The Permanent Fund Dividend

Alaska statute 43.23 establishes a Permanent Fund Dividend program, based on income available for distribution from the Permanent Fund under Alaska Statute 37.13.140.

27 years of dividends
2008 $2069.00 2007 $1654.00 2006 $1106.96 2005 $845.76 2004 $919.84 2003 $1107.56 2002 $1540.76 2001 $1850.28 2000 $1963.86 1999 $1769.84 1998 $1540.88 1997 $1296.54 1996 $1130.68 1995 $990.30 1994 $983.90 1993 $949.46 1992 $915.84 1991 $931.34 1990 $952.63 1989 $873.16 1988 $826.93 1987 $708.19 1986 $556.26 1985 $404.00 1984 $331.29 1983 $386.15 1982 $1000.00

How the PFD amount is calculated each year

Add Fund Statutory Net Income from the current plus the previous four fiscal years.
Multiply by 21%
Divide by 2
Subtract prior year obligations, expenses and PFD program operations
Divide by the number of eligible applicants