# Counties in Iowa by job creation rate, 2023

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Polk County | 18.848 |
| 2 | Osceola County | 18.782 |
| 3 | Wayne County | 18.399 |
| 4 | Madison County | 17.664 |
| 5 | Fayette County | 16.581 |
| 6 | Warren County | 16.431 |
| 7 | Mills County | 16.042 |
| 8 | Des Moines County | 16.014 |
| 9 | Keokuk County | 15.572 |
| 10 | Davis County | 15.285 |
| 11 | Lucas County | 15.241 |
| 12 | Johnson County | 15.215 |
| 13 | Scott County | 14.815 |
| 14 | Dickinson County | 14.716 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 14.653 |
| 16 | Cedar County | 14.628 |
| 17 | Dallas County | 14.526 |
| 18 | Harrison County | 14.522 |
| 19 | Audubon County | 14.225 |
| 20 | Humboldt County | 13.889 |
| 21 | Cherokee County | 13.593 |
| 22 | Guthrie County | 13.457 |
| 23 | Lyon County | 13.342 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 13.289 |
| 25 | Appanoose County | 13.264 |
| 26 | Pocahontas County | 12.798 |
| 27 | Grundy County | 12.728 |
| 28 | Butler County | 12.525 |
| 29 | Ringgold County | 12.432 |
| 30 | Ida County | 12.406 |
| 31 | Monona County | 12.388 |
| 32 | Van Buren County | 12.373 |
| 33 | Calhoun County | 12.357 |
| 34 | Allamakee County | 12.214 |
| 35 | Sac County | 11.919 |
| 36 | Clayton County | 11.747 |
| 37 | Benton County | 11.522 |
| 38 | Cerro Gordo County | 11.404 |
| 39 | Jefferson County | 11.388 |
| 40 | Dubuque County | 11.359 |
| 41 | Emmet County | 11.356 |
| 42 | Webster County | 11.276 |
| 43 | Story County | 11.243 |
| 44 | Pottawattamie County | 11.213 |
| 45 | Decatur County | 11.067 |
| 46 | Jasper County | 11.014 |
| 47 | Cass County | 10.978 |
| 48 | Howard County | 10.911 |
| 49 | Lee County | 10.664 |
| 50 | Linn County | 10.537 |
| 51 | Mahaska County | 10.514 |
| 52 | Union County | 10.495 |
| 53 | Taylor County | 10.445 |
| 54 | Marshall County | 10.438 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 10.351 |
| 56 | Greene County | 10.324 |
| 57 | Muscatine County | 10.167 |
| 58 | Shelby County | 10.093 |
| 59 | Jones County | 10.03 |
| 60 | Bremer County | 10.027 |
| 61 | Buena Vista County | 9.998 |
| 62 | Plymouth County | 9.992 |
| 63 | Hardin County | 9.885 |
| 64 | Delaware County | 9.749 |
| 65 | Black Hawk County | 9.739 |
| 66 | Wapello County | 9.54 |
| 67 | Clinton County | 9.523 |
| 68 | Montgomery County | 9.476 |
| 69 | Hancock County | 9.452 |
| 70 | Henry County | 9.412 |
| 71 | Woodbury County | 9.35 |
| 72 | Winneshiek County | 9.286 |
| 73 | Hamilton County | 9.204 |
| 74 | Chickasaw County | 9.15 |
| 75 | Marion County | 9.086 |
| 76 | Washington County | 9.002 |
| 77 | Adair County | 8.926 |
| 78 | Carroll County | 8.714 |
| 79 | Fremont County | 8.696 |
| 80 | Floyd County | 8.563 |
| 81 | Clay County | 8.476 |
| 82 | Page County | 8.452 |
| 83 | Sioux County | 8.385 |
| 84 | Palo Alto County | 8.32 |
| 85 | Boone County | 8.125 |
| 86 | Buchanan County | 8.122 |
| 87 | O'Brien County | 8.084 |
| 88 | Tama County | 7.627 |
| 89 | Crawford County | 7.499 |
| 90 | Iowa County | 7.43 |
| 91 | Mitchell County | 7.299 |
| 92 | Worth County | 7.085 |
| 93 | Winnebago County | 6.798 |
| 94 | Adams County | 6.716 |
| 95 | Kossuth County | 6.4 |
| 96 | Wright County | 6.209 |
| 97 | Clarke County | 5.96 |
| 98 | Poweshiek County | 5.693 |
| 99 | Louisa County | 5.638 |