# Counties in Kansas by job creation rate, 2023

All 105 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- 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/kansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 35.795 |
| 2 | Doniphan County | 22.086 |
| 3 | Ottawa County | 20.74 |
| 4 | Wabaunsee County | 18.495 |
| 5 | Kingman County | 18.248 |
| 6 | Barber County | 18.114 |
| 7 | Gray County | 17.902 |
| 8 | Pottawatomie County | 17.604 |
| 9 | Rush County | 17.365 |
| 10 | Phillips County | 17.205 |
| 11 | Stevens County | 16.286 |
| 12 | Graham County | 16.252 |
| 13 | Johnson County | 15.267 |
| 14 | Russell County | 15.161 |
| 15 | Osage County | 15.067 |
| 16 | Gove County | 14.838 |
| 17 | Wilson County | 14.456 |
| 18 | Rooks County | 14.1 |
| 19 | Greenwood County | 14.072 |
| 20 | Republic County | 14.031 |
| 21 | Sheridan County | 13.747 |
| 22 | Douglas County | 13.72 |
| 23 | Chase County | 13.681 |
| 24 | Sherman County | 13.564 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 13.495 |
| 26 | Harper County | 13.319 |
| 27 | Osborne County | 13.271 |
| 28 | Anderson County | 13.206 |
| 29 | Rawlins County | 13.19 |
| 30 | Butler County | 13.076 |
| 31 | Meade County | 12.935 |
| 32 | Grant County | 12.898 |
| 33 | Comanche County | 12.871 |
| 34 | Neosho County | 12.729 |
| 35 | Leavenworth County | 12.673 |
| 36 | Chautauqua County | 12.627 |
| 37 | Ellis County | 12.557 |
| 38 | Lane County | 12.416 |
| 39 | Riley County | 12.285 |
| 40 | Sedgwick County | 12.281 |
| 41 | Ellsworth County | 12.166 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 12.163 |
| 43 | Linn County | 12.142 |
| 44 | Shawnee County | 12.129 |
| 45 | Stafford County | 12.116 |
| 46 | Bourbon County | 12.025 |
| 47 | Cloud County | 11.796 |
| 48 | Atchison County | 11.7 |
| 49 | Wyandotte County | 11.602 |
| 50 | Lyon County | 11.408 |
| 51 | Allen County | 11.206 |
| 52 | Clay County | 11.146 |
| 53 | Woodson County | 11.016 |
| 54 | Finney County | 10.998 |
| 55 | Smith County | 10.994 |
| 56 | Geary County | 10.897 |
| 57 | Ford County | 10.79 |
| 58 | Decatur County | 10.727 |
| 59 | Dickinson County | 10.675 |
| 60 | Miami County | 10.538 |
| 61 | Reno County | 10.437 |
| 62 | Morris County | 10.398 |
| 63 | Wichita County | 10.339 |
| 64 | Elk County | 10.273 |
| 65 | Barton County | 10.239 |
| 66 | Marion County | 10.125 |
| 67 | Crawford County | 10.093 |
| 68 | Brown County | 10.006 |
| 69 | Hamilton County | 9.908 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 9.775 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | 9.66 |
| 72 | Thomas County | 9.659 |
| 73 | Ness County | 9.649 |
| 74 | Saline County | 9.619 |
| 75 | Pratt County | 9.586 |
| 76 | Wallace County | 9.583 |
| 77 | McPherson County | 9.455 |
| 78 | Rice County | 9.349 |
| 79 | Logan County | 9.289 |
| 80 | Marshall County | 9.259 |
| 81 | Greeley County | 8.992 |
| 82 | Nemaha County | 8.976 |
| 83 | Haskell County | 8.959 |
| 84 | Edwards County | 8.484 |
| 85 | Scott County | 8.366 |
| 86 | Washington County | 8.289 |
| 87 | Harvey County | 8.251 |
| 88 | Seward County | 8.138 |
| 89 | Labette County | 8.017 |
| 90 | Cowley County | 8.005 |
| 91 | Sumner County | 7.814 |
| 92 | Franklin County | 7.648 |
| 93 | Kearny County | 7.108 |
| 94 | Kiowa County | 6.986 |
| 95 | Coffey County | 6.794 |
| 96 | Norton County | 6.788 |
| 97 | Stanton County | 6.531 |
| 98 | Clark County | 6.501 |
| 99 | Jewell County | 6.467 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 6.346 |
| 101 | Pawnee County | 6.316 |
| 102 | Trego County | 5.754 |
| 103 | Morton County | 4.771 |
| 104 | Cheyenne County | 4.469 |
| 105 | Hodgeman County | 3.252 |