Counties in Alaska by job creation rate

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the highest job creation rate of 30 counties in 2018, at 35.445%. Aleutians West Census Area had the lowest, at 2.503%. The median was 12.923% and the figure for Alaska was 11.981%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Median12.92330 counties
Alaska11.981History

Map of counties, 2018

Aleutians East Borough: 4.769 %Aleutians West Census Area: 2.503 %Anchorage Municipality: 11.46 %Bethel Census Area: 13.049 %Bristol Bay Borough: 26.963 %Chugach Census Area: 12.797 %Copper River Census Area: 15.649 %Denali Borough: 13.977 %Dillingham Census Area: 10.306 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.831 %Haines Borough: 12.034 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 25.82 %Juneau City and Borough: 12.49 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.623 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.712 %Kodiak Island Borough: 7.03 %Kusilvak Census Area: 18.157 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 13.395 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.549 %Nome Census Area: 15.723 %North Slope Borough: 8.967 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.198 %Petersburg Borough: 14.963 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.758 %Sitka City and Borough: 14.703 %Skagway Municipality: 22.881 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.463 %Wrangell City and Borough: 13.708 %Yakutat City and Borough: 30.612 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 35.445 %
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%, 2018. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2018

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 35.445 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area35.445Yakutat City and Borough: 30.612 %Yakutat City and Borough30.612Bristol Bay Borough: 26.963 %Bristol Bay Borough26.963Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 25.82 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area25.82Skagway Municipality: 22.881 %Skagway Municipality22.881Kusilvak Census Area: 18.157 %Kusilvak Census Area18.157Nome Census Area: 15.723 %Nome Census Area15.723Copper River Census Area: 15.649 %Copper River Census Area15.649Petersburg Borough: 14.963 %Petersburg Borough14.963Sitka City and Borough: 14.703 %Sitka City and Borough14.703Denali Borough: 13.977 %Denali Borough13.977Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.758 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.758Wrangell City and Borough: 13.708 %Wrangell City and Borough13.708Lake and Peninsula Borough: 13.395 %Lake and Peninsula Borough13.395Bethel Census Area: 13.049 %Bethel Census Area13.049Chugach Census Area: 12.797 %Chugach Census Area12.797Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.549 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.549Juneau City and Borough: 12.49 %Juneau City and Borough12.49Haines Borough: 12.034 %Haines Borough12.034Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.623 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.623Anchorage Municipality: 11.46 %Anchorage Municipality11.46Dillingham Census Area: 10.306 %Dillingham Census Area10.306Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.831 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.831Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.712 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.712Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.198 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.198North Slope Borough: 8.967 %North Slope Borough8.967Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.463 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.463Kodiak Island Borough: 7.03 %Kodiak Island Borough7.03Aleutians East Borough: 4.769 %Aleutians East Borough4.769Aleutians West Census Area: 2.503 %Aleutians West Census Area2.503Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 35.445 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area35.445Yakutat City and Borough: 30.612 %Yakutat City and Borough30.612Bristol Bay Borough: 26.963 %Bristol Bay Borough26.963Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 25.82 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area25.82Skagway Municipality: 22.881 %Skagway Municipality22.881Kusilvak Census Area: 18.157 %Kusilvak Census Area18.157Nome Census Area: 15.723 %Nome Census Area15.723Copper River Census Area: 15.649 %Copper River Census Area15.649Petersburg Borough: 14.963 %Petersburg Borough14.963Sitka City and Borough: 14.703 %Sitka City and Borough14.703Denali Borough: 13.977 %Denali Borough13.977Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 13.758 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.758Wrangell City and Borough: 13.708 %Wrangell City and Borough13.708Lake and Peninsula Borough: 13.395 %Lake and Peninsula Borough13.395Bethel Census Area: 13.049 %Bethel Census Area13.049Chugach Census Area: 12.797 %Chugach Census Area12.797Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 12.549 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.549Juneau City and Borough: 12.49 %Juneau City and Borough12.49Haines Borough: 12.034 %Haines Borough12.034Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.623 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.623Anchorage Municipality: 11.46 %Anchorage Municipality11.46Dillingham Census Area: 10.306 %Dillingham Census Area10.306Fairbanks North Star Borough: 9.831 %Fairbanks North Star Borough9.831Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.712 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.712Northwest Arctic Borough: 9.198 %Northwest Arctic Borough9.198North Slope Borough: 8.967 %North Slope Borough8.967Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 8.463 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.463Kodiak Island Borough: 7.03 %Kodiak Island Borough7.03Aleutians East Borough: 4.769 %Aleutians East Borough4.769Aleutians West Census Area: 2.503 %Aleutians West Census Area2.503
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area35.445+24.4 pts
2Yakutat City and Borough30.612+17.58 pts
3Bristol Bay Borough26.963+17.24 pts
4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area25.82-9.17 pts
5Skagway Municipality22.881+8.08 pts
6Kusilvak Census Area18.157+5.67 pts
7Nome Census Area15.723+1.83 pts
8Copper River Census Area15.649-1.69 pts
9Petersburg Borough14.963+7.57 pts
10Sitka City and Borough14.703+2.09 pts
11Denali Borough13.977-44.97 pts
12Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.758-3.29 pts
13Wrangell City and Borough13.708-0.83 pts
14Lake and Peninsula Borough13.395+5.33 pts
15Bethel Census Area13.049+0.41 pts
16Chugach Census Area12.797+0.55 pts
17Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.549-3.94 pts
18Juneau City and Borough12.49+0.96 pts
19Haines Borough12.034-3.44 pts
20Kenai Peninsula Borough11.623-1.33 pts
21Anchorage Municipality11.46-2.14 pts
22Dillingham Census Area10.306+3.04 pts
23Fairbanks North Star Borough9.831-1.87 pts
24Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.712+0.8 pts
25Northwest Arctic Borough9.198-4.07 pts
26North Slope Borough8.967+4.23 pts
27Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8.463-32.94 pts
28Kodiak Island Borough7.03-1.82 pts
29Aleutians East Borough4.769+1.49 pts
30Aleutians West Census Area2.503-1.2 pts

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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.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. 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. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Alaska by job creation rate, 2018) [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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by job creation rate, 2018. 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/job-creation-rate/alaska-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Alaska by job creation rate, 2018. 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/job-creation-rate/alaska-counties?period=2018.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alaska by job creation rate, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/alaska-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, with 35.445% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Aleutians West Census Area, with 2.503% in 2018.

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