Counties in Alaska by establishment entry rate

Skagway Municipality had the highest establishment entry rate of 29 counties in 2022, at 22.378%. Kusilvak Census Area had the lowest, at 4.688%. The median was 11.887% and the figure for Alaska was 10.972%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Median11.88729 counties
Alaska10.972History

Map of counties, 2022

Aleutians East Borough: 7.619 %Aleutians West Census Area: 9.91 %Anchorage Municipality: 9.112 %Bethel Census Area: 9.36 %Bristol Bay Borough: 9.15 %Chugach Census Area: 11.405 %Copper River Census Area: 17.021 %Denali Borough: 14.085 %Dillingham Census Area: 16.97 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.645 %Haines Borough: 14.925 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.267 %Juneau City and Borough: 9.072 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.161 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.898 %Kodiak Island Borough: 11.887 %Kusilvak Census Area: 4.688 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 12.195 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16.885 %Nome Census Area: 10.289 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.217 %Petersburg Borough: 14.672 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.445 %Sitka City and Borough: 9.555 %Skagway Municipality: 22.378 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.118 %Wrangell City and Borough: 12.422 %Yakutat City and Borough: 15.385 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 13.072 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Skagway Municipality: 22.378 %Skagway Municipality22.378Copper River Census Area: 17.021 %Copper River Census Area17.021Dillingham Census Area: 16.97 %Dillingham Census Area16.97Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16.885 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough16.885Yakutat City and Borough: 15.385 %Yakutat City and Borough15.385Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.267 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.267Haines Borough: 14.925 %Haines Borough14.925Petersburg Borough: 14.672 %Petersburg Borough14.672Denali Borough: 14.085 %Denali Borough14.085Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.445 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.445Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 13.072 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13.072Wrangell City and Borough: 12.422 %Wrangell City and Borough12.422Lake and Peninsula Borough: 12.195 %Lake and Peninsula Borough12.195Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.161 %Kenai Peninsula Borough12.161Kodiak Island Borough: 11.887 %Kodiak Island Borough11.887Chugach Census Area: 11.405 %Chugach Census Area11.405Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.898 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.898Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.645 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.645Nome Census Area: 10.289 %Nome Census Area10.289Aleutians West Census Area: 9.91 %Aleutians West Census Area9.91Sitka City and Borough: 9.555 %Sitka City and Borough9.555Bethel Census Area: 9.36 %Bethel Census Area9.36Bristol Bay Borough: 9.15 %Bristol Bay Borough9.15Anchorage Municipality: 9.112 %Anchorage Municipality9.112Juneau City and Borough: 9.072 %Juneau City and Borough9.072Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.118 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.118Aleutians East Borough: 7.619 %Aleutians East Borough7.619Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.217 %Northwest Arctic Borough5.217Kusilvak Census Area: 4.688 %Kusilvak Census Area4.688Skagway Municipality: 22.378 %Skagway Municipality22.378Copper River Census Area: 17.021 %Copper River Census Area17.021Dillingham Census Area: 16.97 %Dillingham Census Area16.97Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16.885 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough16.885Yakutat City and Borough: 15.385 %Yakutat City and Borough15.385Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.267 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.267Haines Borough: 14.925 %Haines Borough14.925Petersburg Borough: 14.672 %Petersburg Borough14.672Denali Borough: 14.085 %Denali Borough14.085Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.445 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.445Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 13.072 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13.072Wrangell City and Borough: 12.422 %Wrangell City and Borough12.422Lake and Peninsula Borough: 12.195 %Lake and Peninsula Borough12.195Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.161 %Kenai Peninsula Borough12.161Kodiak Island Borough: 11.887 %Kodiak Island Borough11.887Chugach Census Area: 11.405 %Chugach Census Area11.405Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 10.898 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.898Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.645 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.645Nome Census Area: 10.289 %Nome Census Area10.289Aleutians West Census Area: 9.91 %Aleutians West Census Area9.91Sitka City and Borough: 9.555 %Sitka City and Borough9.555Bethel Census Area: 9.36 %Bethel Census Area9.36Bristol Bay Borough: 9.15 %Bristol Bay Borough9.15Anchorage Municipality: 9.112 %Anchorage Municipality9.112Juneau City and Borough: 9.072 %Juneau City and Borough9.072Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.118 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.118Aleutians East Borough: 7.619 %Aleutians East Borough7.619Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.217 %Northwest Arctic Borough5.217Kusilvak Census Area: 4.688 %Kusilvak Census Area4.688
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Skagway Municipality22.378+11.85 pts
2Copper River Census Area17.021+5.85 pts
3Dillingham Census Area16.97n/a
4Matanuska-Susitna Borough16.885+2.21 pts
5Yakutat City and Borough15.385n/a
6Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.267+4.33 pts
7Haines Borough14.9250 pts
8Petersburg Borough14.672+2.53 pts
9Denali Borough14.085+4.43 pts
10Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.445+1.48 pts
11Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13.072+4.27 pts
12Wrangell City and Borough12.422-4.25 pts
13Lake and Peninsula Borough12.195+4.6 pts
14Kenai Peninsula Borough12.161-0.5 pts
15Kodiak Island Borough11.887-1.22 pts
16Chugach Census Area11.405-7.16 pts
17Ketchikan Gateway Borough10.898-1.59 pts
18Fairbanks North Star Borough10.645+0.32 pts
19Nome Census Area10.289-0.82 pts
20Aleutians West Census Area9.91n/a
21Sitka City and Borough9.555+0.2 pts
22Bethel Census Area9.36+3.06 pts
23Bristol Bay Borough9.15-4.43 pts
24Anchorage Municipality9.112-0.35 pts
25Juneau City and Borough9.072+0.56 pts
26Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.118-8.3 pts
27Aleutians East Borough7.619-2.19 pts
28Northwest Arctic Borough5.217-4.78 pts
29Kusilvak Census Area4.688-3 pts

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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 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 22.378% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 4.688% in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.

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