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Job creation rate in Tennessee

Job creation rate in Tennessee was 14.717% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.08 pts from 2022. That is the 7th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202314.717%
Change on 2022-1.08 pts
Rank7th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.7291978
Series low10.7532009

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Job creation rate in Tennessee, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 20.729 %1979: 17.349 %1980: 14.082 %1981: 14.477 %1982: 15.239 %1983: 15.858 %1984: 20.303 %1985: 17.549 %1986: 18.598 %1987: 19.415 %1988: 20.477 %1989: 17.838 %1990: 16.182 %1991: 14.89 %1992: 16.633 %1993: 16.005 %1994: 16.131 %1995: 17.035 %1996: 15.48 %1997: 17.282 %1998: 16.558 %1999: 15.53 %2000: 16.166 %2001: 14.873 %2002: 15.611 %2003: 15.25 %2004: 14.862 %2005: 14.163 %2006: 15.597 %2007: 15.632 %2008: 14.516 %2009: 10.753 %2010: 11.675 %2011: 12.716 %2012: 13.284 %2013: 13.146 %2014: 12.237 %2015: 12.511 %2016: 12.699 %2017: 13.148 %2018: 11.766 %2019: 11.857 %2020: 12.251 %2021: 12.744 %2022: 15.795 %2023: 14.717 %1012.51517.52022.519781994201020231978: 20.729 %1979: 17.349 %1980: 14.082 %1981: 14.477 %1982: 15.239 %1983: 15.858 %1984: 20.303 %1985: 17.549 %1986: 18.598 %1987: 19.415 %1988: 20.477 %1989: 17.838 %1990: 16.182 %1991: 14.89 %1992: 16.633 %1993: 16.005 %1994: 16.131 %1995: 17.035 %1996: 15.48 %1997: 17.282 %1998: 16.558 %1999: 15.53 %2000: 16.166 %2001: 14.873 %2002: 15.611 %2003: 15.25 %2004: 14.862 %2005: 14.163 %2006: 15.597 %2007: 15.632 %2008: 14.516 %2009: 10.753 %2010: 11.675 %2011: 12.716 %2012: 13.284 %2013: 13.146 %2014: 12.237 %2015: 12.511 %2016: 12.699 %2017: 13.148 %2018: 11.766 %2019: 11.857 %2020: 12.251 %2021: 12.744 %2022: 15.795 %2023: 14.717 %
%. 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%
202314.717
202215.795
202112.744
202012.251
201911.857
201811.766
201713.148
201612.699
201512.511
201412.237
201313.146
201213.284
201112.716
201011.675
200910.753
200814.516
200715.632
200615.597
200514.163
200414.862
200315.25
200215.611
200114.873
200016.166
199915.53
199816.558
199717.282
199615.48
199517.035
199416.131
199316.005
199216.633
199114.89
199016.182
198917.838
198820.477
198719.415
198618.598
198517.549
198420.303
198315.858
198215.239
198114.477
198014.082
197917.349
197820.729

Compared with United States

Place2023
Tennessee14.717
United States13.592

Tennessee 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, %. Tennessee 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, Tennessee, 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee.

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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee (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, Tennessee, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Tennessee?

Job creation rate in Tennessee was 14.717% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.08 pts from 2022. That is the 7th 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 Tennessee?

20.729% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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