Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate

Chugach Census Area had the highest establishment entry rate of 30 counties in 2014, at 21.811%. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 9.77% and the figure for Alaska was 9.999%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.811Chugach Census Area
Median9.7730 counties
Alaska9.999History

Map of counties, 2014

Aleutians East Borough: 9.804 %Aleutians West Census Area: 3.478 %Anchorage Municipality: 9.04 %Bethel Census Area: 6.865 %Bristol Bay Borough: 15.238 %Chugach Census Area: 21.811 %Copper River Census Area: 13.904 %Denali Borough: 18.803 %Dillingham Census Area: 11.538 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.692 %Haines Borough: 8 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 20.619 %Juneau City and Borough: 9.221 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.047 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.33 %Kodiak Island Borough: 9.682 %Kusilvak Census Area: 6.897 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.111 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.589 %Nome Census Area: 9.18 %North Slope Borough: 10.458 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.302 %Petersburg Borough: 9.735 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.772 %Sitka City and Borough: 9.968 %Skagway Municipality: 8.955 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.827 %Wrangell City and Borough: 12.5 %Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.834 %
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%, 2014. 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, 2014

Chugach Census Area: 21.811 %Chugach Census Area21.811Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 20.619 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619Denali Borough: 18.803 %Denali Borough18.803Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.827 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.827Bristol Bay Borough: 15.238 %Bristol Bay Borough15.238Copper River Census Area: 13.904 %Copper River Census Area13.904Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.589 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.589Wrangell City and Borough: 12.5 %Wrangell City and Borough12.5Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.834 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.834Dillingham Census Area: 11.538 %Dillingham Census Area11.538Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.111 %Lake and Peninsula Borough11.111Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.047 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.047North Slope Borough: 10.458 %North Slope Borough10.458Sitka City and Borough: 9.968 %Sitka City and Borough9.968Aleutians East Borough: 9.804 %Aleutians East Borough9.804Petersburg Borough: 9.735 %Petersburg Borough9.735Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.692 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.692Kodiak Island Borough: 9.682 %Kodiak Island Borough9.682Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.302 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.302Juneau City and Borough: 9.221 %Juneau City and Borough9.221Nome Census Area: 9.18 %Nome Census Area9.18Anchorage Municipality: 9.04 %Anchorage Municipality9.04Skagway Municipality: 8.955 %Skagway Municipality8.955Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.772 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.772Haines Borough: 8 %Haines Borough8Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.33 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.33Kusilvak Census Area: 6.897 %Kusilvak Census Area6.897Bethel Census Area: 6.865 %Bethel Census Area6.865Aleutians West Census Area: 3.478 %Aleutians West Census Area3.478Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yakutat City and Borough0Chugach Census Area: 21.811 %Chugach Census Area21.811Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 20.619 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619Denali Borough: 18.803 %Denali Borough18.803Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.827 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.827Bristol Bay Borough: 15.238 %Bristol Bay Borough15.238Copper River Census Area: 13.904 %Copper River Census Area13.904Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.589 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.589Wrangell City and Borough: 12.5 %Wrangell City and Borough12.5Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.834 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.834Dillingham Census Area: 11.538 %Dillingham Census Area11.538Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.111 %Lake and Peninsula Borough11.111Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.047 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.047North Slope Borough: 10.458 %North Slope Borough10.458Sitka City and Borough: 9.968 %Sitka City and Borough9.968Aleutians East Borough: 9.804 %Aleutians East Borough9.804Petersburg Borough: 9.735 %Petersburg Borough9.735Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.692 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.692Kodiak Island Borough: 9.682 %Kodiak Island Borough9.682Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.302 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.302Juneau City and Borough: 9.221 %Juneau City and Borough9.221Nome Census Area: 9.18 %Nome Census Area9.18Anchorage Municipality: 9.04 %Anchorage Municipality9.04Skagway Municipality: 8.955 %Skagway Municipality8.955Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.772 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.772Haines Borough: 8 %Haines Borough8Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.33 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.33Kusilvak Census Area: 6.897 %Kusilvak Census Area6.897Bethel Census Area: 6.865 %Bethel Census Area6.865Aleutians West Census Area: 3.478 %Aleutians West Census Area3.478Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yakutat City and Borough0
%. 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

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Chugach Census Area21.811+3.46 pts
2Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619+10.41 pts
3Denali Borough18.803+7.42 pts
4Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.827+3.33 pts
5Bristol Bay Borough15.238+9.52 pts
6Copper River Census Area13.904+2.91 pts
7Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.589+0.16 pts
8Wrangell City and Borough12.5-4.4 pts
9Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.834+6.05 pts
10Dillingham Census Area11.538+5.17 pts
11Lake and Peninsula Borough11.111-3.59 pts
12Kenai Peninsula Borough11.047+0.29 pts
13North Slope Borough10.458-3.38 pts
14Sitka City and Borough9.968+0.4 pts
15Aleutians East Borough9.804+2.04 pts
16Petersburg Borough9.735-0.13 pts
17Fairbanks North Star Borough9.692-1.02 pts
18Kodiak Island Borough9.682+0.24 pts
19Northwest Arctic Borough9.302+4.69 pts
20Juneau City and Borough9.221+0.73 pts
21Nome Census Area9.18+1.39 pts
22Anchorage Municipality9.04-0.09 pts
23Skagway Municipality8.955-13.09 pts
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.772+3.64 pts
25Haines Borough8+1.04 pts
26Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.33-3.54 pts
27Kusilvak Census Area6.897n/a
28Bethel Census Area6.865-0.38 pts
29Aleutians West Census Area3.478-2.61 pts
30Yakutat City and Borough0-16 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. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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=2014. 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, 2014. 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=2014.

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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, 2014 [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=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Chugach Census Area, with 21.811% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 0% in 2014.

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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.

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