The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Aug 2026
Persons
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Alaska
Aug 2026 354,787 360,068 355,937
Aleutians East Borough
Aug 2026 2,383 2,685 2,449
Aleutians West Census Area
Aug 2026 3,869 3,792 3,829
Anchorage Borough/Municipality
Aug 2026 143,498 145,148 144,215
Bethel Census Area
Aug 2026 5,520 5,537 5,508
Bristol Bay Borough
Aug 2026 754 1,409 745
Denali Borough
Aug 2026 2,024 2,103 1,800
Dillingham Census Area
Aug 2026 1,725 1,996 1,788
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Aug 2026 43,450 43,514 44,093
Haines Borough
Aug 2026 1,108 1,104 1,021
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Aug 2026 1,790 1,781 1,730
Juneau Borough/City
Aug 2026 17,457 17,472 17,008
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Aug 2026 29,114 29,150 28,993
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Aug 2026 7,943 8,357 7,620
Kodiak Island Borough
Aug 2026 6,455 6,897 6,064
Kusilvak Census Area
Aug 2026 1,765 1,590 1,820
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Aug 2026 679 809 718
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Aug 2026 50,018 50,566 50,206
Nome Census Area
Aug 2026 3,627 3,637 3,540
North Slope Borough
Aug 2026 6,011 6,096 5,803
Northwest Arctic Borough
Aug 2026 2,871 2,798 2,923
Petersburg Borough
Aug 2026 1,680 1,834 1,644
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Aug 2026 2,374 2,312 2,441
Sitka Borough/City
Aug 2026 4,918 5,229 5,080
Skagway Municipality
Aug 2026 1,267 1,285 1,605
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Aug 2026 2,969 3,065 3,072
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
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Wrangell Borough/City
Aug 2026 871 890 888
Yakutat Borough/City
Aug 2026 381 396 367
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Aug 2026 2,261 2,268 2,406
   

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