Counties in Oregon by job creation rate

Wasco County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2017, at 19.51%. Jefferson County had the lowest, at 8.419%. The median was 13.912% and the figure for Oregon was 13.981%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.51Wasco County

Lowest8.419Jefferson County

Median13.91236 counties

Oregon13.981History

Map of counties, 2017

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%, 2017. 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, 2017

%. 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	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Wasco County	19.51	+9.26 pts
2	Jackson County	17.993	+4.13 pts
3	Benton County	16.856	+2.05 pts
4	Josephine County	16.55	+0.61 pts
5	Wheeler County	16.447	+7.92 pts
6	Deschutes County	16.402	+0.27 pts
7	Lake County	15.785	+3.46 pts
8	Polk County	15.583	+2.21 pts
9	Harney County	15.082	+2.85 pts
10	Sherman County	14.889	-0.7 pts
11	Douglas County	14.786	+3.61 pts
12	Wallowa County	14.687	+0.22 pts
13	Washington County	14.518	+1.65 pts
14	Yamhill County	14.492	+3.59 pts
15	Curry County	14.407	-0.43 pts
16	Grant County	14.157	+5.38 pts
17	Hood River County	14.154	+2.72 pts
18	Lincoln County	14.05	+3.77 pts
19	Clackamas County	13.773	+1.12 pts
20	Columbia County	13.693	+3.07 pts
21	Multnomah County	13.218	-0.31 pts
22	Coos County	13.213	+3.1 pts
23	Marion County	13.009	+0.89 pts
24	Lane County	12.725	+0.6 pts
25	Union County	12.171	+2.43 pts
26	Crook County	11.882	-0.3 pts
27	Clatsop County	11.576	-1.3 pts
28	Umatilla County	11.553	+1.17 pts
29	Baker County	11.234	-2.59 pts
30	Tillamook County	11.065	-0.59 pts
31	Malheur County	10.877	+1.74 pts
32	Linn County	10.489	-1.92 pts
33	Morrow County	10.385	+2.25 pts
34	Klamath County	10.161	-1.65 pts
35	Gilliam County	8.467	-3.85 pts
36	Jefferson County	8.419	-0.8 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Wasco County, with 19.51% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Jefferson County, with 8.419% in 2017.

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.