Best counties in Alaska

Ranked by composite score — 30 counties

Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Copper River Census Area	77.7	100	80.6	32.4
2	Skagway Municipality	75.9	92.6	71	34.7
3	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	75.5	90.6	83.6	24.2
4	Denali Borough	75.2	N/A	80	41.4
5	Haines Borough	74.9	79.7	78.1	30.8
6	Bristol Bay Borough	74.1	82.1	72.1	49.1
7	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	74.1	89	83.6	22
8	Wrangell City and Borough	72.5	84.8	76.9	25.5
9	Yakutat City and Borough	71.7	80.8	75.4	36
10	North Slope Borough	71.1	75.6	77.7	39.7
11	Petersburg Borough	70.3	83	69.5	33.7
12	Sitka City and Borough	70	89	59.5	49.4
13	Lake and Peninsula Borough	69.7	N/A	83.4	25.2
14	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	69.6	83.1	60.1	41.6
15	Chugach Census Area	69.3	76.5	66.2	41.2
16	Northwest Arctic Borough	68	98.8	72.8	36.5
17	Juneau City and Borough	67.7	76	55.4	49
18	Kusilvak Census Area	67.5	94.6	87.2	14.9
19	Aleutians East Borough	67.2	N/A	78.2	30.8
20	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	67.2	82.2	74.1	31.8
21	Kenai Peninsula Borough	65.5	83.6	71.8	34.1
22	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	64.1	78	85.4	17.8
23	Kodiak Island Borough	59.9	76.5	55.4	38
24	Dillingham Census Area	59.8	52.9	78.5	31.9
25	Nome Census Area	59.6	58.8	72.7	33.4
26	Aleutians West Census Area	59.4	82.3	41	53.4
27	Fairbanks North Star Borough	58.9	66.7	59	38.7
28	Bethel Census Area	58.5	N/A	73.4	29.5
29	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	58.2	71.3	60.4	42.5
30	Anchorage Municipality	55.9	65.9	52.3	47.4