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Job creation rate in Kentucky

Job creation rate in Kentucky was 12.455% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.2 pts from 2022. That is the 37th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.455%
Change on 2022-2.2 pts
Rank37th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.3981978
Series low10.5872020

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Job creation rate in Kentucky, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 20.398 %1979: 18.304 %1980: 13.436 %1981: 14.363 %1982: 14.55 %1983: 14.828 %1984: 20.052 %1985: 16.624 %1986: 16.606 %1987: 17.059 %1988: 18.173 %1989: 17.597 %1990: 16.338 %1991: 15.133 %1992: 14.712 %1993: 15.647 %1994: 15.267 %1995: 16.145 %1996: 14.705 %1997: 17.325 %1998: 16.331 %1999: 14.732 %2000: 15.358 %2001: 13.364 %2002: 14.783 %2003: 14.051 %2004: 14.102 %2005: 14.24 %2006: 14.362 %2007: 14.185 %2008: 13.218 %2009: 11.079 %2010: 11.397 %2011: 12.016 %2012: 13.512 %2013: 12.954 %2014: 13.081 %2015: 12.51 %2016: 11.927 %2017: 12.956 %2018: 11.873 %2019: 11.578 %2020: 10.587 %2021: 11.12 %2022: 14.656 %2023: 12.455 %
%. 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%
202312.455
202214.656
202111.12
202010.587
201911.578
201811.873
201712.956
201611.927
201512.51
201413.081
201312.954
201213.512
201112.016
201011.397
200911.079
200813.218
200714.185
200614.362
200514.24
200414.102
200314.051
200214.783
200113.364
200015.358
199914.732
199816.331
199717.325
199614.705
199516.145
199415.267
199315.647
199214.712
199115.133
199016.338
198917.597
198818.173
198717.059
198616.606
198516.624
198420.052
198314.828
198214.55
198114.363
198013.436
197918.304
197820.398

Compared with United States

Place2023
Kentucky12.455
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, Kentucky, 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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky. 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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky.

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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Kentucky, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/kentucky. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the job creation rate in Kentucky?

Job creation rate in Kentucky was 12.455% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.2 pts from 2022. That is the 37th 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 Kentucky?

20.398% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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