# Counties in Alaska by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 32.4 |
| 2 | Bethel Census Area | 25.6 |
| 3 | Nome Census Area | 21.5 |
| 4 | Dillingham Census Area | 19.5 |
| 5 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 17.9 |
| 6 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 16 |
| 7 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 14.3 |
| 8 | Aleutians East Borough | 13.2 |
| 9 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 12.8 |
| 10 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 12.7 |
| 10 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 12.7 |
| 12 | Wrangell City and Borough | 12.1 |
| 13 | Yakutat City and Borough | 11.9 |
| 14 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 11.8 |
| 15 | Aleutians West Census Area | 11.3 |
| 16 | North Slope Borough | 11.1 |
| 17 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 10 |
| 18 | Bristol Bay Borough | 9.3 |
| 19 | Anchorage Municipality | 9 |
| 20 | Juneau City and Borough | 8.9 |
| 21 | Copper River Census Area | 8.7 |
| 22 | Kodiak Island Borough | 8.7 |
| 23 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 8.7 |
| 24 | Denali Borough | 8.3 |
| 25 | Sitka City and Borough | 7.5 |
| 26 | Petersburg Borough | 7 |
| 27 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 6.1 |
| 28 | Chugach Census Area | 5.9 |
| 29 | Skagway Municipality | 5.9 |
| 30 | Haines Borough | 5.5 |