Job creation rate in Dawson County

Job creation rate in Dawson County was 14.413% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.2 pts from 2022. That is the 116th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

202314.413%
Change on 2022-3.2 pts
Rank116th of 253Counties in Texas ranked
Series high19.822019
Series low7.9552020

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Job creation rate in Dawson County, 2010 to 2023

7.51012.51517.52020102012201420162018202020232010: 10.069 %2011: 13.591 %2012: 13.116 %2013: 17.284 %2014: 11.709 %2015: 12.361 %2016: 8.786 %2017: 16.654 %2018: 15.26 %2019: 19.82 %2020: 7.955 %2021: 9.78 %2022: 17.617 %2023: 14.413 %51015202010201520232010: 10.069 %2011: 13.591 %2012: 13.116 %2013: 17.284 %2014: 11.709 %2015: 12.361 %2016: 8.786 %2017: 16.654 %2018: 15.26 %2019: 19.82 %2020: 7.955 %2021: 9.78 %2022: 17.617 %2023: 14.413 %
%. 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 14 values
Period%
202314.413
202217.617
20219.78
20207.955
201919.82
201815.26
201716.654
20168.786
201512.361
201411.709
201317.284
201213.116
201113.591
201010.069

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2023
Dawson County14.413
Texas15.24
United States13.592

Dawson County compared with nearby places

Anderson County: 15.279 %Andrews County: 26.251 %Angelina County: 11.758 %Aransas County: 15.847 %Archer County: 12.032 %Armstrong County: 21.247 %Atascosa County: 17.895 %Austin County: 13.67 %Bailey County: 8.679 %Bandera County: 16.597 %Bastrop County: 15.251 %Baylor County: 12.452 %Bee County: 12.535 %Bell County: 18.573 %Bexar County: 15.147 %Blanco County: 16.977 %Borden County: 58.824 %Bosque County: 13.391 %Bowie County: 12.218 %Brazoria County: 13.094 %Brazos County: 14.771 %Brewster County: 13.285 %Briscoe County: 11.585 %Brooks County: 13.975 %Brown County: 18.092 %Burleson County: 13.622 %Burnet County: 17.108 %Caldwell County: 17.492 %Calhoun County: 12.78 %Callahan County: 13.177 %Cameron County: 15.117 %Camp County: 11.384 %Carson County: 5.857 %Cass County: 14.882 %Castro County: 21.233 %Chambers County: 22.961 %Cherokee County: 14.508 %Childress County: 9.441 %Clay County: 9.808 %Cochran County: 16.068 %Coke County: 14.226 %Coleman County: 14.965 %Collin County: 15.791 %Collingsworth County: 8.075 %Colorado County: 17.822 %Comal County: 16.672 %Comanche County: 13.103 %Concho County: 17.729 %Cooke County: 12.664 %Coryell County: 7.888 %Cottle County: 5.991 %Crane County: 10.931 %Crockett County: 15.627 %Crosby County: 13.828 %Culberson County: 10.416 %Dallam County: 14.314 %Dallas County: 14.876 %Dawson County: 14.413 %Deaf Smith County: 8.292 %Delta County: 10.204 %Denton County: 14.35 %DeWitt County: 12.778 %Dickens County: 8.551 %Dimmit County: 18.377 %Donley County: 14.398 %Duval County: 22.768 %Eastland County: 19.288 %Ector County: 18.218 %Edwards County: 15.484 %Ellis County: 16.813 %El Paso County: 14.513 %Erath County: 13.978 %Falls County: 19.631 %Fannin County: 11.376 %Fayette County: 13.462 %Fisher County: 8.069 %Floyd County: 14.523 %Foard County: 13.181 %Fort Bend County: 18.184 %Franklin County: 4.556 %Freestone County: 17.014 %Frio County: 17.516 %Gaines County: 17.077 %Galveston County: 14.343 %Garza County: 11.777 %Gillespie County: 15.959 %Glasscock County: 5.929 %Goliad County: 9.67 %Gonzales County: 10.116 %Gray County: 11.137 %Grayson County: 13.709 %Gregg County: 14.761 %Grimes County: 14.879 %Guadalupe County: 13.5 %Hale County: 11.211 %Hall County: 15.59 %Hamilton County: 12.71 %Hansford County: 17.042 %Hardeman County: 4.762 %Hardin County: 13.303 %Harris County: 14.967 %Harrison County: 19.733 %Hartley County: 11.517 %Haskell County: 12.288 %Hays County: 15.431 %Hemphill County: 7.25 %Henderson County: 13.471 %Hidalgo County: 13.257 %Hill County: 13.701 %Hockley County: 12.843 %Hood County: 16.522 %Hopkins County: 14.47 %Houston County: 10.849 %Howard County: 14.213 %Hudspeth County: 11.026 %Hunt County: 11.861 %Hutchinson County: 9.581 %Irion County: 41.617 %Jack County: 11.792 %Jackson County: 8.757 %Jasper County: 10.895 %Jeff Davis County: 15.094 %Jefferson County: 14.634 %Jim Hogg County: 8.253 %Jim Wells County: 13.759 %Johnson County: 16.822 %Jones County: 15.033 %Karnes County: 15.699 %Kaufman County: 14.177 %Kendall County: 14.004 %Kenedy County: 3.571 %Kent County: 29.31 %Kerr County: 15.306 %Kimble County: 11.327 %Kinney County: 4.905 %Kleberg County: 13.053 %Knox County: 4.769 %Lamar County: 12.976 %Lamb County: 7.987 %Lampasas County: 20.235 %La Salle County: 29.031 %Lavaca County: 9.44 %Lee County: 24.674 %Leon County: 21.479 %Liberty County: 16.274 %Limestone County: 14.771 %Lipscomb County: 6.981 %Live Oak County: 15.462 %Llano County: 12.19 %Loving County: 50.575 %Lubbock County: 13.529 %Lynn County: 21.503 %McCulloch County: 21.227 %McLennan County: 14.259 %McMullen County: 11.599 %Madison County: 17.863 %Marion County: 10.369 %Martin County: 24.691 %Mason County: 14.73 %Matagorda County: 12.722 %Maverick County: 11.744 %Medina County: 14.689 %Menard County: 14.94 %Midland County: 18.836 %Milam County: 11.254 %Mills County: 16.379 %Mitchell County: 15.91 %Montague County: 12.714 %Montgomery County: 25.62 %Moore County: 8.533 %Morris County: 12.253 %Motley County: 44.776 %Nacogdoches County: 12.022 %Navarro County: 13.774 %Newton County: 15.528 %Nolan County: 17.96 %Nueces County: 13.343 %Ochiltree County: 20.326 %Oldham County: 10.592 %Orange County: 13.036 %Palo Pinto County: 18.277 %Panola County: 14.189 %Parker County: 17.804 %Parmer County: 7.724 %Pecos County: 15.137 %Polk County: 11.129 %Potter County: 11.42 %Presidio County: 15.753 %Rains County: 15.091 %Randall County: 14.527 %Reagan County: 13.866 %Real County: 23.461 %Red River County: 23.327 %Reeves County: 18.505 %Refugio County: 12.007 %Roberts County: 21.839 %Robertson County: 10.06 %Rockwall County: 17.172 %Runnels County: 13.526 %Rusk County: 15.347 %Sabine County: 10.961 %San Augustine County: 17.286 %San Jacinto County: 18.807 %San Patricio County: 21.923 %San Saba County: 15.832 %Schleicher County: 6.952 %Scurry County: 15.639 %Shackelford County: 11.865 %Shelby County: 16.319 %Sherman County: 12.524 %Smith County: 14.393 %Somervell County: 17.237 %Starr County: 11.1 %Stephens County: 9.494 %Sterling County: 10.976 %Stonewall County: 10.321 %Sutton County: 7.728 %Swisher County: 18.403 %Tarrant County: 15.463 %Taylor County: 12.527 %Terrell County: 40 %Terry County: 12.376 %Throckmorton County: 10.634 %Titus County: 8.736 %Tom Green County: 12.604 %Travis County: 17.309 %Trinity County: 10.526 %Tyler County: 10.782 %Upshur County: 12.596 %Upton County: 12.764 %Uvalde County: 16.549 %Val Verde County: 11.439 %Van Zandt County: 13.479 %Victoria County: 10.966 %Walker County: 14.249 %Waller County: 16.343 %Ward County: 18.881 %Washington County: 10.947 %Webb County: 13.388 %Wharton County: 10.657 %Wheeler County: 17 %Wichita County: 11.801 %Wilbarger County: 9.302 %Willacy County: 10.288 %Williamson County: 17.607 %Wilson County: 13.794 %Winkler County: 31.171 %Wise County: 18.101 %Wood County: 13.688 %Yoakum County: 21.081 %Young County: 12.888 %Zapata County: 16.811 %Zavala County: 19.735 %
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Job creation rate, 2023, %. Dawson County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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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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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, Dawson 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

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Dawson 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/dawson-county-texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Dawson 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/dawson-county-texas.

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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, Dawson 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/dawson-county-texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the job creation rate in Dawson County?

Job creation rate in Dawson County was 14.413% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.2 pts from 2022. That is the 116th highest of 253 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 Dawson County?

19.82% in 2019, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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