.3%−0.2 pts

19▼1Anchorage, AKAK287,1558.9%+1.6 pts

20▲3Juneau, AKAK31,6098.9%+2.9 pts

21▼4Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6668.7%–

22Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3878.7%+2.1 pts

23▼4Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.7%+2.2 pts

24▼15Denali, AKAK1,6168.3%+0.4 pts

25Sitka, AKAK8,3197.5%−0.3 pts

26▲4Petersburg, AKAK3,3947.0%–

27▼1Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9726.1%−1.7 pts

28Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5535.9%–

29▼2Skagway, AKAK1,1045.9%–

30▼19Haines, AKAK2,0685.4%−5.2 pts

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