# Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2023

All 36 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/oregon-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Multnomah County | 1,629 |
| 2 | Washington County | 889 |
| 3 | Clackamas County | 843 |
| 4 | Deschutes County | 635 |
| 5 | Marion County | 586 |
| 6 | Lane County | 541 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 402 |
| 8 | Linn County | 178 |
| 9 | Yamhill County | 169 |
| 10 | Douglas County | 168 |
| 11 | Benton County | 130 |
| 12 | Josephine County | 127 |
| 13 | Polk County | 114 |
| 14 | Clatsop County | 106 |
| 15 | Coos County | 98 |
| 16 | Klamath County | 95 |
| 17 | Umatilla County | 93 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 85 |
| 19 | Hood River County | 67 |
| 20 | Crook County | 63 |
| 21 | Columbia County | 58 |
| 22 | Tillamook County | 47 |
| 23 | Curry County | 43 |
| 24 | Wasco County | 42 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 39 |
| 26 | Baker County | 36 |
| 27 | Malheur County | 32 |
| 28 | Union County | 26 |
| 29 | Wallowa County | 21 |
| 30 | Morrow County | 14 |
| 31 | Harney County | 13 |
| 32 | Lake County | 9 |
| 33 | Grant County | 8 |
| 34 | Gilliam County | 5 |
| 35 | Sherman County | 4 |
| 35 | Wheeler County | 4 |