# Counties in Minnesota by job creation rate, 2023

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Swift County | 17.733 |
| 2 | Murray County | 17.234 |
| 3 | Roseau County | 16.584 |
| 4 | Houston County | 16.27 |
| 5 | Koochiching County | 15.972 |
| 6 | Dakota County | 14.665 |
| 7 | Benton County | 14.618 |
| 8 | Wilkin County | 14.215 |
| 9 | Dodge County | 14.105 |
| 10 | Marshall County | 13.809 |
| 11 | Le Sueur County | 13.695 |
| 12 | Fillmore County | 13.368 |
| 13 | Washington County | 13.129 |
| 14 | Polk County | 13.121 |
| 15 | Pope County | 13.096 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 13.088 |
| 17 | Sherburne County | 12.866 |
| 18 | Faribault County | 12.742 |
| 18 | Red Lake County | 12.742 |
| 20 | Hennepin County | 12.684 |
| 21 | Carlton County | 12.642 |
| 22 | Lake County | 12.622 |
| 23 | Morrison County | 12.58 |
| 24 | Wright County | 12.578 |
| 25 | Carver County | 12.573 |
| 26 | Cook County | 12.483 |
| 27 | Blue Earth County | 12.327 |
| 28 | Kanabec County | 12.153 |
| 29 | Itasca County | 12.139 |
| 30 | Chisago County | 12.133 |
| 31 | Cass County | 11.885 |
| 32 | Douglas County | 11.805 |
| 33 | Stevens County | 11.554 |
| 34 | Wadena County | 11.553 |
| 35 | Brown County | 11.423 |
| 36 | Ramsey County | 11.398 |
| 37 | Mahnomen County | 11.364 |
| 38 | Redwood County | 11.198 |
| 39 | Clay County | 11.189 |
| 40 | Beltrami County | 11.172 |
| 41 | Olmsted County | 11.076 |
| 42 | Anoka County | 11.016 |
| 43 | St. Louis County | 11.003 |
| 44 | Winona County | 10.974 |
| 45 | Isanti County | 10.955 |
| 46 | Crow Wing County | 10.808 |
| 47 | Hubbard County | 10.77 |
| 48 | Freeborn County | 10.685 |
| 49 | Aitkin County | 10.608 |
| 50 | Pine County | 10.481 |
| 51 | Todd County | 10.426 |
| 52 | Kittson County | 10.423 |
| 53 | Mille Lacs County | 10.4 |
| 54 | Renville County | 10.377 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 10.284 |
| 56 | Stearns County | 10.061 |
| 57 | Scott County | 9.981 |
| 58 | Otter Tail County | 9.934 |
| 59 | Grant County | 9.88 |
| 60 | Steele County | 9.557 |
| 61 | Martin County | 9.486 |
| 62 | Yellow Medicine County | 9.482 |
| 63 | Watonwan County | 9.481 |
| 64 | Waseca County | 9.435 |
| 65 | Becker County | 9.293 |
| 66 | Cottonwood County | 9.246 |
| 67 | Goodhue County | 9.231 |
| 68 | Kandiyohi County | 9.045 |
| 69 | Rice County | 8.958 |
| 70 | Pipestone County | 8.786 |
| 71 | Norman County | 8.748 |
| 72 | Meeker County | 8.715 |
| 73 | McLeod County | 8.712 |
| 74 | Wabasha County | 8.656 |
| 75 | Big Stone County | 8.548 |
| 76 | Lac qui Parle County | 8.408 |
| 77 | Nicollet County | 8.277 |
| 78 | Nobles County | 8.244 |
| 79 | Traverse County | 7.778 |
| 80 | Mower County | 7.773 |
| 81 | Clearwater County | 7.703 |
| 82 | Sibley County | 7.691 |
| 83 | Lyon County | 7.612 |
| 84 | Lake of the Woods County | 7.371 |
| 85 | Rock County | 7.325 |
| 86 | Pennington County | 6.65 |
| 87 | Chippewa County | 6.555 |