# Counties in Alaska by poverty rate, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/alaska-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/alaska-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 34.9 |
| 2 | Bethel Census Area | 28.4 |
| 3 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 23.8 |
| 4 | Dillingham Census Area | 23.6 |
| 5 | Nome Census Area | 22.4 |
| 6 | Aleutians East Borough | 20.5 |
| 7 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 20.2 |
| 8 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 19.9 |
| 9 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 16.9 |
| 10 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 16.8 |
| 11 | Yakutat City and Borough | 15.2 |
| 12 | North Slope Borough | 14.8 |
| 13 | Copper River Census Area | 13.2 |
| 14 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 12.7 |
| 15 | Aleutians West Census Area | 11.8 |
| 16 | Bristol Bay Borough | 11.4 |
| 17 | Wrangell City and Borough | 11.1 |
| 18 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 10.6 |
| 19 | Haines Borough | 10.1 |
| 20 | Petersburg Borough | 9.1 |
| 21 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 9 |
| 22 | Anchorage Municipality | 8.7 |
| 23 | Sitka City and Borough | 8.6 |
| 24 | Kodiak Island Borough | 8.3 |
| 25 | Juneau City and Borough | 8.2 |
| 25 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 8.2 |
| 27 | Chugach Census Area | 7.9 |
| 28 | Denali Borough | 7.6 |
| 29 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 7.1 |
| 30 | Skagway Municipality | 6.2 |