Unemployment Rate in Alaska, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Alaska, ranked. The highest is Kusilvak Census Area at 19.8% and the lowest is Yakutat City and Borough at 0.9%.

Alaska: 5.9% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Alaska: 5.8%

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#	County	Unemployment Rate
1	Kusilvak Census Area	19.8%
2	Nome Census Area	16.9%
3	Northwest Arctic Borough	16.7%
4	Bethel Census Area	15.9%
5	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	15.8%
6	Dillingham Census Area	10.5%
7	Chugach Census Area	9.5%
8	Skagway Municipality	9.1%
9	Lake and Peninsula Borough	8.6%
10	Aleutians East Borough	8.4%
11	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	7.7%
12	North Slope Borough	7.6%
13	Kenai Peninsula Borough	7.0%
14	Sitka City and Borough	6.8%
15	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	6.5%
16	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	5.8%
17	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	5.4%
18	Fairbanks North Star Borough	5.3%
19	Kodiak Island Borough	5.0%
20	Copper River Census Area	4.8%
21	Haines Borough	4.7%
22	Anchorage Municipality	4.6%
23	Bristol Bay Borough	4.4%
24	Aleutians West Census Area	4.3%
25	Wrangell City and Borough	4.3%
26	Juneau City and Borough	4.0%
27	Petersburg Borough	3.8%
28	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	3.1%
29	Denali Borough	0.9%
30	Yakutat City and Borough	0.9%

Small populations produce wide margins: Yakutat City and Borough is 0.9% with a margin of error of ±0.9%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alaska ranks 9th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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