EstablishedCLM-0057 · checked 2026-10-23
Alaska has paid an annual Permanent Fund Dividend to eligible residents since 1982, funded from the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund.[1]
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Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend
An annual cash dividend paid to eligible Alaska residents since 1982 from the earnings of the state's oil-funded Permanent Fund.
58.30° N · 134.42° W · Juneau (state capital)
- Location
- Juneau (state capital)
- Operating since
- 1982
- Governance
- Representative
- Legal status
- Recognised
- Economy
- Mixed
- Autonomy level
- Program within an existing state
- Uses AI in governance
- No
Often cited in basic-income debates as a long-running universal cash transfer, though the amount varies each year and is set through the state's political process.
Timeline
- 1982First Permanent Fund Dividend paid. [S1]Established