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Counties in Indiana by job creation rate

Starke County had the highest job creation rate of 92 counties in 2020, at 19.21%. Switzerland County had the lowest, at 4.204%. The median was 8.981% and the figure for Indiana was 10.559%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.21Starke County
Lowest4.204Switzerland County
Median8.98192 counties
Indiana10.559History

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 7.514 %Allen County: 8.916 %Bartholomew County: 8.412 %Benton County: 16.647 %Blackford County: 9.515 %Boone County: 17.884 %Brown County: 18.792 %Carroll County: 9.713 %Cass County: 8.302 %Clark County: 13.754 %Clay County: 12.801 %Clinton County: 7.543 %Crawford County: 6.11 %Daviess County: 10.525 %Dearborn County: 8.734 %Decatur County: 5.9 %DeKalb County: 9.005 %Delaware County: 10.812 %Dubois County: 6.138 %Elkhart County: 8.252 %Fayette County: 13.211 %Floyd County: 10.802 %Fountain County: 6.645 %Franklin County: 10.72 %Fulton County: 7.204 %Gibson County: 8.744 %Grant County: 7.752 %Greene County: 8.698 %Hamilton County: 12.61 %Hancock County: 13.963 %Harrison County: 7.405 %Hendricks County: 14.974 %Henry County: 6.798 %Howard County: 7.313 %Huntington County: 8.651 %Jackson County: 8.025 %Jasper County: 13.79 %Jay County: 14.225 %Jefferson County: 8.117 %Jennings County: 12.786 %Johnson County: 13.862 %Knox County: 7.875 %Kosciusko County: 10.426 %LaGrange County: 9.13 %Lake County: 10.033 %LaPorte County: 9.626 %Lawrence County: 8.66 %Madison County: 8.152 %Marion County: 12.145 %Marshall County: 8.11 %Martin County: 9.955 %Miami County: 7.211 %Monroe County: 13.73 %Montgomery County: 8.194 %Morgan County: 11.303 %Newton County: 15.917 %Noble County: 8.252 %Ohio County: 8.014 %Orange County: 12.269 %Owen County: 11.319 %Parke County: 12.097 %Perry County: 6.872 %Pike County: 11.554 %Porter County: 8.275 %Posey County: 12.29 %Pulaski County: 4.593 %Putnam County: 6.904 %Randolph County: 10.469 %Ripley County: 4.927 %Rush County: 6.195 %St. Joseph County: 8.65 %Scott County: 8.956 %Shelby County: 8.349 %Spencer County: 8.383 %Starke County: 19.21 %Steuben County: 6.877 %Sullivan County: 8.693 %Switzerland County: 4.204 %Tippecanoe County: 9.619 %Tipton County: 6.64 %Union County: 9.662 %Vanderburgh County: 11.59 %Vermillion County: 11.187 %Vigo County: 9.802 %Wabash County: 7.147 %Warren County: 18.702 %Warrick County: 11.065 %Washington County: 9.027 %Wayne County: 9.806 %Wells County: 10.771 %White County: 7.866 %Whitley County: 7.674 %
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%, 2020. 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, 2020

Starke County: 19.21 %Starke County19.21Brown County: 18.792 %Brown County18.792Warren County: 18.702 %Warren County18.702Boone County: 17.884 %Boone County17.884Benton County: 16.647 %Benton County16.647Newton County: 15.917 %Newton County15.917Hendricks County: 14.974 %Hendricks County14.974Jay County: 14.225 %Jay County14.225Hancock County: 13.963 %Hancock County13.963Johnson County: 13.862 %Johnson County13.862Jasper County: 13.79 %Jasper County13.79Clark County: 13.754 %Clark County13.754Monroe County: 13.73 %Monroe County13.73Fayette County: 13.211 %Fayette County13.211Clay County: 12.801 %Clay County12.801Jennings County: 12.786 %Jennings County12.786Hamilton County: 12.61 %Hamilton County12.61Posey County: 12.29 %Posey County12.29Orange County: 12.269 %Orange County12.269Marion County: 12.145 %Marion County12.145Parke County: 12.097 %Parke County12.097Vanderburgh County: 11.59 %Vanderburgh County11.59Pike County: 11.554 %Pike County11.554Owen County: 11.319 %Owen County11.319Morgan County: 11.303 %Morgan County11.303Vermillion County: 11.187 %Vermillion County11.187Warrick County: 11.065 %Warrick County11.065Delaware County: 10.812 %Delaware County10.812Floyd County: 10.802 %Floyd County10.802Wells County: 10.771 %Wells County10.771Franklin County: 10.72 %Franklin County10.72Daviess County: 10.525 %Daviess County10.525Randolph County: 10.469 %Randolph County10.469Kosciusko County: 10.426 %Kosciusko County10.426Lake County: 10.033 %Lake County10.033Martin County: 9.955 %Martin County9.955Wayne County: 9.806 %Wayne County9.806Vigo County: 9.802 %Vigo County9.802Carroll County: 9.713 %Carroll County9.713Union County: 9.662 %Union County9.662Starke County: 19.21 %Starke County19.21Brown County: 18.792 %Brown County18.792Warren County: 18.702 %Warren County18.702Boone County: 17.884 %Boone County17.884Benton County: 16.647 %Benton County16.647Newton County: 15.917 %Newton County15.917Hendricks County: 14.974 %Hendricks County14.974Jay County: 14.225 %Jay County14.225Hancock County: 13.963 %Hancock County13.963Johnson County: 13.862 %Johnson County13.862Jasper County: 13.79 %Jasper County13.79Clark County: 13.754 %Clark County13.754Monroe County: 13.73 %Monroe County13.73Fayette County: 13.211 %Fayette County13.211Clay County: 12.801 %Clay County12.801Jennings County: 12.786 %Jennings County12.786Hamilton County: 12.61 %Hamilton County12.61Posey County: 12.29 %Posey County12.29Orange County: 12.269 %Orange County12.269Marion County: 12.145 %Marion County12.145Parke County: 12.097 %Parke County12.097Vanderburgh County: 11.59 %Vanderburgh County11.59Pike County: 11.554 %Pike County11.554Owen County: 11.319 %Owen County11.319Morgan County: 11.303 %Morgan County11.303Vermillion County: 11.187 %Vermillion County11.187Warrick County: 11.065 %Warrick County11.065Delaware County: 10.812 %Delaware County10.812Floyd County: 10.802 %Floyd County10.802Wells County: 10.771 %Wells County10.771Franklin County: 10.72 %Franklin County10.72Daviess County: 10.525 %Daviess County10.525Randolph County: 10.469 %Randolph County10.469Kosciusko County: 10.426 %Kosciusko County10.426Lake County: 10.033 %Lake County10.033Martin County: 9.955 %Martin County9.955Wayne County: 9.806 %Wayne County9.806Vigo County: 9.802 %Vigo County9.802Carroll County: 9.713 %Carroll County9.713Union County: 9.662 %Union County9.662
%. 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

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Starke County19.21+5.96 pts
2Brown County18.792-2.24 pts
3Warren County18.702+13.51 pts
4Boone County17.884+6.15 pts
5Benton County16.647+8.54 pts
6Newton County15.917+2.86 pts
7Hendricks County14.974+4.25 pts
8Jay County14.225+8.36 pts
9Hancock County13.963-2.3 pts
10Johnson County13.862+3.5 pts
11Jasper County13.79+5.99 pts
12Clark County13.754+3.09 pts
13Monroe County13.73+2.93 pts
14Fayette County13.211+3.97 pts
15Clay County12.801+3.22 pts
16Jennings County12.786+4.21 pts
17Hamilton County12.61-0.22 pts
18Posey County12.29+5.21 pts
19Orange County12.269+4.08 pts
20Marion County12.145+1.28 pts
21Parke County12.097-0.02 pts
22Vanderburgh County11.59+2.07 pts
23Pike County11.554+3.52 pts
24Owen County11.319-1.05 pts
25Morgan County11.303-4.2 pts
26Vermillion County11.187+3.62 pts
27Warrick County11.065-3.4 pts
28Delaware County10.812+1.75 pts
29Floyd County10.802+0.82 pts
30Wells County10.771+2.52 pts
31Franklin County10.72+1.98 pts
32Daviess County10.525-2.12 pts
33Randolph County10.469-0.97 pts
34Kosciusko County10.426+1.36 pts
35Lake County10.033+1.17 pts
36Martin County9.955+2.22 pts
37Wayne County9.806+0.99 pts
38Vigo County9.802+0.01 pts
39Carroll County9.713-1.08 pts
40Union County9.662-3.09 pts
41LaPorte County9.626+1.25 pts
42Tippecanoe County9.619-0.74 pts
43Blackford County9.515+5.37 pts
44LaGrange County9.13-2.37 pts
45Washington County9.027+0.94 pts
46DeKalb County9.005+1.45 pts
47Scott County8.956+1.48 pts
48Allen County8.916-1.56 pts
49Gibson County8.744+2.75 pts
50Dearborn County8.734-6.82 pts
51Greene County8.698-3.17 pts
52Sullivan County8.693+2.04 pts
53Lawrence County8.66-2.3 pts
54Huntington County8.651-0.37 pts
55St. Joseph County8.65+0.14 pts
56Bartholomew County8.412+0.36 pts
57Spencer County8.383+0.99 pts
58Shelby County8.349-3.42 pts
59Cass County8.302+1.15 pts
60Porter County8.275-2.09 pts
61Elkhart County8.252+0.19 pts
61Noble County8.252-3.7 pts
63Montgomery County8.194+0.78 pts
64Madison County8.152-0.9 pts
65Jefferson County8.117-1.2 pts
66Marshall County8.11-2.83 pts
67Jackson County8.025+1.11 pts
68Ohio County8.014+1.18 pts
69Knox County7.875+0.96 pts
70White County7.866-4.33 pts
71Grant County7.752-0.18 pts
72Whitley County7.674-2.67 pts
73Clinton County7.543-4.81 pts
74Adams County7.514-1.25 pts
75Harrison County7.405+0.17 pts
76Howard County7.313-2.4 pts
77Miami County7.211-10.07 pts
78Fulton County7.204-1.55 pts
79Wabash County7.147-0.54 pts
80Putnam County6.904-0.93 pts
81Steuben County6.877-1.96 pts
82Perry County6.872-1.01 pts
83Henry County6.798-2.48 pts
84Fountain County6.645-2.76 pts
85Tipton County6.64-1.68 pts
86Rush County6.195-4.5 pts
87Dubois County6.138-1.7 pts
88Crawford County6.11-3.22 pts
89Decatur County5.9-1.74 pts
90Ripley County4.927-1.3 pts
91Pulaski County4.593-1.79 pts
92Switzerland County4.204-5.6 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Starke County, with 19.21% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Switzerland County, with 4.204% in 2020.

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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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