Counties in Alaska by poverty rate

Name: Counties in Alaska by poverty rate, 2015
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest poverty rate of 28 counties in 2015, at 31.8%. Skagway Municipality had the lowest, at 3.7%. The median was 11.7% and the figure for Alaska was 10.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest31.8Kusilvak Census Area

Lowest3.7Skagway Municipality

Median11.728 counties

Alaska10.4History

All counties, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2015 (%)
1	Kusilvak Census Area	31.8
2	Northwest Arctic Borough	26.3
3	Bethel Census Area	24.2
4	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	23.4
5	Nome Census Area	21.4
6	Dillingham Census Area	20
7	Lake and Peninsula Borough	19.3
8	Aleutians East Borough	17.4
9	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	16.2
10	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	15.6
11	Yakutat City and Borough	15.4
12	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	13.5
13	North Slope Borough	12.6
14	Wrangell City and Borough	12
15	Kenai Peninsula Borough	11.4
16	Haines Borough	10.9
17	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	10.3
18	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	9.8
19	Sitka City and Borough	9.2
20	Bristol Bay Borough	9
21	Anchorage Municipality	8.7
22	Aleutians West Census Area	8.5
23	Fairbanks North Star Borough	8.1
24	Juneau City and Borough	8
25	Petersburg Borough	7.9
26	Kodiak Island Borough	7.5
27	Denali Borough	6.6
28	Skagway Municipality	3.7

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.

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 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/2015/2015-state-and-county/est15all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 31.8% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest poverty rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 3.7% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08. 2 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.