Unemployment Up Slightly In December
Feb. 16, 2001
No. 01-39
Labor Force By Region and Census Area |
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| Labor Force | Unemployment | Rate | Employment | |||||||||
2/00 |
1/00 |
2/99 |
2/00 |
1/00 |
2/99 |
2/00 |
1/00 |
2/99 |
2/00 |
1/00 |
2/99 |
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| Alaska Statewide | 314,002 |
313,173 |
311,469 |
23,537 |
23,320 |
26,794 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
8.6 |
290,465 |
289,853 |
284,675 |
| Anchorage/Mat-Su Region | 173,465 |
174,337 |
169,103 |
10,008 |
9,730 |
11,275 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
6.7 |
163,457 |
164,607 |
157,828 |
| Municipality of Anchorage | 143,434 |
144,040 |
140,600 |
7,214 |
7,005 |
8,006 |
5 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
136,220 |
137,035 |
132,594 |
| Mat-Su Borough | 30,031 |
30,297 |
28,503 |
2,794 |
2,725 |
3,269 |
9.3 |
9 |
11.5 |
27,237 |
27,572 |
25,234 |
| Gulf Coast Region | 31,901 |
31,419 |
32,383 |
3,714 |
3,875 |
4,437 |
11.6 |
12.3 |
13.7 |
28,187 |
27,544 |
27,946 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 20,735 |
20,304 |
21,171 |
2,856 |
2,833 |
3,445 |
13.8 |
14 |
16.3 |
17,879 |
17,471 |
17,726 |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 6,326 |
6,294 |
6,317 |
350 |
454 |
392 |
5.5 |
7.2 |
6.2 |
5,976 |
5,840 |
5,925 |
| Valdez-Cordova | 4,839 |
4,821 |
4,895 |
508 |
588 |
601 |
10.5 |
12.2 |
12.3 |
4,331 |
4,233 |
4,294 |
| Interior Region | 47,943 |
47,744 |
47,505 |
3,852 |
3,833 |
4,554 |
8 |
8 |
9.6 |
44,091 |
43,911 |
42,951 |
| Denali Borough | 1,216 |
1,226 |
1,168 |
162 |
176 |
141 |
13.3 |
14.4 |
12.1 |
1,054 |
1,050 |
1,027 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 42,170 |
41,990 |
41,809 |
2,966 |
2,946 |
3,619 |
7 |
7 |
8.7 |
39,204 |
39,044 |
38,190 |
| Southeast Fairbanks | 2,514 |
2,532 |
2,506 |
350 |
377 |
398 |
13.9 |
14.9 |
15.9 |
2,164 |
2,155 |
2,108 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk | 2,043 |
1,996 |
2,022 |
373 |
333 |
396 |
18.3 |
16.7 |
19.6 |
1,670 |
1,663 |
1,626 |
| Northern Region | ||||||||||||
| Nome | ||||||||||||
| North Slope Borough | ||||||||||||
| Northwest Arctic Borough | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Region | ||||||||||||
| Haines Borough | ||||||||||||
| Juneau Borough | ||||||||||||
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | ||||||||||||
| Pr. of Wales-Outer Ketchikan | ||||||||||||
| Sitka Borough | ||||||||||||
| Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon | ||||||||||||
| Wrangell-Petersburg | ||||||||||||
| Yakutat Borough | ||||||||||||
| Southwest Region | ||||||||||||
| Aleutians East Borough | ||||||||||||
| Aleutians West | ||||||||||||
| Bethel | ||||||||||||
| Bristol Bay Borough | ||||||||||||
| Dillingham | ||||||||||||
| Lake & Peninsula Borough | ||||||||||||
| Wade Hampton | ||||||||||||
Alaska Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment |
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| P/ | R/ | Changes From: | |||
| 12/00 | 11/00 | 12/99 | 11/00 | 12/99 | |
| Total Nonagricultural Employment | |||||
| Mining | |||||
| Construction | |||||
| Manufacturing | |||||
| Transportation, Communications. & Utilities | |||||
| Trade | |||||
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | |||||
| Services & Misc. | |||||
| Government | |||||
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Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates |
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Benchmark: March 1999 Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section.
- Comparisons between different time periods are not as meaningful as other time series produced by Research and Analysis.
- The official definition of unemployment currently in place excludes anyone who has not made an active attempt to find work in the four-week period up to and including the week that includes the 12th of the reference month. Due to the scarcity of employment opportunities in rural Alaska locations, many individuals do not meet the official definition of unemployed because they have not conducted an active job search. These individuals are considered not in the labor force.
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