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Child Poverty in
Alaska

Alaska's child poverty rate is 12.5% across 30 counties, meaning 22K children under 18 live in households below the federal poverty line. Use the interactive map below to see how poverty varies within the state.

12.5%

Child poverty rate (0–17)

22K

Children in poverty

10.5%

All-ages poverty

$88,696

Median income

Alaska by county

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Toggle between five SAIPE metrics to see how poverty varies within Alaska. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Alaska at a glance

Children in poverty

22K

Ages 0–17

Child poverty rate

12.5%

Ages 0–17

5–17 poverty rate

11.2%

Title I allocator

All-ages poverty

10.5%

Entire population

Concentration

1.19×

Child ÷ all-ages

Median income

$88,696

Inflation-adjusted

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 30 counties in Alaska.

Highest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Kusilvak Census Area 36.5%
  2. 2 Bethel Census Area 36.2%
  3. 3 Dillingham Census Area 31.3%
  4. 4 Lake and Peninsula Borough 27.3%
  5. 5 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 27.2%

Lowest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Aleutians West Census Area 4.8%
  2. 2 Chugach Census Area 7.9%
  3. 3 Fairbanks North Star Borough 7.9%
  4. 4 Kodiak Island Borough 8.8%
  5. 5 Skagway Municipality 8.9%

Most children in poverty

Absolute count, ages 0–17

  1. 1 Anchorage Borough 6K
  2. 2 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 3K
  3. 3 Bethel Census Area 2K
  4. 4 Fairbanks North Star Borough 2K
  5. 5 Kenai Peninsula Borough 2K

Every county in Alaska

All 30 counties across the five SAIPE metrics plus median income.

County Children 0–17 Ages 5–17 All ages Concentration Child count Median income
Aleutians East Borough 18.6% 19.3% 18.0% 1.03× 35 $83,000
Aleutians West Census Area 4.8% 5.3% 10.0% 0.48× 20 $104,159
Anchorage Borough 9.9% 8.9% 8.9% 1.11× 6,493 $93,881
Bethel Census Area 36.2% 34.0% 29.3% 1.24× 2,295 $62,140
Bristol Bay Borough 18.0% 18.9% 11.7% 1.54× 32 $99,790
Chugach Census Area 7.9% 7.2% 8.7% 0.91× 116 $95,180
Copper River Census Area 20.1% 18.1% 14.2% 1.42× 136 $69,092
Denali Borough 11.3% 11.0% 7.8% 1.45× 33 $86,118
Dillingham Census Area 31.3% 28.8% 23.4% 1.34× 441 $62,598
Fairbanks North Star Borough 7.9% 7.6% 7.6% 1.04× 1,751 $86,780
Haines Borough 13.1% 13.7% 10.0% 1.31× 46 $78,649
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 27.2% 27.1% 17.2% 1.58× 101 $64,720
Juneau Borough 9.5% 7.4% 9.1% 1.04× 592 $99,748
Kenai Peninsula Borough 12.1% 11.3% 11.5% 1.05× 1,612 $74,185
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 11.7% 10.4% 9.3% 1.26× 310 $87,760
Kodiak Island Borough 8.8% 8.1% 8.5% 1.04× 253 $86,250
Kusilvak Census Area 36.5% 35.2% 30.8% 1.19× 1,219 $42,029
Lake and Peninsula Borough 27.3% 25.5% 20.4% 1.34× 99 $62,547
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 10.5% 8.6% 9.7% 1.08× 3,018 $94,376
Nome Census Area 23.0% 21.3% 20.7% 1.11× 743 $75,296
North Slope Borough 14.2% 11.4% 12.0% 1.18× 373 $103,556
Northwest Arctic Borough 23.0% 20.1% 19.1% 1.20× 638 $78,619
Petersburg Borough 11.0% 9.3% 8.4% 1.31× 75 $68,449
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 22.1% 19.0% 15.7% 1.41× 276 $57,304
Sitka Borough 10.6% 8.4% 9.3% 1.14× 161 $89,264
Skagway Municipality 8.9% 8.6% 5.9% 1.51× 15 $79,412
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 14.0% 13.4% 12.2% 1.15× 252 $79,014
Wrangell City and Borough 15.1% 14.8% 11.7% 1.29× 56 $65,011
Yakutat Borough 26.0% 20.0% 15.3% 1.70× 34 $77,108
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 24.8% 22.7% 21.9% 1.13× 343 $49,498

Help for families in Alaska

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Alaska SNAP benefits

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