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Highest unemployment, Alaska counties

Alaska counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 6.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Chugach Census Area, AK, up 23 places to #7.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93219.8%−2.7 pts

02▲1Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83016.9%−1.2 pts

03▲2Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.7%+0.7 pts

04Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39115.9%−1.6 pts

05▲3Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.8%+5.0 pts

06▲1Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.5%−1.1 pts

07▲23Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5539.5%+6.7 pts

08▲2Skagway, AKAK1,1049.1%−0.8 pts

09▼7Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3578.6%−9.7 pts

10▲19Aleutians East, AKAK3,4798.4%+4.8 pts

11▲2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7777.7%−2.0 pts

12North Slope, AKAK10,5827.6%−2.2 pts

13▲3Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9517.0%−1.0 pts

14▲8Sitka, AKAK8,3196.8%+1.4 pts

15▼6Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2706.5%−4.1 pts

16▼5Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6665.8%−4.1 pts

17▼11Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0285.4%−9.6 pts

18▼1Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9725.3%−1.8 pts

19▼1Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3875.0%−1.2 pts

20Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6664.8%−0.8 pts

21▼7Haines, AKAK2,0684.7%−4.4 pts

22▲1Anchorage, AKAK287,1554.6%−0.7 pts

23▲4Bristol Bay, AKAK8474.4%+0.5 pts

24▼5Wrangell, AKAK2,0074.3%−1.7 pts

25▲1Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2404.3%+0.3 pts

26▼2Juneau, AKAK31,6094.0%−0.4 pts

27▼2Petersburg, AKAK3,3943.8%−0.5 pts

28▼7Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5493.1%−2.4 pts

29▼1Denali, AKAK1,6160.9%−2.8 pts

30▼15Yakutat, AKAK6720.9%−7.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES