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	80	1,331
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 02290	47	5	69	28	90	5,129
Kusilvak Census Area 02158	45	0	68	25	92	8,001
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 02198	42	0	62	31	66	5,696
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 02105	42	0	68	15	73	2,262
Bristol Bay Borough 02060	41	5	37	98	36	844
Dillingham Census Area 02070	41	5	47	34	87	4,607
Northwest Arctic Borough 02188	40	5	52	24	83	7,361
Bethel Census Area 02050	40	5	55	19	87	18,224
Nome Census Area 02180	39	5	46	25	81	9,763
Skagway Municipality 02230	34	0	18	97	36	1,095
Yakutat City and Borough 02282	33	5	53	27	48	687
Wrangell City and Borough 02275	33	0	61	22	44	2,064
Copper River Census Area 02066	30	0	42	27	51	2,674
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 02240	25	13	24	20	52	7,077
Aleutians East Borough 02013	25	5	10	59	43	3,461
North Slope Borough 02185	24	5	15	23	64	10,603
Haines Borough 02100	24	5	38	19	43	2,070
Kenai Peninsula Borough 02122	24	13	31	18	45	61,223
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 02170	23	15	21	18	47	115,239
Petersburg Borough 02195	21	0	25	38	37	3,427
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 02130	21	13	21	24	40	13,738
Fairbanks North Star Borough 02090	21	41	9	21	33	94,840
Denali Borough 02068	19	6	10	18	55	1,584
Sitka City and Borough 02220	16	5	18	28	32	8,282
Aleutians West Census Area 02016	15	5	3	50	20	5,160
Anchorage Municipality 02020	14	11	15	18	30	286,075
Chugach Census Area 02063	14	0	16	25	31	6,769
Juneau City and Borough 02110	13	11	16	15	29	31,555
Kodiak Island Borough 02150	11	5	6	19	37	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.