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Median household income, Black householders in Alaska

Alaska ranks 4th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Alaska, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Alaska$73,726
plus or minus $3,012
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Alaska: $92,788 (plus or minus $1,232). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Matanuska-Susitna Borough $123,136, plus or minus $28,790. Ranked 1st of 3 counties. What is Matanuska-Susitna Borough doing that works? Furthest to go: Fairbanks North Star Borough, $63,014. See Matanuska-Susitna Borough ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Alaska

3 ranked of 30
Margin of error
1 Matanuska-Susitna Borough $123,136 plus or minus $28,790 $94,031
2 Anchorage Municipality $74,593 plus or minus $4,549 $103,284
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough $63,014 plus or minus $7,984 $88,267
Not ranked Aleutians East Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $65,365
Not ranked Aleutians West Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $135,500
Not ranked Bethel Census Area $115,455 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,271 $73,996
Not ranked Bristol Bay Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $95,625
Not ranked Chugach Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $90,509
Not ranked Copper River Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $79,250
Not ranked Denali Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $80,781
Not ranked Dillingham Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $78,533
Not ranked Haines Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $86,927
Not ranked Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $61,406
Not ranked Juneau City and Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $101,661
Not ranked Kenai Peninsula Borough $56,172 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,925 $80,538
Not ranked Ketchikan Gateway Borough $100,875 Wide margin of error plus or minus $73,050 $92,885
Not ranked Kodiak Island Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $86,250
Not ranked Kusilvak Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $51,471
Not ranked Lake and Peninsula Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $65,625
Not ranked Nome Census Area $111,563 Wide margin of error plus or minus $76,391 $78,681
Not ranked North Slope Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $95,694
Not ranked Northwest Arctic Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $84,018
Not ranked Petersburg Borough $38,250 Wide margin of error plus or minus $26,266 $75,125
Not ranked Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $61,156
Not ranked Sitka City and Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $101,727
Not ranked Skagway Municipality Not published: too few people in the survey $81,136
Not ranked Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $73,882
Not ranked Wrangell City and Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $63,750
Not ranked Yakutat City and Borough Not published: too few people in the survey $85,000
Not ranked Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Not published: too few people in the survey $55,741

Ranked: the 3 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.