# Counties in Arkansas by job creation rate, 2023

All 75 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/job-creation-rate/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Searcy County | 33.76 |
| 2 | Newton County | 21.203 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 18.439 |
| 4 | Pike County | 17.574 |
| 5 | Crittenden County | 17.194 |
| 6 | Nevada County | 17.193 |
| 7 | Sharp County | 16.022 |
| 8 | Randolph County | 15.879 |
| 9 | Stone County | 15.331 |
| 10 | Madison County | 15.091 |
| 11 | Monroe County | 14.587 |
| 12 | Cleveland County | 14.163 |
| 13 | Saline County | 14.146 |
| 14 | Pope County | 14.042 |
| 15 | Calhoun County | 13.885 |
| 16 | Boone County | 13.664 |
| 17 | Benton County | 13.563 |
| 18 | Arkansas County | 13.454 |
| 19 | Greene County | 13.335 |
| 20 | Clay County | 13.137 |
| 21 | Woodruff County | 13.109 |
| 22 | Cleburne County | 13.09 |
| 23 | Lee County | 12.837 |
| 24 | Crawford County | 12.832 |
| 25 | Fulton County | 12.788 |
| 26 | Drew County | 12.428 |
| 27 | Faulkner County | 12.371 |
| 28 | Lonoke County | 12.286 |
| 29 | Perry County | 12.14 |
| 30 | Sebastian County | 11.972 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 11.882 |
| 32 | Clark County | 11.874 |
| 33 | Pulaski County | 11.844 |
| 34 | Washington County | 11.812 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 11.712 |
| 36 | Cross County | 11.555 |
| 37 | Garland County | 11.436 |
| 38 | Independence County | 11.251 |
| 39 | Poinsett County | 11.173 |
| 40 | Prairie County | 10.926 |
| 41 | Baxter County | 10.842 |
| 42 | Howard County | 10.822 |
| 43 | Chicot County | 10.715 |
| 44 | Izard County | 10.674 |
| 45 | White County | 10.648 |
| 46 | Union County | 10.627 |
| 47 | Logan County | 10.617 |
| 48 | Van Buren County | 10.454 |
| 49 | Mississippi County | 10.403 |
| 50 | Ouachita County | 10.295 |
| 51 | Franklin County | 10.212 |
| 52 | Marion County | 10.189 |
| 53 | Montgomery County | 10.078 |
| 54 | Conway County | 10.049 |
| 55 | Carroll County | 10.035 |
| 56 | Johnson County | 10.032 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | 9.946 |
| 58 | Sevier County | 9.873 |
| 59 | Lawrence County | 9.851 |
| 60 | Ashley County | 9.817 |
| 61 | Yell County | 9.745 |
| 62 | Jackson County | 9.604 |
| 63 | Desha County | 9.502 |
| 64 | Hempstead County | 9.495 |
| 65 | Miller County | 9.482 |
| 66 | Grant County | 9.274 |
| 67 | Columbia County | 9.163 |
| 68 | Hot Spring County | 8.695 |
| 69 | Polk County | 8.488 |
| 70 | St. Francis County | 8.447 |
| 71 | Lafayette County | 7.735 |
| 72 | Scott County | 7.69 |
| 73 | Little River County | 7.412 |
| 74 | Dallas County | 7.045 |
| 75 | Phillips County | 6.949 |