# Counties in Colorado by job creation rate, 2023

All 64 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/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Huerfano County | 43.143 |
| 2 | Mineral County | 38.819 |
| 3 | Bent County | 26.786 |
| 4 | Hinsdale County | 25.856 |
| 5 | Costilla County | 22.576 |
| 6 | Park County | 21.18 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 20.606 |
| 8 | Elbert County | 20.035 |
| 9 | Rio Grande County | 18.575 |
| 10 | Custer County | 18.388 |
| 11 | Boulder County | 18.234 |
| 12 | Fremont County | 18.061 |
| 13 | Arapahoe County | 17.37 |
| 14 | Douglas County | 16.931 |
| 15 | Ouray County | 16.797 |
| 16 | Routt County | 16.678 |
| 17 | Clear Creek County | 16.08 |
| 18 | Weld County | 16.056 |
| 19 | San Juan County | 15.977 |
| 20 | Teller County | 15.926 |
| 21 | Denver County | 15.832 |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 15.474 |
| 23 | Chaffee County | 15.467 |
| 24 | Grand County | 15.437 |
| 25 | Lake County | 15.357 |
| 26 | Cheyenne County | 14.972 |
| 27 | Pitkin County | 14.876 |
| 28 | El Paso County | 14.795 |
| 29 | Adams County | 14.623 |
| 30 | Kit Carson County | 14.582 |
| 31 | Gunnison County | 14.22 |
| 32 | Kiowa County | 14.184 |
| 33 | Morgan County | 14.004 |
| 34 | Delta County | 13.892 |
| 35 | Garfield County | 13.707 |
| 36 | Otero County | 13.677 |
| 37 | Summit County | 13.628 |
| 38 | Washington County | 13.496 |
| 39 | Las Animas County | 13.315 |
| 40 | La Plata County | 13.262 |
| 41 | Larimer County | 13.217 |
| 42 | Archuleta County | 12.911 |
| 43 | Logan County | 12.826 |
| 44 | Conejos County | 12.763 |
| 45 | Mesa County | 12.731 |
| 46 | Montrose County | 12.691 |
| 47 | Montezuma County | 12.624 |
| 48 | San Miguel County | 12.585 |
| 49 | Moffat County | 12.502 |
| 50 | Rio Blanco County | 12.451 |
| 51 | Eagle County | 12.359 |
| 52 | Dolores County | 11.908 |
| 53 | Saguache County | 11.893 |
| 54 | Crowley County | 11.73 |
| 55 | Sedgwick County | 11.441 |
| 56 | Pueblo County | 10.804 |
| 57 | Baca County | 10.758 |
| 58 | Alamosa County | 10.676 |
| 59 | Yuma County | 10.547 |
| 60 | Prowers County | 10.302 |
| 61 | Lincoln County | 9.656 |
| 62 | Broomfield County | 9.207 |
| 63 | Gilpin County | 8.922 |
| 64 | Phillips County | 6.667 |