# Counties in Alaska by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

All 30 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_smoking_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 36.6 |
| 2 | Bethel Census Area | 31 |
| 3 | Nome Census Area | 28.7 |
| 4 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 28.3 |
| 5 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 27.4 |
| 6 | Dillingham Census Area | 25.7 |
| 7 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 24.7 |
| 8 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 22 |
| 9 | North Slope Borough | 20.8 |
| 10 | Yakutat City and Borough | 20.5 |
| 11 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 19.5 |
| 12 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 18.3 |
| 13 | Copper River Census Area | 17.8 |
| 14 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 17.3 |
| 15 | Aleutians East Borough | 17 |
| 15 | Wrangell City and Borough | 17 |
| 17 | Bristol Bay Borough | 16.5 |
| 18 | Denali Borough | 16.3 |
| 19 | Aleutians West Census Area | 16.2 |
| 20 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 16.1 |
| 21 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 15.9 |
| 22 | Skagway Municipality | 15.4 |
| 23 | Kodiak Island Borough | 15 |
| 24 | Petersburg Borough | 14.9 |
| 25 | Chugach Census Area | 14.8 |
| 26 | Anchorage Municipality | 14 |
| 27 | Juneau City and Borough | 13.9 |
| 28 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 13.8 |
| 28 | Haines Borough | 13.8 |
| 28 | Sitka City and Borough | 13.8 |