Job creation rate in Clay County
Job creation rate in Clay County was 11.818% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 3.65 pts from 2022. That is the 57th highest of 102 counties in 2023.
Job creation rate in Clay County, 2010 to 2023
All 14 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.818 |
| 2022 | 8.163 |
| 2021 | 7.089 |
| 2020 | 4.357 |
| 2019 | 13.489 |
| 2018 | 9.581 |
| 2017 | 15.585 |
| 2016 | 7.463 |
| 2015 | 9.357 |
| 2014 | 9.816 |
| 2013 | 9.785 |
| 2012 | 11.627 |
| 2011 | 8.242 |
| 2010 | 10.323 |
Compared with Illinois and United States
| Place | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Clay County | 11.818 |
| Illinois | 12.927 |
| United States | 13.592 |
Rankings
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.
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.
How to cite
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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, Clay County, 2010 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
MLA 9
Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Clay County, 2010 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/job-creation-rate/clay-county-illinois. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, Clay County, 2010 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/clay-county-illinois.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Clay County, 2010 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/job-creation-rate/clay-county-illinois (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_job_creation_rate_clay_2023,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Clay County, 2010 to 2023}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/clay-county-illinois. Publisher attribution: 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\_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the job creation rate in Clay County?
Job creation rate in Clay County was 11.818% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 3.65 pts from 2022. That is the 57th highest of 102 counties in 2023.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest job creation rate in Clay County?
15.585% in 2017, the highest value since 2010 in this series.
Related statistics for Clay County
- Business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census)
- Job destruction rate
- Business revenue: administrative support and waste management (Economic Census)
- Business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census)
- Covered employment (QCEW)
- GDP per capita, US dollars
- Real GDP growth
- Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate)