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Lake and Peninsula Borough ranked 24th in Alaska for resident earnings in 2019

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Lake and Peninsula Borough ranked 24th among counties in Alaska by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Lake and Peninsula Borough residents was $21,080 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 421 households with a population of 1,393.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was North Slope Borough with $51,525 per year after adjusting for inflation – $30,445 more than Lake and Peninsula Borough. It had 1,979 households with a population of 9,792.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Northwest Arctic Borough with $18,986 per year after adjusting for inflation – $2,094 less than Lake and Peninsula Borough. It had 1,795 households with a population of 7,715.

Alaska counties by earnings per resident (2019)

RankCountyEarnings per resident
1North Slope Borough$51,525
2Juneau City and Borough$42,746
2Juneau City and Borough$42,746
2Juneau City and Borough$42,746
2Juneau City and Borough$42,746
6Bristol Bay Borough$38,804
7Sitka City and Borough$38,659
7Sitka City and Borough$38,659
7Sitka City and Borough$38,659
7Sitka City and Borough$38,659
11Fairbanks North Star Borough$36,644
12Ketchikan Gateway Borough$35,398
13Haines Borough$34,411
14Yakutat City and Borough$32,159
15Kodiak Island Borough$31,806
16Kenai Peninsula Borough$30,696
17Matanuska-Susitna Borough$29,828
18Aleutians East Borough$29,177
19Wrangell City and Borough$27,083
19Wrangell City and Borough$27,083
19Wrangell City and Borough$27,083
19Wrangell City and Borough$27,083
23Denali Borough$26,630
24Lake and Peninsula Borough$21,080
25Northwest Arctic Borough$18,986

* All values are inflation-adjusted

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