Counties in Alaska by job creation rate

Skagway Municipality had the highest job creation rate of 30 counties in 2022, at 43.202%. North Slope Borough had the lowest, at 3.935%. The median was 16.462% and the figure for Alaska was 16.072%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Map of counties, 2022

Aleutians East Borough: 33.751 %Aleutians West Census Area: 19.206 %Anchorage Municipality: 16.337 %Bethel Census Area: 14.786 %Bristol Bay Borough: 19.393 %Chugach Census Area: 14.912 %Copper River Census Area: 16.587 %Denali Borough: 11.758 %Dillingham Census Area: 12.638 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 14.591 %Haines Borough: 26.434 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 30.241 %Juneau City and Borough: 15.412 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.688 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.815 %Kodiak Island Borough: 10.813 %Kusilvak Census Area: 12.763 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 41.798 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.599 %Nome Census Area: 20.759 %North Slope Borough: 3.935 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.319 %Petersburg Borough: 12.925 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 18.438 %Sitka City and Borough: 24.821 %Skagway Municipality: 43.202 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.36 %Wrangell City and Borough: 9.874 %Yakutat City and Borough: 17.978 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 23.489 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Skagway Municipality: 43.202 %Skagway Municipality43.202Lake and Peninsula Borough: 41.798 %Lake and Peninsula Borough41.798Aleutians East Borough: 33.751 %Aleutians East Borough33.751Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 30.241 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area30.241Haines Borough: 26.434 %Haines Borough26.434Sitka City and Borough: 24.821 %Sitka City and Borough24.821Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 23.489 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area23.489Nome Census Area: 20.759 %Nome Census Area20.759Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.815 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.815Bristol Bay Borough: 19.393 %Bristol Bay Borough19.393Aleutians West Census Area: 19.206 %Aleutians West Census Area19.206Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.599 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.599Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 18.438 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area18.438Yakutat City and Borough: 17.978 %Yakutat City and Borough17.978Copper River Census Area: 16.587 %Copper River Census Area16.587Anchorage Municipality: 16.337 %Anchorage Municipality16.337Juneau City and Borough: 15.412 %Juneau City and Borough15.412Chugach Census Area: 14.912 %Chugach Census Area14.912Bethel Census Area: 14.786 %Bethel Census Area14.786Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.688 %Kenai Peninsula Borough14.688Fairbanks North Star Borough: 14.591 %Fairbanks North Star Borough14.591Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.36 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.36Petersburg Borough: 12.925 %Petersburg Borough12.925Kusilvak Census Area: 12.763 %Kusilvak Census Area12.763Dillingham Census Area: 12.638 %Dillingham Census Area12.638Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.319 %Northwest Arctic Borough12.319Denali Borough: 11.758 %Denali Borough11.758Kodiak Island Borough: 10.813 %Kodiak Island Borough10.813Wrangell City and Borough: 9.874 %Wrangell City and Borough9.874North Slope Borough: 3.935 %North Slope Borough3.935Skagway Municipality: 43.202 %Skagway Municipality43.202Lake and Peninsula Borough: 41.798 %Lake and Peninsula Borough41.798Aleutians East Borough: 33.751 %Aleutians East Borough33.751Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 30.241 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area30.241Haines Borough: 26.434 %Haines Borough26.434Sitka City and Borough: 24.821 %Sitka City and Borough24.821Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 23.489 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area23.489Nome Census Area: 20.759 %Nome Census Area20.759Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.815 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.815Bristol Bay Borough: 19.393 %Bristol Bay Borough19.393Aleutians West Census Area: 19.206 %Aleutians West Census Area19.206Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.599 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.599Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 18.438 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area18.438Yakutat City and Borough: 17.978 %Yakutat City and Borough17.978Copper River Census Area: 16.587 %Copper River Census Area16.587Anchorage Municipality: 16.337 %Anchorage Municipality16.337Juneau City and Borough: 15.412 %Juneau City and Borough15.412Chugach Census Area: 14.912 %Chugach Census Area14.912Bethel Census Area: 14.786 %Bethel Census Area14.786Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.688 %Kenai Peninsula Borough14.688Fairbanks North Star Borough: 14.591 %Fairbanks North Star Borough14.591Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 13.36 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.36Petersburg Borough: 12.925 %Petersburg Borough12.925Kusilvak Census Area: 12.763 %Kusilvak Census Area12.763Dillingham Census Area: 12.638 %Dillingham Census Area12.638Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.319 %Northwest Arctic Borough12.319Denali Borough: 11.758 %Denali Borough11.758Kodiak Island Borough: 10.813 %Kodiak Island Borough10.813Wrangell City and Borough: 9.874 %Wrangell City and Borough9.874North Slope Borough: 3.935 %North Slope Borough3.935
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Skagway Municipality43.202+20.63 pts
2Lake and Peninsula Borough41.798+23.18 pts
3Aleutians East Borough33.751+31.65 pts
4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area30.241+11.55 pts
5Haines Borough26.434+8.28 pts
6Sitka City and Borough24.821+11.07 pts
7Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area23.489+7.66 pts
8Nome Census Area20.759+6.31 pts
9Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.815+9.78 pts
10Bristol Bay Borough19.393-15.03 pts
11Aleutians West Census Area19.206+16.63 pts
12Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.599+1.45 pts
13Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area18.438+5.32 pts
14Yakutat City and Borough17.978+13.4 pts
15Copper River Census Area16.587+2.13 pts
16Anchorage Municipality16.337+6 pts
17Juneau City and Borough15.412+5.21 pts
18Chugach Census Area14.912+1.93 pts
19Bethel Census Area14.786+3.75 pts
20Kenai Peninsula Borough14.688+2.11 pts
21Fairbanks North Star Borough14.591+4.26 pts
22Southeast Fairbanks Census Area13.36-0.34 pts
23Petersburg Borough12.925+4.33 pts
24Kusilvak Census Area12.763-6.22 pts
25Dillingham Census Area12.638+6.82 pts
26Northwest Arctic Borough12.319+6.92 pts
27Denali Borough11.758+6.82 pts
28Kodiak Island Borough10.813+0.69 pts
29Wrangell City and Borough9.874-22.63 pts
30North Slope Borough3.935-10.6 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Skagway Municipality, with 43.202% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

North Slope Borough, with 3.935% in 2022.

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