Counties in Oregon by job creation rate, 2023

Wheeler County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2023, at 31.546%. Harney County had the lowest, at 8.671%. The median was 13.059% and the figure for Oregon was 13.268%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest31.546Wheeler County

Lowest8.671Harney County

Median13.05936 counties

Oregon13.268History

Map of counties, 2023

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%, 2023. 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, 2023

%. 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	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Wheeler County	31.546	+12.86 pts
2	Crook County	24.409	+10.19 pts
3	Sherman County	20.178	+14.64 pts
4	Gilliam County	19.257	+5.76 pts
5	Jefferson County	18.882	+5.64 pts
6	Tillamook County	17.391	+0.24 pts
7	Wallowa County	16.794	-0.63 pts
8	Jackson County	14.765	-1.22 pts
9	Deschutes County	14.463	-4.55 pts
10	Clatsop County	14.45	+0.09 pts
11	Clackamas County	14.176	-2.51 pts
12	Columbia County	13.454	-2.79 pts
13	Polk County	13.443	-3.24 pts
14	Baker County	13.372	-1.55 pts
15	Lincoln County	13.349	-3 pts
16	Benton County	13.253	-0.7 pts
17	Multnomah County	13.167	-5.5 pts
18	Washington County	13.079	-3.76 pts
19	Marion County	13.038	-3.67 pts
20	Malheur County	12.939	-0.83 pts
21	Josephine County	12.884	-2.81 pts
22	Yamhill County	12.667	-3.01 pts
23	Grant County	12.634	-3.39 pts
24	Curry County	12.41	-4.86 pts
25	Coos County	12.397	-2.13 pts
26	Lane County	12.31	-3.95 pts
27	Wasco County	12.302	-3.38 pts
28	Hood River County	11.589	-5.61 pts
29	Umatilla County	11.434	-0.14 pts
30	Douglas County	11.336	-2.87 pts
31	Union County	11.136	-0.57 pts
32	Linn County	11.06	-2.38 pts
33	Klamath County	10.705	-5.71 pts
34	Lake County	10.564	-2.06 pts
35	Morrow County	9.621	-4.71 pts
36	Harney County	8.671	-9.17 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.

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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 Oregon by job creation rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Oregon by job creation rate, 2023. 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/oregon-counties. 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 Oregon by job creation rate, 2023. 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/oregon-counties.

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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 Oregon by job creation rate, 2023 [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/oregon-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Wheeler County, with 31.546% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Harney County, with 8.671% in 2023.

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.