State index

Alaska

Environmental and community health profiles for all 30 counties in Alaska. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Alaska

Across Alaska's 30 counties, 1 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is social and economic conditions, the leading driver of community health need in Alaska.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Respiratory Burden, triggered in 9 counties, followed by Smoke Burden in 9 counties.

Lake and Peninsula Borough carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 59 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Lake and Peninsula Borough 02164	59	5	57	93	81	1,331
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 02290	47	5	69	28	89	5,129
Kusilvak Census Area 02158	45	0	68	25	93	8,001
Bristol Bay Borough 02060	44	5	37	98	43	844
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 02198	42	0	62	31	64	5,696
Dillingham Census Area 02070	41	5	47	34	87	4,607
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 02105	41	0	68	15	68	2,262
Northwest Arctic Borough 02188	40	5	52	24	84	7,361
Bethel Census Area 02050	40	5	55	19	89	18,224
Nome Census Area 02180	39	5	46	25	82	9,763
Wrangell City and Borough 02275	35	0	61	22	51	2,064
Yakutat City and Borough 02282	34	5	53	27	49	687
Skagway Municipality 02230	34	0	18	97	36	1,095
Aleutians East Borough 02013	29	5	10	59	55	3,461
Copper River Census Area 02066	29	0	42	27	47	2,674
North Slope Borough 02185	25	5	15	23	65	10,603
Haines Borough 02100	24	5	38	19	42	2,070
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 02240	24	13	24	20	48	7,077
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 02130	24	13	21	24	47	13,738
Kenai Peninsula Borough 02122	24	13	31	18	42	61,223
Fairbanks North Star Borough 02090	23	41	9	21	40	94,840
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 02170	22	15	21	18	46	115,239
Petersburg Borough 02195	22	0	25	38	38	3,427
Sitka City and Borough 02220	18	5	18	28	38	8,282
Aleutians West Census Area 02016	17	5	3	50	34	5,160
Denali Borough 02068	17	6	10	18	47	1,584
Anchorage Municipality 02020	16	11	15	18	39	286,075
Juneau City and Borough 02110	15	11	16	15	35	31,555
Chugach Census Area 02063	14	0	16	25	32	6,769
Kodiak Island Borough 02150	13	5	6	19	43	12,565

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.