Poverty Rate in Anchorage Municipality, AK
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.9%
Rank #564/3,222 · #12 in AK
83th
Anchorage 8.9%
AK 10.1% -11.8%
US 12.6% -29.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Anchorage Municipality's poverty rate of 8.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Anchorage Municipality for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #561 | Brewster County, TX | 8.9% |
| #562 | Sheridan County, KS | 8.9% |
| #563 | Howard County, IA | 8.9% |
| #564 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | 8.9% |
| #565 | Union County, PA | 9.0% |
| #566 | Custer County, SD | 9.0% |
| #567 | Douglas County, MN | 9.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska has a poverty rate of 8.9%, ranking #564 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.0% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Alaska, it ranks #12 of 30. This places it in the 83th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.