Counties in Oregon by employer firm births

Multnomah County had the highest employer firm births of 34 counties in 2018, at 1,650. Gilliam County had the lowest, at 3. The median was 76 and the figure for Oregon was 7,186. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,650Multnomah County

Lowest3Gilliam County

Median7634 counties

Oregon7,186History

Map of counties, 2018

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20 to 50
50 to 80
80 to 100
100 to 480
480 and over
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count, 2018. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2018

count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Multnomah County	1,650	-6%
2	Washington County	912	-2.3%
3	Clackamas County	797	+3.5%
4	Deschutes County	619	+8.8%
5	Lane County	534	-2%
6	Marion County	513	+1.4%
7	Jackson County	447	+27.4%
8	Yamhill County	180	0%
9	Linn County	165	+25%
10	Douglas County	138	+10.4%
11	Josephine County	133	-4.3%
12	Polk County	102	+22.9%
13	Clatsop County	99	+16.5%
14	Benton County	97	-12.6%
15	Klamath County	88	+46.7%
16	Lincoln County	87	-4.4%
17	Umatilla County	76	+10.1%
18	Coos County	75	-6.3%
19	Columbia County	71	+36.5%
20	Hood River County	48	-17.2%
21	Curry County	46	+24.3%
22	Crook County	45	+36.4%
22	Union County	45	+45.2%
24	Tillamook County	39	-17%
25	Wasco County	35	+2.9%
26	Malheur County	27	-38.6%
27	Baker County	25	-34.2%
28	Jefferson County	23	-4.2%
29	Lake County	18	+12.5%
30	Wallowa County	17	+21.4%
31	Harney County	13	+44.4%
32	Grant County	12	+9.1%
33	Morrow County	7	+16.7%
34	Gilliam County	3	n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/oregon-counties?period=2018. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/oregon-counties?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/oregon-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Counties in Oregon by employer firm births, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/oregon-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Questions

Which county has the highest employer firm births?

Multnomah County, with 1,650 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Gilliam County, with 3 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved 2026-10-22. 2 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.