Boroughs with the highest unemployment rate in Alaska

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November 15, 2022
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Boroughs with the highest unemployment rate in Alaska

Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession鈥攖he Great Recession of 2008-2010鈥攕ent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.

As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.

To that end, compiled a list of boroughs with the highest unemployment rate in Alaska using data from the . Boroughs are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.

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#30. Aleutians East Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 1.4%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 2,966 (42 unemployed)

#29. Sitka

- Current unemployment rate: 1.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 5,097 (94 unemployed)

#28. Juneau

- Current unemployment rate: 2.3%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 17,091 (387 unemployed)

#27. Chugach Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 2.7%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -1.6%
- Total labor force: 3,754 (103 unemployed)

#26. Anchorage

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.9%
- Total labor force: 151,339 (4,434 unemployed)
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#25. Bristol Bay Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: +0.9%
--- 1 year change: -2.4%
- Total labor force: 383 (11 unemployed)

#24. Fairbanks North Star Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 45,261 (1,326 unemployed)

#23. Aleutians West Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: +1.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,534 (107 unemployed)

#22. Kodiak Island Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -2.0%
- Total labor force: 6,019 (192 unemployed)

#21. Ketchikan Gateway Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -2.0%
- Total labor force: 6,992 (236 unemployed)
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#20. Yakutat

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -2.6%
- Total labor force: 322 (11 unemployed)

#19. Hoonah鈥揂ngoon Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 1,348 (53 unemployed)

#18. Wrangell

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -2.9%
- Total labor force: 942 (37 unemployed)

#17. Kenai Peninsula Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 4.0%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -1.8%
- Total labor force: 28,198 (1,132 unemployed)

#16. Matanuska-Susitna Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 4.0%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 49,808 (1,980 unemployed)
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#15. Petersburg Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 4.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.2%
- Total labor force: 1,662 (69 unemployed)

#14. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 4.3%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.2%
- Total labor force: 3,221 (138 unemployed)

#13. Denali Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 4.6%
--- 1 month change: +0.4%
--- 1 year change: -1.8%
- Total labor force: 1,029 (47 unemployed)

#12. Lake and Peninsula Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 4.8%
--- 1 month change: +0.9%
--- 1 year change: -2.6%
- Total labor force: 747 (36 unemployed)

#11. Skagway

- Current unemployment rate: 5.0%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -3.3%
- Total labor force: 682 (34 unemployed)
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#10. North Slope Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 5.1%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 2,809 (142 unemployed)

#9. Dillingham Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 5.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 1,802 (93 unemployed)

#8. Prince of Wales鈥揌yder Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 5.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -1.5%
- Total labor force: 2,822 (146 unemployed)

#7. Haines Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 5.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -2.5%
- Total labor force: 1,081 (57 unemployed)

#6. Nome Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 7.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 4,171 (300 unemployed)
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#5. Copper River Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 7.5%
--- 1 month change: +1.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 1,524 (114 unemployed)

#4. Yukon鈥揔oyukuk Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 7.5%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: -2.1%
- Total labor force: 2,375 (177 unemployed)

#3. Bethel Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 9.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -2.8%
- Total labor force: 6,775 (620 unemployed)

#2. Northwest Arctic Borough

- Current unemployment rate: 9.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 2,860 (262 unemployed)

#1. Kusilvak Census Area

- Current unemployment rate: 13.1%
--- 1 month change: -1.4%
--- 1 year change: -3.5%
- Total labor force: 2,321 (305 unemployed)
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