Counties in Alaska by poverty rate

Name: Counties in Alaska by poverty rate, 2022
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 2022, at 29.8%. Chugach Census Area had the lowest, at 6.7%. The median was 11.9% and the figure for Alaska was 10.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest29.8Kusilvak Census Area

Lowest6.7Chugach Census Area

Median11.930 counties

Alaska10.8History

All counties, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Kusilvak Census Area	29.8	-0.6 pts
2	Bethel Census Area	21.9	-2.7 pts
3	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	21.1	-2.6 pts
4	Lake and Peninsula Borough	20.1	-0.5 pts
5	Nome Census Area	19.9	+0.1 pts
6	Dillingham Census Area	19.7	-2.1 pts
6	Northwest Arctic Borough	19.7	-1.2 pts
8	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	17.5	+0.5 pts
9	Aleutians East Borough	16.2	-2.2 pts
10	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	14.6	-0.4 pts
11	Copper River Census Area	13.9	-0.4 pts
12	North Slope Borough	13.7	+1.3 pts
13	Bristol Bay Borough	13.6	+2.3 pts
14	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	12.5	-0.4 pts
15	Wrangell City and Borough	12	+0.7 pts
16	Yakutat City and Borough	11.7	-0.5 pts
17	Kenai Peninsula Borough	11	-0.5 pts
18	Anchorage Municipality	10.4	+0.9 pts
19	Haines Borough	10.3	-0.5 pts
20	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	9.8	-0.7 pts
21	Aleutians West Census Area	9.7	-0.7 pts
22	Skagway Municipality	9.3	+3.2 pts
23	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	8.6	-2.7 pts
24	Juneau City and Borough	7.9	+0.3 pts
24	Sitka City and Borough	7.9	-0.7 pts
26	Fairbanks North Star Borough	7.8	-0.1 pts
27	Kodiak Island Borough	7.5	-1 pts
28	Denali Borough	7.3	-0.2 pts
29	Petersburg Borough	7.1	-0.9 pts
30	Chugach Census Area	6.7	-1 pts

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. 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/2022/2022-state-and-county/est22all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 29.8% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest poverty rate?

Chugach Census Area, with 6.7% in 2022.

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.