Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area had the highest establishment entry rate of 28 counties in 2015, at 17.647%. Skagway Municipality had the lowest, at 4.762%. The median was 10.387% and the figure for Alaska was 9.867%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Median10.38728 counties
Alaska9.867History

Map of counties, 2015

Aleutians West Census Area: 6.167 %Anchorage Municipality: 9.075 %Bethel Census Area: 13.274 %Bristol Bay Borough: 14.414 %Chugach Census Area: 12.851 %Copper River Census Area: 10.582 %Denali Borough: 13.445 %Dillingham Census Area: 8.696 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 8.981 %Haines Borough: 7.882 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 17.647 %Juneau City and Borough: 10.127 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.781 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.766 %Kodiak Island Borough: 9.016 %Kusilvak Census Area: 5.405 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.268 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.033 %Nome Census Area: 8.861 %North Slope Borough: 10.191 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.023 %Petersburg Borough: 14.876 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 11.454 %Sitka City and Borough: 10 %Skagway Municipality: 4.762 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 11.073 %Wrangell City and Borough: 10.811 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.299 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 17.647 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area17.647Petersburg Borough: 14.876 %Petersburg Borough14.876Bristol Bay Borough: 14.414 %Bristol Bay Borough14.414Denali Borough: 13.445 %Denali Borough13.445Bethel Census Area: 13.274 %Bethel Census Area13.274Chugach Census Area: 12.851 %Chugach Census Area12.851Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.033 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.033Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 11.454 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area11.454Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.299 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.299Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.268 %Lake and Peninsula Borough11.268Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 11.073 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area11.073Wrangell City and Borough: 10.811 %Wrangell City and Borough10.811Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.766 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.766Copper River Census Area: 10.582 %Copper River Census Area10.582North Slope Borough: 10.191 %North Slope Borough10.191Juneau City and Borough: 10.127 %Juneau City and Borough10.127Sitka City and Borough: 10 %Sitka City and Borough10Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.781 %Kenai Peninsula Borough9.781Anchorage Municipality: 9.075 %Anchorage Municipality9.075Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.023 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.023Kodiak Island Borough: 9.016 %Kodiak Island Borough9.016Fairbanks North Star Borough: 8.981 %Fairbanks North Star Borough8.981Nome Census Area: 8.861 %Nome Census Area8.861Dillingham Census Area: 8.696 %Dillingham Census Area8.696Haines Borough: 7.882 %Haines Borough7.882Aleutians West Census Area: 6.167 %Aleutians West Census Area6.167Kusilvak Census Area: 5.405 %Kusilvak Census Area5.405Skagway Municipality: 4.762 %Skagway Municipality4.762Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 17.647 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area17.647Petersburg Borough: 14.876 %Petersburg Borough14.876Bristol Bay Borough: 14.414 %Bristol Bay Borough14.414Denali Borough: 13.445 %Denali Borough13.445Bethel Census Area: 13.274 %Bethel Census Area13.274Chugach Census Area: 12.851 %Chugach Census Area12.851Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.033 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.033Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 11.454 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area11.454Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.299 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.299Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.268 %Lake and Peninsula Borough11.268Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 11.073 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area11.073Wrangell City and Borough: 10.811 %Wrangell City and Borough10.811Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.766 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.766Copper River Census Area: 10.582 %Copper River Census Area10.582North Slope Borough: 10.191 %North Slope Borough10.191Juneau City and Borough: 10.127 %Juneau City and Borough10.127Sitka City and Borough: 10 %Sitka City and Borough10Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.781 %Kenai Peninsula Borough9.781Anchorage Municipality: 9.075 %Anchorage Municipality9.075Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.023 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.023Kodiak Island Borough: 9.016 %Kodiak Island Borough9.016Fairbanks North Star Borough: 8.981 %Fairbanks North Star Borough8.981Nome Census Area: 8.861 %Nome Census Area8.861Dillingham Census Area: 8.696 %Dillingham Census Area8.696Haines Borough: 7.882 %Haines Borough7.882Aleutians West Census Area: 6.167 %Aleutians West Census Area6.167Kusilvak Census Area: 5.405 %Kusilvak Census Area5.405Skagway Municipality: 4.762 %Skagway Municipality4.762
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Hoonah-Angoon Census Area17.647-2.97 pts
2Petersburg Borough14.876+5.14 pts
3Bristol Bay Borough14.414-0.82 pts
4Denali Borough13.445-5.36 pts
5Bethel Census Area13.274+6.41 pts
6Chugach Census Area12.851-8.96 pts
7Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.033-0.56 pts
8Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area11.454+2.68 pts
9Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.299-0.54 pts
10Lake and Peninsula Borough11.268+0.16 pts
11Southeast Fairbanks Census Area11.073-4.75 pts
12Wrangell City and Borough10.811-1.69 pts
13Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.766+3.44 pts
14Copper River Census Area10.582-3.32 pts
15North Slope Borough10.191-0.27 pts
16Juneau City and Borough10.127+0.91 pts
17Sitka City and Borough10+0.03 pts
18Kenai Peninsula Borough9.781-1.27 pts
19Anchorage Municipality9.075+0.04 pts
20Northwest Arctic Borough9.023-0.28 pts
21Kodiak Island Borough9.016-0.67 pts
22Fairbanks North Star Borough8.981-0.71 pts
23Nome Census Area8.861-0.32 pts
24Dillingham Census Area8.696-2.84 pts
25Haines Borough7.882-0.12 pts
26Aleutians West Census Area6.167+2.69 pts
27Kusilvak Census Area5.405-1.49 pts
28Skagway Municipality4.762-4.19 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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, with 17.647% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 4.762% in 2015.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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