Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate

Denali Borough had the highest establishment exit rate of 28 counties in 2016, at 16.529%. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 9.233% and the figure for Alaska was 9.121%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.529Denali Borough
Median9.23328 counties
Alaska9.121History

Map of counties, 2016

Aleutians West Census Area: 8.145 %Anchorage Municipality: 8.863 %Bethel Census Area: 7.025 %Bristol Bay Borough: 5.085 %Chugach Census Area: 13.22 %Copper River Census Area: 12.834 %Denali Borough: 16.529 %Dillingham Census Area: 12.579 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.993 %Haines Borough: 10.891 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.534 %Juneau City and Borough: 9.223 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.681 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.15 %Kodiak Island Borough: 7.588 %Kusilvak Census Area: 3.974 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10.667 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 9.243 %Nome Census Area: 7.43 %North Slope Borough: 11.465 %Petersburg Borough: 7.905 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 7.048 %Sitka City and Borough: 11.327 %Skagway Municipality: 9.677 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.814 %Wrangell City and Borough: 10.596 %Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 7.692 %
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%, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Denali Borough: 16.529 %Denali Borough16.529Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.534 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.534Chugach Census Area: 13.22 %Chugach Census Area13.22Copper River Census Area: 12.834 %Copper River Census Area12.834Dillingham Census Area: 12.579 %Dillingham Census Area12.579North Slope Borough: 11.465 %North Slope Borough11.465Sitka City and Borough: 11.327 %Sitka City and Borough11.327Haines Borough: 10.891 %Haines Borough10.891Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10.667 %Lake and Peninsula Borough10.667Wrangell City and Borough: 10.596 %Wrangell City and Borough10.596Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.993 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.993Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.681 %Kenai Peninsula Borough9.681Skagway Municipality: 9.677 %Skagway Municipality9.677Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 9.243 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough9.243Juneau City and Borough: 9.223 %Juneau City and Borough9.223Anchorage Municipality: 8.863 %Anchorage Municipality8.863Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.814 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.814Aleutians West Census Area: 8.145 %Aleutians West Census Area8.145Petersburg Borough: 7.905 %Petersburg Borough7.905Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 7.692 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area7.692Kodiak Island Borough: 7.588 %Kodiak Island Borough7.588Nome Census Area: 7.43 %Nome Census Area7.43Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.15 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.15Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 7.048 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area7.048Bethel Census Area: 7.025 %Bethel Census Area7.025Bristol Bay Borough: 5.085 %Bristol Bay Borough5.085Kusilvak Census Area: 3.974 %Kusilvak Census Area3.974Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yakutat City and Borough0Denali Borough: 16.529 %Denali Borough16.529Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.534 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.534Chugach Census Area: 13.22 %Chugach Census Area13.22Copper River Census Area: 12.834 %Copper River Census Area12.834Dillingham Census Area: 12.579 %Dillingham Census Area12.579North Slope Borough: 11.465 %North Slope Borough11.465Sitka City and Borough: 11.327 %Sitka City and Borough11.327Haines Borough: 10.891 %Haines Borough10.891Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10.667 %Lake and Peninsula Borough10.667Wrangell City and Borough: 10.596 %Wrangell City and Borough10.596Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.993 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.993Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.681 %Kenai Peninsula Borough9.681Skagway Municipality: 9.677 %Skagway Municipality9.677Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 9.243 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough9.243Juneau City and Borough: 9.223 %Juneau City and Borough9.223Anchorage Municipality: 8.863 %Anchorage Municipality8.863Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.814 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.814Aleutians West Census Area: 8.145 %Aleutians West Census Area8.145Petersburg Borough: 7.905 %Petersburg Borough7.905Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 7.692 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area7.692Kodiak Island Borough: 7.588 %Kodiak Island Borough7.588Nome Census Area: 7.43 %Nome Census Area7.43Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 7.15 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.15Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 7.048 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area7.048Bethel Census Area: 7.025 %Bethel Census Area7.025Bristol Bay Borough: 5.085 %Bristol Bay Borough5.085Kusilvak Census Area: 3.974 %Kusilvak Census Area3.974Yakutat City and Borough: 0 %Yakutat City and Borough0
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Denali Borough16.529+4.76 pts
2Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.534-2.11 pts
3Chugach Census Area13.22-8.47 pts
4Copper River Census Area12.834-0.92 pts
5Dillingham Census Area12.579+5.13 pts
6North Slope Borough11.465+5.1 pts
7Sitka City and Borough11.327+1.97 pts
8Haines Borough10.891+2.02 pts
9Lake and Peninsula Borough10.667-3.42 pts
10Wrangell City and Borough10.596+5.19 pts
11Fairbanks North Star Borough9.993+1.38 pts
12Kenai Peninsula Borough9.681-0.22 pts
13Skagway Municipality9.677-4.61 pts
14Matanuska-Susitna Borough9.243-0.34 pts
15Juneau City and Borough9.223-0.19 pts
16Anchorage Municipality8.863+0.48 pts
17Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.814-2.95 pts
18Aleutians West Census Area8.145+1.1 pts
19Petersburg Borough7.905+2.95 pts
20Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area7.692-0.22 pts
21Kodiak Island Borough7.588+0.21 pts
22Nome Census Area7.43+3.63 pts
23Ketchikan Gateway Borough7.15+1.35 pts
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area7.048-5.29 pts
25Bethel Census Area7.025+0.83 pts
26Bristol Bay Borough5.085-3.92 pts
27Kusilvak Census Area3.974-1.43 pts
28Yakutat City and Borough0n/a

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About this ranking

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

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths 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 2016 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 exit 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate, 2016) [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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate, 2016. 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-exit-rate/alaska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate, 2016. 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-exit-rate/alaska-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate, 2016 [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-exit-rate/alaska-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Denali Borough, with 16.529% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 0% in 2016.

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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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