Alaska
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Pillar by pillar
Starting up
How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.
88+33 vs median
- Business applications per 1,000 residents1.876 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- State tax collected per resident$2,279100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections
Population health
One comparable public-health read, asked the same way of every state.
29-21 vs median
- Adult obesity, 202434.0%53 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Firearm-injury deaths per 100,000 (crude)24.84 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC NCIPC, CDC NCIPC 2024
Productive base
Output per worker and how much of the job base is manufacturing.
47-4 vs median
- Output per worker$204,27188 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Manufacturing share of jobs3.6%6 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labour market
How tight the market is, and which way it moved last month.
26-23 vs median
- Unemployment rate4.3%36 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment change, latest month-0.15%16 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prosperity
What the average person in the state actually earns.
52+0 vs median
- Per-capita personal income$80,17576 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher32.8%28 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year
Housing permits and prices
Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers, and what housing costs. It counts permits issued, not buildings finished, and says nothing about industrial or infrastructure approvals.
44-14 vs median
- Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers0.22 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- House price index (FHFA)494.186 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsFederal Housing Finance Agency
Fiscal standing
How Moody’s rates the state as a borrower: on its general-obligation bonds or, where it has none, as an issuer.
76-16 vs median
- Credit ratingAa3 · Stable76 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsMoody's, indicative 2025
Openness
Whether the state publishes in a form a machine can read: an open-data portal that answers; incentive, permit and finance records as data; and newsroom feeds.
0-51 vs median
- Open-data portal answers an APIPublished address answers nothing0 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
- Incentive, permit & finance datasets00 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA discovery, 2026-09
- Government or agency newsroom feeds10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
Industrial project records
Companies in Alaska named in a research file of 60 curated records, compiled October 1, 2026. Each carries the status that file gives it. None is an Applied America project. Most are foreign-owned; U.S. operators appear where the research names them as counterparties. It is not a census, and amounts are announcement scopes that are never added together.
2 records · 2 documented projects
- Trilogy MetalsDocumented project
Canada · Copper / zinc / critical mineral mining · Arctic / Upper Kobuk
Alaska — Environmental review
Company reports notice of intent for Arctic environmental review.
Review milestone is not a construction permit; fixed mineral deposit. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
2026-09-21Source
- Northern Star ResourcesDocumented project
Australia · Gold mining · Pogo
Alaska — Existing mine / exploration
Company presentation covers Pogo operations and exploration.
Existing U.S. investor; additional project budget and location needs unconfirmed. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
2025-12-05Source