Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate

Skagway Municipality had the highest establishment entry rate of 29 counties in 2013, at 22.047%. Northwest Arctic Borough had the lowest, at 4.615%. The median was 9.865% and the figure for Alaska was 10.005%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Median9.86529 counties
Alaska10.005History

Map of counties, 2013

Aleutians East Borough: 7.767 %Aleutians West Census Area: 6.087 %Anchorage Municipality: 9.134 %Bethel Census Area: 7.24 %Bristol Bay Borough: 5.714 %Chugach Census Area: 18.349 %Copper River Census Area: 10.989 %Denali Borough: 11.382 %Dillingham Census Area: 6.369 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.709 %Haines Borough: 6.965 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 10.204 %Juneau City and Borough: 8.493 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.759 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.867 %Kodiak Island Borough: 9.444 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 14.706 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.431 %Nome Census Area: 7.792 %North Slope Borough: 13.841 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.615 %Petersburg Borough: 9.865 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.128 %Sitka City and Borough: 9.569 %Skagway Municipality: 22.047 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 12.5 %Wrangell City and Borough: 16.901 %Yakutat City and Borough: 16 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 5.78 %
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%, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2013

Skagway Municipality: 22.047 %Skagway Municipality22.047Chugach Census Area: 18.349 %Chugach Census Area18.349Wrangell City and Borough: 16.901 %Wrangell City and Borough16.901Yakutat City and Borough: 16 %Yakutat City and Borough16Lake and Peninsula Borough: 14.706 %Lake and Peninsula Borough14.706North Slope Borough: 13.841 %North Slope Borough13.841Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 12.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area12.5Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.431 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.431Denali Borough: 11.382 %Denali Borough11.382Copper River Census Area: 10.989 %Copper River Census Area10.989Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.867 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.867Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.759 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.759Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.709 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.709Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 10.204 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area10.204Petersburg Borough: 9.865 %Petersburg Borough9.865Sitka City and Borough: 9.569 %Sitka City and Borough9.569Kodiak Island Borough: 9.444 %Kodiak Island Borough9.444Anchorage Municipality: 9.134 %Anchorage Municipality9.134Juneau City and Borough: 8.493 %Juneau City and Borough8.493Nome Census Area: 7.792 %Nome Census Area7.792Aleutians East Borough: 7.767 %Aleutians East Borough7.767Bethel Census Area: 7.24 %Bethel Census Area7.24Haines Borough: 6.965 %Haines Borough6.965Dillingham Census Area: 6.369 %Dillingham Census Area6.369Aleutians West Census Area: 6.087 %Aleutians West Census Area6.087Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 5.78 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5.78Bristol Bay Borough: 5.714 %Bristol Bay Borough5.714Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.128 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5.128Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.615 %Northwest Arctic Borough4.615Skagway Municipality: 22.047 %Skagway Municipality22.047Chugach Census Area: 18.349 %Chugach Census Area18.349Wrangell City and Borough: 16.901 %Wrangell City and Borough16.901Yakutat City and Borough: 16 %Yakutat City and Borough16Lake and Peninsula Borough: 14.706 %Lake and Peninsula Borough14.706North Slope Borough: 13.841 %North Slope Borough13.841Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 12.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area12.5Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.431 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.431Denali Borough: 11.382 %Denali Borough11.382Copper River Census Area: 10.989 %Copper River Census Area10.989Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.867 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.867Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.759 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.759Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.709 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.709Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 10.204 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area10.204Petersburg Borough: 9.865 %Petersburg Borough9.865Sitka City and Borough: 9.569 %Sitka City and Borough9.569Kodiak Island Borough: 9.444 %Kodiak Island Borough9.444Anchorage Municipality: 9.134 %Anchorage Municipality9.134Juneau City and Borough: 8.493 %Juneau City and Borough8.493Nome Census Area: 7.792 %Nome Census Area7.792Aleutians East Borough: 7.767 %Aleutians East Borough7.767Bethel Census Area: 7.24 %Bethel Census Area7.24Haines Borough: 6.965 %Haines Borough6.965Dillingham Census Area: 6.369 %Dillingham Census Area6.369Aleutians West Census Area: 6.087 %Aleutians West Census Area6.087Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 5.78 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5.78Bristol Bay Borough: 5.714 %Bristol Bay Borough5.714Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5.128 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5.128Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.615 %Northwest Arctic Borough4.615
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Skagway Municipality22.047+12.13 pts
2Chugach Census Area18.349+6.97 pts
3Wrangell City and Borough16.901+6.53 pts
4Yakutat City and Borough16+4.23 pts
5Lake and Peninsula Borough14.706+2.94 pts
6North Slope Borough13.841+4.18 pts
7Southeast Fairbanks Census Area12.5+2.05 pts
8Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.431-0.57 pts
9Denali Borough11.382-7.82 pts
10Copper River Census Area10.989-3.38 pts
11Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.867+2.78 pts
12Kenai Peninsula Borough10.759-2.12 pts
13Fairbanks North Star Borough10.709+1.85 pts
14Hoonah-Angoon Census Area10.204n/a
15Petersburg Borough9.865+0.13 pts
16Sitka City and Borough9.569+0.29 pts
17Kodiak Island Borough9.444+1.29 pts
18Anchorage Municipality9.134-0.52 pts
19Juneau City and Borough8.493+0.82 pts
20Nome Census Area7.792-1.98 pts
21Aleutians East Borough7.767n/a
22Bethel Census Area7.24+0.1 pts
23Haines Borough6.965-2.79 pts
24Dillingham Census Area6.369n/a
25Aleutians West Census Area6.087+0.85 pts
26Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5.78-2.82 pts
27Bristol Bay Borough5.714-1.76 pts
28Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5.128-4.71 pts
29Northwest Arctic Borough4.615-6.41 pts

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About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate, 2013. 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/establishment-entry-rate/alaska-counties?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alaska-counties?period=2013.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alaska-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 22.047% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Northwest Arctic Borough, with 4.615% in 2013.

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: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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