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Counties in Indiana by job creation rate

Starke County had the highest job creation rate of 92 counties in 2016, at 22.578%. Ohio County had the lowest, at 3.854%. The median was 10.486% and the figure for Indiana was 12.008%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.578Starke County
Lowest3.854Ohio County
Median10.48692 counties
Indiana12.008History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 8.51 %Allen County: 10.814 %Bartholomew County: 10.983 %Benton County: 14.41 %Blackford County: 8.034 %Boone County: 15.424 %Brown County: 19.995 %Carroll County: 7.528 %Cass County: 11.24 %Clark County: 15.167 %Clay County: 11.105 %Clinton County: 5.534 %Crawford County: 13.089 %Daviess County: 10.298 %Dearborn County: 11.002 %Decatur County: 6.682 %DeKalb County: 8.719 %Delaware County: 16.782 %Dubois County: 9.184 %Elkhart County: 12.268 %Fayette County: 11.926 %Floyd County: 10.134 %Fountain County: 11.253 %Franklin County: 10.128 %Fulton County: 8.679 %Gibson County: 9.592 %Grant County: 6.561 %Greene County: 8.387 %Hamilton County: 15.294 %Hancock County: 11.589 %Harrison County: 8.427 %Hendricks County: 16.847 %Henry County: 14.325 %Howard County: 8.167 %Huntington County: 10.139 %Jackson County: 9.734 %Jasper County: 10.005 %Jay County: 5.653 %Jefferson County: 7.075 %Jennings County: 10.107 %Johnson County: 14.455 %Knox County: 12.362 %Kosciusko County: 11.091 %LaGrange County: 12.993 %Lake County: 9.534 %LaPorte County: 10.817 %Lawrence County: 12.221 %Madison County: 10.636 %Marion County: 13.739 %Marshall County: 8.921 %Martin County: 8.213 %Miami County: 10.158 %Monroe County: 15.28 %Montgomery County: 7.276 %Morgan County: 12.612 %Newton County: 11.165 %Noble County: 12.246 %Ohio County: 3.854 %Orange County: 18.723 %Owen County: 10.3 %Parke County: 16.291 %Perry County: 9.114 %Pike County: 7.401 %Porter County: 9.682 %Posey County: 10.553 %Pulaski County: 9.384 %Putnam County: 10.348 %Randolph County: 9.618 %Ripley County: 11.267 %Rush County: 11.208 %St. Joseph County: 9.691 %Scott County: 10.681 %Shelby County: 15.843 %Spencer County: 9.199 %Starke County: 22.578 %Steuben County: 11.056 %Sullivan County: 8.684 %Switzerland County: 8.568 %Tippecanoe County: 12.044 %Tipton County: 15.664 %Union County: 9.178 %Vanderburgh County: 9.061 %Vermillion County: 10.931 %Vigo County: 10.419 %Wabash County: 7.933 %Warren County: 11.207 %Warrick County: 11.23 %Washington County: 13.332 %Wayne County: 9.915 %Wells County: 8.97 %White County: 11.645 %Whitley County: 8.485 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Starke County: 22.578 %Starke County22.578Brown County: 19.995 %Brown County19.995Orange County: 18.723 %Orange County18.723Hendricks County: 16.847 %Hendricks County16.847Delaware County: 16.782 %Delaware County16.782Parke County: 16.291 %Parke County16.291Shelby County: 15.843 %Shelby County15.843Tipton County: 15.664 %Tipton County15.664Boone County: 15.424 %Boone County15.424Hamilton County: 15.294 %Hamilton County15.294Monroe County: 15.28 %Monroe County15.28Clark County: 15.167 %Clark County15.167Johnson County: 14.455 %Johnson County14.455Benton County: 14.41 %Benton County14.41Henry County: 14.325 %Henry County14.325Marion County: 13.739 %Marion County13.739Washington County: 13.332 %Washington County13.332Crawford County: 13.089 %Crawford County13.089LaGrange County: 12.993 %LaGrange County12.993Morgan County: 12.612 %Morgan County12.612Knox County: 12.362 %Knox County12.362Elkhart County: 12.268 %Elkhart County12.268Noble County: 12.246 %Noble County12.246Lawrence County: 12.221 %Lawrence County12.221Tippecanoe County: 12.044 %Tippecanoe County12.044Fayette County: 11.926 %Fayette County11.926White County: 11.645 %White County11.645Hancock County: 11.589 %Hancock County11.589Ripley County: 11.267 %Ripley County11.267Fountain County: 11.253 %Fountain County11.253Cass County: 11.24 %Cass County11.24Warrick County: 11.23 %Warrick County11.23Rush County: 11.208 %Rush County11.208Warren County: 11.207 %Warren County11.207Newton County: 11.165 %Newton County11.165Clay County: 11.105 %Clay County11.105Kosciusko County: 11.091 %Kosciusko County11.091Steuben County: 11.056 %Steuben County11.056Dearborn County: 11.002 %Dearborn County11.002Bartholomew County: 10.983 %Bartholomew County10.983Starke County: 22.578 %Starke County22.578Brown County: 19.995 %Brown County19.995Orange County: 18.723 %Orange County18.723Hendricks County: 16.847 %Hendricks County16.847Delaware County: 16.782 %Delaware County16.782Parke County: 16.291 %Parke County16.291Shelby County: 15.843 %Shelby County15.843Tipton County: 15.664 %Tipton County15.664Boone County: 15.424 %Boone County15.424Hamilton County: 15.294 %Hamilton County15.294Monroe County: 15.28 %Monroe County15.28Clark County: 15.167 %Clark County15.167Johnson County: 14.455 %Johnson County14.455Benton County: 14.41 %Benton County14.41Henry County: 14.325 %Henry County14.325Marion County: 13.739 %Marion County13.739Washington County: 13.332 %Washington County13.332Crawford County: 13.089 %Crawford County13.089LaGrange County: 12.993 %LaGrange County12.993Morgan County: 12.612 %Morgan County12.612Knox County: 12.362 %Knox County12.362Elkhart County: 12.268 %Elkhart County12.268Noble County: 12.246 %Noble County12.246Lawrence County: 12.221 %Lawrence County12.221Tippecanoe County: 12.044 %Tippecanoe County12.044Fayette County: 11.926 %Fayette County11.926White County: 11.645 %White County11.645Hancock County: 11.589 %Hancock County11.589Ripley County: 11.267 %Ripley County11.267Fountain County: 11.253 %Fountain County11.253Cass County: 11.24 %Cass County11.24Warrick County: 11.23 %Warrick County11.23Rush County: 11.208 %Rush County11.208Warren County: 11.207 %Warren County11.207Newton County: 11.165 %Newton County11.165Clay County: 11.105 %Clay County11.105Kosciusko County: 11.091 %Kosciusko County11.091Steuben County: 11.056 %Steuben County11.056Dearborn County: 11.002 %Dearborn County11.002Bartholomew County: 10.983 %Bartholomew County10.983
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Starke County22.578+11.86 pts
2Brown County19.995+6.66 pts
3Orange County18.723+7.61 pts
4Hendricks County16.847+2.53 pts
5Delaware County16.782+2.73 pts
6Parke County16.291+4.83 pts
7Shelby County15.843+5.04 pts
8Tipton County15.664-4.78 pts
9Boone County15.424-4.63 pts
10Hamilton County15.294-0.08 pts
11Monroe County15.28+3.59 pts
12Clark County15.167+3.78 pts
13Johnson County14.455+2.28 pts
14Benton County14.41+1.76 pts
15Henry County14.325+4.57 pts
16Marion County13.739+1.06 pts
17Washington County13.332+3.06 pts
18Crawford County13.089+2.53 pts
19LaGrange County12.993+3.51 pts
20Morgan County12.612-0.4 pts
21Knox County12.362-3.78 pts
22Elkhart County12.268-1.38 pts
23Noble County12.246+2.01 pts
24Lawrence County12.221-6.55 pts
25Tippecanoe County12.044-0.23 pts
26Fayette County11.926+3.01 pts
27White County11.645-3.61 pts
28Hancock County11.589-0.61 pts
29Ripley County11.267+0.99 pts
30Fountain County11.253+5.32 pts
31Cass County11.24+1.07 pts
32Warrick County11.23+0.27 pts
33Rush County11.208+1.06 pts
34Warren County11.207+1.6 pts
35Newton County11.165-13.37 pts
36Clay County11.105-0.61 pts
37Kosciusko County11.091-0.06 pts
38Steuben County11.056+0.92 pts
39Dearborn County11.002-1.04 pts
40Bartholomew County10.983-0.49 pts
41Vermillion County10.931+0.21 pts
42LaPorte County10.817-1.56 pts
43Allen County10.814-2.87 pts
44Scott County10.681-4.44 pts
45Madison County10.636-3.29 pts
46Posey County10.553+0.99 pts
47Vigo County10.419+0.41 pts
48Putnam County10.348-2.95 pts
49Owen County10.3-4.31 pts
50Daviess County10.298-2.85 pts
51Miami County10.158-3.68 pts
52Huntington County10.139-0.34 pts
53Floyd County10.134-0.29 pts
54Franklin County10.128+2.33 pts
55Jennings County10.107+0.51 pts
56Jasper County10.005-7.33 pts
57Wayne County9.915-0.73 pts
58Jackson County9.734-5.35 pts
59St. Joseph County9.691-1.31 pts
60Porter County9.682-4.86 pts
61Randolph County9.618-6.35 pts
62Gibson County9.592-1.45 pts
63Lake County9.534-1.85 pts
64Pulaski County9.384-2.46 pts
65Spencer County9.199-2.88 pts
66Dubois County9.184-0.31 pts
67Union County9.178-1.77 pts
68Perry County9.114-0.8 pts
69Vanderburgh County9.061-1.08 pts
70Wells County8.97-0.7 pts
71Marshall County8.921-1.76 pts
72DeKalb County8.719-1.8 pts
73Sullivan County8.684-2.06 pts
74Fulton County8.679+1.89 pts
75Switzerland County8.568+1.66 pts
76Adams County8.51-0.2 pts
77Whitley County8.485-4.46 pts
78Harrison County8.427-0.67 pts
79Greene County8.387-9.66 pts
80Martin County8.213-1.09 pts
81Howard County8.167-2.59 pts
82Blackford County8.034-10.22 pts
83Wabash County7.933-4.34 pts
84Carroll County7.528-2.63 pts
85Pike County7.401-4.92 pts
86Montgomery County7.276-1.41 pts
87Jefferson County7.075-1.83 pts
88Decatur County6.682-1.31 pts
89Grant County6.561-1.83 pts
90Jay County5.653-0.92 pts
91Clinton County5.534-11.36 pts
92Ohio County3.854-1.15 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Starke County, with 22.578% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Ohio County, with 3.854% in 2016.

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