# Counties in Alaska by job creation rate, 2023

All 30 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Skagway Municipality | 31.078 |
| 2 | Wrangell City and Borough | 27.867 |
| 3 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 24.758 |
| 4 | Haines Borough | 23.476 |
| 5 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 22.256 |
| 6 | Bristol Bay Borough | 22.067 |
| 7 | Kusilvak Census Area | 18.521 |
| 8 | Sitka City and Borough | 18.498 |
| 9 | Bethel Census Area | 18.063 |
| 10 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 17.504 |
| 11 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 16.903 |
| 12 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 15.194 |
| 13 | Anchorage Municipality | 14.786 |
| 14 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 14.717 |
| 15 | Copper River Census Area | 14.38 |
| 16 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 14.264 |
| 17 | Dillingham Census Area | 13.428 |
| 18 | Chugach Census Area | 13.39 |
| 19 | Kodiak Island Borough | 13.344 |
| 20 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 13.248 |
| 21 | Juneau City and Borough | 13.054 |
| 22 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 12.896 |
| 23 | Petersburg Borough | 12.168 |
| 24 | Nome Census Area | 11.533 |
| 25 | Denali Borough | 11.125 |
| 26 | Aleutians West Census Area | 9.025 |
| 27 | Aleutians East Borough | 7.977 |
| 28 | Yakutat City and Borough | 6.612 |
| 29 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 6.411 |
| 30 | North Slope Borough | 6.098 |