Counties in Alaska by employer firms

Anchorage Municipality had the highest employer firms of 30 counties in 2017, at 6,278. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 19. The median was 95 and the figure for Alaska was 13,983. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,278Anchorage Municipality

Lowest19Yakutat City and Borough

Median9530 counties

Alaska13,983History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 60
60 to 70
70 to 90
90 to 130
130 to 540
540 and over

count, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Anchorage Municipality	6,278	-0.6%
2	Fairbanks North Star Borough	1,876	+1.1%
3	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	1,754	+1.9%
4	Kenai Peninsula Borough	1,502	-0.5%
5	Juneau City and Borough	873	-1.6%
6	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	472	-0.8%
7	Kodiak Island Borough	334	-2.9%
8	Sitka City and Borough	278	-4.1%
9	Chugach Census Area	218	+1.4%
10	Bethel Census Area	145	-4%
11	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	128	-10.5%
12	Nome Census Area	118	-3.3%
12	Petersburg Borough	118	-4.8%
14	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	97	+2.1%
15	North Slope Borough	96	-1%
16	Copper River Census Area	93	+6.9%
17	Aleutians West Census Area	92	+1.1%
17	Haines Borough	92	-3.2%
19	Dillingham Census Area	74	+4.2%
19	Wrangell City and Borough	74	+4.2%
21	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	71	+1.4%
22	Skagway Municipality	67	+9.8%
23	Denali Borough	63	+14.5%
24	Bristol Bay Borough	58	+7.4%
24	Northwest Arctic Borough	58	-4.9%
26	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	51	+6.3%
27	Kusilvak Census Area	44	-2.2%
28	Lake and Peninsula Borough	41	+2.5%
29	Aleutians East Borough	32	0%
30	Yakutat City and Borough	19	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Counties in Alaska by employer firms, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Alaska by employer firms, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/alaska-counties?period=2017. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Counties in Alaska by employer firms, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/alaska-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Alaska by employer firms, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/alaska-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-11},
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Questions

Which county has the highest employer firms?

Anchorage Municipality, with 6,278 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 19 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.