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FY 2017 Final State Minimum Rent Calculation for Alaska

For Final FY 2017, State Minimum rents are based on the lower of the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR, or the population-weighted median U.S. nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR.

State Nonmetropolitan Median FMR

The table below illustrates how the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR is derived for Alaska. The population-weighted median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR for a state is the 2-bedroom FMR where half of a state's nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or lower 2-bedroom FMRs, and half of the nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or higher 2-bedroom FMRs. The nonmetropolitan population of Alaska is 231,829, and half of the nonmetropolitan population of Alaska is 115,915.

In the table below, the unadjusted 2-bedroom FMRs for the nonmetropolitan counties of Alaska are arranged in ascending order, and the cumulative population of the counties at each FMR is listed in the last column. The median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is the first FMR listed in the table where the cumulative population of counties with that FMR or less first exceeds one-half of the nonmetropolitan population, or 115,915. The row of the table containing the median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is in bold.

Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR County or Counties with Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR Aggregate Population at Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR Cumulative Nonmetro Population
$789 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 5,588 5,588
$861 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 2,150 7,738
$910 Lake and Peninsula Borough 1,631 9,369
$971 Wade Hampton Census Area 7,459 16,828
$1,007 Haines Borough 2,508 19,336
$1,010 Wrangell City and Borough 2,369 21,705
$1,060 Petersburg Census Area 3,815 25,520
$1,062 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 5,559 31,079
$1,077 Aleutians East Borough 3,141 34,220
$1,096 Kodiak Island Borough 13,592 47,812
$1,113 Kenai Peninsula Borough 55,400 103,212
$1,139 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 9,636 112,848
$1,182 Yakutat City and Borough 662 113,510
$1,192 Dillingham Census Area 4,847 118,357
$1,223 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 7,029 125,386
$1,231 North Slope Borough 9,430 134,816
$1,244 Bristol Bay Borough 997 135,813
$1,262 Northwest Arctic Borough 7,523 143,336
$1,278 Sitka City and Borough 8,881 152,217
$1,317 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,477 165,694
$1,414 Skagway Municipality 968 166,662
$1,464 Bethel Census Area 17,013 183,675
$1,466 Juneau City and Borough 31,275 214,950
$1,579 Denali Borough 1,826 216,776
$1,582 Nome Census Area 9,492 226,268
$1,691 Aleutians West Census Area 5,561 231,829

State Minimum Rent Determination

The Alaska State Nonmetropolitan Median FMR is $1,192. Because it is greater than the U.S. Nonmetropolitan Median FMR of $681, the Alaska State Minimum 2-Bedroom FMR is set at $681.


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