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Counties in Maine by job creation rate

Piscataquis County had the highest job creation rate of 16 counties in 2020, at 16.837%. Franklin County had the lowest, at 6.402%. The median was 9.847% and the figure for Maine was 10.158%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.837Piscataquis County
Lowest6.402Franklin County
Median9.84716 counties
Maine10.158History

Map of counties, 2020

Androscoggin County: 8.913 %Aroostook County: 6.644 %Cumberland County: 10.514 %Franklin County: 6.402 %Hancock County: 9.163 %Kennebec County: 9.196 %Knox County: 7.745 %Lincoln County: 12.837 %Oxford County: 9.957 %Penobscot County: 11.041 %Piscataquis County: 16.837 %Sagadahoc County: 12.002 %Somerset County: 9.736 %Waldo County: 12.048 %Washington County: 8.49 %York County: 10.37 %
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%, 2020. 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, 2020

Piscataquis County: 16.837 %Piscataquis County16.837Lincoln County: 12.837 %Lincoln County12.837Waldo County: 12.048 %Waldo County12.048Sagadahoc County: 12.002 %Sagadahoc County12.002Penobscot County: 11.041 %Penobscot County11.041Cumberland County: 10.514 %Cumberland County10.514York County: 10.37 %York County10.37Oxford County: 9.957 %Oxford County9.957Somerset County: 9.736 %Somerset County9.736Kennebec County: 9.196 %Kennebec County9.196Hancock County: 9.163 %Hancock County9.163Androscoggin County: 8.913 %Androscoggin County8.913Washington County: 8.49 %Washington County8.49Knox County: 7.745 %Knox County7.745Aroostook County: 6.644 %Aroostook County6.644Franklin County: 6.402 %Franklin County6.402Piscataquis County: 16.837 %Piscataquis County16.837Lincoln County: 12.837 %Lincoln County12.837Waldo County: 12.048 %Waldo County12.048Sagadahoc County: 12.002 %Sagadahoc County12.002Penobscot County: 11.041 %Penobscot County11.041Cumberland County: 10.514 %Cumberland County10.514York County: 10.37 %York County10.37Oxford County: 9.957 %Oxford County9.957Somerset County: 9.736 %Somerset County9.736Kennebec County: 9.196 %Kennebec County9.196Hancock County: 9.163 %Hancock County9.163Androscoggin County: 8.913 %Androscoggin County8.913Washington County: 8.49 %Washington County8.49Knox County: 7.745 %Knox County7.745Aroostook County: 6.644 %Aroostook County6.644Franklin County: 6.402 %Franklin County6.402
%. 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

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Piscataquis County16.837+8.59 pts
2Lincoln County12.837-0.92 pts
3Waldo County12.048+1.69 pts
4Sagadahoc County12.002+5.62 pts
5Penobscot County11.041-0.4 pts
6Cumberland County10.514-0.83 pts
7York County10.37-1.42 pts
8Oxford County9.957+1.36 pts
9Somerset County9.736-4 pts
10Kennebec County9.196-1.12 pts
11Hancock County9.163-2.82 pts
12Androscoggin County8.913+1.64 pts
13Washington County8.49-2.44 pts
14Knox County7.745-4.18 pts
15Aroostook County6.644-3.41 pts
16Franklin County6.402-5.16 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Piscataquis County, with 16.837% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Franklin County, with 6.402% in 2020.

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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