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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.

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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

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

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

05Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09517.9%+0.5 pts

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

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

08Aleutians East, AKAK3,47913.2%−8.6 pts

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

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

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

12Wrangell, AKAK2,00712.1%–

13Yakutat, AKAK67211.9%−1.7 pts

14Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95111.8%+1.8 pts

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

16North Slope, AKAK10,58211.1%+2.0 pts

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

18Bristol Bay, AKAK8479.3%−0.2 pts

19Anchorage, AKAK287,1558.9%+1.6 pts

20Juneau, AKAK31,6098.9%+2.9 pts

21Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6668.7%–

22Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3878.7%+2.1 pts

23Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.7%+2.2 pts

24Denali, AKAK1,6168.3%+0.4 pts

25Sitka, AKAK8,3197.5%−0.3 pts

26Petersburg, AKAK3,3947.0%–

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

28Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5535.9%–

29Skagway, AKAK1,1045.9%–

30Haines, AKAK2,0685.4%−5.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES