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Job creation rate in Delaware

Job creation rate in Delaware was 17.764% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.09 pts from 2022. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2023.

202317.764%
Change on 2022+0.09 pts
Rank1st of 51US states ranked
Series high26.5511985
Series low10.8262010

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Job creation rate in Delaware, 1978 to 2023

101520253019781985199219992006201320231978: 16.936 %1979: 14.576 %1980: 13.935 %1981: 13.586 %1982: 13.312 %1983: 15.534 %1984: 17.562 %1985: 26.551 %1986: 16.641 %1987: 19.049 %1988: 19.287 %1989: 17.521 %1990: 15.564 %1991: 14.904 %1992: 14.988 %1993: 15.027 %1994: 15.692 %1995: 17.349 %1996: 14.752 %1997: 17.994 %1998: 17.085 %1999: 16.164 %2000: 18.872 %2001: 16.769 %2002: 17.2 %2003: 13.409 %2004: 15.595 %2005: 14.342 %2006: 14.232 %2007: 16.861 %2008: 14.953 %2009: 11.931 %2010: 10.826 %2011: 11.899 %2012: 13.44 %2013: 14.396 %2014: 14.424 %2015: 13.554 %2016: 13.352 %2017: 13.769 %2018: 12.976 %2019: 13.32 %2020: 12.666 %2021: 13.819 %2022: 17.679 %2023: 17.764 %101520253019781994201020231978: 16.936 %1979: 14.576 %1980: 13.935 %1981: 13.586 %1982: 13.312 %1983: 15.534 %1984: 17.562 %1985: 26.551 %1986: 16.641 %1987: 19.049 %1988: 19.287 %1989: 17.521 %1990: 15.564 %1991: 14.904 %1992: 14.988 %1993: 15.027 %1994: 15.692 %1995: 17.349 %1996: 14.752 %1997: 17.994 %1998: 17.085 %1999: 16.164 %2000: 18.872 %2001: 16.769 %2002: 17.2 %2003: 13.409 %2004: 15.595 %2005: 14.342 %2006: 14.232 %2007: 16.861 %2008: 14.953 %2009: 11.931 %2010: 10.826 %2011: 11.899 %2012: 13.44 %2013: 14.396 %2014: 14.424 %2015: 13.554 %2016: 13.352 %2017: 13.769 %2018: 12.976 %2019: 13.32 %2020: 12.666 %2021: 13.819 %2022: 17.679 %2023: 17.764 %
%. 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%
202317.764
202217.679
202113.819
202012.666
201913.32
201812.976
201713.769
201613.352
201513.554
201414.424
201314.396
201213.44
201111.899
201010.826
200911.931
200814.953
200716.861
200614.232
200514.342
200415.595
200313.409
200217.2
200116.769
200018.872
199916.164
199817.085
199717.994
199614.752
199517.349
199415.692
199315.027
199214.988
199114.904
199015.564
198917.521
198819.287
198719.049
198616.641
198526.551
198417.562
198315.534
198213.312
198113.586
198013.935
197914.576
197816.936

Compared with United States

Place2023
Delaware17.764
United States13.592

Delaware compared with nearby places

Alabama: 12.414 %Alaska: 14.239 %Arizona: 15.155 %Arkansas: 11.798 %California: 13.493 %Colorado: 15.213 %Connecticut: 13.564 %Delaware: 17.764 %District of Columbia: 13.984 %Florida: 14.928 %Georgia: 14.24 %Hawaii: 12.134 %Idaho: 13.595 %Illinois: 12.927 %Indiana: 12.334 %Iowa: 12.822 %Kansas: 12.712 %Kentucky: 12.455 %Louisiana: 13.227 %Maine: 12.705 %Maryland: 12.407 %Massachusetts: 12.388 %Michigan: 13.019 %Minnesota: 12.105 %Mississippi: 12.228 %Missouri: 13.065 %Montana: 13.342 %Nebraska: 13.046 %Nevada: 15.227 %New Hampshire: 11.048 %New Jersey: 13.584 %New Mexico: 12.698 %New York: 13.982 %North Carolina: 13.59 %North Dakota: 12.599 %Ohio: 13.043 %Oklahoma: 12.905 %Oregon: 13.268 %Pennsylvania: 12.079 %Rhode Island: 11.59 %South Carolina: 13.441 %South Dakota: 13.025 %Tennessee: 14.717 %Texas: 15.24 %Utah: 14.58 %Vermont: 10.88 %Virginia: 13.375 %Washington: 14.602 %West Virginia: 12.388 %Wisconsin: 12.061 %Wyoming: 14.589 %
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Job creation rate, 2023, %. Delaware 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.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, Delaware, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.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, Delaware, 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/delaware. 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, Delaware, 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/delaware.

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, Delaware, 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/delaware (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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, Delaware, 1978 to 2023}},
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What is the job creation rate in Delaware?

Job creation rate in Delaware was 17.764% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.09 pts from 2022. That is the 1st 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 Delaware?

26.551% in 1985, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Job creation rate elsewhere in United States

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