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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%+24%

03Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83021.5%+23%

04Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48319.5%−9%

05Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09517.9%+3%

06Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02816.0%−33%

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

08Aleutians East, AKAK3,47913.2%−39%

09Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35712.8%−32%

10Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27012.7%−33%

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

12Wrangell, AKAK2,00712.1%–

13Yakutat, AKAK67211.9%−12%

14Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95111.8%+18%

15Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24011.3%−5%

16North Slope, AKAK10,58211.1%+22%

17Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66610.0%−9%

18Bristol Bay, AKAK8479.3%−2%

19Anchorage, AKAK287,1558.9%+22%

20Juneau, AKAK31,6098.9%+49%

21Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6668.7%–

22Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3878.7%+33%

23Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.7%+34%

24Denali, AKAK1,6168.3%+5%

25Sitka, AKAK8,3197.5%−4%

26Petersburg, AKAK3,3947.0%–

27Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9726.1%−21%

28Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5535.9%–

29Skagway, AKAK1,1045.9%–

30Haines, AKAK2,0685.4%−49%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES