Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety4#49/51
Economy68#17/51
Housing60#21/51
Health32#35/51
Healthcare42#30/51
Environment—
Education30#36/51
Infrastructure52#25/51
Community44#29/51
Leisure & amenities52#25/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high802 /100k
100/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drought exposure · low0%
100/100United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Median Air Quality Index · low23
100/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.433
98/100United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Dentists · high106 /100k
96/100United States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.1 /10k
96/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high46.0 mi
0/100United States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
0/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Flu vaccinations · low29.0%
0/100United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Suicide rate · high30.4 /100k
0/100United States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
New homes permitted · low1.1 /1k
0/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Firearm deaths · high26.2 /100k
0/100United States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
64.9% (2010 & 2021) → 79.1% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.1 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 1 (2023)
+41%3 years
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.3% (2020 & 2021) → 28.5% (2023 & 2024)
+8.2 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
37.0% (2019) → 29.0% (2023)
−8 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.5% (2015-2019) → 91.9% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Alaska improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Unemployment−3.6 points8.3% → 4.7%
Household income+25%$77,203 → $96,336
New businesses+30%11.0 /1k → 14.3 /1k
Weekly wage+22%$1,187 → $1,450
Arts & recreation+11%8.2 /10k → 9.1 /10k

Declined3

Overdose deaths+99%20.3 /100k → 40.4 /100k
Students / teacher+1.3×17.7× → 19.0×
Price / income+0.3×3.5× → 3.8×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.2 /10k2020	9.1 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	32%
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Average weekly wage	$1,1872020	$1,4502025	+22%	Improved	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Improved	1%
Broadband subscriptions	85.5%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Improved	13%
Child poverty rate	13.2%2019	12.9%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	131 mi2020	131 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	20.3 /100k2020	40.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+99%	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	30%
Firearm deaths	23.9 /100k2020	26.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.6%	Within the margin of error	13%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+4.3%	Within the margin of error	79%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	52%
High school diploma or higher	92.8%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	85%
Homicide rate	7.5 /100k2020	6.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	11%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,7182019	$74,4772024	+27%	Improved	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4332020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$77,2032019	$96,3362024	+25%	Improved	56%
New business applications	11.0 /1k2020	14.3 /1k2025	+30%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	10.2%2019	10.3%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−13%	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	74%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	44.5%2015-2019	44.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Restaurants and bars	9.0 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	−5.3%	Within the margin of error	13%
Students per teacher	17.7×2019	19.0×2024	+1.3×	Declined	1%
Suicide rate	27.8 /100k2020	30.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	23%
Traffic deaths	10.2 /100k2015-2019	9.4 /100k2020-2024	−7%	Within the margin of error	93%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	4.7%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.7%2019	12.5%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Alaska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Alaska itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

735,706 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

735,706 residents

Alaska
United States share

White58%424,584
Black2.9%21,172
Hispanic or Latino7.3%53,803

Education

490,552 residents (±517)

Alaska
United States share

No high school diploma6.4%31,638
High school or GED29%141,592
Some college24%117,565

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

270,533 households (±1,456)

Alaska
United States share

Under $25k11%30,384
$25k–50k14%37,556
$50k–75k15%39,839
$75k–100k14%36,803
$100k–150k20%53,873
$150k–200k12%32,455
$200k or more15%39,623

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

270,533 households (±1,456)

Alaska
United States share

Own67%180,833
Rent33%89,700

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

81,827 households (±1,784)

Alaska
United States share

Under $75010%8,263
$750–1,00011%9,148
$1,000–1,50034%28,173

Home values

180,833 homes (±2,019)

Alaska
United States share

Under $150k13%24,123
$150k–250k14%25,896
$250k–400k33%59,963
$400k–750k

Age of homes

328,491 homes (±442)

Alaska
United States share

2010 or later10%33,494
2000–200916%51,597
1980–199937%122,568
1960–1979

Size of homes

328,491 homes (±442)

Alaska
United States share

Studio6.1%20,073
1 bedroom13%43,947
2 bedrooms25%81,968
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

353,321 workers (±2,539)

Alaska
United States share

Drive alone65%229,760
Carpool12%42,064
Public transit1.0%3,493
Walk7.2%25,614
Bike0.7%2,423
Work from home9.7%34,435
Other4.4%15,532

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

318,886 workers (±3,144)

Alaska
United States share

Under 15 min45%143,141
15–29 min37%117,863
30–44 min9.7%30,937

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Alaska employ 62,710 people. 10 pay a median above the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Alaska by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons7,890 jobs	7,890	$37,290US $35,410	+5%	0.97×
Registered Nurses7,510 jobs	7,510	$109,480

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Alaska has 22,178 employer establishments, 302 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248), with 263,691 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,990. The Census Bureau also counts 61,625 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,178; 61,625 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 302; US 248
Paid employees: 263,691
Average annual pay: $72,990; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Alaska by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,790	24.4	1.17×About typical	18,998	$83,124	2,294
Specialty trade contractors	1,497	20.4	1.32×More than typical	8,177	$90,376	2,914
Restaurants and other eating places	1,383	18.8	1.03×About typical	18,427	$29,849	292
Lessors of real estate	939	12.8	1.04×About typical	3,234	$56,151	5,487
Construction of buildings	918	12.5	1.65×More than typical	5,832	$92,942	1,606
Offices of other health practitioners	634	8.6	1.42×More than typical	3,147	$59,860	1,379
Services to buildings and dwellings	547	7.4	1.10×About typical	6,095	$46,528	2,607
Full-service restaurants	533	7.3	0.94×About typical	8,365	$36,213	98
Building equipment contractors	528	7.2	1.19×About typical	4,046	$88,305	403
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	491	6.7	2.51×More than typical	3,614	$31,257	574
Limited-service restaurants	490	6.7	0.83×About typical	6,951	$26,206	116
Offices of physicians	462	6.3	0.97×About typical	5,221	$114,511	478

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 734,654 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.9B on contracts performed in Alaska: $5,280 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.9B; +1.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,280; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.8%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$707.5M18%
U.S. Coast Guard$706.7M18%
Public Buildings Service$496.8M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs$305.3M7.8%
Department of the Air Force$266.2M6.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$254.3M6.5%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$140.8M3.6%
Department of the Navy$120.1M3.1%

Top recipients

DAVIS CONSTRUCTORS & ENGINEERS, INC.$469.9M12%
TUTOR PERINI CORPORATION$459.4M12%
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$288.5M7.4%
ASRC BUILDERS-CADDELL, LLC$130.7M3.4%
JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC$111.5M2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

2BFY2017
2.2BFY2018
2.3BFY2019
2BFY2020
2.3BFY2021
3.3BFY2022
3.8BFY2023
3.8B

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.3B34%
Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related activities · 5242$288.4M7.4%
Facilities support services · 5612$234M6.0%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$213.4M5.5%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$185.1M4.8%

Largest awards

UTILITY SERVICE CONTRACT FOR UTILITY PRIVATIZATION$905.6M
DOYON UTILITIES, LLC· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Facilities & utilities· Oct 5, 2016 – Jun 11, 2026· SP060007C8263
UTILITY SERVICE CONTRACT FOR UTILITY PRIVATION$545.1M
DOYON UTILITIES, LLC· Anchorage Municipality, AK· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2016 – Jun 9, 2026· SP060007C8262
DESIGN-BUILD MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION OF THE ALCAN LAND PORT OF ENTRY NEAR TOK, ALASKA, INCLUDING DEMOLITION, NEW INSPECTION FACILITIES, ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, GOVERNMENT HOUSING, UTILITIES, SITE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS.$469.9M
DAVIS CONSTRUCTORS & ENGINEERS, INC.· Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK· Construction & real property· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 47PB5326C0006

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $14.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Alaska: $19,569 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $14.4B; −0.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $19,569; US $12,955
Loan face value: $552.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$2.8B19%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.2B15%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Alaska, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Alaska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2017	$2,708	$1,436
FY2018	$3,040	$1,552
FY2019	$3,182	$1,654
FY2020	$2,686	$1,880
FY2021	$3,178	$1,810
FY2022	$4,506	$1,917
FY2023	$5,212	$2,079
FY2024	$5,195	$2,047
FY2025	$5,223	$2,165
FY2026	$5,280 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2017	$907	$93.28
FY2018	$1,128	$105
FY2019	$1,145	$128
FY2020	$929	$145
FY2021	$876	$117
FY2022	$1,305

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2021	$11,519	$5,748
FY2022	$13,176	$5,221
FY2023	$14,674	$5,364
FY2024	$15,160	$5,501
FY2025	$16,520	$5,732
FY2026	$15,061

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2021	$1,640	$298
FY2022	$1,894	$357
FY2023	$1,929	$301
FY2024	$1,939	$319
FY2025	$2,223	$360
FY2026	$2,399 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2021	$395	$239
FY2022	$497	$185
FY2023	$475	$229
FY2024	$460	$229
FY2025	$423	$249
FY2026	$430 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2021	$3,592	$2,304
FY2022	$3,818	$2,197
FY2023	$3,740	$2,274
FY2024	$3,894	$2,267
FY2025	$4,180	$2,397
FY2026	$5,051 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alaska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alaska	United States
FY2021	$1,388	$1,186
FY2022	$582	$465
FY2023	$79.72	$76.52
FY2024	$136	$120
FY2025	$105	$148
FY2026	$107 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Alaska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Alaska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	0.4%	2.0%
2015	0.5%	2.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Alaska whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

North Slope Borough, AKFederal contracts · FY2024$11,024 (3.3×)
Kodiak Island Borough, AKTransportation grants · FY2024$2,457 (3.6×)
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKFederal contracts · FY2024$1,024 (2×)
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKConstruction contracts · FY2024$654 (3.8×)
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AKHHS grants · FY2024$278 (2.2×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/02

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Alaska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AKWith party 98%Missed 0.9%

Senate

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Counties of Alaska

All 30 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Alaska

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Alaska, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Alaska

By population.

All 355 cities and towns in Alaska

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
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Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	−0.4%	−4.2%
2015	+2.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.2%	+3.3%
2018	+3.9%	+6.8%
2019	+7.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.1%	+19.4%
2021	+16.9%	+26.1%
2022	+21.8%	+30.6%
2023	+28.3%	+35.0%
2024	+34.0%	+41.0%
2025	+40.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	−0.8%	−5.5%
2015	+2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+6.2%	+8.9%
2019	+8.9%	+13.5%
2020	+11.5%	+20.8%
2021	+18.5%	+32.1%
2022	+24.5%	+35.4%
2023	+30.4%	+42.9%
2024	+37.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	2.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	−6.9%	−6.9%
2015	−3.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.7%	+4.7%
2018	−1.6%	+7.5%
2019	+1.4%	+14.0%
2020	+5.0%	+16.9%
2021	+3.0%	+21.0%
2022	+15.7%	+29.7%
2023	+16.5%	+34.9%
2024	+26.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	−4.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+22.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+26.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+27.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+30.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+35.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	6.7%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	6.6%	4.9%
2017	6.6%	4.4%
2018	6.1%	3.9%
2019	5.6%	3.7%
2020	8.3%	8.1%
2021	6.4%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	11.4%	15.5%
2015	10.4%	14.7%
2016	9.9%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	11.1%	13.1%
2019	10.2%	12.3%
2020	9.6%	11.9%
2021	10.8%	12.8%
2022	10.8%	12.6%
2023	10.5%	12.5%
2024	10.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	19.0%	13.5%
2015	16.3%	10.9%
2016	15.5%	10.0%
2017	14.8%	10.2%
2018	13.9%	10.4%
2019	12.7%	10.8%
2020	13.0%	10.4%
2021	13.2%	10.2%
2022	13.3%	9.5%
2023	12.6%	9.5%
2024	12.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Alaska	United States
2014	7.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	12.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	11.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.3/1k	16.6/1k

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