Counties in Oregon by job creation rate

Harney County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2018, at 17.623%. Sherman County had the lowest, at 5.066%. The median was 12.607% and the figure for Oregon was 12.531%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest17.623Harney County

Lowest5.066Sherman County

Median12.60736 counties

Oregon12.531History

Map of counties, 2018

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%, 2018. 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, 2018

%. 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	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Harney County	17.623	+2.54 pts
2	Deschutes County	16.413	+0.01 pts
3	Polk County	16.336	+0.75 pts
4	Baker County	16.17	+4.94 pts
5	Columbia County	16.086	+2.39 pts
6	Lake County	14.625	-1.16 pts
7	Wallowa County	14.52	-0.17 pts
8	Jefferson County	14.003	+5.58 pts
9	Crook County	13.745	+1.86 pts
10	Jackson County	13.509	-4.48 pts
11	Clackamas County	13.336	-0.44 pts
12	Marion County	13.052	+0.04 pts
13	Wasco County	12.914	-6.6 pts
14	Klamath County	12.891	+2.73 pts
15	Grant County	12.883	-1.27 pts
15	Wheeler County	12.883	-3.56 pts
17	Benton County	12.832	-4.02 pts
18	Malheur County	12.623	+1.75 pts
19	Lane County	12.59	-0.13 pts
20	Clatsop County	12.452	+0.88 pts
21	Douglas County	12.363	-2.42 pts
22	Yamhill County	12.249	-2.24 pts
23	Multnomah County	12.106	-1.11 pts
24	Curry County	12.002	-2.4 pts
25	Josephine County	11.983	-4.57 pts
26	Union County	11.794	-0.38 pts
27	Lincoln County	11.771	-2.28 pts
28	Hood River County	11.466	-2.69 pts
29	Linn County	11.432	+0.94 pts
30	Washington County	11.15	-3.37 pts
31	Coos County	10.099	-3.11 pts
32	Tillamook County	9.969	-1.1 pts
33	Umatilla County	9.936	-1.62 pts
34	Gilliam County	8.511	+0.04 pts
35	Morrow County	7.21	-3.17 pts
36	Sherman County	5.066	-9.82 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.

How to cite

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Harney County, with 17.623% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Sherman County, with 5.066% in 2018.

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.