# Counties in North Carolina by job creation rate, 2023

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Caswell County | 22.336 |
| 2 | Graham County | 20.918 |
| 3 | Yancey County | 19.541 |
| 4 | Warren County | 18.528 |
| 5 | Bertie County | 18.443 |
| 6 | Pender County | 17.568 |
| 7 | Greene County | 16.496 |
| 8 | Brunswick County | 16.449 |
| 9 | Jones County | 16.35 |
| 10 | Iredell County | 16.332 |
| 11 | Currituck County | 15.818 |
| 12 | Wake County | 15.447 |
| 13 | Perquimans County | 15.427 |
| 14 | Alamance County | 15.36 |
| 15 | Johnston County | 15.251 |
| 16 | Mecklenburg County | 15.162 |
| 17 | Franklin County | 15.086 |
| 18 | Haywood County | 15.008 |
| 19 | Union County | 14.881 |
| 20 | Clay County | 14.823 |
| 21 | Duplin County | 14.819 |
| 22 | Bladen County | 14.775 |
| 23 | New Hanover County | 14.505 |
| 24 | Transylvania County | 14.379 |
| 25 | Pitt County | 14.257 |
| 26 | Moore County | 14.253 |
| 27 | Gaston County | 14.158 |
| 28 | Harnett County | 14.125 |
| 29 | Nash County | 14.089 |
| 30 | Buncombe County | 14.009 |
| 31 | Catawba County | 13.887 |
| 32 | Onslow County | 13.799 |
| 33 | Dare County | 13.692 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 13.691 |
| 35 | Mitchell County | 13.642 |
| 36 | Henderson County | 13.635 |
| 37 | Macon County | 13.59 |
| 38 | Wilkes County | 13.464 |
| 39 | Columbus County | 13.449 |
| 40 | Rutherford County | 13.396 |
| 41 | Sampson County | 13.362 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 13.315 |
| 43 | Yadkin County | 13.124 |
| 44 | Caldwell County | 13.107 |
| 45 | Cumberland County | 13.1 |
| 46 | Cabarrus County | 13.013 |
| 47 | Stanly County | 13.01 |
| 48 | Halifax County | 12.993 |
| 49 | Granville County | 12.694 |
| 50 | Gates County | 12.556 |
| 51 | Madison County | 12.483 |
| 52 | Watauga County | 12.47 |
| 53 | Polk County | 12.451 |
| 54 | Carteret County | 12.447 |
| 55 | Camden County | 12.444 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 12.404 |
| 57 | Davidson County | 12.294 |
| 58 | Durham County | 12.267 |
| 59 | Chatham County | 12.159 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 12.105 |
| 61 | Craven County | 12.022 |
| 62 | Cleveland County | 11.972 |
| 63 | Forsyth County | 11.95 |
| 64 | Richmond County | 11.839 |
| 65 | Burke County | 11.748 |
| 66 | Person County | 11.701 |
| 67 | Davie County | 11.638 |
| 68 | Chowan County | 11.575 |
| 69 | Guilford County | 11.386 |
| 70 | Lee County | 11.265 |
| 71 | Swain County | 11.228 |
| 72 | Orange County | 11.219 |
| 73 | Pamlico County | 11.206 |
| 74 | Wayne County | 11.159 |
| 75 | Ashe County | 11.145 |
| 76 | Rockingham County | 11.078 |
| 77 | Scotland County | 11.031 |
| 78 | Lenoir County | 10.925 |
| 79 | Rowan County | 10.9 |
| 80 | Cherokee County | 10.891 |
| 81 | Pasquotank County | 10.858 |
| 82 | Avery County | 10.785 |
| 83 | Wilson County | 10.776 |
| 84 | Martin County | 10.533 |
| 85 | Hyde County | 10.353 |
| 86 | Vance County | 10.333 |
| 87 | Washington County | 10.316 |
| 88 | Stokes County | 10.302 |
| 89 | Northampton County | 9.754 |
| 90 | Randolph County | 9.608 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 9.561 |
| 92 | Hoke County | 9.543 |
| 93 | McDowell County | 9.2 |
| 94 | Robeson County | 8.795 |
| 95 | Alexander County | 8.137 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 7.717 |
| 97 | Surry County | 7.666 |
| 98 | Anson County | 7.02 |
| 99 | Tyrrell County | 6.582 |
| 100 | Hertford County | 5.843 |