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Job creation rate in Illinois

Job creation rate in Illinois was 12.927% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.25 pts from 2022. That is the 30th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.927%
Change on 2022-3.25 pts
Rank30th of 51US states ranked
Series high17.781978
Series low10.2032009

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Job creation rate in Illinois, 1978 to 2023

101214161819781985199219992006201320231978: 17.78 %1979: 16.984 %1980: 13.033 %1981: 13.346 %1982: 12.707 %1983: 14.693 %1984: 16.95 %1985: 16.739 %1986: 16.316 %1987: 16.573 %1988: 17.433 %1989: 16.747 %1990: 15.174 %1991: 14.207 %1992: 15.011 %1993: 14.961 %1994: 15.119 %1995: 15.486 %1996: 14.552 %1997: 16.065 %1998: 15.341 %1999: 15.3 %2000: 16.013 %2001: 13.846 %2002: 14.814 %2003: 14.718 %2004: 14.008 %2005: 13.673 %2006: 14.929 %2007: 14.515 %2008: 13.817 %2009: 10.203 %2010: 10.784 %2011: 12.429 %2012: 13.12 %2013: 12.38 %2014: 12.904 %2015: 13.396 %2016: 12.153 %2017: 12.241 %2018: 11.926 %2019: 11.047 %2020: 11.222 %2021: 10.572 %2022: 16.173 %2023: 12.927 %
%. 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%
202312.927
202216.173
202110.572
202011.222
201911.047
201811.926
201712.241
201612.153
201513.396
201412.904
201312.38
201213.12
201112.429
201010.784
200910.203
200813.817
200714.515
200614.929
200513.673
200414.008
200314.718
200214.814
200113.846
200016.013
199915.3
199815.341
199716.065
199614.552
199515.486
199415.119
199314.961
199215.011
199114.207
199015.174
198916.747
198817.433
198716.573
198616.316
198516.739
198416.95
198314.693
198212.707
198113.346
198013.033
197916.984
197817.78

Compared with United States

Place2023
Illinois12.927
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, Illinois, 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, Illinois, 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/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, Illinois, 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/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, Illinois, 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/illinois (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, Illinois, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Illinois?

Job creation rate in Illinois was 12.927% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.25 pts from 2022. That is the 30th 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 Illinois?

17.78% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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