Counties in Alaska by establishment exit rate

Denali Borough had the highest establishment exit rate of 27 counties in 2020, at 16.438%. Sitka City and Borough had the lowest, at 5.272%. The median was 10.204% and the figure for Alaska was 9.198%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.438Denali Borough
Median10.20427 counties
Alaska9.198History

Map of counties, 2020

Aleutians East Borough: 7.921 %Aleutians West Census Area: 6.114 %Anchorage Municipality: 8.279 %Bethel Census Area: 7.619 %Chugach Census Area: 14.133 %Copper River Census Area: 13.26 %Denali Borough: 16.438 %Dillingham Census Area: 9.357 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.317 %Haines Borough: 10.204 %Juneau City and Borough: 7.649 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.42 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.237 %Kodiak Island Borough: 14.848 %Kusilvak Census Area: 13.333 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 11.059 %Nome Census Area: 11.258 %North Slope Borough: 10.601 %Petersburg Borough: 10.526 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.547 %Sitka City and Borough: 5.272 %Skagway Municipality: 16.058 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.462 %Wrangell City and Borough: 9.396 %Yakutat City and Borough: 14.634 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.976 %
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%, 2020. 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, 2020

Denali Borough: 16.438 %Denali Borough16.438Skagway Municipality: 16.058 %Skagway Municipality16.058Kodiak Island Borough: 14.848 %Kodiak Island Borough14.848Yakutat City and Borough: 14.634 %Yakutat City and Borough14.634Chugach Census Area: 14.133 %Chugach Census Area14.133Kusilvak Census Area: 13.333 %Kusilvak Census Area13.333Copper River Census Area: 13.26 %Copper River Census Area13.26Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.976 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.976Nome Census Area: 11.258 %Nome Census Area11.258Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 11.059 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough11.059North Slope Borough: 10.601 %North Slope Borough10.601Petersburg Borough: 10.526 %Petersburg Borough10.526Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.42 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.42Haines Borough: 10.204 %Haines Borough10.204Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10 %Lake and Peninsula Borough10Wrangell City and Borough: 9.396 %Wrangell City and Borough9.396Dillingham Census Area: 9.357 %Dillingham Census Area9.357Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.317 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.317Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.237 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.237Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.547 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.547Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.462 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.462Anchorage Municipality: 8.279 %Anchorage Municipality8.279Aleutians East Borough: 7.921 %Aleutians East Borough7.921Juneau City and Borough: 7.649 %Juneau City and Borough7.649Bethel Census Area: 7.619 %Bethel Census Area7.619Aleutians West Census Area: 6.114 %Aleutians West Census Area6.114Sitka City and Borough: 5.272 %Sitka City and Borough5.272Denali Borough: 16.438 %Denali Borough16.438Skagway Municipality: 16.058 %Skagway Municipality16.058Kodiak Island Borough: 14.848 %Kodiak Island Borough14.848Yakutat City and Borough: 14.634 %Yakutat City and Borough14.634Chugach Census Area: 14.133 %Chugach Census Area14.133Kusilvak Census Area: 13.333 %Kusilvak Census Area13.333Copper River Census Area: 13.26 %Copper River Census Area13.26Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.976 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.976Nome Census Area: 11.258 %Nome Census Area11.258Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 11.059 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough11.059North Slope Borough: 10.601 %North Slope Borough10.601Petersburg Borough: 10.526 %Petersburg Borough10.526Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.42 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.42Haines Borough: 10.204 %Haines Borough10.204Lake and Peninsula Borough: 10 %Lake and Peninsula Borough10Wrangell City and Borough: 9.396 %Wrangell City and Borough9.396Dillingham Census Area: 9.357 %Dillingham Census Area9.357Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.317 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.317Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.237 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.237Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 8.547 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.547Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.462 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.462Anchorage Municipality: 8.279 %Anchorage Municipality8.279Aleutians East Borough: 7.921 %Aleutians East Borough7.921Juneau City and Borough: 7.649 %Juneau City and Borough7.649Bethel Census Area: 7.619 %Bethel Census Area7.619Aleutians West Census Area: 6.114 %Aleutians West Census Area6.114Sitka City and Borough: 5.272 %Sitka City and Borough5.272
%. 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

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Denali Borough16.438+0.11 pts
2Skagway Municipality16.058+9.06 pts
3Kodiak Island Borough14.848+2.49 pts
4Yakutat City and Borough14.634n/a
5Chugach Census Area14.133+3.69 pts
6Kusilvak Census Area13.333n/a
7Copper River Census Area13.26+2.33 pts
8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11.976+1.51 pts
9Nome Census Area11.258+2.62 pts
10Matanuska-Susitna Borough11.059+2.04 pts
11North Slope Borough10.601+3.07 pts
12Petersburg Borough10.526-1.19 pts
13Kenai Peninsula Borough10.42+1.16 pts
14Haines Borough10.204-0.27 pts
15Lake and Peninsula Borough10n/a
16Wrangell City and Borough9.396-5.57 pts
17Dillingham Census Area9.357+5.76 pts
18Fairbanks North Star Borough9.317+0.84 pts
19Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.237+0.19 pts
20Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area8.547+4.16 pts
21Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.462+1.77 pts
22Anchorage Municipality8.279+0.09 pts
23Aleutians East Borough7.921+0.08 pts
24Juneau City and Borough7.649-1.67 pts
25Bethel Census Area7.619+0.87 pts
26Aleutians West Census Area6.114+2.54 pts
27Sitka City and Borough5.272-4.11 pts

Other periods

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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Denali Borough, with 16.438% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Sitka City and Borough, with 5.272% in 2020.

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. 3 counties have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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