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Counties in Kansas by job creation rate

Doniphan County had the highest job creation rate of 105 counties in 2018, at 17.507%. Clark County had the lowest, at 3.382%. The median was 10.436% and the figure for Kansas was 11.556%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17.507Doniphan County
Lowest3.382Clark County
Median10.436105 counties
Kansas11.556History

Map of counties, 2018

Allen County: 14.226 %Anderson County: 10.854 %Atchison County: 8.385 %Barber County: 11.928 %Barton County: 9.239 %Bourbon County: 8.964 %Brown County: 9.022 %Butler County: 10.424 %Chase County: 10.291 %Chautauqua County: 8.686 %Cherokee County: 13.676 %Cheyenne County: 5.532 %Clark County: 3.382 %Clay County: 7.841 %Cloud County: 12.398 %Coffey County: 7.652 %Comanche County: 9.868 %Cowley County: 10.436 %Crawford County: 7.862 %Decatur County: 14.38 %Dickinson County: 12.047 %Doniphan County: 17.507 %Douglas County: 9.572 %Edwards County: 9.689 %Elk County: 12.67 %Ellis County: 10.755 %Ellsworth County: 9.503 %Finney County: 7.15 %Ford County: 9.064 %Franklin County: 11.286 %Geary County: 7.973 %Gove County: 8.216 %Graham County: 13.804 %Grant County: 13.94 %Gray County: 15.453 %Greeley County: 9.748 %Greenwood County: 10.751 %Hamilton County: 12.733 %Harper County: 15.112 %Harvey County: 7.148 %Haskell County: 14.267 %Hodgeman County: 6.628 %Jackson County: 8.377 %Jefferson County: 13.397 %Jewell County: 4.348 %Johnson County: 14.055 %Kearny County: 8.119 %Kingman County: 16.498 %Kiowa County: 12.424 %Labette County: 10.75 %Lane County: 10.653 %Leavenworth County: 9.981 %Lincoln County: 11.86 %Linn County: 16.58 %Logan County: 11.707 %Lyon County: 15.447 %McPherson County: 10.839 %Marion County: 9.722 %Marshall County: 7.881 %Meade County: 10.637 %Miami County: 12.647 %Mitchell County: 8.281 %Montgomery County: 9.199 %Morris County: 10.287 %Morton County: 4.421 %Nemaha County: 10.398 %Neosho County: 11.812 %Ness County: 8.087 %Norton County: 10.169 %Osage County: 15.141 %Osborne County: 7.927 %Ottawa County: 15.521 %Pawnee County: 5.348 %Phillips County: 11.214 %Pottawatomie County: 12.066 %Pratt County: 11.616 %Rawlins County: 8.384 %Reno County: 9.996 %Republic County: 8.363 %Rice County: 10.556 %Riley County: 11.639 %Rooks County: 5.777 %Rush County: 4.543 %Russell County: 9.532 %Saline County: 8.518 %Scott County: 6.032 %Sedgwick County: 11.206 %Seward County: 10.625 %Shawnee County: 8.851 %Sheridan County: 12.527 %Sherman County: 9.425 %Smith County: 12.601 %Stafford County: 13.352 %Stanton County: 11.346 %Stevens County: 10.607 %Sumner County: 10.009 %Thomas County: 10.235 %Trego County: 12.815 %Wabaunsee County: 10.402 %Wallace County: 11.55 %Washington County: 13.529 %Wichita County: 9.16 %Wilson County: 12.169 %Woodson County: 13.647 %Wyandotte County: 11.75 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Doniphan County: 17.507 %Doniphan County17.507Linn County: 16.58 %Linn County16.58Kingman County: 16.498 %Kingman County16.498Ottawa County: 15.521 %Ottawa County15.521Gray County: 15.453 %Gray County15.453Lyon County: 15.447 %Lyon County15.447Osage County: 15.141 %Osage County15.141Harper County: 15.112 %Harper County15.112Decatur County: 14.38 %Decatur County14.38Haskell County: 14.267 %Haskell County14.267Allen County: 14.226 %Allen County14.226Johnson County: 14.055 %Johnson County14.055Grant County: 13.94 %Grant County13.94Graham County: 13.804 %Graham County13.804Cherokee County: 13.676 %Cherokee County13.676Woodson County: 13.647 %Woodson County13.647Washington County: 13.529 %Washington County13.529Jefferson County: 13.397 %Jefferson County13.397Stafford County: 13.352 %Stafford County13.352Trego County: 12.815 %Trego County12.815Hamilton County: 12.733 %Hamilton County12.733Elk County: 12.67 %Elk County12.67Miami County: 12.647 %Miami County12.647Smith County: 12.601 %Smith County12.601Sheridan County: 12.527 %Sheridan County12.527Kiowa County: 12.424 %Kiowa County12.424Cloud County: 12.398 %Cloud County12.398Wilson County: 12.169 %Wilson County12.169Pottawatomie County: 12.066 %Pottawatomie County12.066Dickinson County: 12.047 %Dickinson County12.047Barber County: 11.928 %Barber County11.928Lincoln County: 11.86 %Lincoln County11.86Neosho County: 11.812 %Neosho County11.812Wyandotte County: 11.75 %Wyandotte County11.75Logan County: 11.707 %Logan County11.707Riley County: 11.639 %Riley County11.639Pratt County: 11.616 %Pratt County11.616Wallace County: 11.55 %Wallace County11.55Stanton County: 11.346 %Stanton County11.346Franklin County: 11.286 %Franklin County11.286Doniphan County: 17.507 %Doniphan County17.507Linn County: 16.58 %Linn County16.58Kingman County: 16.498 %Kingman County16.498Ottawa County: 15.521 %Ottawa County15.521Gray County: 15.453 %Gray County15.453Lyon County: 15.447 %Lyon County15.447Osage County: 15.141 %Osage County15.141Harper County: 15.112 %Harper County15.112Decatur County: 14.38 %Decatur County14.38Haskell County: 14.267 %Haskell County14.267Allen County: 14.226 %Allen County14.226Johnson County: 14.055 %Johnson County14.055Grant County: 13.94 %Grant County13.94Graham County: 13.804 %Graham County13.804Cherokee County: 13.676 %Cherokee County13.676Woodson County: 13.647 %Woodson County13.647Washington County: 13.529 %Washington County13.529Jefferson County: 13.397 %Jefferson County13.397Stafford County: 13.352 %Stafford County13.352Trego County: 12.815 %Trego County12.815Hamilton County: 12.733 %Hamilton County12.733Elk County: 12.67 %Elk County12.67Miami County: 12.647 %Miami County12.647Smith County: 12.601 %Smith County12.601Sheridan County: 12.527 %Sheridan County12.527Kiowa County: 12.424 %Kiowa County12.424Cloud County: 12.398 %Cloud County12.398Wilson County: 12.169 %Wilson County12.169Pottawatomie County: 12.066 %Pottawatomie County12.066Dickinson County: 12.047 %Dickinson County12.047Barber County: 11.928 %Barber County11.928Lincoln County: 11.86 %Lincoln County11.86Neosho County: 11.812 %Neosho County11.812Wyandotte County: 11.75 %Wyandotte County11.75Logan County: 11.707 %Logan County11.707Riley County: 11.639 %Riley County11.639Pratt County: 11.616 %Pratt County11.616Wallace County: 11.55 %Wallace County11.55Stanton County: 11.346 %Stanton County11.346Franklin County: 11.286 %Franklin County11.286
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Doniphan County17.507+4.94 pts
2Linn County16.58+3.2 pts
3Kingman County16.498+5.15 pts
4Ottawa County15.521+6.46 pts
5Gray County15.453+1.06 pts
6Lyon County15.447+5.01 pts
7Osage County15.141+3.73 pts
8Harper County15.112+8.16 pts
9Decatur County14.38+3.15 pts
10Haskell County14.267-2.46 pts
11Allen County14.226+6.93 pts
12Johnson County14.055-0.69 pts
13Grant County13.94+3.67 pts
14Graham County13.804+4.19 pts
15Cherokee County13.676+4.36 pts
16Woodson County13.647-7.32 pts
17Washington County13.529+6.4 pts
18Jefferson County13.397+1.92 pts
19Stafford County13.352-2.16 pts
20Trego County12.815+0.89 pts
21Hamilton County12.733+3.12 pts
22Elk County12.67+3.05 pts
23Miami County12.647+0.49 pts
24Smith County12.601+0.88 pts
25Sheridan County12.527+0.03 pts
26Kiowa County12.424-1.03 pts
27Cloud County12.398+0.65 pts
28Wilson County12.169+5.28 pts
29Pottawatomie County12.066-2.45 pts
30Dickinson County12.047-0.33 pts
31Barber County11.928+6.74 pts
32Lincoln County11.86+7.53 pts
33Neosho County11.812-7.45 pts
34Wyandotte County11.75-1.05 pts
35Logan County11.707+2.84 pts
36Riley County11.639+0.01 pts
37Pratt County11.616+1.81 pts
38Wallace County11.55-6.72 pts
39Stanton County11.346+1.02 pts
40Franklin County11.286+0.28 pts
41Phillips County11.214+0.94 pts
42Sedgwick County11.206-0.74 pts
43Anderson County10.854-4.49 pts
44McPherson County10.839+2.32 pts
45Ellis County10.755+1.74 pts
46Greenwood County10.751+2.22 pts
47Labette County10.75-3.44 pts
48Lane County10.653+5.8 pts
49Meade County10.637+2.26 pts
50Seward County10.625+3.06 pts
51Stevens County10.607+1.76 pts
52Rice County10.556-6.54 pts
53Cowley County10.436-1.95 pts
54Butler County10.424-1.81 pts
55Wabaunsee County10.402-16.71 pts
56Nemaha County10.398+2.28 pts
57Chase County10.291-6.74 pts
58Morris County10.287-1.4 pts
59Thomas County10.235+0.72 pts
60Norton County10.169+3.34 pts
61Sumner County10.009-0.69 pts
62Reno County9.996-0.5 pts
63Leavenworth County9.981-4.12 pts
64Comanche County9.868+1.4 pts
65Greeley County9.748+1.58 pts
66Marion County9.722-0.74 pts
67Edwards County9.689+4.9 pts
68Douglas County9.572-0.9 pts
69Russell County9.532-3.86 pts
70Ellsworth County9.503-1.47 pts
71Sherman County9.425-0.84 pts
72Barton County9.239-4.38 pts
73Montgomery County9.199-5.59 pts
74Wichita County9.16-2.92 pts
75Ford County9.064+1.04 pts
76Brown County9.022-1.25 pts
77Bourbon County8.964-3.02 pts
78Shawnee County8.851-1.26 pts
79Chautauqua County8.686-4.94 pts
80Saline County8.518-1.6 pts
81Atchison County8.385-0.4 pts
82Rawlins County8.384-4.28 pts
83Jackson County8.377-0.16 pts
84Republic County8.363-2.35 pts
85Mitchell County8.281+1.04 pts
86Gove County8.216-2.55 pts
87Kearny County8.119-11.88 pts
88Ness County8.087-0.31 pts
89Geary County7.973-4.33 pts
90Osborne County7.927-3.66 pts
91Marshall County7.881-2.04 pts
92Crawford County7.862-6.63 pts
93Clay County7.841-6.35 pts
94Coffey County7.652-1.05 pts
95Finney County7.15-4.39 pts
96Harvey County7.148-1.25 pts
97Hodgeman County6.628-8.42 pts
98Scott County6.032-9.03 pts
99Rooks County5.777-5.18 pts
100Cheyenne County5.532-12.7 pts
101Pawnee County5.348-0.24 pts
102Rush County4.543-1.59 pts
103Morton County4.421-18.15 pts
104Jewell County4.348-2.78 pts
105Clark County3.382+0.12 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Doniphan County, with 17.507% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Clark County, with 3.382% in 2018.

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