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Counties in Indiana by job creation rate

Tipton County had the highest job creation rate of 92 counties in 2018, at 27.706%. Ohio County had the lowest, at 3.071%. The median was 11.301% and the figure for Indiana was 12.25%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest27.706Tipton County
Lowest3.071Ohio County
Median11.30192 counties
Indiana12.25History

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 7.911 %Allen County: 10.484 %Bartholomew County: 9.087 %Benton County: 12.25 %Blackford County: 7.531 %Boone County: 11.488 %Brown County: 12.714 %Carroll County: 6.885 %Cass County: 9.823 %Clark County: 9.994 %Clay County: 9.207 %Clinton County: 7.9 %Crawford County: 10.449 %Daviess County: 11.332 %Dearborn County: 9.175 %Decatur County: 6.767 %DeKalb County: 10.805 %Delaware County: 11.662 %Dubois County: 8.248 %Elkhart County: 15.849 %Fayette County: 9.669 %Floyd County: 16.513 %Fountain County: 17.321 %Franklin County: 11.313 %Fulton County: 11.31 %Gibson County: 10.828 %Grant County: 7.088 %Greene County: 10.676 %Hamilton County: 14.502 %Hancock County: 12.033 %Harrison County: 8.44 %Hendricks County: 16.444 %Henry County: 9.682 %Howard County: 9.716 %Huntington County: 9.326 %Jackson County: 10.196 %Jasper County: 12.139 %Jay County: 13.29 %Jefferson County: 9.28 %Jennings County: 11.558 %Johnson County: 11.564 %Knox County: 17.53 %Kosciusko County: 11.651 %LaGrange County: 15.35 %Lake County: 12.15 %LaPorte County: 15.204 %Lawrence County: 11.642 %Madison County: 9.428 %Marion County: 11.711 %Marshall County: 11.421 %Martin County: 11.166 %Miami County: 8.312 %Monroe County: 13.318 %Montgomery County: 9.756 %Morgan County: 11.291 %Newton County: 12.03 %Noble County: 15.77 %Ohio County: 3.071 %Orange County: 19.042 %Owen County: 12.671 %Parke County: 17.772 %Perry County: 8.914 %Pike County: 9.885 %Porter County: 12.004 %Posey County: 8.48 %Pulaski County: 16.723 %Putnam County: 7.679 %Randolph County: 11.601 %Ripley County: 19.219 %Rush County: 10.001 %St. Joseph County: 10.482 %Scott County: 15.309 %Shelby County: 9.465 %Spencer County: 13.604 %Starke County: 12.088 %Steuben County: 10.324 %Sullivan County: 11.273 %Switzerland County: 10.219 %Tippecanoe County: 13.097 %Tipton County: 27.706 %Union County: 14.624 %Vanderburgh County: 10.478 %Vermillion County: 16.158 %Vigo County: 10.731 %Wabash County: 8.459 %Warren County: 13.404 %Warrick County: 11.693 %Washington County: 11.045 %Wayne County: 13.732 %Wells County: 7.189 %White County: 11.912 %Whitley County: 8.384 %
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%, 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.

Top 40 counties, 2018

Tipton County: 27.706 %Tipton County27.706Ripley County: 19.219 %Ripley County19.219Orange County: 19.042 %Orange County19.042Parke County: 17.772 %Parke County17.772Knox County: 17.53 %Knox County17.53Fountain County: 17.321 %Fountain County17.321Pulaski County: 16.723 %Pulaski County16.723Floyd County: 16.513 %Floyd County16.513Hendricks County: 16.444 %Hendricks County16.444Vermillion County: 16.158 %Vermillion County16.158Elkhart County: 15.849 %Elkhart County15.849Noble County: 15.77 %Noble County15.77LaGrange County: 15.35 %LaGrange County15.35Scott County: 15.309 %Scott County15.309LaPorte County: 15.204 %LaPorte County15.204Union County: 14.624 %Union County14.624Hamilton County: 14.502 %Hamilton County14.502Wayne County: 13.732 %Wayne County13.732Spencer County: 13.604 %Spencer County13.604Warren County: 13.404 %Warren County13.404Monroe County: 13.318 %Monroe County13.318Jay County: 13.29 %Jay County13.29Tippecanoe County: 13.097 %Tippecanoe County13.097Brown County: 12.714 %Brown County12.714Owen County: 12.671 %Owen County12.671Benton County: 12.25 %Benton County12.25Lake County: 12.15 %Lake County12.15Jasper County: 12.139 %Jasper County12.139Starke County: 12.088 %Starke County12.088Hancock County: 12.033 %Hancock County12.033Newton County: 12.03 %Newton County12.03Porter County: 12.004 %Porter County12.004White County: 11.912 %White County11.912Marion County: 11.711 %Marion County11.711Warrick County: 11.693 %Warrick County11.693Delaware County: 11.662 %Delaware County11.662Kosciusko County: 11.651 %Kosciusko County11.651Lawrence County: 11.642 %Lawrence County11.642Randolph County: 11.601 %Randolph County11.601Johnson County: 11.564 %Johnson County11.564Tipton County: 27.706 %Tipton County27.706Ripley County: 19.219 %Ripley County19.219Orange County: 19.042 %Orange County19.042Parke County: 17.772 %Parke County17.772Knox County: 17.53 %Knox County17.53Fountain County: 17.321 %Fountain County17.321Pulaski County: 16.723 %Pulaski County16.723Floyd County: 16.513 %Floyd County16.513Hendricks County: 16.444 %Hendricks County16.444Vermillion County: 16.158 %Vermillion County16.158Elkhart County: 15.849 %Elkhart County15.849Noble County: 15.77 %Noble County15.77LaGrange County: 15.35 %LaGrange County15.35Scott County: 15.309 %Scott County15.309LaPorte County: 15.204 %LaPorte County15.204Union County: 14.624 %Union County14.624Hamilton County: 14.502 %Hamilton County14.502Wayne County: 13.732 %Wayne County13.732Spencer County: 13.604 %Spencer County13.604Warren County: 13.404 %Warren County13.404Monroe County: 13.318 %Monroe County13.318Jay County: 13.29 %Jay County13.29Tippecanoe County: 13.097 %Tippecanoe County13.097Brown County: 12.714 %Brown County12.714Owen County: 12.671 %Owen County12.671Benton County: 12.25 %Benton County12.25Lake County: 12.15 %Lake County12.15Jasper County: 12.139 %Jasper County12.139Starke County: 12.088 %Starke County12.088Hancock County: 12.033 %Hancock County12.033Newton County: 12.03 %Newton County12.03Porter County: 12.004 %Porter County12.004White County: 11.912 %White County11.912Marion County: 11.711 %Marion County11.711Warrick County: 11.693 %Warrick County11.693Delaware County: 11.662 %Delaware County11.662Kosciusko County: 11.651 %Kosciusko County11.651Lawrence County: 11.642 %Lawrence County11.642Randolph County: 11.601 %Randolph County11.601Johnson County: 11.564 %Johnson County11.564
%. 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
1Tipton County27.706+9.59 pts
2Ripley County19.219+10.89 pts
3Orange County19.042+6.99 pts
4Parke County17.772+3.15 pts
5Knox County17.53+3.77 pts
6Fountain County17.321+6.79 pts
7Pulaski County16.723+8.44 pts
8Floyd County16.513+5.03 pts
9Hendricks County16.444-0.99 pts
10Vermillion County16.158+3.67 pts
11Elkhart County15.849+0.42 pts
12Noble County15.77+7.81 pts
13LaGrange County15.35+1.55 pts
14Scott County15.309+4.61 pts
15LaPorte County15.204+5.82 pts
16Union County14.624+8.85 pts
17Hamilton County14.502-0.9 pts
18Wayne County13.732+3.25 pts
19Spencer County13.604+3.03 pts
20Warren County13.404+6.69 pts
21Monroe County13.318+1.53 pts
22Jay County13.29+5.1 pts
23Tippecanoe County13.097-1.8 pts
24Brown County12.714-16.53 pts
25Owen County12.671+2 pts
26Benton County12.25+3.34 pts
27Lake County12.15+0.33 pts
28Jasper County12.139+3.92 pts
29Starke County12.088-3.36 pts
30Hancock County12.033-0.42 pts
31Newton County12.03+2.67 pts
32Porter County12.004+0.88 pts
33White County11.912+1.78 pts
34Marion County11.711-2.47 pts
35Warrick County11.693-3.1 pts
36Delaware County11.662+1.99 pts
37Kosciusko County11.651-0.5 pts
38Lawrence County11.642-3.31 pts
39Randolph County11.601-2.63 pts
40Johnson County11.564-4.14 pts
41Jennings County11.558+1.27 pts
42Boone County11.488-7.66 pts
43Marshall County11.421-0.04 pts
44Daviess County11.332-0.66 pts
45Franklin County11.313-1.81 pts
46Fulton County11.31-1.37 pts
47Morgan County11.291-5.61 pts
48Sullivan County11.273+3.9 pts
49Martin County11.166-10.18 pts
50Washington County11.045-4.55 pts
51Gibson County10.828-0.42 pts
52DeKalb County10.805-2.36 pts
53Vigo County10.731+0.59 pts
54Greene County10.676-3.34 pts
55Allen County10.484-1.55 pts
56St. Joseph County10.482-0.46 pts
57Vanderburgh County10.478-1.31 pts
58Crawford County10.449+2.12 pts
59Steuben County10.324-0.19 pts
60Switzerland County10.219+5.38 pts
61Jackson County10.196-0.81 pts
62Rush County10.001-12.34 pts
63Clark County9.994-2.41 pts
64Pike County9.885+1.11 pts
65Cass County9.823+1.65 pts
66Montgomery County9.756-0.14 pts
67Howard County9.716+1.8 pts
68Henry County9.682-4.5 pts
69Fayette County9.669-0.42 pts
70Shelby County9.465-3.83 pts
71Madison County9.428-1.7 pts
72Huntington County9.326-1.97 pts
73Jefferson County9.28+1.81 pts
74Clay County9.207+0.32 pts
75Dearborn County9.175-1.48 pts
76Bartholomew County9.087-0.68 pts
77Perry County8.914-0.43 pts
78Posey County8.48-8.64 pts
79Wabash County8.459-0.25 pts
80Harrison County8.44-0.66 pts
81Whitley County8.384-4.72 pts
82Miami County8.312-3.53 pts
83Dubois County8.248-1.81 pts
84Adams County7.911-2.32 pts
85Clinton County7.9-2.48 pts
86Putnam County7.679-4.41 pts
87Blackford County7.531-2.41 pts
88Wells County7.189-4.94 pts
89Grant County7.088-1.89 pts
90Carroll County6.885-4.14 pts
91Decatur County6.767-8.06 pts
92Ohio County3.071-12.83 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, 2018) [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, 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/indiana-counties?period=2018. 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, 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/indiana-counties?period=2018.

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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, 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/indiana-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Tipton County, with 27.706% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Ohio County, with 3.071% in 2018.

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