Cities with highest divorce rate in Alaska research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to analyze Alaska’s most recent Census data to determine the divorce rate for each city in Alaska based on the percentage of currently divorced residents. Here are the results of our analysis:
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The city with the highest divorce rate in Alaska is Kotzebue based on the most recent Census data.
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Kotzebue is 8.0% Divorced.
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The city with the lowest divorce rate in Alaska is Alakanuk.
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Alakanuk is 1.0% Divorced.
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Alaska is 3.0% Divorced.
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There are some 17,635 people living in Alaska over fifteen years of age who are divorced. You can compare that to the 28,339,199 Americans who are currently divorced in 2024.
Many people decide to run away – or split up – across the Last Frontier.
Isn’t the divorce rate in America close to 50%? Yes indeed. But we’re measuring something else; we are looking at counts and percentages of people over 15 years old who are currently divorced. That 50% statistic is for the percentage of people who have ever been divorced.
For today’s analysis, the focus will be on the number of currently divorced people.
So now that we have you biting your nails, rethinking your worldview, and pulling out your hair, let’s look at the places in Alaska with the highest rates of divorcees.
The 10 Cities In Alaska With The Highest Divorce Rates
Let’s quickly recap before we dive into the Saturday Night Science behind the data.
What is the city in Alaska with the highest divorce rate? That would be Kotzebue, with 8.0% of people over 15 years of age being divorced, per the most recent census data.
What is the overall Alaska divorce rate? According to the 2018-2022 Community Survey, the overall divorce rate in Alaska is 3.0%, which compares to the US divorce rate of 10.9%.
Alrighty, on to how we calculated the places with the highest divorce rates in Alaska.
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The 10 Places With The Highest Divorce Rate In Alaska For 2024
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3. Kotlik
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Population: 1,272
Divorce Rate: 6.0%
Divorcees: 61
Median Income: $42,344
More on Kotlik: Real Estate
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Population: 8,168
Divorce Rate: 6.0%
Divorcees: 392
Median Income: $73,512
More on Ketchikan: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
5. Sand Point
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Population: 1,048
Divorce Rate: 5.0%
Divorcees: 41
Median Income: $79,922
More on Sand Point: Real Estate
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Population: 5,623
Divorce Rate: 4.0%
Divorcees: 179
Median Income: $69,757
More on Homer: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 9,267
Divorce Rate: 4.0%
Divorcees: 296
Median Income: $69,534
More on Wasilla: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 6,091
Divorce Rate: 4.0%
Divorcees: 194
Median Income: $68,929
More on Palmer: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
How We Determined The Places In Alaska That Get Un-Hitched The Most
Since this is the 58th category of rankings we are compiling for the site, we had a pretty good idea of where to find data on marriage and divorce in America. We used Saturday Night Science to look at the U.S. Census Bureau on divorce rates. Because who likes tracking misery more than the U.S. government?
Specifically, we looked at the 2018-2022 American Community Survey table S1201 — Marital Status.
Pretty straightforward on that front — we just had to extract the following column of data:
- Population 15 Years and Over -> Divorced
There are some interesting/fun/sad data like .1% of female Americans aged 15-19 are divorced, but 0% of males (That’s probably a rounding issue, but still).
But the national data is for another day. Today, the analysis focuses on the 30 places in Alaska with a population of over 1,000.
We ranked each place by the percentage of divorcees over 15 years of age from highest to lowest. We crowned the divorce capital of Alaska the place with the highest incidence of divorcees, Kotzebue.
And if you’re trying to avoid divorce, check out Alakanuk, the city with the lowest divorce rate in Alaska.
We updated this article for 2024 and this list is our fifth time ranking the cities in Alaska with the highest divorce rates.
Getting Some Closure In Alaska After Untying The Know
Besides just coming up with what we thought would be a great new blog/book title, “Untying the Knot In Alaska: Life After Divorce,” we now have a sense of what places in the Last Frontier don’t pay much attention to the whole “’til death do we part” phrase.
The cities with the highest divorce rate in Alaska are Kotzebue, Wrangell, Kotlik, Ketchikan, Sand Point, Nome, Dillingham, Homer, Wasilla, and Palmer.
Try to keep in mind that the reason cities rank where they do in Alaska could be because of the age, education, and income distribution, as all of those things impact the rate of divorce.
And that’s probably for the best. Getting out of a toxic relationship is much better than staying in it.
Just make sure you have your running shoes ready to go.
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Cities With The Highest Divorce Rates In Alaska
| Rank | City | Population | Divorcees | Divorce Rate |
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| 1 | Kotzebue, AK | 3,088 | 197 | 8.0% |
| 2 | Wrangell, AK | 2,134 | 102 | 6.0% |
| 3 | Kotlik, AK | 1,272 | 61 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Ketchikan, AK | 8,168 | 392 | 6.0% |
| 5 | Sand Point, AK | 1,048 | 41 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Nome, AK | 3,710 | 148 | 5.0% |
| 7 | Dillingham, AK | 2,175 | 87 | 5.0% |
| 8 | Homer, AK | 5,623 | 179 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Wasilla, AK | 9,267 | 296 | 4.0% |
| 10 | Palmer, AK | 6,091 | 194 | 4.0% |
| 11 | North Pole, AK | 2,816 | 90 | 4.0% |
| 12 | Craig, AK | 1,073 | 34 | 4.0% |
| 13 | Kenai, AK | 7,477 | 239 | 4.0% |
| 14 | Seward, AK | 2,768 | 88 | 4.0% |
| 15 | Sitka, AK | 8,462 | 270 | 4.0% |
| 16 | Anchorage, AK | 290,674 | 6,976 | 3.0% |
| 17 | Soldotna, AK | 4,394 | 105 | 3.0% |
| 18 | Juneau, AK | 32,108 | 770 | 3.0% |
| 19 | Houston, AK | 1,613 | 38 | 3.0% |
| 20 | Quinhagak, AK | 1,079 | 25 | 3.0% |
| 21 | King Cove, AK | 1,108 | 26 | 3.0% |
| 22 | Valdez, AK | 3,935 | 62 | 2.0% |
| 23 | Fairbanks, AK | 32,496 | 519 | 2.0% |
| 24 | Emmonak, AK | 1,293 | 20 | 2.0% |
| 25 | Cordova, AK | 2,507 | 40 | 2.0% |
| 26 | Bethel, AK | 6,312 | 100 | 2.0% |
| 27 | Kodiak, AK | 5,584 | 44 | 1.0% |
| 28 | Delta Junction, AK | 1,126 | 9 | 1.0% |
| 29 | Unalaska, AK | 4,342 | 34 | 1.0% |
| 30 | Alakanuk, AK | 1,138 | 9 | 1.0% |