# Job creation rate in Arkansas

Job creation rate in Arkansas was 11.798% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-05`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Note: A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/arkansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-05

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.798 |
| 2022 | 16.585 |
| 2021 | 11.797 |
| 2020 | 10.977 |
| 2019 | 11.526 |
| 2018 | 11.997 |
| 2017 | 13.327 |
| 2016 | 12.263 |
| 2015 | 12.114 |
| 2014 | 11.623 |
| 2013 | 11.963 |
| 2012 | 11.979 |
| 2011 | 12.738 |
| 2010 | 11.981 |
| 2009 | 11.303 |
| 2008 | 12.378 |
| 2007 | 13.943 |
| 2006 | 14.286 |
| 2005 | 13.802 |
| 2004 | 14.666 |
| 2003 | 14.492 |
| 2002 | 15.398 |
| 2001 | 14.455 |
| 2000 | 15.541 |
| 1999 | 14.991 |
| 1998 | 16.129 |
| 1997 | 16.065 |
| 1996 | 14.639 |
| 1995 | 16.975 |
| 1994 | 16.289 |
| 1993 | 16.194 |
| 1992 | 16.288 |
| 1991 | 15.346 |
| 1990 | 16.684 |
| 1989 | 17.246 |
| 1988 | 17.832 |
| 1987 | 17.867 |
| 1986 | 18.985 |
| 1985 | 17.694 |
| 1984 | 19.604 |
| 1983 | 15.781 |
| 1982 | 14.241 |
| 1981 | 14.847 |
| 1980 | 15.743 |
| 1979 | 17.906 |
| 1978 | 20.89 |