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Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD)

Denali Borough had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 27 counties in 2016, at $101,700. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at $48,100. The median was $77,700. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest101,700Denali Borough
Lowest48,100Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median77,70027 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Aleutians East Borough: 69,500 USDAleutians West Census Area: 89,500 USDAnchorage Municipality: 92,900 USDBethel Census Area: 54,600 USDBristol Bay Borough: 99,000 USDDenali Borough: 101,700 USDDillingham Census Area: 57,600 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 93,800 USDHaines Borough: 70,000 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 61,600 USDJuneau City and Borough: 97,600 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 77,700 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 87,900 USDKodiak Island Borough: 75,800 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 55,200 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 85,700 USDNome Census Area: 48,300 USDNorth Slope Borough: 84,700 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 59,400 USDPetersburg Borough: 87,100 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 54,700 USDSitka City and Borough: 80,100 USDSkagway Municipality: 79,500 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 68,100 USDWrangell City and Borough: 56,700 USDYakutat City and Borough: 83,000 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 48,100 USD
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  • 57K to 70K
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  • 89K and over
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USD, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Denali Borough: 101,700 USDDenali Borough101,700Bristol Bay Borough: 99,000 USDBristol Bay Borough99,000Juneau City and Borough: 97,600 USDJuneau City and Borough97,600Fairbanks North Star Borough: 93,800 USDFairbanks North Star Borough93,800Anchorage Municipality: 92,900 USDAnchorage Municipality92,900Aleutians West Census Area: 89,500 USDAleutians West Census Area89,500Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 87,900 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough87,900Petersburg Borough: 87,100 USDPetersburg Borough87,100Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 85,700 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough85,700North Slope Borough: 84,700 USDNorth Slope Borough84,700Yakutat City and Borough: 83,000 USDYakutat City and Borough83,000Sitka City and Borough: 80,100 USDSitka City and Borough80,100Skagway Municipality: 79,500 USDSkagway Municipality79,500Kenai Peninsula Borough: 77,700 USDKenai Peninsula Borough77,700Kodiak Island Borough: 75,800 USDKodiak Island Borough75,800Haines Borough: 70,000 USDHaines Borough70,000Aleutians East Borough: 69,500 USDAleutians East Borough69,500Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 68,100 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area68,100Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 61,600 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area61,600Northwest Arctic Borough: 59,400 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough59,400Dillingham Census Area: 57,600 USDDillingham Census Area57,600Wrangell City and Borough: 56,700 USDWrangell City and Borough56,700Lake and Peninsula Borough: 55,200 USDLake and Peninsula Borough55,200Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 54,700 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area54,700Bethel Census Area: 54,600 USDBethel Census Area54,600Nome Census Area: 48,300 USDNome Census Area48,300Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 48,100 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area48,100Denali Borough: 101,700 USDDenali Borough101,700Bristol Bay Borough: 99,000 USDBristol Bay Borough99,000Juneau City and Borough: 97,600 USDJuneau City and Borough97,600Fairbanks North Star Borough: 93,800 USDFairbanks North Star Borough93,800Anchorage Municipality: 92,900 USDAnchorage Municipality92,900Aleutians West Census Area: 89,500 USDAleutians West Census Area89,500Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 87,900 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough87,900Petersburg Borough: 87,100 USDPetersburg Borough87,100Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 85,700 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough85,700North Slope Borough: 84,700 USDNorth Slope Borough84,700Yakutat City and Borough: 83,000 USDYakutat City and Borough83,000Sitka City and Borough: 80,100 USDSitka City and Borough80,100Skagway Municipality: 79,500 USDSkagway Municipality79,500Kenai Peninsula Borough: 77,700 USDKenai Peninsula Borough77,700Kodiak Island Borough: 75,800 USDKodiak Island Borough75,800Haines Borough: 70,000 USDHaines Borough70,000Aleutians East Borough: 69,500 USDAleutians East Borough69,500Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 68,100 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area68,100Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 61,600 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area61,600Northwest Arctic Borough: 59,400 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough59,400Dillingham Census Area: 57,600 USDDillingham Census Area57,600Wrangell City and Borough: 56,700 USDWrangell City and Borough56,700Lake and Peninsula Borough: 55,200 USDLake and Peninsula Borough55,200Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 54,700 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area54,700Bethel Census Area: 54,600 USDBethel Census Area54,600Nome Census Area: 48,300 USDNome Census Area48,300Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 48,100 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area48,100
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Denali Borough101,700+6.9%
2Bristol Bay Borough99,000+1.6%
3Juneau City and Borough97,600+0.8%
4Fairbanks North Star Borough93,800+9.6%
5Anchorage Municipality92,900+3.7%
6Aleutians West Census Area89,500+2.9%
7Ketchikan Gateway Borough87,900-1.1%
8Petersburg Borough87,100+3.6%
9Matanuska-Susitna Borough85,700+2.1%
10North Slope Borough84,700-2%
11Yakutat City and Borough83,000+5.9%
12Sitka City and Borough80,100+0.8%
13Skagway Municipality79,500-15.3%
14Kenai Peninsula Borough77,700+0.9%
15Kodiak Island Borough75,800-7.1%
16Haines Borough70,000+4.6%
17Aleutians East Borough69,500+6.4%
18Southeast Fairbanks Census Area68,100-2.2%
19Hoonah-Angoon Census Area61,600+2%
20Northwest Arctic Borough59,400-3.1%
21Dillingham Census Area57,600-10.3%
22Wrangell City and Borough56,700-5.7%
23Lake and Peninsula Borough55,200-4.5%
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area54,700-7.1%
25Bethel Census Area54,600-5.4%
26Nome Census Area48,300-5.1%
27Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area48,100-3.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

A program parameter, not a survey estimate for the county itself: it differs from the Census Bureau median household income and from the American Community Survey median family income of the county. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx

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HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 Mar. 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest area median family income (HUD)?

Denali Borough, with $101,700 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest area median family income (HUD)?

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, with $48,100 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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