Counties in Maryland by job creation rate

St. Mary's County had the highest job creation rate of 24 counties in 2012, at 19.584%. Allegany County had the lowest, at 9.957%. The median was 12.931% and the figure for Maryland was 13.354%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.584St. Mary's County

Lowest9.957Allegany County

Median12.93124 counties

Maryland13.354History

Map of counties, 2012

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12 to 13
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

%. 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	2012 (%)	Change on 2011
1	St. Mary's County	19.584	+5.69 pts
2	Somerset County	19.213	+10.78 pts
3	Harford County	14.727	+1.92 pts
4	Talbot County	14.017	+3.14 pts
5	Anne Arundel County	13.963	+1.46 pts
6	Calvert County	13.876	+1.42 pts
7	Charles County	13.848	-2.53 pts
8	Washington County	13.682	+3.17 pts
9	Howard County	13.654	+0.72 pts
10	Montgomery County	13.416	-1.58 pts
11	Frederick County	13.344	+0.68 pts
12	Prince George's County	13.034	-2.63 pts
13	Queen Anne's County	12.827	-1.23 pts
14	Baltimore County	12.778	+0.41 pts
15	Carroll County	12.604	+1.94 pts
16	Worcester County	12.37	-1.62 pts
17	Cecil County	12.225	-2.18 pts
18	Garrett County	12.033	+0.7 pts
19	Dorchester County	11.809	+2.66 pts
20	Wicomico County	11.369	+0.64 pts
21	Baltimore city	11.226	+1.27 pts
22	Kent County	11.124	-0.72 pts
23	Caroline County	10.54	-1.75 pts
24	Allegany County	9.957	-0.48 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 Maryland by job creation rate, 2012) [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 Maryland by job creation rate, 2012. 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/maryland-counties?period=2012. 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 Maryland by job creation rate, 2012. 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/maryland-counties?period=2012.

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 Maryland by job creation rate, 2012 [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/maryland-counties?period=2012 (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?

St. Mary's County, with 19.584% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Allegany County, with 9.957% in 2012.

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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.