# Counties in Illinois by job creation rate, 2023

All 102 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Alexander County | 31.329 |
| 2 | Crawford County | 21.056 |
| 3 | Mason County | 19.181 |
| 4 | Edwards County | 17.827 |
| 5 | Stark County | 17.391 |
| 6 | Gallatin County | 17.066 |
| 7 | Jasper County | 16.604 |
| 8 | Henderson County | 16.185 |
| 9 | Coles County | 16.093 |
| 10 | Johnson County | 15.612 |
| 11 | Bond County | 15.433 |
| 12 | Richland County | 15.354 |
| 13 | Lake County | 15.345 |
| 14 | Perry County | 15.344 |
| 15 | Pike County | 14.908 |
| 16 | Calhoun County | 14.883 |
| 17 | Washington County | 14.522 |
| 18 | Kane County | 14.443 |
| 19 | Kendall County | 14.414 |
| 20 | Jackson County | 14.408 |
| 21 | Union County | 14.388 |
| 22 | Macoupin County | 14.32 |
| 23 | Stephenson County | 14.287 |
| 24 | Hancock County | 14.283 |
| 25 | Champaign County | 14.101 |
| 26 | Warren County | 14.014 |
| 27 | Williamson County | 13.922 |
| 28 | Marion County | 13.867 |
| 29 | Menard County | 13.814 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 13.742 |
| 31 | Piatt County | 13.703 |
| 32 | White County | 13.694 |
| 33 | Will County | 13.45 |
| 34 | Cook County | 13.297 |
| 35 | McHenry County | 13.159 |
| 36 | Hamilton County | 13.101 |
| 37 | Saline County | 13.009 |
| 38 | Marshall County | 12.981 |
| 39 | Rock Island County | 12.966 |
| 40 | DuPage County | 12.955 |
| 41 | Clark County | 12.919 |
| 42 | Fulton County | 12.913 |
| 43 | Sangamon County | 12.82 |
| 44 | Hardin County | 12.695 |
| 45 | Edgar County | 12.615 |
| 46 | Montgomery County | 12.614 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 12.612 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 12.514 |
| 49 | LaSalle County | 12.473 |
| 50 | St. Clair County | 12.462 |
| 51 | Clinton County | 12.162 |
| 52 | DeKalb County | 12.16 |
| 52 | Peoria County | 12.16 |
| 54 | Ford County | 12.021 |
| 55 | Schuyler County | 12.02 |
| 56 | Ogle County | 11.984 |
| 57 | Clay County | 11.818 |
| 58 | Carroll County | 11.771 |
| 59 | Adams County | 11.736 |
| 60 | Logan County | 11.583 |
| 61 | Tazewell County | 11.578 |
| 62 | Shelby County | 11.373 |
| 63 | Winnebago County | 11.329 |
| 64 | Livingston County | 11.3 |
| 65 | McLean County | 11.295 |
| 66 | Madison County | 11.277 |
| 67 | Fayette County | 11.264 |
| 68 | Whiteside County | 11.175 |
| 69 | Jo Daviess County | 11.035 |
| 70 | Morgan County | 11.033 |
| 71 | Randolph County | 11.017 |
| 72 | Vermilion County | 10.941 |
| 73 | Iroquois County | 10.918 |
| 74 | Lee County | 10.848 |
| 75 | Grundy County | 10.718 |
| 76 | Knox County | 10.694 |
| 77 | Woodford County | 10.479 |
| 78 | Christian County | 10.39 |
| 79 | McDonough County | 9.935 |
| 80 | Lawrence County | 9.803 |
| 81 | Jefferson County | 9.762 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 9.589 |
| 83 | Putnam County | 9.566 |
| 84 | Macon County | 9.553 |
| 85 | Kankakee County | 9.419 |
| 86 | Scott County | 9.061 |
| 87 | Moultrie County | 8.941 |
| 88 | Mercer County | 8.794 |
| 89 | Jersey County | 8.782 |
| 90 | Pulaski County | 8.723 |
| 91 | Massac County | 8.693 |
| 92 | Douglas County | 8.307 |
| 93 | Bureau County | 8.241 |
| 94 | Boone County | 7.954 |
| 95 | De Witt County | 7.678 |
| 96 | Henry County | 7.672 |
| 97 | Wabash County | 7.606 |
| 98 | Greene County | 7.527 |
| 99 | Brown County | 7.143 |
| 100 | Cass County | 6.765 |
| 101 | Pope County | 6.608 |
| 102 | Effingham County | 6.089 |