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Counties in Maine by job creation rate

Waldo County had the highest job creation rate of 16 counties in 2016, at 24.859%. Piscataquis County had the lowest, at 7.403%. The median was 10.666% and the figure for Maine was 11.278%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest24.859Waldo County
Lowest7.403Piscataquis County
Median10.66616 counties
Maine11.278History

Map of counties, 2016

Androscoggin County: 10.93 %Aroostook County: 9.406 %Cumberland County: 11.523 %Franklin County: 7.66 %Hancock County: 10.49 %Kennebec County: 10.766 %Knox County: 11.054 %Lincoln County: 14.466 %Oxford County: 9.809 %Penobscot County: 10.565 %Piscataquis County: 7.403 %Sagadahoc County: 10.288 %Somerset County: 9.179 %Waldo County: 24.859 %Washington County: 12.657 %York County: 11.891 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Waldo County: 24.859 %Waldo County24.859Lincoln County: 14.466 %Lincoln County14.466Washington County: 12.657 %Washington County12.657York County: 11.891 %York County11.891Cumberland County: 11.523 %Cumberland County11.523Knox County: 11.054 %Knox County11.054Androscoggin County: 10.93 %Androscoggin County10.93Kennebec County: 10.766 %Kennebec County10.766Penobscot County: 10.565 %Penobscot County10.565Hancock County: 10.49 %Hancock County10.49Sagadahoc County: 10.288 %Sagadahoc County10.288Oxford County: 9.809 %Oxford County9.809Aroostook County: 9.406 %Aroostook County9.406Somerset County: 9.179 %Somerset County9.179Franklin County: 7.66 %Franklin County7.66Piscataquis County: 7.403 %Piscataquis County7.403Waldo County: 24.859 %Waldo County24.859Lincoln County: 14.466 %Lincoln County14.466Washington County: 12.657 %Washington County12.657York County: 11.891 %York County11.891Cumberland County: 11.523 %Cumberland County11.523Knox County: 11.054 %Knox County11.054Androscoggin County: 10.93 %Androscoggin County10.93Kennebec County: 10.766 %Kennebec County10.766Penobscot County: 10.565 %Penobscot County10.565Hancock County: 10.49 %Hancock County10.49Sagadahoc County: 10.288 %Sagadahoc County10.288Oxford County: 9.809 %Oxford County9.809Aroostook County: 9.406 %Aroostook County9.406Somerset County: 9.179 %Somerset County9.179Franklin County: 7.66 %Franklin County7.66Piscataquis County: 7.403 %Piscataquis County7.403
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Waldo County24.859+6.55 pts
2Lincoln County14.466+4.74 pts
3Washington County12.657+2.82 pts
4York County11.891+1.35 pts
5Cumberland County11.523-1.28 pts
6Knox County11.054+0.2 pts
7Androscoggin County10.93+0.44 pts
8Kennebec County10.766-3.77 pts
9Penobscot County10.565+0.49 pts
10Hancock County10.49-1.45 pts
11Sagadahoc County10.288-0.1 pts
12Oxford County9.809-0.15 pts
13Aroostook County9.406+0.05 pts
14Somerset County9.179-0.82 pts
15Franklin County7.66-2.82 pts
16Piscataquis County7.403-1.07 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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APA 7

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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Waldo County, with 24.859% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Piscataquis County, with 7.403% in 2016.

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.

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