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Counties in Nebraska by job creation rate

Loup County had the highest job creation rate of 93 counties in 2017, at 39.506%. Arthur County had the lowest, at 3.252%. The median was 11.657% and the figure for Nebraska was 12.017%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest39.506Loup County
Lowest3.252Arthur County
Median11.65793 counties
Nebraska12.017History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 10.109 %Antelope County: 16.282 %Arthur County: 3.252 %Banner County: 39.024 %Blaine County: 26.923 %Boone County: 7.692 %Box Butte County: 10 %Boyd County: 8.684 %Brown County: 18.402 %Buffalo County: 11.733 %Burt County: 13.283 %Butler County: 7.294 %Cass County: 21.872 %Cedar County: 13.984 %Chase County: 9.545 %Cherry County: 11.407 %Cheyenne County: 7.489 %Clay County: 12.26 %Colfax County: 8.975 %Cuming County: 10.686 %Custer County: 11.898 %Dakota County: 7.262 %Dawes County: 15.274 %Dawson County: 11.398 %Deuel County: 7.68 %Dixon County: 10.371 %Dodge County: 11.501 %Douglas County: 11.968 %Dundy County: 22.416 %Fillmore County: 7.136 %Franklin County: 34.904 %Frontier County: 18.758 %Furnas County: 7.685 %Gage County: 8.649 %Garden County: 21.324 %Garfield County: 9.859 %Gosper County: 16.173 %Grant County: 10.476 %Greeley County: 13.374 %Hall County: 11.657 %Hamilton County: 13.405 %Harlan County: 16.1 %Hayes County: 14.286 %Hitchcock County: 4.348 %Holt County: 11.501 %Hooker County: 33.816 %Howard County: 11.862 %Jefferson County: 10.793 %Johnson County: 11.173 %Kearney County: 11.352 %Keith County: 10.257 %Keya Paha County: 14.545 %Kimball County: 11.237 %Knox County: 21.876 %Lancaster County: 13.235 %Lincoln County: 11.447 %Logan County: 27.338 %Loup County: 39.506 %McPherson County: 13.636 %Madison County: 11.629 %Merrick County: 14.141 %Morrill County: 15.823 %Nance County: 20.016 %Nemaha County: 8.611 %Nuckolls County: 11.651 %Otoe County: 9.721 %Pawnee County: 9.948 %Perkins County: 8.996 %Phelps County: 14.265 %Pierce County: 11.71 %Platte County: 11.896 %Polk County: 8.831 %Red Willow County: 7.612 %Richardson County: 8.211 %Rock County: 22.576 %Saline County: 4.68 %Sarpy County: 12.019 %Saunders County: 10.008 %Scotts Bluff County: 14.861 %Seward County: 8.468 %Sheridan County: 16.32 %Sherman County: 14 %Sioux County: 20.253 %Stanton County: 18.653 %Thayer County: 7.137 %Thomas County: 32.285 %Thurston County: 5.788 %Valley County: 13.834 %Washington County: 10.131 %Wayne County: 17.133 %Webster County: 6.113 %Wheeler County: 11.765 %York County: 11.394 %
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%, 2017. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Loup County: 39.506 %Loup County39.506Banner County: 39.024 %Banner County39.024Franklin County: 34.904 %Franklin County34.904Hooker County: 33.816 %Hooker County33.816Thomas County: 32.285 %Thomas County32.285Logan County: 27.338 %Logan County27.338Blaine County: 26.923 %Blaine County26.923Rock County: 22.576 %Rock County22.576Dundy County: 22.416 %Dundy County22.416Knox County: 21.876 %Knox County21.876Cass County: 21.872 %Cass County21.872Garden County: 21.324 %Garden County21.324Sioux County: 20.253 %Sioux County20.253Nance County: 20.016 %Nance County20.016Frontier County: 18.758 %Frontier County18.758Stanton County: 18.653 %Stanton County18.653Brown County: 18.402 %Brown County18.402Wayne County: 17.133 %Wayne County17.133Sheridan County: 16.32 %Sheridan County16.32Antelope County: 16.282 %Antelope County16.282Gosper County: 16.173 %Gosper County16.173Harlan County: 16.1 %Harlan County16.1Morrill County: 15.823 %Morrill County15.823Dawes County: 15.274 %Dawes County15.274Scotts Bluff County: 14.861 %Scotts Bluff County14.861Keya Paha County: 14.545 %Keya Paha County14.545Hayes County: 14.286 %Hayes County14.286Phelps County: 14.265 %Phelps County14.265Merrick County: 14.141 %Merrick County14.141Sherman County: 14 %Sherman County14Cedar County: 13.984 %Cedar County13.984Valley County: 13.834 %Valley County13.834McPherson County: 13.636 %McPherson County13.636Hamilton County: 13.405 %Hamilton County13.405Greeley County: 13.374 %Greeley County13.374Burt County: 13.283 %Burt County13.283Lancaster County: 13.235 %Lancaster County13.235Clay County: 12.26 %Clay County12.26Sarpy County: 12.019 %Sarpy County12.019Douglas County: 11.968 %Douglas County11.968Loup County: 39.506 %Loup County39.506Banner County: 39.024 %Banner County39.024Franklin County: 34.904 %Franklin County34.904Hooker County: 33.816 %Hooker County33.816Thomas County: 32.285 %Thomas County32.285Logan County: 27.338 %Logan County27.338Blaine County: 26.923 %Blaine County26.923Rock County: 22.576 %Rock County22.576Dundy County: 22.416 %Dundy County22.416Knox County: 21.876 %Knox County21.876Cass County: 21.872 %Cass County21.872Garden County: 21.324 %Garden County21.324Sioux County: 20.253 %Sioux County20.253Nance County: 20.016 %Nance County20.016Frontier County: 18.758 %Frontier County18.758Stanton County: 18.653 %Stanton County18.653Brown County: 18.402 %Brown County18.402Wayne County: 17.133 %Wayne County17.133Sheridan County: 16.32 %Sheridan County16.32Antelope County: 16.282 %Antelope County16.282Gosper County: 16.173 %Gosper County16.173Harlan County: 16.1 %Harlan County16.1Morrill County: 15.823 %Morrill County15.823Dawes County: 15.274 %Dawes County15.274Scotts Bluff County: 14.861 %Scotts Bluff County14.861Keya Paha County: 14.545 %Keya Paha County14.545Hayes County: 14.286 %Hayes County14.286Phelps County: 14.265 %Phelps County14.265Merrick County: 14.141 %Merrick County14.141Sherman County: 14 %Sherman County14Cedar County: 13.984 %Cedar County13.984Valley County: 13.834 %Valley County13.834McPherson County: 13.636 %McPherson County13.636Hamilton County: 13.405 %Hamilton County13.405Greeley County: 13.374 %Greeley County13.374Burt County: 13.283 %Burt County13.283Lancaster County: 13.235 %Lancaster County13.235Clay County: 12.26 %Clay County12.26Sarpy County: 12.019 %Sarpy County12.019Douglas County: 11.968 %Douglas County11.968
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Loup County39.506+34.24 pts
2Banner County39.024+15.72 pts
3Franklin County34.904+30.26 pts
4Hooker County33.816+28.77 pts
5Thomas County32.285+23.82 pts
6Logan County27.338+19.05 pts
7Blaine County26.923-5.51 pts
8Rock County22.576+12.27 pts
9Dundy County22.416+7.38 pts
10Knox County21.876+12.52 pts
11Cass County21.872+10.48 pts
12Garden County21.324+15.7 pts
13Sioux County20.253-1.97 pts
14Nance County20.016+12.24 pts
15Frontier County18.758+5.14 pts
16Stanton County18.653+6.93 pts
17Brown County18.402+11 pts
18Wayne County17.133+9.25 pts
19Sheridan County16.32+5.06 pts
20Antelope County16.282+8.07 pts
21Gosper County16.173+8.09 pts
22Harlan County16.1+6.87 pts
23Morrill County15.823+6.22 pts
24Dawes County15.274+6.87 pts
25Scotts Bluff County14.861+3.75 pts
26Keya Paha County14.545+5.62 pts
27Hayes County14.286-20.5 pts
28Phelps County14.265+3.89 pts
29Merrick County14.141+1.16 pts
30Sherman County14+4.21 pts
31Cedar County13.984+3.97 pts
32Valley County13.834-0.41 pts
33McPherson County13.636+4.75 pts
34Hamilton County13.405+2.45 pts
35Greeley County13.374+6.86 pts
36Burt County13.283+2.76 pts
37Lancaster County13.235+1.65 pts
38Clay County12.26+3.13 pts
39Sarpy County12.019-1.03 pts
40Douglas County11.968+0.78 pts
41Custer County11.898+4.1 pts
42Platte County11.896+1.79 pts
43Howard County11.862+2.77 pts
44Wheeler County11.765-36.35 pts
45Buffalo County11.733+2.84 pts
46Pierce County11.71+1.19 pts
47Hall County11.657+3.26 pts
48Nuckolls County11.651+2.27 pts
49Madison County11.629+4.16 pts
50Dodge County11.501+0.82 pts
50Holt County11.501+1.69 pts
52Lincoln County11.447+0.62 pts
53Cherry County11.407+0.86 pts
54Dawson County11.398+2.79 pts
55York County11.394-0.71 pts
56Kearney County11.352+2.63 pts
57Kimball County11.237+6.56 pts
58Johnson County11.173+5.21 pts
59Jefferson County10.793+3.04 pts
60Cuming County10.686+0.06 pts
61Grant County10.476-2.61 pts
62Dixon County10.371+2.91 pts
63Keith County10.257-2.38 pts
64Washington County10.131-1.66 pts
65Adams County10.109-0.01 pts
66Saunders County10.008+0.29 pts
67Box Butte County10+2.09 pts
68Pawnee County9.948-11.37 pts
69Garfield County9.859-0.86 pts
70Otoe County9.721+1.13 pts
71Chase County9.545-1.28 pts
72Perkins County8.996-1.79 pts
73Colfax County8.975+3.54 pts
74Polk County8.831-1.95 pts
75Boyd County8.684-8.3 pts
76Gage County8.649-1.12 pts
77Nemaha County8.611-0.7 pts
78Seward County8.468-1.86 pts
79Richardson County8.211-2.34 pts
80Boone County7.692-3.2 pts
81Furnas County7.685-4.37 pts
82Deuel County7.68+0.79 pts
83Red Willow County7.612+0.68 pts
84Cheyenne County7.489-2.63 pts
85Butler County7.294+2.98 pts
86Dakota County7.262+1.56 pts
87Thayer County7.137-0.94 pts
88Fillmore County7.136-4.11 pts
89Webster County6.113-0.9 pts
90Thurston County5.788-10.77 pts
91Saline County4.68-4.46 pts
92Hitchcock County4.348-15.72 pts
93Arthur County3.252-7.86 pts

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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.

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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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Nebraska by job creation rate, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Nebraska by job creation rate, 2017. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Nebraska by job creation rate, 2017. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2017.

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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 Nebraska by job creation rate, 2017 [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/nebraska-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Loup County, with 39.506% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Arthur County, with 3.252% in 2017.

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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.

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