# Counties in Alaska by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 30 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 42.1 |
| 2 | Dillingham Census Area | 37.9 |
| 3 | Bethel Census Area | 37.7 |
| 4 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 34 |
| 5 | Yakutat City and Borough | 33.8 |
| 6 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 29.9 |
| 7 | Nome Census Area | 29.6 |
| 8 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 27.3 |
| 9 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 24.5 |
| 10 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 23.9 |
| 11 | Copper River Census Area | 22.6 |
| 12 | Bristol Bay Borough | 19.7 |
| 13 | Wrangell City and Borough | 18.4 |
| 14 | North Slope Borough | 16.8 |
| 15 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 15.9 |
| 16 | Aleutians East Borough | 14.8 |
| 17 | Haines Borough | 12.5 |
| 18 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 12.3 |
| 19 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 10.5 |
| 20 | Anchorage Municipality | 10.3 |
| 21 | Denali Borough | 10.2 |
| 22 | Petersburg Borough | 10 |
| 23 | Sitka City and Borough | 9.2 |
| 24 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 9 |
| 25 | Chugach Census Area | 8.4 |
| 25 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 8.4 |
| 27 | Kodiak Island Borough | 8.2 |
| 28 | Juneau City and Borough | 7.8 |
| 29 | Aleutians West Census Area | 5.4 |
| 30 | Skagway Municipality | 2.4 |