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Counties in Kansas by job creation rate

Doniphan County had the highest job creation rate of 105 counties in 2012, at 23.997%. Pawnee County had the lowest, at 4.981%. The median was 11.391% and the figure for Kansas was 12.759%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest23.997Doniphan County
Lowest4.981Pawnee County
Median11.391105 counties
Kansas12.759History

Map of counties, 2012

Allen County: 5.193 %Anderson County: 12.597 %Atchison County: 14.515 %Barber County: 20.369 %Barton County: 16.684 %Bourbon County: 11.204 %Brown County: 11.108 %Butler County: 12 %Chase County: 10.439 %Chautauqua County: 18.845 %Cherokee County: 12.602 %Cheyenne County: 10.189 %Clark County: 8.581 %Clay County: 14.044 %Cloud County: 9.744 %Coffey County: 9.836 %Comanche County: 14.762 %Cowley County: 9.287 %Crawford County: 10.513 %Decatur County: 8.561 %Dickinson County: 10.868 %Doniphan County: 23.997 %Douglas County: 12.068 %Edwards County: 11.852 %Elk County: 10.134 %Ellis County: 12.317 %Ellsworth County: 11.391 %Finney County: 8.635 %Ford County: 6.598 %Franklin County: 12.017 %Geary County: 16.092 %Gove County: 11.222 %Graham County: 18.228 %Grant County: 14.571 %Gray County: 20.211 %Greeley County: 9.226 %Greenwood County: 13.293 %Hamilton County: 6.074 %Harper County: 14.315 %Harvey County: 9.815 %Haskell County: 10.233 %Hodgeman County: 9.756 %Jackson County: 10.259 %Jefferson County: 20.714 %Jewell County: 10.773 %Johnson County: 14.2 %Kearny County: 21.348 %Kingman County: 12.783 %Kiowa County: 11.384 %Labette County: 8.473 %Lane County: 5.534 %Leavenworth County: 11.721 %Lincoln County: 13.074 %Linn County: 10.432 %Logan County: 12.589 %Lyon County: 10.95 %McPherson County: 9.343 %Marion County: 9.741 %Marshall County: 13.402 %Meade County: 18.305 %Miami County: 14.663 %Mitchell County: 13.751 %Montgomery County: 11.418 %Morris County: 5.878 %Morton County: 10.722 %Nemaha County: 8.801 %Neosho County: 10.939 %Ness County: 7.04 %Norton County: 11.079 %Osage County: 6.343 %Osborne County: 9.34 %Ottawa County: 9.452 %Pawnee County: 4.981 %Phillips County: 10.269 %Pottawatomie County: 12.709 %Pratt County: 9.661 %Rawlins County: 15.643 %Reno County: 16.839 %Republic County: 9.887 %Rice County: 11.998 %Riley County: 11.669 %Rooks County: 12.242 %Rush County: 18.704 %Russell County: 12.247 %Saline County: 9.012 %Scott County: 15.403 %Sedgwick County: 12.597 %Seward County: 10.049 %Shawnee County: 12.573 %Sheridan County: 14.615 %Sherman County: 12.352 %Smith County: 6.825 %Stafford County: 11.382 %Stanton County: 7.211 %Stevens County: 14.03 %Sumner County: 18.776 %Thomas County: 11.384 %Trego County: 14.759 %Wabaunsee County: 7.84 %Wallace County: 20.93 %Washington County: 14.822 %Wichita County: 9.647 %Wilson County: 14.179 %Woodson County: 8 %Wyandotte County: 12.246 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Doniphan County: 23.997 %Doniphan County23.997Kearny County: 21.348 %Kearny County21.348Wallace County: 20.93 %Wallace County20.93Jefferson County: 20.714 %Jefferson County20.714Barber County: 20.369 %Barber County20.369Gray County: 20.211 %Gray County20.211Chautauqua County: 18.845 %Chautauqua County18.845Sumner County: 18.776 %Sumner County18.776Rush County: 18.704 %Rush County18.704Meade County: 18.305 %Meade County18.305Graham County: 18.228 %Graham County18.228Reno County: 16.839 %Reno County16.839Barton County: 16.684 %Barton County16.684Geary County: 16.092 %Geary County16.092Rawlins County: 15.643 %Rawlins County15.643Scott County: 15.403 %Scott County15.403Washington County: 14.822 %Washington County14.822Comanche County: 14.762 %Comanche County14.762Trego County: 14.759 %Trego County14.759Miami County: 14.663 %Miami County14.663Sheridan County: 14.615 %Sheridan County14.615Grant County: 14.571 %Grant County14.571Atchison County: 14.515 %Atchison County14.515Harper County: 14.315 %Harper County14.315Johnson County: 14.2 %Johnson County14.2Wilson County: 14.179 %Wilson County14.179Clay County: 14.044 %Clay County14.044Stevens County: 14.03 %Stevens County14.03Mitchell County: 13.751 %Mitchell County13.751Marshall County: 13.402 %Marshall County13.402Greenwood County: 13.293 %Greenwood County13.293Lincoln County: 13.074 %Lincoln County13.074Kingman County: 12.783 %Kingman County12.783Pottawatomie County: 12.709 %Pottawatomie County12.709Cherokee County: 12.602 %Cherokee County12.602Anderson County: 12.597 %Anderson County12.597Sedgwick County: 12.597 %Sedgwick County12.597Logan County: 12.589 %Logan County12.589Shawnee County: 12.573 %Shawnee County12.573Sherman County: 12.352 %Sherman County12.352Doniphan County: 23.997 %Doniphan County23.997Kearny County: 21.348 %Kearny County21.348Wallace County: 20.93 %Wallace County20.93Jefferson County: 20.714 %Jefferson County20.714Barber County: 20.369 %Barber County20.369Gray County: 20.211 %Gray County20.211Chautauqua County: 18.845 %Chautauqua County18.845Sumner County: 18.776 %Sumner County18.776Rush County: 18.704 %Rush County18.704Meade County: 18.305 %Meade County18.305Graham County: 18.228 %Graham County18.228Reno County: 16.839 %Reno County16.839Barton County: 16.684 %Barton County16.684Geary County: 16.092 %Geary County16.092Rawlins County: 15.643 %Rawlins County15.643Scott County: 15.403 %Scott County15.403Washington County: 14.822 %Washington County14.822Comanche County: 14.762 %Comanche County14.762Trego County: 14.759 %Trego County14.759Miami County: 14.663 %Miami County14.663Sheridan County: 14.615 %Sheridan County14.615Grant County: 14.571 %Grant County14.571Atchison County: 14.515 %Atchison County14.515Harper County: 14.315 %Harper County14.315Johnson County: 14.2 %Johnson County14.2Wilson County: 14.179 %Wilson County14.179Clay County: 14.044 %Clay County14.044Stevens County: 14.03 %Stevens County14.03Mitchell County: 13.751 %Mitchell County13.751Marshall County: 13.402 %Marshall County13.402Greenwood County: 13.293 %Greenwood County13.293Lincoln County: 13.074 %Lincoln County13.074Kingman County: 12.783 %Kingman County12.783Pottawatomie County: 12.709 %Pottawatomie County12.709Cherokee County: 12.602 %Cherokee County12.602Anderson County: 12.597 %Anderson County12.597Sedgwick County: 12.597 %Sedgwick County12.597Logan County: 12.589 %Logan County12.589Shawnee County: 12.573 %Shawnee County12.573Sherman County: 12.352 %Sherman County12.352
%. 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

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Doniphan County23.997+2.8 pts
2Kearny County21.348+12.13 pts
3Wallace County20.93+8.97 pts
4Jefferson County20.714+6.08 pts
5Barber County20.369+10.15 pts
6Gray County20.211+5.18 pts
7Chautauqua County18.845+7.27 pts
8Sumner County18.776+3.86 pts
9Rush County18.704-2.01 pts
10Meade County18.305+10.41 pts
11Graham County18.228-3.01 pts
12Reno County16.839+7.68 pts
13Barton County16.684+1.88 pts
14Geary County16.092+1.69 pts
15Rawlins County15.643+9.69 pts
16Scott County15.403+6.08 pts
17Washington County14.822+7.58 pts
18Comanche County14.762+3.65 pts
19Trego County14.759+0.17 pts
20Miami County14.663+5.94 pts
21Sheridan County14.615+1.13 pts
22Grant County14.571+0.45 pts
23Atchison County14.515+3.42 pts
24Harper County14.315+2.09 pts
25Johnson County14.2-0.28 pts
26Wilson County14.179+4.75 pts
27Clay County14.044+7.32 pts
28Stevens County14.03+2.53 pts
29Mitchell County13.751+6.83 pts
30Marshall County13.402-0.4 pts
31Greenwood County13.293+1.84 pts
32Lincoln County13.074+4.31 pts
33Kingman County12.783+2.27 pts
34Pottawatomie County12.709+0.25 pts
35Cherokee County12.602-5.23 pts
36Anderson County12.597+4.61 pts
36Sedgwick County12.597+2.53 pts
38Logan County12.589+0.71 pts
39Shawnee County12.573+2.08 pts
40Sherman County12.352+1.38 pts
41Ellis County12.317+2.57 pts
42Russell County12.247-0.23 pts
43Wyandotte County12.246+1.93 pts
44Rooks County12.242-0.53 pts
45Douglas County12.068+1.28 pts
46Franklin County12.017+1.13 pts
47Butler County12+1.42 pts
48Rice County11.998+1.17 pts
49Edwards County11.852+0.01 pts
50Leavenworth County11.721-3.04 pts
51Riley County11.669-0.2 pts
52Montgomery County11.418+1.17 pts
53Ellsworth County11.391-5.28 pts
54Kiowa County11.384+0.98 pts
54Thomas County11.384+1.18 pts
56Stafford County11.382+4.35 pts
57Gove County11.222+0.81 pts
58Bourbon County11.204+3.72 pts
59Brown County11.108+4.73 pts
60Norton County11.079+0.19 pts
61Lyon County10.95+0.53 pts
62Neosho County10.939+1.33 pts
63Dickinson County10.868+2.33 pts
64Jewell County10.773+5.33 pts
65Morton County10.722-2.03 pts
66Crawford County10.513-3.38 pts
67Chase County10.439+0.21 pts
68Linn County10.432-0.41 pts
69Phillips County10.269-1.04 pts
70Jackson County10.259+2.4 pts
71Haskell County10.233+1.14 pts
72Cheyenne County10.189+2.34 pts
73Elk County10.134+0.16 pts
74Seward County10.049+2.14 pts
75Republic County9.887-3.26 pts
76Coffey County9.836-5.53 pts
77Harvey County9.815+2.59 pts
78Hodgeman County9.756-1.18 pts
79Cloud County9.744+2.57 pts
80Marion County9.741+1.45 pts
81Pratt County9.661-1.61 pts
82Wichita County9.647+0.11 pts
83Ottawa County9.452-2.43 pts
84McPherson County9.343+1.07 pts
85Osborne County9.34+2.65 pts
86Cowley County9.287-0.49 pts
87Greeley County9.226+2.81 pts
88Saline County9.012-0.95 pts
89Nemaha County8.801-3.14 pts
90Finney County8.635-0.14 pts
91Clark County8.581+2.02 pts
92Decatur County8.561-0.65 pts
93Labette County8.473+2.21 pts
94Woodson County8-7.21 pts
95Wabaunsee County7.84+1.54 pts
96Stanton County7.211-3.01 pts
97Ness County7.04-6.03 pts
98Smith County6.825-7.57 pts
99Ford County6.598+0.32 pts
100Osage County6.343+0.28 pts
101Hamilton County6.074-9.36 pts
102Morris County5.878-0.52 pts
103Lane County5.534-4.21 pts
104Allen County5.193-6.43 pts
105Pawnee County4.981-11.61 pts

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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 Kansas by job creation rate, 2012) [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 Kansas by job creation rate, 2012. 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/kansas-counties?period=2012. 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 Kansas by job creation rate, 2012. 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/kansas-counties?period=2012.

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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 Kansas by job creation rate, 2012 [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/kansas-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Doniphan County, with 23.997% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Pawnee County, with 4.981% in 2012.

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