Counties in Oregon by job creation rate

Morrow County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2019, at 26.269%. Sherman County had the lowest, at 8.128%. The median was 11.645% and the figure for Oregon was 11.939%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest26.269Morrow County

Lowest8.128Sherman County

Median11.64536 counties

Oregon11.939History

Map of counties, 2019

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%, 2019. 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, 2019

%. 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	2019 (%)	Change on 2018
1	Morrow County	26.269	+19.06 pts
2	Crook County	16.196	+2.45 pts
3	Lake County	15.454	+0.83 pts
4	Wallowa County	15.311	+0.79 pts
5	Harney County	15.106	-2.52 pts
6	Wasco County	14.591	+1.68 pts
7	Gilliam County	13.787	+5.28 pts
8	Malheur County	13.466	+0.84 pts
9	Wheeler County	13.249	+0.37 pts
10	Polk County	13.017	-3.32 pts
11	Deschutes County	12.781	-3.63 pts
12	Grant County	12.45	-0.43 pts
13	Clatsop County	12.242	-0.21 pts
14	Washington County	12.172	+1.02 pts
15	Multnomah County	12.151	+0.04 pts
16	Columbia County	11.992	-4.09 pts
17	Baker County	11.801	-4.37 pts
18	Linn County	11.657	+0.22 pts
19	Yamhill County	11.632	-0.62 pts
20	Clackamas County	11.391	-1.95 pts
21	Marion County	11.388	-1.66 pts
22	Lane County	11.382	-1.21 pts
23	Coos County	11.338	+1.24 pts
24	Tillamook County	11.285	+1.32 pts
25	Union County	11.249	-0.54 pts
26	Klamath County	11.116	-1.78 pts
27	Josephine County	11.067	-0.92 pts
28	Jefferson County	10.872	-3.13 pts
29	Curry County	10.723	-1.28 pts
30	Lincoln County	10.618	-1.15 pts
31	Benton County	10.392	-2.44 pts
32	Douglas County	10.348	-2.01 pts
33	Jackson County	10.088	-3.42 pts
34	Hood River County	9.654	-1.81 pts
35	Umatilla County	8.367	-1.57 pts
36	Sherman County	8.128	+3.06 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Morrow County, with 26.269% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Sherman County, with 8.128% in 2019.

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.