County Data

Alaska County Distress Index

Financial distress scores for all 30 counties in Alaska, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 49.5. 1county is in Serious Stress or Crisis.

Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-17

Alaska Snapshot

30 Counties Scored
49.5 Mean Score
49.3 Median Score
65.9 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Most Distressed
25.6 Denali Borough Least Distressed
1 Serious 12 Elevated 16 Normal 1 Healthy
Zone Distribution

Alaska County Map

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Healthy Normal Elevated Serious Crisis

All 30 Alaska counties colored by distress zone. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.

Most & Least Distressed

Most Distressed

#1 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
65.9 Serious Stress
Income & Poverty
#2 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
62.5 Elevated
Community Vulnerability
#3 Bethel Census Area
62.2 Elevated
Employment & Wages

Least Distressed

#30 Denali Borough
25.6 Healthy
Employment & Wages
#29 Chugach Census Area
37.2 Normal
Community Vulnerability
#28 North Slope Borough
37.6 Normal
Community Vulnerability

Score Distribution

How Alaska's 30 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.

All Alaska Counties

30 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.

State Rank Nat'l Rank County Score Zone Primary Driver
1 443 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 65.9 Serious Stress Income & Poverty
2 651 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 62.5 Elevated Community Vulnerability
3 676 Bethel Census Area 62.2 Elevated Employment & Wages
4 733 Kusilvak Census Area 61.3 Elevated Income & Poverty
5 781 Dillingham Census Area 60.7 Elevated Income & Poverty
6 787 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 60.6 Elevated Community Vulnerability
7 893 Northwest Arctic Borough 59.2 Elevated Employment & Wages
8 1,124 Nome Census Area 56.3 Elevated Employment & Wages
9 1,219 Wrangell City and Borough 54.8 Elevated Community Vulnerability
10 1,306 Copper River Census Area 53.8 Elevated Community Vulnerability
11 1,362 Lake and Peninsula Borough 53.2 Elevated Income & Poverty
12 1,494 Petersburg Borough 51.2 Elevated Housing Cost Burden
13 1,498 Yakutat City and Borough 51.1 Elevated Employment & Wages
14 1,616 Aleutians West Census Area 49.7 Normal Employment & Wages
15 1,640 Kenai Peninsula Borough 49.3 Normal Community Vulnerability
16 1,655 Aleutians East Borough 49.3 Normal Employment & Wages
17 1,750 Skagway Municipality 48.0 Normal Community Vulnerability
18 1,883 Fairbanks North Star Borough 46.2 Normal Housing Cost Burden
19 1,912 Sitka City and Borough 45.8 Normal Housing Cost Burden
20 1,915 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 45.8 Normal Housing Cost Burden
21 1,916 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 45.8 Normal Employment & Wages
22 2,011 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 44.8 Normal Community Vulnerability
23 2,077 Kodiak Island Borough 44.0 Normal Employment & Wages
24 2,090 Haines Borough 43.8 Normal Community Vulnerability
25 2,125 Anchorage Municipality 43.4 Normal Housing Cost Burden
26 2,391 Bristol Bay Borough 39.3 Normal Community Vulnerability
27 2,484 Juneau City and Borough 37.9 Normal Housing Cost Burden
28 2,505 North Slope Borough 37.6 Normal Community Vulnerability
29 2,524 Chugach Census Area 37.2 Normal Community Vulnerability
30 3,027 Denali Borough 25.6 Healthy Employment & Wages

0 of 30 county reports for Alaska are currently available. All 30 counties are scored and visible on the map above. New county reports are published weekly.

How County Scores Work

Each county is scored 0–100 using percentile-rank averaging across five data domains: Debt & Delinquency, Income & Poverty, Housing Cost Burden, Employment & Wages, and Community Vulnerability. A score of 50 means the county falls at the national median. Higher scores indicate greater financial distress.

Crisis (80+) — Extreme distress across multiple domains
Serious Stress (65–80) — Significant distress, multiple domains elevated
Elevated (50–65) — Above-average distress in several areas
Normal (35–50) — Near the national median
Healthy (<35) — Below-average distress

Full methodology and data sources

Alaska Resources

Alaska State Profile

State ADI score: 40.8 (Normal). Debt, delinquency, and economic indicators for Alaska.

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State Distress Rankings

All 51 U.S. jurisdictions ranked by financial distress. Compare Alaska to the rest of the country.

National County Profiles

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