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Highest poverty rate, Alaska counties · 2000

Alaska counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 ACS). This list covers the 22 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

01Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02823.8%−8%

02Aleutians East, AKAK3,47921.8%+84%

03Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48321.4%−13%

04Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39120.6%−31%

05Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35718.9%−6%

06Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27018.9%+33%

07Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83017.4%−22%

08Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09517.4%−6%

09Yakutat, AKAK67213.5%–

10Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24011.9%+33%

11Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66611.0%+17%

12Haines, AKAK2,06810.7%+16%

13Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95110.0%+30%

14Bristol Bay, AKAK8479.5%+84%

15North Slope, AKAK10,5829.1%+5%

16Denali, AKAK1,6167.9%–

17Sitka, AKAK8,3197.8%+62%

18Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9727.8%+3%

19Anchorage, AKAK287,1557.3%+4%

20Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3876.6%+19%

21Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5496.5%+55%

22Juneau, AKAK31,6096.0%+7%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS