Labor Force Area Data

Unemployment Rates for
Nome Census Area and Alaska 2013 - 2024

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024


Not Seasonally Adjusted Monthly and Annual Unemployment Rates for
Nome Census Area
1990 to 2023

Note: A change in the way labor force statistics are calculated for sub-state areas makes data prior to 2010 not comparable with later data.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2024 8.7 9.3
2023 6.9 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.8 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.5 7.3
2022 8.9 8.5 8.2 7.7 7.0 7.6 7.1 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.6 5.4 6.9
2021 8.8 9.7 11.3 11.6 11.0 12.2 10.7 9.7 8.1 7.9 8.5 7.6 9.7
2020 9.5 10.2 11.8 12.1 14.9 14.9 15.0 9.0 9.9 8.6 9.0 7.9 11.1
2019 11.5 11.3 10.9 10.5 10.3 12.0 11.9 9.9 8.9 7.8 8.5 8.4 10.2
2018 11.4 12.0 11.3 11.1 10.9 12.0 10.8 10.3 9.0 8.8 9.5 9.7 10.6
2017 12.1 12.3 11.2 11.7 11.7 12.7 12.8 12.6 10.0 9.2 10.1 10.3 11.4
2016 11.4 12.1 12.2 12.5 12.5 14.7 14.3 13.5 10.9 11.3 11.0 10.8 12.2
2015 12.1 12.7 12.3 12.8 12.5 13.0 12.4 10.5 9.9 9.7 10.1 10.5 11.5
2014 12.6 13.3 13.3 12.4 12.5 13.2 13.5 12.3 11.5 10.3 10.1 10.4 12.1
2013 13.2 13.4 12.5 12.2 13.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.5 11.2 11.5 11.1 12.4
2012 12.5 12.5 12.1 11.6 12.3 13.2 12.8 11.6 10.9 10.5 10.7 11.4 11.8
2011 12.9 13.3 12.7 12.8 12.7 13.8 14.2 12.3 11.8 11.4 11.5 11.6 12.6
2010 12.6 13.7 13.5 13.2 13.3 14.6 14.9 13.2 11.7 11.3 11.9 11.9 13.0
2009 11.4 12.3 12.5 12.4 12.6 13.4 13.2 12.4 11.3 10.8 11.0 11.0 12.0
2008 10.3 10.4 9.9 10.1 10.6 11.6 12.3 10.4 9.4 8.0 8.5 9.0 10.0
2007 10.6 10.9 10.5 11.4 11.7 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.5 9.6 10.0 9.4 11.0
2006 12.8 13.3 13.0 13.2 12.8 13.6 13.8 12.1 10.3 10.0 10.3 9.6 12.1
2005 12.8 13.7 12.6 12.4 12.6 13.2 13.4 12.3 11.5 11.1 12.0 12.2 12.5
2004 11.9 12.3 12.6 11.7 12.6 13.5 12.0 11.3 10.9 9.9 10.2 10.7 11.6
2003 9.8 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.8 12.6 12.3 11.2 10.2 9.9 10.4 10.0 10.7
2002 9.7 10.1 10.7 11.4 11.1 11.7 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.8 9.2 9.9
2001 9.6 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.7 11.8 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.6 8.7 9.6
2000 8.6 9.6 9.8 10.1 11.4 11.7 10.0 9.9 9.4 8.1 8.8 8.7 9.6
1999 11.4 11.7 11.1 12.0 13.4 15.1 14.3 11.6 9.7 9.3 9.9 9.4 11.6
1998 8.1 8.8 8.9 9.3 10.7 13.1 11.5 10.6 9.9 8.6 9.7 9.7 9.9
1997 9.9 10.3 11.5 12.6 12.8 13.8 12.4 10.6 9.5 7.2 7.5 6.9 10.4
1996 13.9 13.1 14.1 15.1 16.4 16.1 13.5 10.9 10.5 8.3 7.6 7.7 12.4
1995 12.9 13.4 12.7 13.5 13.8 14.6 14.5 13.0 12.1 11.4 11.8 12.0 12.9
1994 12.7 13.0 12.7 13.5 12.7 12.6 12.2 11.7 10.1 11.1 10.5 10.9 12.0
1993 11.6 11.9 11.5 13.2 14.6 15.0 12.6 11.2 10.5 9.9 10.0 10.5 11.9
1992 13.9 14.5 13.8 14.0 14.4 16.3 13.2 10.6 9.6 8.7 9.6 10.3 12.4
1991 8.9 10.0 9.7 11.2 11.8 13.7 13.3 10.5 10.0 9.8 9.5 11.9 10.9
1990 10.7 10.4 10.1 11.5 11.6 9.5 8.7 8.3 8.3 6.4 7.2 8.6 9.2