# Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2026

All 30 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2026, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `area_median_family_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year. HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments. Often called AMI.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denali Borough | 146,200 |
| 2 | Aleutians West Census Area | 139,000 |
| 3 | Juneau City and Borough | 137,500 |
| 4 | Anchorage Municipality | 135,100 |
| 5 | Skagway Municipality | 134,800 |
| 6 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 127,400 |
| 7 | Sitka City and Borough | 123,800 |
| 8 | Bristol Bay Borough | 122,200 |
| 9 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 119,300 |
| 10 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 116,300 |
| 11 | Haines Borough | 115,900 |
| 12 | North Slope Borough | 115,600 |
| 13 | Chugach Census Area | 114,600 |
| 14 | Yakutat City and Borough | 114,200 |
| 15 | Kodiak Island Borough | 113,100 |
| 16 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 110,100 |
| 17 | Copper River Census Area | 107,500 |
| 18 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 95,700 |
| 19 | Petersburg Borough | 95,200 |
| 20 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 89,800 |
| 21 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 88,400 |
| 22 | Dillingham Census Area | 86,400 |
| 23 | Bethel Census Area | 83,000 |
| 24 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 82,300 |
| 25 | Wrangell City and Borough | 81,100 |
| 26 | Aleutians East Borough | 80,600 |
| 27 | Nome Census Area | 80,000 |
| 28 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 72,600 |
| 29 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 71,000 |
| 30 | Kusilvak Census Area | 55,800 |