Ranking of Alaska Counties By Number of Households and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of Alaska households that received Food Stamps or SNAP was 10.37% (i.e. 27,017 households). Percentagewise, among all Alaska counties, Kusilvak Census Area had the highest percentage of its households that received Food Stamps (53.55%), followed by Bethel Census Area (39.74%), and Northwest Arctic Borough (33.66%).
In numerical terms, Anchorage Municipality had the highest number of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP (9,236), followed by Matanuska-Susitna Borough (4,054), and Kenai Peninsula Borough (2,164).
The charts below shows the top 10 Alaska counties by the number of households and percentage of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP. The tables below show the ranking for all Alaska counties.
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 53.55 |
| 2 | Bethel Census Area | 39.74 |
| 3 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 33.66 |
| 4 | Nome Census Area | 32.79 |
| 5 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 31.70 |
| 6 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 30.09 |
| 7 | Dillingham Census Area | 29.08 |
| 8 | North Slope Borough | 19.54 |
| 9 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 16.03 |
| 10 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 15.41 |
| 11 | Copper River Census Area | 13.64 |
| 12 | Wrangell City and Borough | 12.83 |
| 13 | Aleutians East Borough | 11.82 |
| 14 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 11.81 |
| 15 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 10.65 |
| 16 | Kodiak Island Borough | 9.81 |
| 17 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 9.51 |
| 18 | Anchorage Municipality | 8.66 |
| 19 | Juneau City and Borough | 8.21 |
| 20 | Petersburg Borough | 8.01 |
| 21 | Sitka City and Borough | 7.56 |
| 22 | Chugach Census Area | 7.33 |
| 23 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7.01 |
| 24 | Aleutians West Census Area | 6.18 |
| 25 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 5.68 |
| 26 | Yakutat City and Borough | 4.63 |
| 27 | Bristol Bay Borough | 4.44 |
| 28 | Denali Borough | 3.20 |
| 29 | Skagway Municipality | 2.56 |
| 30 | Haines Borough | 2.46 |
| Rank | County | Number of Households |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality | 9236 |
| 2 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 4054 |
| 3 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 2164 |
| 4 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 2005 |
| 5 | Bethel Census Area | 1796 |
| 6 | Juneau City and Borough | 1061 |
| 7 | Kusilvak Census Area | 972 |
| 8 | Nome Census Area | 890 |
| 9 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 648 |
| 10 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 602 |
| 11 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 591 |
| 12 | Kodiak Island Borough | 433 |
| 13 | North Slope Borough | 411 |
| 14 | Dillingham Census Area | 399 |
| 15 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 356 |
| 16 | Sitka City and Borough | 260 |
| 17 | Chugach Census Area | 190 |
| 18 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 149 |
| 19 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 130 |
| 20 | Copper River Census Area | 129 |
| 21 | Aleutians East Borough | 108 |
| 21 | Wrangell City and Borough | 108 |
| 22 | Petersburg Borough | 97 |
| 23 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 96 |
| 24 | Aleutians West Census Area | 62 |
| 25 | Haines Borough | 19 |
| 26 | Denali Borough | 17 |
| 27 | Bristol Bay Borough | 14 |
| 28 | Skagway Municipality | 10 |
| 28 | Yakutat City and Borough | 10 |