Counties in Maine by job creation rate

Waldo County had the highest job creation rate of 16 counties in 2014, at 18.465%. Sagadahoc County had the lowest, at 9.384%. The median was 11.208% and the figure for Maine was 11.508%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest18.465Waldo County

Lowest9.384Sagadahoc County

Median11.20816 counties

Maine11.508History

Map of counties, 2014

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%, 2014. 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.

All counties, 2014

%. 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

Rank	Counties	2014 (%)	Change on 2013
1	Waldo County	18.465	+1.41 pts
2	Piscataquis County	16.99	+6.67 pts
3	Knox County	14.34	+1.78 pts
4	Somerset County	12.041	+3.62 pts
5	Penobscot County	11.763	+1.7 pts
6	York County	11.608	+0.02 pts
7	Kennebec County	11.292	-1.95 pts
8	Androscoggin County	11.278	+2 pts
9	Cumberland County	11.138	-0.55 pts
10	Hancock County	11.08	+1.13 pts
11	Lincoln County	10.9	-1.9 pts
12	Aroostook County	10.739	+1.65 pts
13	Washington County	10.64	-0.94 pts
14	Oxford County	10.079	-2.36 pts
15	Franklin County	10.05	+0.91 pts
16	Sagadahoc County	9.384	+3.71 pts

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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 Maine by job creation rate, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Maine by job creation rate, 2014. 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/maine-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Maine by job creation rate, 2014. 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/maine-counties?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Maine by job creation rate, 2014 [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/maine-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Waldo County, with 18.465% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Sagadahoc County, with 9.384% in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.