Food Access in Alaska

Food desert and food access data for 30 counties in Alaska (AK).

30
Counties
42.1%
Avg. Low Access %
226K
People in Food Deserts
15.1%
Avg. SNAP %

Counties in Alaska

County Population Low Access % SNAP % No Vehicle % Poverty %
Kusilvak Census Area 8K 79.8% 52.5% 85.9% 34.3%
Bethel Census Area 19K 78.3% 43.0% 61.9% 25.3%
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5K 76.7% 29.7% 46.9% 22.9%
Nome Census Area 10K 75.7% 33.0% 57.2% 21.1%
Northwest Arctic Borough 8K 73.1% 34.2% 65.3% 18.5%
Dillingham Census Area 5K 68.5% 29.0% 36.2% 15.9%
Lake and Peninsula Borough 999 67.4% 30.7% 42.0% 15.2%
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 6K 57.7% 15.4% 8.3% 15.3%
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2K 53.0% 15.5% 33.1% 11.6%
Aleutians East Borough 3K 51.9% 12.7% 25.0% 12.6%
North Slope Borough 11K 44.7% 15.1% 36.5% 7.9%
Copper River Census Area 3K 41.6% 12.7% 7.0% 11.2%
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 14K 39.4% 9.8% 11.8% 9.7%
Wrangell City and Borough 2K 38.3% 13.4% 6.3% 10.1%
Kodiak Island Borough 13K 34.8% 10.3% 8.9% 8.0%
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 7K 34.4% 7.6% 5.7% 13.2%
Petersburg Borough 3K 34.2% 10.6% 12.6% 4.6%
Yakutat City and Borough 564 32.2% 3.9% 12.6% 10.0%
Aleutians West Census Area 5K 31.7% 5.7% 9.9% 9.6%
Kenai Peninsula Borough 59K 31.6% 9.2% 4.8% 12.5%
Bristol Bay Borough 854 28.5% 5.6% 10.2% 7.9%
Juneau City and Borough 32K 28.5% 7.0% 9.6% 6.9%
Sitka City and Borough 8K 28.1% 6.2% 10.5% 6.9%
Anchorage Municipality 291K 28.0% 8.9% 5.7% 9.6%
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 109K 23.9% 10.7% 3.7% 10.2%
Haines Borough 2K 22.4% 2.4% 9.0% 5.8%
Chugach Census Area 7K 19.6% 7.7% 5.7% 4.9%
Skagway Municipality 1K 16.8% 1.7% 6.3% 6.2%
Fairbanks North Star Borough 96K 15.0% 6.2% 4.8% 6.9%
Denali Borough 2K 6.4% 2.5% 3.2% 7.3%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau. Sorted by low access percentage (highest first).