Counties in Alaska by poverty rate

Name: Counties in Alaska by poverty rate, 2021
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest poverty rate of 30 counties in 2021, at 30.4%. Skagway Municipality had the lowest, at 6.1%. The median was 11.4% and the figure for Alaska was 10.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest30.4Kusilvak Census Area

Lowest6.1Skagway Municipality

Median11.430 counties

Alaska10.8History

All counties, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Kusilvak Census Area	30.4	+2.5 pts
2	Bethel Census Area	24.6	-0.7 pts
3	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	23.7	+3.2 pts
4	Dillingham Census Area	21.8	+3.1 pts
5	Northwest Arctic Borough	20.9	+2.4 pts
6	Lake and Peninsula Borough	20.6	+3 pts
7	Nome Census Area	19.8	+1 pts
8	Aleutians East Borough	18.4	+3.3 pts
9	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	17	+4.3 pts
10	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	15	-0.9 pts
11	Copper River Census Area	14.3	+1.6 pts
12	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	12.9	+1.2 pts
13	North Slope Borough	12.4	+1.3 pts
14	Yakutat City and Borough	12.2	-0.2 pts
15	Kenai Peninsula Borough	11.5	+0.9 pts
16	Bristol Bay Borough	11.3	+0.6 pts
16	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	11.3	+3 pts
16	Wrangell City and Borough	11.3	+0.7 pts
19	Haines Borough	10.8	+1.2 pts
20	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	10.5	+1.8 pts
21	Aleutians West Census Area	10.4	+2.3 pts
22	Anchorage Municipality	9.5	+1.2 pts
23	Sitka City and Borough	8.6	+1.2 pts
24	Kodiak Island Borough	8.5	+1 pts
25	Petersburg Borough	8	+0.6 pts
26	Fairbanks North Star Borough	7.9	+0.7 pts
27	Chugach Census Area	7.7	+0.7 pts
28	Juneau City and Borough	7.6	-0.5 pts
29	Denali Borough	7.5	+1.1 pts
30	Skagway Municipality	6.1	+2.3 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. 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/2021/2021-state-and-county/est21all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 30.4% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest poverty rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 6.1% in 2021.

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.