Counties in Oregon by job creation rate

Deschutes County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2016, at 16.135%. Morrow County had the lowest, at 8.132%. The median was 12.157% and the figure for Oregon was 13%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest16.135Deschutes County

Lowest8.132Morrow County

Median12.15736 counties

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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	Deschutes County	16.135	+0.26 pts
2	Josephine County	15.94	+1.88 pts
3	Sherman County	15.59	+4.44 pts
4	Curry County	14.841	+1.26 pts
5	Benton County	14.802	+0.96 pts
6	Wallowa County	14.462	-8.46 pts
7	Jackson County	13.859	+0.74 pts
8	Baker County	13.828	+2.99 pts
9	Multnomah County	13.528	-0.56 pts
10	Polk County	13.374	-0.43 pts
11	Clatsop County	12.875	-0.77 pts
12	Washington County	12.872	-1.91 pts
13	Clackamas County	12.651	-0.6 pts
14	Linn County	12.408	-0.37 pts
15	Lake County	12.324	+1.36 pts
16	Gilliam County	12.316	-0.43 pts
17	Harney County	12.236	-3.07 pts
18	Crook County	12.186	-3.16 pts
19	Lane County	12.128	+0.07 pts
20	Marion County	12.118	-1.32 pts
21	Klamath County	11.808	-0.56 pts
22	Tillamook County	11.657	-2.29 pts
23	Hood River County	11.434	-0.09 pts
24	Douglas County	11.181	-0.08 pts
25	Yamhill County	10.898	-6.54 pts
26	Columbia County	10.626	-3.13 pts
27	Umatilla County	10.381	+0.36 pts
28	Lincoln County	10.284	+0.55 pts
29	Wasco County	10.252	-1.92 pts
30	Coos County	10.114	-1.04 pts
31	Union County	9.742	-0.4 pts
32	Jefferson County	9.222	-0.04 pts
33	Malheur County	9.136	-2.6 pts
34	Grant County	8.781	-4.72 pts
35	Wheeler County	8.525	-6.81 pts
36	Morrow County	8.132	-1.04 pts

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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, 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 Oregon 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/oregon-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 Oregon 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/oregon-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 Oregon 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/oregon-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Deschutes County, with 16.135% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Morrow County, with 8.132% 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.