Counties in California by job creation rate

Lassen County had the highest job creation rate of 58 counties in 2015, at 21.336%. Colusa County had the lowest, at 8.015%. The median was 13.299% and the figure for California was 14.645%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest21.336Lassen County

Lowest8.015Colusa County

Median13.29958 counties

California14.645History

Map of counties, 2015

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%, 2015. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2015

%. 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Lassen County	21.336	+8.65 pts
2	San Francisco County	17.145	+1.65 pts
3	Riverside County	16.758	+2.24 pts
4	Calaveras County	16.643	+2.03 pts
5	Del Norte County	15.66	+6.14 pts
6	San Bernardino County	15.57	+0.27 pts
7	Plumas County	15.516	+4.12 pts
8	Santa Clara County	15.325	-0.21 pts
9	Sonoma County	14.706	-0.87 pts
10	Placer County	14.642	+0.3 pts
11	Contra Costa County	14.624	+1.64 pts
12	Orange County	14.362	-0.22 pts
13	San Mateo County	14.322	-1.98 pts
14	Alameda County	14.319	-0.16 pts
15	Glenn County	14.281	+2.38 pts
16	Fresno County	14.268	+1.66 pts
17	San Diego County	14.251	+0.49 pts
18	Los Angeles County	14.244	-1.53 pts
19	Monterey County	14.073	+1.92 pts
20	Sutter County	14.017	+2.68 pts
21	Yolo County	14.01	+2.3 pts
22	Sacramento County	13.963	+0.31 pts
23	Alpine County	13.953	+1.28 pts
24	San Luis Obispo County	13.843	-0.19 pts
25	San Joaquin County	13.612	+1.19 pts
26	Siskiyou County	13.456	+4.02 pts
27	Napa County	13.449	+1.31 pts
28	Trinity County	13.39	+0.34 pts
29	Santa Cruz County	13.361	+0.49 pts
30	El Dorado County	13.236	-3.66 pts
31	Santa Barbara County	13.195	-0.11 pts
32	Butte County	13.183	+1.83 pts
33	Ventura County	13.138	-0.4 pts
34	Tulare County	13.122	+1.19 pts
35	Mariposa County	13.111	+5.46 pts
36	Stanislaus County	13.005	+0.04 pts
37	Modoc County	12.877	+3.37 pts
38	Marin County	12.821	-0.44 pts
39	Shasta County	12.714	+2.04 pts
40	Kern County	12.708	-0.44 pts
41	Amador County	12.607	-0.38 pts
42	Yuba County	12.567	-0.21 pts
43	Solano County	12.492	+0.45 pts
44	Humboldt County	12.439	+1.98 pts
45	San Benito County	12.156	-4.69 pts
46	Tehama County	11.961	-0.41 pts
47	Mendocino County	11.901	+0.41 pts
48	Nevada County	11.862	+0.4 pts
49	Madera County	11.795	+0.88 pts
50	Lake County	11.406	-0.41 pts
51	Tuolumne County	11.404	+2.06 pts
52	Imperial County	11.224	-1.92 pts
53	Kings County	10.896	+0.58 pts
54	Merced County	10.746	-0.62 pts
55	Mono County	9.876	+3.57 pts
56	Sierra County	9.368	-11.79 pts
57	Inyo County	8.655	-1.97 pts
58	Colusa County	8.015	-1.75 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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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 (Counties in California by job creation rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in California by job creation rate, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/california-counties?period=2015. 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. Counties in California by job creation rate, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/california-counties?period=2015.

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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, Counties in California by job creation rate, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/california-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Lassen County, with 21.336% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Colusa County, with 8.015% in 2015.

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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.