Counties in Alaska by poverty rate

Name: Counties in Alaska by poverty rate, 2018
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 2018, at 35.1%. Skagway Municipality had the lowest, at 4.3%. The median was 11.4% and the figure for Alaska was 11.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest35.1Kusilvak Census Area

Lowest4.3Skagway Municipality

Median11.428 counties

Alaska11.1History

All counties, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Kusilvak Census Area	35.1	-2.4 pts
2	Bethel Census Area	32.7	+4 pts
3	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	23.7	+0.5 pts
4	Dillingham Census Area	22	+1.2 pts
4	Nome Census Area	22	-1.2 pts
6	Northwest Arctic Borough	21.1	-4.9 pts
7	Lake and Peninsula Borough	18.2	+2.5 pts
8	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	17.2	-0.4 pts
9	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	16.5	-2 pts
10	Aleutians East Borough	15.5	+0.9 pts
11	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	13.4	+0.6 pts
12	Yakutat City and Borough	13.1	-2.2 pts
13	Kenai Peninsula Borough	12.4	+2.2 pts
14	Wrangell City and Borough	11.6	-0.8 pts
15	Bristol Bay Borough	11.2	+0.3 pts
16	North Slope Borough	11.1	-1.1 pts
17	Haines Borough	10.5	-0.9 pts
18	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	10.4	-0.9 pts
19	Aleutians West Census Area	10	+1.9 pts
20	Anchorage Municipality	9.5	-0.1 pts
21	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	9.1	-0.8 pts
22	Fairbanks North Star Borough	8.6	+1.2 pts
23	Kodiak Island Borough	8.2	+0.7 pts
24	Sitka City and Borough	7.7	-0.4 pts
25	Juneau City and Borough	7.3	-1 pts
26	Petersburg Borough	7.2	-0.2 pts
27	Denali Borough	6.9	-1.1 pts
28	Skagway Municipality	4.3	0 pts

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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 2018 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/2018/2018-state-and-county/est18all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 35.1% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest poverty rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 4.3% in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.