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Counties in Indiana by job creation rate

Starke County had the highest job creation rate of 92 counties in 2013, at 17.162%. Ohio County had the lowest, at 4.637%. The median was 10.561% and the figure for Indiana was 11.937%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17.162Starke County
Lowest4.637Ohio County
Median10.56192 counties
Indiana11.937History

Map of counties, 2013

Adams County: 11.482 %Allen County: 11.323 %Bartholomew County: 8.89 %Benton County: 10.299 %Blackford County: 12.223 %Boone County: 16.101 %Brown County: 14.161 %Carroll County: 10.772 %Cass County: 8.595 %Clark County: 14.067 %Clay County: 8.945 %Clinton County: 10.204 %Crawford County: 11.991 %Daviess County: 10.397 %Dearborn County: 10.207 %Decatur County: 13.282 %DeKalb County: 9.3 %Delaware County: 12.556 %Dubois County: 9.622 %Elkhart County: 12.931 %Fayette County: 6.352 %Floyd County: 10.915 %Fountain County: 5.968 %Franklin County: 12.059 %Fulton County: 7.43 %Gibson County: 7.16 %Grant County: 9.992 %Greene County: 8.281 %Hamilton County: 15.292 %Hancock County: 13.06 %Harrison County: 10.129 %Hendricks County: 15.144 %Henry County: 12.486 %Howard County: 12.794 %Huntington County: 12.344 %Jackson County: 10.587 %Jasper County: 10.37 %Jay County: 9.032 %Jefferson County: 12.06 %Jennings County: 11.967 %Johnson County: 12.628 %Knox County: 8.358 %Kosciusko County: 11.126 %LaGrange County: 13.771 %Lake County: 12.412 %LaPorte County: 10.646 %Lawrence County: 13.49 %Madison County: 15.85 %Marion County: 12.497 %Marshall County: 12.512 %Martin County: 8.575 %Miami County: 10.412 %Monroe County: 11.129 %Montgomery County: 10.965 %Morgan County: 14.435 %Newton County: 10.777 %Noble County: 9.016 %Ohio County: 4.637 %Orange County: 7.294 %Owen County: 8.143 %Parke County: 13.916 %Perry County: 7.753 %Pike County: 9.686 %Porter County: 10.348 %Posey County: 9.112 %Pulaski County: 7.149 %Putnam County: 13.208 %Randolph County: 11.532 %Ripley County: 9.216 %Rush County: 8.433 %St. Joseph County: 10.7 %Scott County: 14.867 %Shelby County: 9.692 %Spencer County: 10.422 %Starke County: 17.162 %Steuben County: 13.927 %Sullivan County: 9.077 %Switzerland County: 11.876 %Tippecanoe County: 10.536 %Tipton County: 10.773 %Union County: 15.858 %Vanderburgh County: 9.742 %Vermillion County: 7.541 %Vigo County: 7.548 %Wabash County: 10.136 %Warren County: 10.84 %Warrick County: 10.192 %Washington County: 9.883 %Wayne County: 9.581 %Wells County: 6.775 %White County: 7.921 %Whitley County: 8.593 %
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%, 2013. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2013

Starke County: 17.162 %Starke County17.162Boone County: 16.101 %Boone County16.101Union County: 15.858 %Union County15.858Madison County: 15.85 %Madison County15.85Hamilton County: 15.292 %Hamilton County15.292Hendricks County: 15.144 %Hendricks County15.144Scott County: 14.867 %Scott County14.867Morgan County: 14.435 %Morgan County14.435Brown County: 14.161 %Brown County14.161Clark County: 14.067 %Clark County14.067Steuben County: 13.927 %Steuben County13.927Parke County: 13.916 %Parke County13.916LaGrange County: 13.771 %LaGrange County13.771Lawrence County: 13.49 %Lawrence County13.49Decatur County: 13.282 %Decatur County13.282Putnam County: 13.208 %Putnam County13.208Hancock County: 13.06 %Hancock County13.06Elkhart County: 12.931 %Elkhart County12.931Howard County: 12.794 %Howard County12.794Johnson County: 12.628 %Johnson County12.628Delaware County: 12.556 %Delaware County12.556Marshall County: 12.512 %Marshall County12.512Marion County: 12.497 %Marion County12.497Henry County: 12.486 %Henry County12.486Lake County: 12.412 %Lake County12.412Huntington County: 12.344 %Huntington County12.344Blackford County: 12.223 %Blackford County12.223Jefferson County: 12.06 %Jefferson County12.06Franklin County: 12.059 %Franklin County12.059Crawford County: 11.991 %Crawford County11.991Jennings County: 11.967 %Jennings County11.967Switzerland County: 11.876 %Switzerland County11.876Randolph County: 11.532 %Randolph County11.532Adams County: 11.482 %Adams County11.482Allen County: 11.323 %Allen County11.323Monroe County: 11.129 %Monroe County11.129Kosciusko County: 11.126 %Kosciusko County11.126Montgomery County: 10.965 %Montgomery County10.965Floyd County: 10.915 %Floyd County10.915Warren County: 10.84 %Warren County10.84Starke County: 17.162 %Starke County17.162Boone County: 16.101 %Boone County16.101Union County: 15.858 %Union County15.858Madison County: 15.85 %Madison County15.85Hamilton County: 15.292 %Hamilton County15.292Hendricks County: 15.144 %Hendricks County15.144Scott County: 14.867 %Scott County14.867Morgan County: 14.435 %Morgan County14.435Brown County: 14.161 %Brown County14.161Clark County: 14.067 %Clark County14.067Steuben County: 13.927 %Steuben County13.927Parke County: 13.916 %Parke County13.916LaGrange County: 13.771 %LaGrange County13.771Lawrence County: 13.49 %Lawrence County13.49Decatur County: 13.282 %Decatur County13.282Putnam County: 13.208 %Putnam County13.208Hancock County: 13.06 %Hancock County13.06Elkhart County: 12.931 %Elkhart County12.931Howard County: 12.794 %Howard County12.794Johnson County: 12.628 %Johnson County12.628Delaware County: 12.556 %Delaware County12.556Marshall County: 12.512 %Marshall County12.512Marion County: 12.497 %Marion County12.497Henry County: 12.486 %Henry County12.486Lake County: 12.412 %Lake County12.412Huntington County: 12.344 %Huntington County12.344Blackford County: 12.223 %Blackford County12.223Jefferson County: 12.06 %Jefferson County12.06Franklin County: 12.059 %Franklin County12.059Crawford County: 11.991 %Crawford County11.991Jennings County: 11.967 %Jennings County11.967Switzerland County: 11.876 %Switzerland County11.876Randolph County: 11.532 %Randolph County11.532Adams County: 11.482 %Adams County11.482Allen County: 11.323 %Allen County11.323Monroe County: 11.129 %Monroe County11.129Kosciusko County: 11.126 %Kosciusko County11.126Montgomery County: 10.965 %Montgomery County10.965Floyd County: 10.915 %Floyd County10.915Warren County: 10.84 %Warren County10.84
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Starke County17.162+6.7 pts
2Boone County16.101-1.11 pts
3Union County15.858+6.76 pts
4Madison County15.85+5.09 pts
5Hamilton County15.292-1.16 pts
6Hendricks County15.144-1.55 pts
7Scott County14.867-1.17 pts
8Morgan County14.435-8.66 pts
9Brown County14.161-7.31 pts
10Clark County14.067+1.31 pts
11Steuben County13.927+0.88 pts
12Parke County13.916+0.97 pts
13LaGrange County13.771-2.17 pts
14Lawrence County13.49+0.05 pts
15Decatur County13.282-8.14 pts
16Putnam County13.208+4.4 pts
17Hancock County13.06-0.6 pts
18Elkhart County12.931-1.6 pts
19Howard County12.794+1.71 pts
20Johnson County12.628-2.19 pts
21Delaware County12.556-2.43 pts
22Marshall County12.512+0.19 pts
23Marion County12.497-3.03 pts
24Henry County12.486+0.44 pts
25Lake County12.412+0.94 pts
26Huntington County12.344+3.98 pts
27Blackford County12.223-5.15 pts
28Jefferson County12.06-0.86 pts
29Franklin County12.059+1.85 pts
30Crawford County11.991+3.02 pts
31Jennings County11.967+1.16 pts
32Switzerland County11.876+5.18 pts
33Randolph County11.532+1.07 pts
34Adams County11.482+0.64 pts
35Allen County11.323-0.92 pts
36Monroe County11.129-2.79 pts
37Kosciusko County11.126+2.18 pts
38Montgomery County10.965+0.72 pts
39Floyd County10.915-1.49 pts
40Warren County10.84-11.53 pts
41Newton County10.777-2.48 pts
42Tipton County10.773+1.63 pts
43Carroll County10.772+0.36 pts
44St. Joseph County10.7+0.57 pts
45LaPorte County10.646-1.25 pts
46Jackson County10.587+2.23 pts
47Tippecanoe County10.536-4.91 pts
48Spencer County10.422-0.63 pts
49Miami County10.412-1.44 pts
50Daviess County10.397-1.57 pts
51Jasper County10.37-5.97 pts
52Porter County10.348-4.1 pts
53Benton County10.299-2.84 pts
54Dearborn County10.207-2.68 pts
55Clinton County10.204+1.98 pts
56Warrick County10.192-2.48 pts
57Wabash County10.136-0.59 pts
58Harrison County10.129+2.2 pts
59Grant County9.992-9.32 pts
60Washington County9.883-3.24 pts
61Vanderburgh County9.742-1.42 pts
62Shelby County9.692-3.64 pts
63Pike County9.686-1.81 pts
64Dubois County9.622+2.52 pts
65Wayne County9.581-3.35 pts
66DeKalb County9.3-1.99 pts
67Ripley County9.216-6.82 pts
68Posey County9.112+0.33 pts
69Sullivan County9.077-2.75 pts
70Jay County9.032-2.93 pts
71Noble County9.016+0.12 pts
72Clay County8.945-8.25 pts
73Bartholomew County8.89-8.47 pts
74Cass County8.595+0.09 pts
75Whitley County8.593-3.5 pts
76Martin County8.575-22.12 pts
77Rush County8.433-5.67 pts
78Knox County8.358-3.79 pts
79Greene County8.281-6.48 pts
80Owen County8.143-2.78 pts
81White County7.921-15.8 pts
82Perry County7.753+1.08 pts
83Vigo County7.548-3.62 pts
84Vermillion County7.541-7.41 pts
85Fulton County7.43-6.46 pts
86Orange County7.294-8.14 pts
87Gibson County7.160 pts
88Pulaski County7.149-1.56 pts
89Wells County6.775-24.92 pts
90Fayette County6.352-10.08 pts
91Fountain County5.968-3.24 pts
92Ohio County4.637-2.58 pts

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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.

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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 Indiana by job creation rate, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Indiana by job creation rate, 2013. 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/indiana-counties?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Indiana by job creation rate, 2013. 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/indiana-counties?period=2013.

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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 Indiana by job creation rate, 2013 [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/indiana-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Starke County, with 17.162% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Ohio County, with 4.637% in 2013.

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