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Job creation rate in Colorado

Job creation rate in Colorado was 15.213% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.77 pts from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202315.213%
Change on 2022-2.77 pts
Rank4th of 51US states ranked
Series high26.8881978
Series low12.4352009

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Job creation rate in Colorado, 1978 to 2023

101520253019781985199219992006201320231978: 26.888 %1979: 23.604 %1980: 19.703 %1981: 20.818 %1982: 20.707 %1983: 18.503 %1984: 22.115 %1985: 20.942 %1986: 20 %1987: 19.837 %1988: 18.968 %1989: 19.016 %1990: 18.751 %1991: 17.686 %1992: 19.051 %1993: 18.92 %1994: 18.619 %1995: 19.651 %1996: 19.026 %1997: 20.696 %1998: 20.049 %1999: 19.522 %2000: 19.345 %2001: 18.639 %2002: 17.601 %2003: 16.779 %2004: 16.155 %2005: 15.679 %2006: 17.741 %2007: 17.687 %2008: 15.966 %2009: 12.435 %2010: 13.531 %2011: 14.324 %2012: 14.948 %2013: 14.871 %2014: 15.209 %2015: 15.499 %2016: 14.357 %2017: 15.143 %2018: 13.992 %2019: 13.798 %2020: 13.624 %2021: 13.421 %2022: 17.979 %2023: 15.213 %101520253019781994201020231978: 26.888 %1979: 23.604 %1980: 19.703 %1981: 20.818 %1982: 20.707 %1983: 18.503 %1984: 22.115 %1985: 20.942 %1986: 20 %1987: 19.837 %1988: 18.968 %1989: 19.016 %1990: 18.751 %1991: 17.686 %1992: 19.051 %1993: 18.92 %1994: 18.619 %1995: 19.651 %1996: 19.026 %1997: 20.696 %1998: 20.049 %1999: 19.522 %2000: 19.345 %2001: 18.639 %2002: 17.601 %2003: 16.779 %2004: 16.155 %2005: 15.679 %2006: 17.741 %2007: 17.687 %2008: 15.966 %2009: 12.435 %2010: 13.531 %2011: 14.324 %2012: 14.948 %2013: 14.871 %2014: 15.209 %2015: 15.499 %2016: 14.357 %2017: 15.143 %2018: 13.992 %2019: 13.798 %2020: 13.624 %2021: 13.421 %2022: 17.979 %2023: 15.213 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202315.213
202217.979
202113.421
202013.624
201913.798
201813.992
201715.143
201614.357
201515.499
201415.209
201314.871
201214.948
201114.324
201013.531
200912.435
200815.966
200717.687
200617.741
200515.679
200416.155
200316.779
200217.601
200118.639
200019.345
199919.522
199820.049
199720.696
199619.026
199519.651
199418.619
199318.92
199219.051
199117.686
199018.751
198919.016
198818.968
198719.837
198620
198520.942
198422.115
198318.503
198220.707
198120.818
198019.703
197923.604
197826.888

Compared with United States

Place2023
Colorado15.213
United States13.592

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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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, Colorado, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Colorado, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/colorado. 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, Colorado, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/colorado.

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, Colorado, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/colorado (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Colorado, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Colorado?

Job creation rate in Colorado was 15.213% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.77 pts from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 51 states 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 Colorado?

26.888% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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