Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Unemployment Rate Report

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska has ranged from 8.1% in October 2020 to 23.4% in June 1992. The current unemployment rate for Northwest Arctic Borough is 8.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Unemployment Rate by Month

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Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Current Unemployment - 8.8%

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2022	10.6%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	10.7%	5.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	10.7%	5.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	10.9%	4.8%	3.6%
5 / 2022	10.4%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	11.6%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	11.8%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.8%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2021	10.0%	6.9%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.7%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.2%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	13.4%	7.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	12.7%	6.4%	5.8%
6 / 2021	13.7%	6.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	13.0%	6.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	10.2%	5.3%	5.2%
9 / 2021	10.0%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	9.9%	5.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	9.5%	5.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	9.2%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2020	13.5%	6.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	13.7%	5.9%	3.5%
3 / 2020	12.1%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.6%	12.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.3%	12.6%	13.3%
6 / 2020	18.8%	12.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	16.8%	10.8%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.3%	6.4%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.9%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.1%	5.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.6%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.3%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2019	12.8%	6.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	14.4%	7.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	13.7%	6.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	14.4%	6.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	14.4%	6.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	16.9%	6.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	15.4%	5.6%	3.7%
8 / 2019	13.8%	5.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	13.6%	5.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	12.6%	5.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	13.7%	6.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	12.6%	6.1%	3.5%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2018	14.8%	7.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	15.4%	7.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	14.5%	7.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	14.4%	6.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	14.6%	6.5%	3.8%
6 / 2018	16.8%	6.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	14.8%	5.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	13.2%	5.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	12.4%	5.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	11.3%	5.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	11.6%	6.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	10.5%	6.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2017	16.6%	7.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	17.5%	7.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	16.8%	7.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	17.4%	7.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	17.8%	6.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	18.3%	6.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	17.1%	6.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	16.2%	6.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	14.5%	6.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	14.0%	6.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	14.1%	6.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	12.9%	7.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2016	15.8%	7.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	16.9%	7.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	16.6%	7.5%	5.0%
4 / 2016	16.9%	7.0%	5.0%
5 / 2016	17.1%	6.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	17.3%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	16.0%	6.2%	4.8%
8 / 2016	15.3%	6.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	14.5%	6.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	15.6%	6.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	14.7%	6.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	15.1%	7.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2015	16.1%	7.3%	5.7%
2 / 2015	17.7%	7.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	17.3%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	17.4%	6.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	17.2%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	16.8%	6.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	16.5%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	14.4%	5.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	15.3%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	14.2%	6.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	14.5%	6.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	14.6%	6.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2014	19.3%	7.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	20.2%	8.0%	6.7%
3 / 2014	19.4%	7.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	18.5%	7.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	17.7%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	18.3%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	16.8%	6.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	15.2%	6.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	16.0%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	14.5%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	14.0%	6.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	14.2%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2013	16.6%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	18.1%	7.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	16.8%	7.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	16.1%	7.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.0%	6.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	16.4%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	14.8%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	14.9%	6.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	16.5%	6.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	15.8%	6.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	16.6%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	17.2%	7.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2012	16.5%	8.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.9%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	17.8%	8.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	17.0%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.4%	7.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	16.6%	7.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	14.9%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.7%	6.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	15.0%	6.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.0%	6.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.1%	6.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	14.8%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2011	15.3%	8.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	16.7%	8.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	16.3%	8.4%	9.0%
4 / 2011	15.7%	7.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.1%	7.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.1%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	14.7%	6.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	14.8%	6.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	15.4%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.1%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.3%	7.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	15.3%	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2010	13.0%	8.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.7%	9.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.5%	8.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	14.1%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	14.4%	7.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.9%	7.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.0%	7.0%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.7%	6.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.0%	7.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.3%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.1%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.3%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2009	11.1%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.1%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.4%	8.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.7%	7.9%	9.0%
5 / 2009	13.2%	7.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.5%	7.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.2%	7.1%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.5%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.9%	7.2%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.6%	7.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.9%	8.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.8%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2008	11.4%	7.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.7%	7.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	13.2%	7.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	13.2%	6.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	13.2%	6.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	12.7%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	11.7%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.5%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	11.0%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.1%	6.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.7%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.5%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2007	11.3%	7.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	11.6%	7.3%	4.5%
3 / 2007	11.2%	7.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	11.2%	6.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	12.6%	6.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	11.9%	6.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	11.2%	5.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	9.9%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	9.9%	5.6%	4.7%
10 / 2007	10.1%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	9.6%	6.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.9%	6.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2006	11.4%	7.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	12.0%	7.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	11.7%	7.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	11.7%	7.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	12.1%	6.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	12.9%	6.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	11.5%	5.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	10.5%	5.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	11.1%	5.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	10.7%	6.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	10.7%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	10.0%	6.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2005	11.5%	8.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	12.0%	8.2%	5.4%
3 / 2005	12.2%	7.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	11.8%	7.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	12.6%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	13.7%	6.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	11.7%	6.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	11.2%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	12.2%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2005	11.9%	6.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.9%	6.9%	5.0%
12 / 2005	10.8%	7.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2004	13.1%	8.8%	5.7%
2 / 2004	13.9%	8.9%	5.6%
3 / 2004	14.2%	8.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	13.9%	7.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	14.0%	7.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	15.8%	7.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	14.1%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 2004	12.9%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	13.6%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	12.5%	6.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	11.9%	7.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	10.7%	7.3%	5.4%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2003	12.7%	8.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	13.8%	9.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	13.6%	8.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	14.3%	8.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	14.4%	7.7%	6.1%
6 / 2003	14.9%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	14.3%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	13.0%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	13.1%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	12.0%	7.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	11.7%	7.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	11.5%	8.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2002	10.7%	7.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	11.1%	8.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.8%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	12.0%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	12.3%	7.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	12.4%	7.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	11.6%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	10.8%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	11.7%	6.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	11.4%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.7%	7.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	11.0%	7.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2001	10.8%	7.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	11.2%	7.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	10.4%	7.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	10.6%	6.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	11.0%	6.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	11.6%	6.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	10.5%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	9.0%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.7%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.3%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.1%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.3%	6.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2000	8.9%	7.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.6%	7.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	9.3%	7.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	9.4%	6.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	9.5%	6.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	10.0%	6.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	9.7%	5.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	9.1%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	8.8%	5.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	8.2%	5.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	8.3%	6.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	8.5%	6.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1999	12.6%	7.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	13.3%	8.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	12.2%	7.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	12.9%	6.9%	4.3%
5 / 1999	15.2%	6.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	16.5%	6.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	15.9%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	14.6%	5.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	14.8%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	12.9%	5.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	13.4%	6.2%	4.1%
12 / 1999	12.2%	6.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1998	9.6%	7.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	10.8%	7.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	10.9%	7.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	11.2%	6.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	13.7%	6.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	14.6%	6.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	12.2%	5.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	12.1%	5.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	12.1%	5.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	10.9%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	11.8%	6.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	10.6%	6.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1997	14.7%	8.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	17.3%	8.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	16.9%	8.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	15.3%	7.8%	5.1%
5 / 1997	17.1%	7.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	18.0%	7.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	17.1%	6.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	14.8%	5.9%	4.8%
9 / 1997	14.3%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	11.7%	6.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.0%	6.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.6%	6.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1996	15.6%	9.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	22.5%	9.0%	5.5%
3 / 1996	17.7%	8.7%	5.5%
4 / 1996	18.2%	8.1%	5.6%
5 / 1996	21.6%	7.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	21.3%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	20.3%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	16.3%	6.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	17.7%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	15.3%	6.9%	5.2%
11 / 1996	13.7%	7.4%	5.4%
12 / 1996	14.4%	7.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1995	15.8%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	16.8%	8.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	16.3%	8.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	15.8%	7.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	18.2%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	21.1%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	18.6%	6.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	15.5%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	15.2%	6.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	13.6%	6.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	14.3%	7.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	13.3%	7.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1994	14.1%	8.8%	6.6%
2 / 1994	16.2%	9.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	16.7%	8.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	17.0%	8.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	17.3%	7.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	18.6%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	15.6%	6.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	14.5%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	14.5%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	13.9%	6.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	13.8%	7.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	12.2%	7.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1993	15.6%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	16.8%	9.1%	7.1%
3 / 1993	16.9%	8.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	16.9%	8.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	18.2%	7.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	20.6%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	17.6%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	18.0%	6.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	17.6%	6.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	16.0%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	14.1%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	14.0%	7.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1992	18.2%	10.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	19.3%	10.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	18.2%	10.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	19.6%	9.5%	7.4%
5 / 1992	22.1%	9.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	23.4%	9.1%	7.8%
7 / 1992	21.9%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	21.8%	7.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	22.2%	7.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	20.5%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	19.1%	8.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	17.4%	8.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1991	10.8%	8.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.7%	9.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	14.0%	8.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	14.8%	8.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	16.5%	8.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	18.1%	8.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	18.5%	7.6%	6.8%
8 / 1991	16.5%	7.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	18.3%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	17.1%	8.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	16.2%	9.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	16.3%	9.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1990	14.3%	8.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	13.6%	8.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	15.7%	8.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	17.2%	7.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	19.9%	7.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	19.9%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	16.7%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	15.2%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1990	13.6%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	12.3%	6.7%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.8%	7.2%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.3%	7.5%	6.3%