# Counties in Ohio by job creation rate, 2023

All 88 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/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Licking County | 36.637 |
| 2 | Clinton County | 20.35 |
| 3 | Adams County | 19.582 |
| 4 | Perry County | 17.09 |
| 5 | Fairfield County | 16.567 |
| 6 | Trumbull County | 16.347 |
| 7 | Madison County | 16.221 |
| 8 | Mercer County | 15.185 |
| 9 | Pickaway County | 15.142 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 14.931 |
| 11 | Wood County | 14.255 |
| 12 | Athens County | 14.014 |
| 13 | Delaware County | 13.905 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 13.786 |
| 15 | Warren County | 13.762 |
| 16 | Belmont County | 13.606 |
| 17 | Greene County | 13.416 |
| 18 | Geauga County | 13.402 |
| 19 | Cuyahoga County | 13.308 |
| 20 | Clermont County | 13.252 |
| 21 | Mahoning County | 13.089 |
| 22 | Lake County | 13.064 |
| 23 | Brown County | 12.924 |
| 24 | Summit County | 12.869 |
| 25 | Montgomery County | 12.66 |
| 26 | Darke County | 12.648 |
| 27 | Highland County | 12.636 |
| 28 | Union County | 12.498 |
| 29 | Hocking County | 12.397 |
| 30 | Medina County | 12.285 |
| 31 | Morgan County | 12.217 |
| 32 | Portage County | 12.159 |
| 33 | Ashtabula County | 12.047 |
| 34 | Muskingum County | 12.033 |
| 35 | Butler County | 11.891 |
| 36 | Lorain County | 11.778 |
| 37 | Van Wert County | 11.769 |
| 38 | Hamilton County | 11.709 |
| 39 | Williams County | 11.678 |
| 40 | Defiance County | 11.677 |
| 41 | Vinton County | 11.62 |
| 42 | Richland County | 11.617 |
| 43 | Ottawa County | 11.524 |
| 44 | Huron County | 11.523 |
| 45 | Pike County | 11.496 |
| 46 | Scioto County | 11.495 |
| 47 | Jackson County | 11.493 |
| 48 | Lucas County | 11.469 |
| 49 | Gallia County | 11.451 |
| 49 | Ross County | 11.451 |
| 51 | Morrow County | 11.44 |
| 52 | Clark County | 11.419 |
| 53 | Stark County | 11.399 |
| 54 | Miami County | 11.245 |
| 55 | Noble County | 11.114 |
| 56 | Fulton County | 11.108 |
| 57 | Henry County | 11.058 |
| 58 | Allen County | 10.956 |
| 59 | Harrison County | 10.953 |
| 60 | Erie County | 10.883 |
| 61 | Seneca County | 10.728 |
| 62 | Carroll County | 10.537 |
| 63 | Columbiana County | 10.509 |
| 64 | Tuscarawas County | 10.417 |
| 65 | Hancock County | 10.372 |
| 66 | Hardin County | 10.359 |
| 67 | Preble County | 10.297 |
| 68 | Marion County | 10.296 |
| 69 | Sandusky County | 10.248 |
| 70 | Monroe County | 10.114 |
| 71 | Lawrence County | 9.882 |
| 72 | Wayne County | 9.864 |
| 73 | Guernsey County | 9.745 |
| 74 | Paulding County | 9.744 |
| 75 | Putnam County | 9.522 |
| 76 | Holmes County | 9.383 |
| 77 | Washington County | 9.139 |
| 78 | Fayette County | 9.033 |
| 79 | Ashland County | 9.001 |
| 80 | Shelby County | 8.939 |
| 81 | Knox County | 8.731 |
| 82 | Coshocton County | 8.611 |
| 83 | Jefferson County | 8.514 |
| 84 | Meigs County | 8.361 |
| 85 | Logan County | 7.943 |
| 86 | Auglaize County | 7.834 |
| 87 | Wyandot County | 7.686 |
| 88 | Champaign County | 7.378 |