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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93219.8%−12%

02Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83016.9%−7%

03Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.7%+4%

04Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39115.9%−9%

05Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.8%+46%

06Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.5%−9%

07Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5539.5%+237%

08Skagway, AKAK1,1049.1%−8%

09Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3578.6%−53%

10Aleutians East, AKAK3,4798.4%+135%

11Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7777.7%−21%

12North Slope, AKAK10,5827.6%−22%

13Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9517.0%−13%

14Sitka, AKAK8,3196.8%+27%

15Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2706.5%−39%

16Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6665.8%−41%

17Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0285.4%−64%

18Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9725.3%−25%

19Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3875.0%−19%

20Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6664.8%−15%

21Haines, AKAK2,0684.7%−48%

22Anchorage, AKAK287,1554.6%−12%

23Bristol Bay, AKAK8474.4%+14%

24Wrangell, AKAK2,0074.3%−28%

25Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2404.3%+7%

26Juneau, AKAK31,6094.0%−10%

27Petersburg, AKAK3,3943.8%−13%

28Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5493.1%−44%

29Denali, AKAK1,6160.9%−75%

30Yakutat, AKAK6720.9%−89%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES