# Counties in Maryland by job creation rate, 2023

All 24 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Garrett County | 16.685 |
| 2 | Somerset County | 16.21 |
| 3 | Cecil County | 14.167 |
| 4 | Worcester County | 13.727 |
| 5 | Howard County | 13.28 |
| 6 | Prince George's County | 13.2 |
| 7 | Baltimore County | 12.979 |
| 8 | Talbot County | 12.866 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 12.641 |
| 10 | Calvert County | 12.624 |
| 11 | Frederick County | 12.57 |
| 12 | Anne Arundel County | 12.529 |
| 13 | Harford County | 12.345 |
| 14 | Kent County | 12.127 |
| 15 | Baltimore city | 11.806 |
| 16 | Dorchester County | 11.667 |
| 17 | Charles County | 11.612 |
| 18 | Queen Anne's County | 11.457 |
| 19 | St. Mary's County | 11.261 |
| 20 | Caroline County | 10.984 |
| 21 | Carroll County | 10.649 |
| 22 | Wicomico County | 10.588 |
| 23 | Washington County | 9.412 |
| 24 | Allegany County | 8.468 |