# Job creation rate in Mercer County

Job creation rate in Mercer County was 15.769% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-county-29129`
- 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_cty.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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/mercer-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-county-29129

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15.769 |
| 2022 | 8.639 |
| 2021 | 10.37 |
| 2020 | 10.396 |
| 2019 | 4.343 |
| 2018 | 15.696 |
| 2017 | 11.628 |
| 2016 | 18.583 |
| 2015 | 16.019 |
| 2014 | 14.183 |
| 2013 | 8.163 |
| 2012 | 18.625 |
| 2011 | 7.676 |
| 2010 | 22.222 |