Counties in Alaska by job creation rate

Denali Borough had the highest job creation rate of 30 counties in 2019, at 42.361%. Aleutians East Borough had the lowest, at 1.658%. The median was 11.87% and the figure for Alaska was 11.641%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest42.361Denali Borough
Median11.8730 counties
Alaska11.641History

Map of counties, 2019

Aleutians East Borough: 1.658 %Aleutians West Census Area: 7.705 %Anchorage Municipality: 11.242 %Bethel Census Area: 14.373 %Bristol Bay Borough: 11.871 %Chugach Census Area: 9.901 %Copper River Census Area: 26.124 %Denali Borough: 42.361 %Dillingham Census Area: 4.892 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.846 %Haines Borough: 28.9 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.9 %Juneau City and Borough: 10.786 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.857 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.868 %Kodiak Island Borough: 5.121 %Kusilvak Census Area: 16.236 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 21.219 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 17.539 %Nome Census Area: 12.897 %North Slope Borough: 14.63 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.659 %Petersburg Borough: 13.326 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 10.76 %Sitka City and Borough: 10.776 %Skagway Municipality: 15.276 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.231 %Wrangell City and Borough: 26.857 %Yakutat City and Borough: 4.56 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 8.999 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Denali Borough: 42.361 %Denali Borough42.361Haines Borough: 28.9 %Haines Borough28.9Wrangell City and Borough: 26.857 %Wrangell City and Borough26.857Copper River Census Area: 26.124 %Copper River Census Area26.124Lake and Peninsula Borough: 21.219 %Lake and Peninsula Borough21.219Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 17.539 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough17.539Kusilvak Census Area: 16.236 %Kusilvak Census Area16.236Skagway Municipality: 15.276 %Skagway Municipality15.276North Slope Borough: 14.63 %North Slope Borough14.63Bethel Census Area: 14.373 %Bethel Census Area14.373Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.9 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area13.9Petersburg Borough: 13.326 %Petersburg Borough13.326Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.231 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.231Nome Census Area: 12.897 %Nome Census Area12.897Bristol Bay Borough: 11.871 %Bristol Bay Borough11.871Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.868 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough11.868Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.857 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.857Anchorage Municipality: 11.242 %Anchorage Municipality11.242Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.846 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.846Juneau City and Borough: 10.786 %Juneau City and Borough10.786Sitka City and Borough: 10.776 %Sitka City and Borough10.776Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 10.76 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area10.76Chugach Census Area: 9.901 %Chugach Census Area9.901Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 8.999 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.999Aleutians West Census Area: 7.705 %Aleutians West Census Area7.705Kodiak Island Borough: 5.121 %Kodiak Island Borough5.121Dillingham Census Area: 4.892 %Dillingham Census Area4.892Yakutat City and Borough: 4.56 %Yakutat City and Borough4.56Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.659 %Northwest Arctic Borough3.659Aleutians East Borough: 1.658 %Aleutians East Borough1.658Denali Borough: 42.361 %Denali Borough42.361Haines Borough: 28.9 %Haines Borough28.9Wrangell City and Borough: 26.857 %Wrangell City and Borough26.857Copper River Census Area: 26.124 %Copper River Census Area26.124Lake and Peninsula Borough: 21.219 %Lake and Peninsula Borough21.219Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 17.539 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough17.539Kusilvak Census Area: 16.236 %Kusilvak Census Area16.236Skagway Municipality: 15.276 %Skagway Municipality15.276North Slope Borough: 14.63 %North Slope Borough14.63Bethel Census Area: 14.373 %Bethel Census Area14.373Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 13.9 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area13.9Petersburg Borough: 13.326 %Petersburg Borough13.326Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.231 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.231Nome Census Area: 12.897 %Nome Census Area12.897Bristol Bay Borough: 11.871 %Bristol Bay Borough11.871Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 11.868 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough11.868Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.857 %Kenai Peninsula Borough11.857Anchorage Municipality: 11.242 %Anchorage Municipality11.242Fairbanks North Star Borough: 10.846 %Fairbanks North Star Borough10.846Juneau City and Borough: 10.786 %Juneau City and Borough10.786Sitka City and Borough: 10.776 %Sitka City and Borough10.776Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 10.76 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area10.76Chugach Census Area: 9.901 %Chugach Census Area9.901Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 8.999 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.999Aleutians West Census Area: 7.705 %Aleutians West Census Area7.705Kodiak Island Borough: 5.121 %Kodiak Island Borough5.121Dillingham Census Area: 4.892 %Dillingham Census Area4.892Yakutat City and Borough: 4.56 %Yakutat City and Borough4.56Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.659 %Northwest Arctic Borough3.659Aleutians East Borough: 1.658 %Aleutians East Borough1.658
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Denali Borough42.361+28.38 pts
2Haines Borough28.9+16.87 pts
3Wrangell City and Borough26.857+13.15 pts
4Copper River Census Area26.124+10.47 pts
5Lake and Peninsula Borough21.219+7.82 pts
6Matanuska-Susitna Borough17.539+4.99 pts
7Kusilvak Census Area16.236-1.92 pts
8Skagway Municipality15.276-7.61 pts
9North Slope Borough14.63+5.66 pts
10Bethel Census Area14.373+1.32 pts
11Hoonah-Angoon Census Area13.9-11.92 pts
12Petersburg Borough13.326-1.64 pts
13Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.231+4.77 pts
14Nome Census Area12.897-2.83 pts
15Bristol Bay Borough11.871-15.09 pts
16Ketchikan Gateway Borough11.868+2.16 pts
17Kenai Peninsula Borough11.857+0.23 pts
18Anchorage Municipality11.242-0.22 pts
19Fairbanks North Star Borough10.846+1.02 pts
20Juneau City and Borough10.786-1.7 pts
21Sitka City and Borough10.776-3.93 pts
22Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area10.76-3 pts
23Chugach Census Area9.901-2.9 pts
24Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.999-26.45 pts
25Aleutians West Census Area7.705+5.2 pts
26Kodiak Island Borough5.121-1.91 pts
27Dillingham Census Area4.892-5.41 pts
28Yakutat City and Borough4.56-26.05 pts
29Northwest Arctic Borough3.659-5.54 pts
30Aleutians East Borough1.658-3.11 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Denali Borough, with 42.361% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Aleutians East Borough, with 1.658% in 2019.

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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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