Data / Rankings / Job creation rate / Counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho by job creation rate

Boise County had the highest job creation rate of 44 counties in 2018, at 74.198%. Caribou County had the lowest, at 6.09%. The median was 13.125% and the figure for Idaho was 14.489%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest74.198Boise County
Lowest6.09Caribou County
Median13.12544 counties
Idaho14.489History

Map of counties, 2018

Ada County: 16.327 %Adams County: 21.103 %Bannock County: 10.58 %Bear Lake County: 13.206 %Benewah County: 7.89 %Bingham County: 14.557 %Blaine County: 13.687 %Boise County: 74.198 %Bonner County: 15.904 %Bonneville County: 11.671 %Boundary County: 13.92 %Butte County: 11.729 %Camas County: 16.256 %Canyon County: 16.195 %Caribou County: 6.09 %Cassia County: 11.38 %Clark County: 10.256 %Clearwater County: 11.205 %Custer County: 14.357 %Elmore County: 11.755 %Franklin County: 10.073 %Fremont County: 30.429 %Gem County: 20.467 %Gooding County: 12.364 %Idaho County: 16.523 %Jefferson County: 16.728 %Jerome County: 12.263 %Kootenai County: 14.085 %Latah County: 12.045 %Lemhi County: 11.834 %Lewis County: 13.043 %Lincoln County: 9.44 %Madison County: 9.463 %Minidoka County: 14.933 %Nez Perce County: 7.788 %Oneida County: 8.217 %Owyhee County: 14.909 %Payette County: 15.718 %Power County: 7.173 %Shoshone County: 14.304 %Teton County: 22.444 %Twin Falls County: 11.95 %Valley County: 22.857 %Washington County: 10.446 %
  • Under 10
  • 10 to 12
  • 12 to 13
  • 13 to 15
  • 15 to 16
  • 16 and over
%, 2018. 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, 2018

Boise County: 74.198 %Boise County74.198Fremont County: 30.429 %Fremont County30.429Valley County: 22.857 %Valley County22.857Teton County: 22.444 %Teton County22.444Adams County: 21.103 %Adams County21.103Gem County: 20.467 %Gem County20.467Jefferson County: 16.728 %Jefferson County16.728Idaho County: 16.523 %Idaho County16.523Ada County: 16.327 %Ada County16.327Camas County: 16.256 %Camas County16.256Canyon County: 16.195 %Canyon County16.195Bonner County: 15.904 %Bonner County15.904Payette County: 15.718 %Payette County15.718Minidoka County: 14.933 %Minidoka County14.933Owyhee County: 14.909 %Owyhee County14.909Bingham County: 14.557 %Bingham County14.557Custer County: 14.357 %Custer County14.357Shoshone County: 14.304 %Shoshone County14.304Kootenai County: 14.085 %Kootenai County14.085Boundary County: 13.92 %Boundary County13.92Blaine County: 13.687 %Blaine County13.687Bear Lake County: 13.206 %Bear Lake County13.206Lewis County: 13.043 %Lewis County13.043Gooding County: 12.364 %Gooding County12.364Jerome County: 12.263 %Jerome County12.263Latah County: 12.045 %Latah County12.045Twin Falls County: 11.95 %Twin Falls County11.95Lemhi County: 11.834 %Lemhi County11.834Elmore County: 11.755 %Elmore County11.755Butte County: 11.729 %Butte County11.729Bonneville County: 11.671 %Bonneville County11.671Cassia County: 11.38 %Cassia County11.38Clearwater County: 11.205 %Clearwater County11.205Bannock County: 10.58 %Bannock County10.58Washington County: 10.446 %Washington County10.446Clark County: 10.256 %Clark County10.256Franklin County: 10.073 %Franklin County10.073Madison County: 9.463 %Madison County9.463Lincoln County: 9.44 %Lincoln County9.44Oneida County: 8.217 %Oneida County8.217Benewah County: 7.89 %Benewah County7.89Nez Perce County: 7.788 %Nez Perce County7.788Power County: 7.173 %Power County7.173Caribou County: 6.09 %Caribou County6.09Boise County: 74.198 %Boise County74.198Fremont County: 30.429 %Fremont County30.429Valley County: 22.857 %Valley County22.857Teton County: 22.444 %Teton County22.444Adams County: 21.103 %Adams County21.103Gem County: 20.467 %Gem County20.467Jefferson County: 16.728 %Jefferson County16.728Idaho County: 16.523 %Idaho County16.523Ada County: 16.327 %Ada County16.327Camas County: 16.256 %Camas County16.256Canyon County: 16.195 %Canyon County16.195Bonner County: 15.904 %Bonner County15.904Payette County: 15.718 %Payette County15.718Minidoka County: 14.933 %Minidoka County14.933Owyhee County: 14.909 %Owyhee County14.909Bingham County: 14.557 %Bingham County14.557Custer County: 14.357 %Custer County14.357Shoshone County: 14.304 %Shoshone County14.304Kootenai County: 14.085 %Kootenai County14.085Boundary County: 13.92 %Boundary County13.92Blaine County: 13.687 %Blaine County13.687Bear Lake County: 13.206 %Bear Lake County13.206Lewis County: 13.043 %Lewis County13.043Gooding County: 12.364 %Gooding County12.364Jerome County: 12.263 %Jerome County12.263Latah County: 12.045 %Latah County12.045Twin Falls County: 11.95 %Twin Falls County11.95Lemhi County: 11.834 %Lemhi County11.834Elmore County: 11.755 %Elmore County11.755Butte County: 11.729 %Butte County11.729Bonneville County: 11.671 %Bonneville County11.671Cassia County: 11.38 %Cassia County11.38Clearwater County: 11.205 %Clearwater County11.205Bannock County: 10.58 %Bannock County10.58Washington County: 10.446 %Washington County10.446Clark County: 10.256 %Clark County10.256Franklin County: 10.073 %Franklin County10.073Madison County: 9.463 %Madison County9.463Lincoln County: 9.44 %Lincoln County9.44Oneida County: 8.217 %Oneida County8.217Benewah County: 7.89 %Benewah County7.89Nez Perce County: 7.788 %Nez Perce County7.788Power County: 7.173 %Power County7.173Caribou County: 6.09 %Caribou County6.09
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Boise County74.198+48.1 pts
2Fremont County30.429+8.63 pts
3Valley County22.857+2.45 pts
4Teton County22.444+6.73 pts
5Adams County21.103+3.43 pts
6Gem County20.467+6.14 pts
7Jefferson County16.728+1.58 pts
8Idaho County16.523+3.12 pts
9Ada County16.327+2.93 pts
10Camas County16.256-0.41 pts
11Canyon County16.195+2.93 pts
12Bonner County15.904+1.61 pts
13Payette County15.718-0.12 pts
14Minidoka County14.933+3.13 pts
15Owyhee County14.909+2.94 pts
16Bingham County14.557+4.46 pts
17Custer County14.357-5.14 pts
18Shoshone County14.304-5.23 pts
19Kootenai County14.085-2.29 pts
20Boundary County13.92+0.46 pts
21Blaine County13.687-0.76 pts
22Bear Lake County13.206+3.66 pts
23Lewis County13.043-3.29 pts
24Gooding County12.364-3.45 pts
25Jerome County12.263-0.9 pts
26Latah County12.045-2.84 pts
27Twin Falls County11.95-0.23 pts
28Lemhi County11.834-4.86 pts
29Elmore County11.755+0.55 pts
30Butte County11.729-17.8 pts
31Bonneville County11.671-4.38 pts
32Cassia County11.38-1.07 pts
33Clearwater County11.205+0.28 pts
34Bannock County10.58-3.78 pts
35Washington County10.446+0.19 pts
36Clark County10.256-12.82 pts
37Franklin County10.073-13.9 pts
38Madison County9.463-2.88 pts
39Lincoln County9.44-16.53 pts
40Oneida County8.217-4.08 pts
41Benewah County7.89-1.24 pts
42Nez Perce County7.788-2.98 pts
43Power County7.173-4.07 pts
44Caribou County6.09-3.24 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Idaho by job creation rate, 2018) [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 Idaho by job creation rate, 2018. 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/idaho-counties?period=2018. 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 Idaho by job creation rate, 2018. 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/idaho-counties?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Idaho by job creation rate, 2018 [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/idaho-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_idaho_by_2018,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Idaho by job creation rate, 2018}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/idaho-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Idaho by job creation rate, 2018
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/idaho-counties?period=2018
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/idaho-counties?period=2018.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Idaho by job creation rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"job_creation_rate","level":"province","within":"Idaho","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=job_creation_rate&level=province&within=Idaho&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Boise County, with 74.198% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Caribou County, with 6.09% 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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Job creation rate: other rankings

Counties in Idaho: more rankings