RANKING · 2024 ACS · 30 SHOWN OF 30

Most self-employed workers, Alaska counties

Alaska counties ranked by the share of employed residents who work for themselves in an incorporated or unincorporated business (2024 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSELF-EMPLOYED WORKERSVS 2010

01Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93245.5%–

02Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09545.5%+29%

03Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39145.1%−0%

04Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83040.6%+20%

05Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02840.1%−15%

06Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77738.1%+10%

07Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48337.1%−6%

08Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35733.0%−36%

09North Slope, AKAK10,58232.1%−43%

10Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55330.6%–

11Juneau, AKAK31,60929.5%+6%

12Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27129.0%+5%

13Skagway, AKAK1,10428.8%+271%

14Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66625.8%–

15Wrangell, AKAK2,00722.9%+5%

16Aleutians East, AKAK3,47922.2%+541%

17Yakutat, AKAK67221.9%−39%

18Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38720.7%+31%

19Haines, AKAK2,06820.5%−13%

20Petersburg, AKAK3,39420.3%−12%

21Sitka, AKAK8,31919.7%−10%

22Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54918.8%−14%

23Bristol Bay, AKAK84718.3%−34%

24Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27018.2%+17%

25Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95117.0%−1%

26Anchorage, AKAK287,15516.1%+20%

27Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97215.0%−6%

28Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24014.6%+289%

29Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66614.2%−3%

30Denali, AKAK1,6169.1%−8%

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