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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%+7.2 pts

02Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02823.6%−0.3 pts

03Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35721.4%+2.5 pts

04Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09519.7%+2.4 pts

05Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39118.6%−2.0 pts

06Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48318.1%−3.3 pts

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

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

09Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24012.6%+0.7 pts

10North Slope, AKAK10,58211.8%+2.7 pts

11Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38710.9%+4.4 pts

12Skagway, AKAK1,10410.8%–

13Aleutians East, AKAK3,47910.4%−11.4 pts

14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27010.0%−8.8 pts

15Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6669.9%−1.1 pts

16Petersburg, AKAK3,3949.7%–

17Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9519.5%−0.5 pts

18Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.3%+1.8 pts

19Wrangell, AKAK2,0078.3%–

20Anchorage, AKAK287,1557.9%+0.6 pts

21Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9727.6%−0.2 pts

22Haines, AKAK2,0687.2%−3.4 pts

23Sitka, AKAK8,3197.0%−0.8 pts

24Juneau, AKAK31,6096.5%+0.5 pts

25Bristol Bay, AKAK8475.0%−4.5 pts

26Denali, AKAK1,6164.6%−3.2 pts

27Yakutat, AKAK6724.3%−9.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS