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Life Expectancy in Alaska, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in Alaska, ranked. The highest is Aleutians West Census Area at 86.3 and the lowest is Kusilvak Census Area at 65.2.

Alaska: n/a · United States: n/a · median county in Alaska: 77.1

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#County Life Expectancy
1Aleutians West Census Area86.3
2Denali Borough84.7
3Juneau City and Borough80.4
4Wrangell City and Borough80.3
5Sitka City and Borough80.1
6Haines Borough79.9
7Petersburg Borough79.3
8Kenai Peninsula Borough78.8
9Fairbanks North Star Borough78.6
10Ketchikan Gateway Borough78.3
11Kodiak Island Borough78.1
12Anchorage Municipality77.1
13Hoonah-Angoon Census Area77.0
14Matanuska-Susitna Borough77.0
15North Slope Borough75.4
16Southeast Fairbanks Census Area75.4
17Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area72.0
18Northwest Arctic Borough70.7
19Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area70.2
20Bethel Census Area69.8
21Nome Census Area68.5
22Dillingham Census Area68.4
23Kusilvak Census Area65.2

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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