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Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD)

Juneau City and Borough had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 28 counties in 2019, at $111,400. Kusilvak Census Area had the lowest, at $40,700. The median was $83,600. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest111,400Juneau City and Borough
Lowest40,700Kusilvak Census Area
Median83,60028 counties

Map of counties, 2019

Aleutians East Borough: 78,300 USDAleutians West Census Area: 97,000 USDAnchorage Municipality: 104,900 USDBethel Census Area: 56,700 USDBristol Bay Borough: 108,300 USDDenali Borough: 108,200 USDDillingham Census Area: 60,600 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 92,400 USDHaines Borough: 76,200 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 70,900 USDJuneau City and Borough: 111,400 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 87,400 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 86,200 USDKodiak Island Borough: 98,500 USDKusilvak Census Area: 40,700 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 49,700 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 92,600 USDNome Census Area: 54,400 USDNorth Slope Borough: 82,200 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 61,400 USDPetersburg Borough: 85,000 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 67,000 USDSitka City and Borough: 87,500 USDSkagway Municipality: 86,400 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 79,900 USDWrangell City and Borough: 66,100 USDYakutat City and Borough: 85,800 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 50,800 USD
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  • 61K to 78K
  • 78K to 86K
  • 86K to 95K
  • 95K and over
  • No data
USD, 2019. 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, 2019

Juneau City and Borough: 111,400 USDJuneau City and Borough111,400Bristol Bay Borough: 108,300 USDBristol Bay Borough108,300Denali Borough: 108,200 USDDenali Borough108,200Anchorage Municipality: 104,900 USDAnchorage Municipality104,900Kodiak Island Borough: 98,500 USDKodiak Island Borough98,500Aleutians West Census Area: 97,000 USDAleutians West Census Area97,000Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 92,600 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough92,600Fairbanks North Star Borough: 92,400 USDFairbanks North Star Borough92,400Sitka City and Borough: 87,500 USDSitka City and Borough87,500Kenai Peninsula Borough: 87,400 USDKenai Peninsula Borough87,400Skagway Municipality: 86,400 USDSkagway Municipality86,400Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 86,200 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough86,200Yakutat City and Borough: 85,800 USDYakutat City and Borough85,800Petersburg Borough: 85,000 USDPetersburg Borough85,000North Slope Borough: 82,200 USDNorth Slope Borough82,200Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 79,900 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area79,900Aleutians East Borough: 78,300 USDAleutians East Borough78,300Haines Borough: 76,200 USDHaines Borough76,200Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 70,900 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area70,900Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 67,000 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area67,000Wrangell City and Borough: 66,100 USDWrangell City and Borough66,100Northwest Arctic Borough: 61,400 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough61,400Dillingham Census Area: 60,600 USDDillingham Census Area60,600Bethel Census Area: 56,700 USDBethel Census Area56,700Nome Census Area: 54,400 USDNome Census Area54,400Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 50,800 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area50,800Lake and Peninsula Borough: 49,700 USDLake and Peninsula Borough49,700Kusilvak Census Area: 40,700 USDKusilvak Census Area40,700Juneau City and Borough: 111,400 USDJuneau City and Borough111,400Bristol Bay Borough: 108,300 USDBristol Bay Borough108,300Denali Borough: 108,200 USDDenali Borough108,200Anchorage Municipality: 104,900 USDAnchorage Municipality104,900Kodiak Island Borough: 98,500 USDKodiak Island Borough98,500Aleutians West Census Area: 97,000 USDAleutians West Census Area97,000Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 92,600 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough92,600Fairbanks North Star Borough: 92,400 USDFairbanks North Star Borough92,400Sitka City and Borough: 87,500 USDSitka City and Borough87,500Kenai Peninsula Borough: 87,400 USDKenai Peninsula Borough87,400Skagway Municipality: 86,400 USDSkagway Municipality86,400Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 86,200 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough86,200Yakutat City and Borough: 85,800 USDYakutat City and Borough85,800Petersburg Borough: 85,000 USDPetersburg Borough85,000North Slope Borough: 82,200 USDNorth Slope Borough82,200Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 79,900 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area79,900Aleutians East Borough: 78,300 USDAleutians East Borough78,300Haines Borough: 76,200 USDHaines Borough76,200Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 70,900 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area70,900Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 67,000 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area67,000Wrangell City and Borough: 66,100 USDWrangell City and Borough66,100Northwest Arctic Borough: 61,400 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough61,400Dillingham Census Area: 60,600 USDDillingham Census Area60,600Bethel Census Area: 56,700 USDBethel Census Area56,700Nome Census Area: 54,400 USDNome Census Area54,400Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 50,800 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area50,800Lake and Peninsula Borough: 49,700 USDLake and Peninsula Borough49,700Kusilvak Census Area: 40,700 USDKusilvak Census Area40,700
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
USD		Change on 2018
1Juneau City and Borough111,400+6.2%
2Bristol Bay Borough108,300+14.1%
3Denali Borough108,200+5.2%
4Anchorage Municipality104,900+5.4%
5Kodiak Island Borough98,500+16.7%
6Aleutians West Census Area97,000+2.9%
7Matanuska-Susitna Borough92,600+0.7%
8Fairbanks North Star Borough92,400-0.6%
9Sitka City and Borough87,500-4.6%
10Kenai Peninsula Borough87,400+5.4%
11Skagway Municipality86,400+1.6%
12Ketchikan Gateway Borough86,200-1.4%
13Yakutat City and Borough85,800+1.2%
14Petersburg Borough85,000-3.7%
15North Slope Borough82,200-1.2%
16Southeast Fairbanks Census Area79,900+3%
17Aleutians East Borough78,300+16.2%
18Haines Borough76,200+4.1%
19Hoonah-Angoon Census Area70,900+0.3%
20Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area67,000+2.3%
21Wrangell City and Borough66,100-6.4%
22Northwest Arctic Borough61,400-4.1%
23Dillingham Census Area60,600+0.2%
24Bethel Census Area56,700+7.8%
25Nome Census Area54,400+6.9%
26Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area50,800+0.4%
27Lake and Peninsula Borough49,700-13.9%
28Kusilvak Census Area40,700-1.9%

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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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/il19/Section8-FY19.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. (2019). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il19/Section8-FY19.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2019. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 28 Mar. 2019, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il19/Section8-FY19.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2019. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il19/Section8-FY19.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2019.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2019) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Alaska by area median family income (HUD), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il19/Section8-FY19.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alaska-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Juneau City and Borough, with $111,400 in 2019, 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)?

Kusilvak Census Area, with $40,700 in 2019.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

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