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Highest poverty rate, Alaska counties · 2020

Alaska counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, AKAK7,93237.9%–

02Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39128.6%+39%

03Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02823.7%−1%

04Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09523.2%+34%

05Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83022.4%+29%

06Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77718.4%–

07Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48317.6%−18%

08Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35715.5%−18%

09Denali, AKAK1,61614.1%+79%

10Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95112.7%+26%

11Haines, AKAK2,06812.6%+18%

12Aleutians East, AKAK3,47912.2%−44%

13Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66610.3%−7%

14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27010.1%−46%

15Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,2719.4%–

16North Slope, AKAK10,5829.4%+4%

17Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6669.3%–

18Anchorage, AKAK287,1558.8%+20%

19Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5498.8%+35%

20Wrangell, AKAK2,0078.0%–

21Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2407.6%−36%

22Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3877.3%+11%

23Juneau, AKAK31,6096.9%+16%

24Yakutat, AKAK6726.7%−51%

25Sitka, AKAK8,3196.6%−16%

26Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9726.5%−16%

27Skagway, AKAK1,1045.8%–

28Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5535.2%–

29Bristol Bay, AKAK8475.0%−47%

30Petersburg, AKAK3,3944.9%–

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