county benchmark · Alaska
unemployment rate, 2017
Across 29 counties in Alaska. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 4.3 % |
| 25th | 5.6 % |
| Median | 8.2 % |
| 75th | 10.5 % |
| 90th percentile | 13.3 % |
Highest counties
Rank 1 is the highest value, and for this measure a higher value is the worse outcome. “First” here does not mean best.
These figures are reported, not estimated — the order stands as shown.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 18.3 % | — | evidence → |
| 2 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 15.8 % | — | evidence → |
| 3 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 14.9 % | — | evidence → |
| 4 | Bethel Census Area | 12.9 % | — | evidence → |
| 5 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 11.5 % | — | evidence → |
| 6 | Nome Census Area | 11.5 % | — | evidence → |
| 7 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 11.5 % | — | evidence → |
| 8 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 10.5 % | — | evidence → |
| 9 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 10.4 % | — | evidence → |
| 10 | Haines Borough | 10.2 % | — | evidence → |
| 11 | Skagway Municipality | 8.9 % | — | evidence → |
| 12 | Dillingham Census Area | 8.4 % | — | evidence → |
| 13 | Petersburg Borough | 8.3 % | — | evidence → |
| 14 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 8.2 % | — | evidence → |
| 15 | Wrangell City and Borough | 8.2 % | — | evidence → |
| 16 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 7.9 % | — | evidence → |
| 17 | Yakutat City and Borough | 7.5 % | — | evidence → |
| 18 | Valdez-Cordova Census Area | 7.4 % | — | evidence → |
| 19 | Denali Borough | 7.0 % | — | evidence → |
| 20 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 5.8 % | — | evidence → |
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