Counties in Nevada by job creation rate

Churchill County had the highest job creation rate of 17 counties in 2016, at 15.689%. Esmeralda County had the lowest, at 5.769%. The median was 12.714% and the figure for Nevada was 13.852%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest15.689Churchill County

Lowest5.769Esmeralda County

Median12.71417 counties

Nevada13.852History

Map of counties, 2016

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%, 2016. 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, 2016

%. 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	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Churchill County	15.689	+0.65 pts
2	Washoe County	15.602	+1.23 pts
3	Eureka County	13.893	-9.47 pts
4	Douglas County	13.663	-2.48 pts
5	Humboldt County	13.557	+6.49 pts
6	Nye County	13.46	-6.27 pts
7	Clark County	13.293	-1.79 pts
8	Carson City	12.813	-1.14 pts
9	Elko County	12.714	+5.59 pts
10	Storey County	12.028	-1.39 pts
11	Lyon County	11.688	-3.41 pts
12	Mineral County	11.211	+6.87 pts
13	Lincoln County	9.921	-3.97 pts
14	Lander County	9.041	+1.26 pts
15	Pershing County	7.659	+3.06 pts
16	White Pine County	6.746	-0.78 pts
17	Esmeralda County	5.769	+1.38 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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Nevada by job creation rate, 2016) [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 Nevada by job creation rate, 2016. 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/nevada-counties?period=2016. 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 Nevada by job creation rate, 2016. 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/nevada-counties?period=2016.

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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 Nevada by job creation rate, 2016 [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/nevada-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Churchill County, with 15.689% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Esmeralda County, with 5.769% in 2016.

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.