Poverty Rate in Alaska, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Alaska, ranked. The highest is Kusilvak Census Area at 32.4% and the lowest is Haines Borough at 5.4%.

Alaska: 10.1% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Alaska: 11.1%

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#	County	Poverty Rate
1	Kusilvak Census Area	32.4%
2	Bethel Census Area	25.6%
3	Nome Census Area	21.5%
4	Dillingham Census Area	19.5%
5	Northwest Arctic Borough	17.9%
6	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	16.0%
7	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	14.2%
8	Aleutians East Borough	13.2%
9	Lake and Peninsula Borough	12.8%
10	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	12.7%
11	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	12.7%
12	Wrangell City and Borough	12.1%
13	Yakutat City and Borough	11.9%
14	Kenai Peninsula Borough	11.8%
15	Aleutians West Census Area	11.3%
16	North Slope Borough	11.1%
17	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	10.0%
18	Bristol Bay Borough	9.3%
19	Anchorage Municipality	8.9%
20	Juneau City and Borough	8.9%
21	Copper River Census Area	8.7%
22	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	8.7%
23	Kodiak Island Borough	8.7%
24	Denali Borough	8.3%
25	Sitka City and Borough	7.5%
26	Petersburg Borough	7.0%
27	Fairbanks North Star Borough	6.1%
28	Chugach Census Area	5.9%
29	Skagway Municipality	5.9%
30	Haines Borough	5.4%

Small populations produce wide margins: Haines Borough is 5.4% with a margin of error of ±2.5%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alaska ranks 40th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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