Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home

Bethel Census Area had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 30 counties in 2022, at 60.1%. Copper River Census Area had the lowest, at 4.3%. The median was 15.1% and the figure for Alaska was 15.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Map of counties, 2022

Aleutians East Borough: 40.2 %Aleutians West Census Area: 57.3 %Anchorage Municipality: 17.5 %Bethel Census Area: 60.1 %Bristol Bay Borough: 15.7 %Chugach Census Area: 14.9 %Copper River Census Area: 4.3 %Denali Borough: 10 %Dillingham Census Area: 36.5 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.1 %Haines Borough: 7.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.2 %Juneau City and Borough: 11.1 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.4 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.2 %Kodiak Island Borough: 28.8 %Kusilvak Census Area: 26.6 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 15.2 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.2 %Nome Census Area: 26 %North Slope Borough: 37.4 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 29.3 %Petersburg Borough: 23.7 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.2 %Sitka City and Borough: 14.9 %Skagway Municipality: 11 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.5 %Wrangell City and Borough: 4.6 %Yakutat City and Borough: 20.4 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 12.8 %
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%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

Bethel Census Area: 60.1 %Bethel Census Area60.1Aleutians West Census Area: 57.3 %Aleutians West Census Area57.3Aleutians East Borough: 40.2 %Aleutians East Borough40.2North Slope Borough: 37.4 %North Slope Borough37.4Dillingham Census Area: 36.5 %Dillingham Census Area36.5Northwest Arctic Borough: 29.3 %Northwest Arctic Borough29.3Kodiak Island Borough: 28.8 %Kodiak Island Borough28.8Kusilvak Census Area: 26.6 %Kusilvak Census Area26.6Nome Census Area: 26 %Nome Census Area26Petersburg Borough: 23.7 %Petersburg Borough23.7Yakutat City and Borough: 20.4 %Yakutat City and Borough20.4Anchorage Municipality: 17.5 %Anchorage Municipality17.5Bristol Bay Borough: 15.7 %Bristol Bay Borough15.7Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.5Lake and Peninsula Borough: 15.2 %Lake and Peninsula Borough15.2Chugach Census Area: 14.9 %Chugach Census Area14.9Sitka City and Borough: 14.9 %Sitka City and Borough14.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.2 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area13.2Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 12.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area12.8Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough11.2Juneau City and Borough: 11.1 %Juneau City and Borough11.1Skagway Municipality: 11 %Skagway Municipality11Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.1Denali Borough: 10 %Denali Borough10Haines Borough: 7.4 %Haines Borough7.4Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.4 %Kenai Peninsula Borough7.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.2 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5.2Wrangell City and Borough: 4.6 %Wrangell City and Borough4.6Copper River Census Area: 4.3 %Copper River Census Area4.3Bethel Census Area: 60.1 %Bethel Census Area60.1Aleutians West Census Area: 57.3 %Aleutians West Census Area57.3Aleutians East Borough: 40.2 %Aleutians East Borough40.2North Slope Borough: 37.4 %North Slope Borough37.4Dillingham Census Area: 36.5 %Dillingham Census Area36.5Northwest Arctic Borough: 29.3 %Northwest Arctic Borough29.3Kodiak Island Borough: 28.8 %Kodiak Island Borough28.8Kusilvak Census Area: 26.6 %Kusilvak Census Area26.6Nome Census Area: 26 %Nome Census Area26Petersburg Borough: 23.7 %Petersburg Borough23.7Yakutat City and Borough: 20.4 %Yakutat City and Borough20.4Anchorage Municipality: 17.5 %Anchorage Municipality17.5Bristol Bay Borough: 15.7 %Bristol Bay Borough15.7Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.5Lake and Peninsula Borough: 15.2 %Lake and Peninsula Borough15.2Chugach Census Area: 14.9 %Chugach Census Area14.9Sitka City and Borough: 14.9 %Sitka City and Borough14.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.2 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area13.2Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 12.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area12.8Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough11.2Juneau City and Borough: 11.1 %Juneau City and Borough11.1Skagway Municipality: 11 %Skagway Municipality11Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.1Denali Borough: 10 %Denali Borough10Haines Borough: 7.4 %Haines Borough7.4Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.4 %Kenai Peninsula Borough7.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.2 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5.2Wrangell City and Borough: 4.6 %Wrangell City and Borough4.6Copper River Census Area: 4.3 %Copper River Census Area4.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/alaska-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/alaska-counties?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/alaska-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_alaska_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs: Counties in Alaska by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/alaska-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest population speaking a language other than English at home?

Bethel Census Area, with 60.1% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population speaking a language other than English at home?

Copper River Census Area, with 4.3% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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