Unemployment Rate in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Northwest Arctic Borough's unemployment rate of 16.6% 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 Northwest Arctic Borough for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,200 | Juana Díaz Municipio, PR | 16.0% |
| #3,201 | Perry County, AL | 16.5% |
| #3,202 | Lajas Municipio, PR | 16.5% |
| #3,203 | Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | 16.6% |
| #3,204 | Nome Census Area, AK | 16.7% |
| #3,205 | Sioux County, ND | 17.0% |
| #3,206 | Guayanilla Municipio, PR | 17.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska has a unemployment rate of 16.6%, ranking #3,203 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 213.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Alaska, it ranks #28 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.