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Counties in Indiana by job creation rate

Brown County had the highest job creation rate of 92 counties in 2019, at 21.033%. Blackford County had the lowest, at 4.149%. The median was 9.061% and the figure for Indiana was 10.027%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.033Brown County
Lowest4.149Blackford County
Median9.06192 counties
Indiana10.027History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 8.761 %Allen County: 10.478 %Bartholomew County: 8.053 %Benton County: 8.103 %Blackford County: 4.149 %Boone County: 11.738 %Brown County: 21.033 %Carroll County: 10.793 %Cass County: 7.154 %Clark County: 10.663 %Clay County: 9.578 %Clinton County: 12.349 %Crawford County: 9.328 %Daviess County: 12.643 %Dearborn County: 15.551 %Decatur County: 7.637 %DeKalb County: 7.558 %Delaware County: 9.061 %Dubois County: 7.835 %Elkhart County: 8.065 %Fayette County: 9.241 %Floyd County: 9.981 %Fountain County: 9.408 %Franklin County: 8.744 %Fulton County: 8.751 %Gibson County: 5.99 %Grant County: 7.935 %Greene County: 11.866 %Hamilton County: 12.831 %Hancock County: 16.261 %Harrison County: 7.234 %Hendricks County: 10.722 %Henry County: 9.281 %Howard County: 9.71 %Huntington County: 9.018 %Jackson County: 6.913 %Jasper County: 7.802 %Jay County: 5.865 %Jefferson County: 9.314 %Jennings County: 8.58 %Johnson County: 10.361 %Knox County: 6.92 %Kosciusko County: 9.062 %LaGrange County: 11.5 %Lake County: 8.858 %LaPorte County: 8.378 %Lawrence County: 10.958 %Madison County: 9.049 %Marion County: 10.861 %Marshall County: 10.936 %Martin County: 7.73 %Miami County: 17.283 %Monroe County: 10.799 %Montgomery County: 7.414 %Morgan County: 15.501 %Newton County: 13.062 %Noble County: 11.952 %Ohio County: 6.836 %Orange County: 8.19 %Owen County: 12.374 %Parke County: 12.117 %Perry County: 7.883 %Pike County: 8.039 %Porter County: 10.365 %Posey County: 7.076 %Pulaski County: 6.383 %Putnam County: 7.833 %Randolph County: 11.435 %Ripley County: 6.224 %Rush County: 10.697 %St. Joseph County: 8.511 %Scott County: 7.477 %Shelby County: 11.765 %Spencer County: 7.388 %Starke County: 13.251 %Steuben County: 8.841 %Sullivan County: 6.653 %Switzerland County: 9.8 %Tippecanoe County: 10.361 %Tipton County: 8.324 %Union County: 12.749 %Vanderburgh County: 9.515 %Vermillion County: 7.565 %Vigo County: 9.791 %Wabash County: 7.684 %Warren County: 5.195 %Warrick County: 14.464 %Washington County: 8.084 %Wayne County: 8.817 %Wells County: 8.247 %White County: 12.193 %Whitley County: 10.348 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Brown County: 21.033 %Brown County21.033Miami County: 17.283 %Miami County17.283Hancock County: 16.261 %Hancock County16.261Dearborn County: 15.551 %Dearborn County15.551Morgan County: 15.501 %Morgan County15.501Warrick County: 14.464 %Warrick County14.464Starke County: 13.251 %Starke County13.251Newton County: 13.062 %Newton County13.062Hamilton County: 12.831 %Hamilton County12.831Union County: 12.749 %Union County12.749Daviess County: 12.643 %Daviess County12.643Owen County: 12.374 %Owen County12.374Clinton County: 12.349 %Clinton County12.349White County: 12.193 %White County12.193Parke County: 12.117 %Parke County12.117Noble County: 11.952 %Noble County11.952Greene County: 11.866 %Greene County11.866Shelby County: 11.765 %Shelby County11.765Boone County: 11.738 %Boone County11.738LaGrange County: 11.5 %LaGrange County11.5Randolph County: 11.435 %Randolph County11.435Lawrence County: 10.958 %Lawrence County10.958Marshall County: 10.936 %Marshall County10.936Marion County: 10.861 %Marion County10.861Monroe County: 10.799 %Monroe County10.799Carroll County: 10.793 %Carroll County10.793Hendricks County: 10.722 %Hendricks County10.722Rush County: 10.697 %Rush County10.697Clark County: 10.663 %Clark County10.663Allen County: 10.478 %Allen County10.478Porter County: 10.365 %Porter County10.365Johnson County: 10.361 %Johnson County10.361Tippecanoe County: 10.361 %Tippecanoe County10.361Whitley County: 10.348 %Whitley County10.348Floyd County: 9.981 %Floyd County9.981Switzerland County: 9.8 %Switzerland County9.8Vigo County: 9.791 %Vigo County9.791Howard County: 9.71 %Howard County9.71Clay County: 9.578 %Clay County9.578Vanderburgh County: 9.515 %Vanderburgh County9.515Brown County: 21.033 %Brown County21.033Miami County: 17.283 %Miami County17.283Hancock County: 16.261 %Hancock County16.261Dearborn County: 15.551 %Dearborn County15.551Morgan County: 15.501 %Morgan County15.501Warrick County: 14.464 %Warrick County14.464Starke County: 13.251 %Starke County13.251Newton County: 13.062 %Newton County13.062Hamilton County: 12.831 %Hamilton County12.831Union County: 12.749 %Union County12.749Daviess County: 12.643 %Daviess County12.643Owen County: 12.374 %Owen County12.374Clinton County: 12.349 %Clinton County12.349White County: 12.193 %White County12.193Parke County: 12.117 %Parke County12.117Noble County: 11.952 %Noble County11.952Greene County: 11.866 %Greene County11.866Shelby County: 11.765 %Shelby County11.765Boone County: 11.738 %Boone County11.738LaGrange County: 11.5 %LaGrange County11.5Randolph County: 11.435 %Randolph County11.435Lawrence County: 10.958 %Lawrence County10.958Marshall County: 10.936 %Marshall County10.936Marion County: 10.861 %Marion County10.861Monroe County: 10.799 %Monroe County10.799Carroll County: 10.793 %Carroll County10.793Hendricks County: 10.722 %Hendricks County10.722Rush County: 10.697 %Rush County10.697Clark County: 10.663 %Clark County10.663Allen County: 10.478 %Allen County10.478Porter County: 10.365 %Porter County10.365Johnson County: 10.361 %Johnson County10.361Tippecanoe County: 10.361 %Tippecanoe County10.361Whitley County: 10.348 %Whitley County10.348Floyd County: 9.981 %Floyd County9.981Switzerland County: 9.8 %Switzerland County9.8Vigo County: 9.791 %Vigo County9.791Howard County: 9.71 %Howard County9.71Clay County: 9.578 %Clay County9.578Vanderburgh County: 9.515 %Vanderburgh County9.515
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Brown County21.033+8.32 pts
2Miami County17.283+8.97 pts
3Hancock County16.261+4.23 pts
4Dearborn County15.551+6.38 pts
5Morgan County15.501+4.21 pts
6Warrick County14.464+2.77 pts
7Starke County13.251+1.16 pts
8Newton County13.062+1.03 pts
9Hamilton County12.831-1.67 pts
10Union County12.749-1.88 pts
11Daviess County12.643+1.31 pts
12Owen County12.374-0.3 pts
13Clinton County12.349+4.45 pts
14White County12.193+0.28 pts
15Parke County12.117-5.65 pts
16Noble County11.952-3.82 pts
17Greene County11.866+1.19 pts
18Shelby County11.765+2.3 pts
19Boone County11.738+0.25 pts
20LaGrange County11.5-3.85 pts
21Randolph County11.435-0.17 pts
22Lawrence County10.958-0.68 pts
23Marshall County10.936-0.48 pts
24Marion County10.861-0.85 pts
25Monroe County10.799-2.52 pts
26Carroll County10.793+3.91 pts
27Hendricks County10.722-5.72 pts
28Rush County10.697+0.7 pts
29Clark County10.663+0.67 pts
30Allen County10.478-0.01 pts
31Porter County10.365-1.64 pts
32Johnson County10.361-1.2 pts
32Tippecanoe County10.361-2.74 pts
34Whitley County10.348+1.96 pts
35Floyd County9.981-6.53 pts
36Switzerland County9.8-0.42 pts
37Vigo County9.791-0.94 pts
38Howard County9.71-0.01 pts
39Clay County9.578+0.37 pts
40Vanderburgh County9.515-0.96 pts
41Fountain County9.408-7.91 pts
42Crawford County9.328-1.12 pts
43Jefferson County9.314+0.03 pts
44Henry County9.281-0.4 pts
45Fayette County9.241-0.43 pts
46Kosciusko County9.062-2.59 pts
47Delaware County9.061-2.6 pts
48Madison County9.049-0.38 pts
49Huntington County9.018-0.31 pts
50Lake County8.858-3.29 pts
51Steuben County8.841-1.48 pts
52Wayne County8.817-4.91 pts
53Adams County8.761+0.85 pts
54Fulton County8.751-2.56 pts
55Franklin County8.744-2.57 pts
56Jennings County8.58-2.98 pts
57St. Joseph County8.511-1.97 pts
58LaPorte County8.378-6.83 pts
59Tipton County8.324-19.38 pts
60Wells County8.247+1.06 pts
61Orange County8.19-10.85 pts
62Benton County8.103-4.15 pts
63Washington County8.084-2.96 pts
64Elkhart County8.065-7.78 pts
65Bartholomew County8.053-1.03 pts
66Pike County8.039-1.85 pts
67Grant County7.935+0.85 pts
68Perry County7.883-1.03 pts
69Dubois County7.835-0.41 pts
70Putnam County7.833+0.15 pts
71Jasper County7.802-4.34 pts
72Martin County7.73-3.44 pts
73Wabash County7.684-0.77 pts
74Decatur County7.637+0.87 pts
75Vermillion County7.565-8.59 pts
76DeKalb County7.558-3.25 pts
77Scott County7.477-7.83 pts
78Montgomery County7.414-2.34 pts
79Spencer County7.388-6.22 pts
80Harrison County7.234-1.21 pts
81Cass County7.154-2.67 pts
82Posey County7.076-1.4 pts
83Knox County6.92-10.61 pts
84Jackson County6.913-3.28 pts
85Ohio County6.836+3.77 pts
86Sullivan County6.653-4.62 pts
87Pulaski County6.383-10.34 pts
88Ripley County6.224-13 pts
89Gibson County5.99-4.84 pts
90Jay County5.865-7.42 pts
91Warren County5.195-8.21 pts
92Blackford County4.149-3.38 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Brown County, with 21.033% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Blackford County, with 4.149% in 2019.

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.

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