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Highest poverty rate, Alaska counties · 2010

Alaska counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 ACS). This list covers the 27 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83024.6%+41%

02Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02823.6%−1%

03Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35721.4%+13%

04Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09519.7%+14%

05Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39118.6%−10%

06Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48318.1%−15%

07Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.9%–

08Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77714.0%–

09Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24012.6%+6%

10North Slope, AKAK10,58211.8%+30%

11Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38710.9%+67%

12Skagway, AKAK1,10410.8%–

13Aleutians East, AKAK3,47910.4%−52%

14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27010.0%−47%

15Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6669.9%−10%

16Petersburg, AKAK3,3949.7%–

17Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9519.5%−5%

18Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.3%+28%

19Wrangell, AKAK2,0078.3%–

20Anchorage, AKAK287,1557.9%+7%

21Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9727.6%−2%

22Haines, AKAK2,0687.2%−32%

23Sitka, AKAK8,3197.0%−10%

24Juneau, AKAK31,6096.5%+9%

25Bristol Bay, AKAK8475.0%−47%

26Denali, AKAK1,6164.6%−41%

27Yakutat, AKAK6724.3%−69%

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