# Job creation rate in District of Columbia

Job creation rate in District of Columbia was 13.984% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-11`
- 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/district-of-columbia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-11

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.984 |
| 2022 | 18.625 |
| 2021 | 10.17 |
| 2020 | 12.259 |
| 2019 | 10.365 |
| 2018 | 12.212 |
| 2017 | 12.223 |
| 2016 | 12.62 |
| 2015 | 14.763 |
| 2014 | 12.293 |
| 2013 | 11.706 |
| 2012 | 13.706 |
| 2011 | 12.834 |
| 2010 | 12.239 |
| 2009 | 13.847 |
| 2008 | 13.751 |
| 2007 | 15.819 |
| 2006 | 14.585 |
| 2005 | 12.709 |
| 2004 | 14.094 |
| 2003 | 13.322 |
| 2002 | 16.632 |
| 2001 | 15.301 |
| 2000 | 14.338 |
| 1999 | 14.453 |
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1997 | 16.277 |
| 1996 | 12.328 |
| 1995 | 13.513 |
| 1994 | 12.998 |
| 1993 | 14.347 |
| 1992 | 17.237 |
| 1991 | 12.342 |
| 1990 | 14.519 |
| 1989 | 16.837 |
| 1988 | 16.08 |
| 1987 | 18.677 |
| 1986 | 17.157 |
| 1985 | 22.102 |
| 1984 | 18.619 |
| 1983 | 18.563 |
| 1982 | 14.312 |
| 1981 | 15.93 |
| 1980 | 16.804 |
| 1979 | 17.242 |
| 1978 | 21.678 |