# Counties in California by job creation rate, 2023

All 58 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/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Mono County | 18.216 |
| 2 | Calaveras County | 17.056 |
| 3 | Kings County | 16.291 |
| 4 | San Francisco County | 15.871 |
| 5 | Alpine County | 15.341 |
| 6 | Marin County | 15.2 |
| 7 | Modoc County | 15.172 |
| 8 | Sierra County | 14.48 |
| 9 | San Diego County | 14.478 |
| 10 | Santa Clara County | 14.236 |
| 11 | Plumas County | 14.176 |
| 12 | Nevada County | 14.092 |
| 13 | El Dorado County | 13.937 |
| 14 | Orange County | 13.886 |
| 15 | Santa Barbara County | 13.883 |
| 16 | Mariposa County | 13.878 |
| 17 | Placer County | 13.722 |
| 18 | Fresno County | 13.679 |
| 19 | Los Angeles County | 13.651 |
| 20 | San Mateo County | 13.641 |
| 21 | Riverside County | 13.5 |
| 22 | Ventura County | 13.437 |
| 23 | Tulare County | 13.419 |
| 24 | Sacramento County | 13.399 |
| 25 | Sonoma County | 13.386 |
| 26 | Alameda County | 13.381 |
| 27 | Lake County | 13.33 |
| 28 | Santa Cruz County | 13.297 |
| 29 | Contra Costa County | 13.201 |
| 30 | San Benito County | 13.195 |
| 31 | Yolo County | 13.165 |
| 32 | Humboldt County | 13.026 |
| 33 | Del Norte County | 13.017 |
| 34 | Merced County | 12.827 |
| 35 | San Bernardino County | 12.771 |
| 36 | Solano County | 12.741 |
| 37 | Imperial County | 12.596 |
| 38 | Kern County | 12.504 |
| 39 | Siskiyou County | 12.452 |
| 40 | San Joaquin County | 12.171 |
| 41 | Shasta County | 12.169 |
| 42 | Sutter County | 12.152 |
| 43 | Napa County | 12.125 |
| 44 | Madera County | 12.073 |
| 45 | San Luis Obispo County | 12.045 |
| 46 | Monterey County | 11.807 |
| 47 | Butte County | 11.711 |
| 48 | Stanislaus County | 11.682 |
| 49 | Yuba County | 11.584 |
| 50 | Mendocino County | 11.157 |
| 51 | Tuolumne County | 10.678 |
| 52 | Glenn County | 10.658 |
| 53 | Lassen County | 10.397 |
| 54 | Amador County | 9.702 |
| 55 | Tehama County | 9.534 |
| 56 | Colusa County | 9.339 |
| 57 | Inyo County | 9.052 |
| 58 | Trinity County | 6.842 |