Ranking of Alaska Counties By Number of People and Percentage of Population With No Health Insurance Coverage in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the Alaska population without a health insurance coverage was 12.18% (i.e. 86,440 people). Percentagewise, among all Alaska counties, Aleutians East Borough had the highest percentage of its population with no health insurance coverage (40.01%), followed by Lake and Peninsula Borough (25.15%), and Yakutat City and Borough (24.20%).
In numerical terms, Anchorage Municipality had the highest number of people without a health insurance coverage (29,588), followed by Matanuska-Susitna Borough (14,187), and Fairbanks North Star Borough (8,547).
The charts below shows the top 10 counties by the number of people and percentage of the population without a health insurance coverage. The tables below shows the ranking for all Alaska counties.
You can see similar information for other types of health insurance coverages.
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleutians East Borough | 40.01 |
| 2 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 25.15 |
| 3 | Yakutat City and Borough | 24.20 |
| 4 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 22.38 |
| 5 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 22.35 |
| 6 | Copper River Census Area | 21.12 |
| 7 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 21.06 |
| 8 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 21.00 |
| 9 | Aleutians West Census Area | 19.62 |
| 10 | Dillingham Census Area | 17.31 |
| 10 | Nome Census Area | 17.31 |
| 11 | North Slope Borough | 17.30 |
| 12 | Bristol Bay Borough | 16.99 |
| 13 | Wrangell City and Borough | 16.32 |
| 14 | Kusilvak Census Area | 15.33 |
| 15 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 15.19 |
| 16 | Bethel Census Area | 15.11 |
| 17 | Chugach Census Area | 14.62 |
| 18 | Denali Borough | 13.87 |
| 19 | Sitka City and Borough | 13.63 |
| 20 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 13.59 |
| 21 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 12.84 |
| 22 | Skagway Municipality | 12.64 |
| 23 | Kodiak Island Borough | 12.51 |
| 24 | Haines Borough | 11.80 |
| 25 | Petersburg Borough | 10.76 |
| 26 | Anchorage Municipality | 10.54 |
| 27 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 9.56 |
| 28 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 9.51 |
| 29 | Juneau City and Borough | 8.76 |
| Rank | County | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality | 29588 |
| 2 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 14187 |
| 3 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 8547 |
| 4 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 7404 |
| 5 | Juneau City and Borough | 2771 |
| 6 | Bethel Census Area | 2760 |
| 7 | North Slope Borough | 1877 |
| 8 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 1735 |
| 9 | Nome Census Area | 1708 |
| 10 | Kodiak Island Borough | 1541 |
| 11 | Aleutians East Borough | 1362 |
| 12 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 1297 |
| 13 | Kusilvak Census Area | 1278 |
| 14 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 1236 |
| 15 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 1208 |
| 16 | Sitka City and Borough | 1107 |
| 17 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 1020 |
| 18 | Chugach Census Area | 1000 |
| 19 | Aleutians West Census Area | 979 |
| 20 | Dillingham Census Area | 845 |
| 21 | Copper River Census Area | 554 |
| 22 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 490 |
| 23 | Petersburg Borough | 361 |
| 24 | Wrangell City and Borough | 350 |
| 25 | Denali Borough | 294 |
| 26 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 248 |
| 27 | Haines Borough | 247 |
| 28 | Skagway Municipality | 168 |
| 29 | Bristol Bay Borough | 142 |
| 30 | Yakutat City and Borough | 136 |