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Highest unemployment, Alaska counties · 2020

Alaska counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93222.6%–

02Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35718.3%–

03Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83018.1%–

04Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39117.5%–

05Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.0%–

06Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02815.0%–

07Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48311.6%–

08Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27110.8%–

09Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27010.5%–

10Skagway, AKAK1,10410.0%–

11Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6669.9%–

12North Slope, AKAK10,5829.8%–

13Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7779.7%–

14Haines, AKAK2,0689.0%–

15Yakutat, AKAK6728.3%–

16Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9518.0%–

17Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9727.1%–

18Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3876.2%–

19Wrangell, AKAK2,0076.0%–

20Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6665.6%–

21Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5495.6%–

22Sitka, AKAK8,3195.4%–

23Anchorage, AKAK287,1555.2%–

24Juneau, AKAK31,6094.4%–

25Petersburg, AKAK3,3944.3%–

26Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2404.0%–

27Bristol Bay, AKAK8473.8%–

28Denali, AKAK1,6163.7%–

29Aleutians East, AKAK3,4793.6%–

30Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5532.8%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS