Unemployment Rate in Bethel Census Area, AK
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.8%
Rank #3,197/3,222 · #26 in AK
1th
Bethel 15.8%
AK 5.5% +188.2%
US 5.3% +198.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Bethel Census Area's unemployment rate of 15.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Bethel Census Area for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,194 | Harding County, NM | 15.2% |
| #3,195 | Comerío Municipio, PR | 15.3% |
| #3,196 | Vega Alta Municipio, PR | 15.5% |
| #3,197 | Bethel Census Area, AK | 15.8% |
| #3,198 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK | 15.8% |
| #3,199 | Oglala Lakota County, SD | 15.9% |
| #3,200 | Juana Díaz Municipio, PR | 16.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Bethel Census Area, Alaska has a unemployment rate of 15.8%, ranking #3,197 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 198.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Alaska, it ranks #26 of 30. This places it in the 1th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.