Data / Employer firms / Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 1,758 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.7% from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 62 counties in 2023.

2023, count1,758
Change on 2022-0.7%
Rank27th of 62Counties in New York ranked
Series high1,8772007
Series low1,4081982

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023

1,4001,5001,6001,7001,8001,90019781985199219992006201320231978: 1,456 count1979: 1,470 count1980: 1,473 count1981: 1,443 count1982: 1,408 count1983: 1,451 count1984: 1,519 count1985: 1,539 count1986: 1,597 count1987: 1,684 count1988: 1,745 count1989: 1,804 count1990: 1,833 count1991: 1,821 count1992: 1,785 count1993: 1,733 count1994: 1,752 count1995: 1,758 count1996: 1,758 count1997: 1,768 count1998: 1,801 count1999: 1,809 count2000: 1,816 count2001: 1,798 count2002: 1,777 count2003: 1,822 count2004: 1,766 count2005: 1,813 count2006: 1,867 count2007: 1,877 count2008: 1,845 count2009: 1,821 count2010: 1,821 count2011: 1,819 count2012: 1,818 count2013: 1,810 count2014: 1,780 count2015: 1,784 count2016: 1,803 count2017: 1,778 count2018: 1,794 count2019: 1,797 count2020: 1,775 count2021: 1,746 count2022: 1,770 count2023: 1,758 count1,4001,6001,8002,00019781994201020231978: 1,456 count1979: 1,470 count1980: 1,473 count1981: 1,443 count1982: 1,408 count1983: 1,451 count1984: 1,519 count1985: 1,539 count1986: 1,597 count1987: 1,684 count1988: 1,745 count1989: 1,804 count1990: 1,833 count1991: 1,821 count1992: 1,785 count1993: 1,733 count1994: 1,752 count1995: 1,758 count1996: 1,758 count1997: 1,768 count1998: 1,801 count1999: 1,809 count2000: 1,816 count2001: 1,798 count2002: 1,777 count2003: 1,822 count2004: 1,766 count2005: 1,813 count2006: 1,867 count2007: 1,877 count2008: 1,845 count2009: 1,821 count2010: 1,821 count2011: 1,819 count2012: 1,818 count2013: 1,810 count2014: 1,780 count2015: 1,784 count2016: 1,803 count2017: 1,778 count2018: 1,794 count2019: 1,797 count2020: 1,775 count2021: 1,746 count2022: 1,770 count2023: 1,758 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
20231,758
20221,770
20211,746
20201,775
20191,797
20181,794
20171,778
20161,803
20151,784
20141,780
20131,810
20121,818
20111,819
20101,821
20091,821
20081,845
20071,877
20061,867
20051,813
20041,766
20031,822
20021,777
20011,798
20001,816
19991,809
19981,801
19971,768
19961,758
19951,758
19941,752
19931,733
19921,785
19911,821
19901,833
19891,804
19881,745
19871,684
19861,597
19851,539
19841,519
19831,451
19821,408
19811,443
19801,473
19791,470
19781,456

Compared with New York and United States

Place2023
Jefferson County1,758
New York402,077
United States5,593,727

Jefferson County compared with nearby places

Albany County: 7,081 countAllegany County: 582 countBronx County: 14,638 countBroome County: 3,006 countCattaraugus County: 1,194 countCayuga County: 1,215 countChautauqua County: 2,109 countChemung County: 1,296 countChenango County: 664 countClinton County: 1,334 countColumbia County: 1,511 countCortland County: 775 countDelaware County: 807 countDutchess County: 6,083 countErie County: 16,323 countEssex County: 893 countFranklin County: 690 countFulton County: 915 countGenesee County: 1,058 countGreene County: 980 countHamilton County: 149 countHerkimer County: 882 countJefferson County: 1,758 countKings County: 51,251 countLewis County: 417 countLivingston County: 998 countMadison County: 1,035 countMonroe County: 13,006 countMontgomery County: 711 countNassau County: 38,310 countNew York County: 69,993 countNiagara County: 3,484 countOneida County: 3,580 countOnondaga County: 8,370 countOntario County: 2,319 countOrange County: 8,307 countOrleans County: 555 countOswego County: 1,605 countOtsego County: 1,009 countPutnam County: 2,308 countQueens County: 41,606 countRensselaer County: 2,328 countRichmond County: 9,136 countRockland County: 8,995 countSt. Lawrence County: 1,325 countSaratoga County: 4,239 countSchenectady County: 2,210 countSchoharie County: 448 countSchuyler County: 313 countSeneca County: 571 countSteuben County: 1,345 countSuffolk County: 39,147 countSullivan County: 1,535 countTioga County: 579 countTompkins County: 1,842 countUlster County: 4,052 countWarren County: 1,640 countWashington County: 837 countWayne County: 1,307 countWestchester County: 24,350 countWyoming County: 624 countYates County: 468 count
  • Under 700
  • 700 to 1,000
  • 1,000 to 1,400
  • 1,400 to 2,300
  • 2,300 to 8,900
  • 8,900 and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Jefferson County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_jefferson_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-new-york.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Jefferson County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-36045"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36045

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Jefferson County?

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 1,758 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.7% from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 62 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Jefferson County?

1,877 in 2007, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Jefferson County

All statistics for Jefferson County | Jefferson County in figures