Unemployed people in Alaska

as of September, 2021:

22,007

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

6.3%

Labor Force

349,238

Employment

327,231

Employment-Population Ratio

60.1%

Labor Force Participation Rate

64.2%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Aleutians East Borough 2,631 53 2.0 2,684
Aleutians West Census Area 4,023 108 2.6 4,131
Anchorage Municipality 140,178 7,093 4.8 147,271
Bethel Census Area 6,590 811 11.0 7,401
Bristol Bay Borough 347 20 5.4 367
Denali Borough 655 65 9.0 720
Dillingham Census Area 1,599 120 7.0 1,719
Fairbanks North Star Borough 42,734 1,903 4.3 44,637
Haines Borough 1,000 84 7.7 1,084
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 1,089 75 6.4 1,164
Juneau City and Borough 16,419 611 3.6 17,030
Kenai Peninsula Borough 25,705 1,622 5.9 27,327
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 6,391 381 5.6 6,772
Kodiak Island Borough 5,990 309 4.9 6,299
Kusilvak Census Area 2,127 394 15.6 2,521
Lake and Peninsula Borough 667 51 7.1 718
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 44,832 2,613 5.5 47,445
Nome Census Area 3,493 341 8.9 3,834
North Slope Borough 2,659 186 6.5 2,845
Northwest Arctic Borough 2,595 283 9.8 2,878
Petersburg Census Area 1,485 87 5.5 1,572
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 2,860 192 6.3 3,052
Sitka City and Borough 4,510 156 3.3 4,666
Skagway Municipality 580 60 9.4 640
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 2,857 172 5.7 3,029
Valdez-Cordova Census Area 4,611 272 5.6 4,883
Wrangell City and Borough 911 63 6.5 974
Yakutat City and Borough 292 20 6.4 312
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 2,240 229 9.3 2,469