Counties in Oregon by job creation rate

Crook County had the highest job creation rate of 36 counties in 2020, at 26.18%. Morrow County had the lowest, at 6.758%. The median was 11.243% and the figure for Oregon was 11.53%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest26.18Crook County

Lowest6.758Morrow County

Median11.24336 counties

Oregon11.53History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 9.5
9.5 to 11
11 to 12
12 to 14
14 and over

%, 2020. 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, 2020

%. 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	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Crook County	26.18	+9.98 pts
2	Wallowa County	22.483	+7.17 pts
3	Sherman County	18.085	+9.96 pts
4	Lake County	16.368	+0.91 pts
5	Wheeler County	16.34	+3.09 pts
6	Columbia County	14.456	+2.46 pts
7	Deschutes County	14.16	+1.38 pts
8	Jefferson County	12.937	+2.06 pts
9	Jackson County	12.718	+2.63 pts
10	Marion County	12.661	+1.27 pts
11	Benton County	12.177	+1.79 pts
12	Polk County	11.867	-1.15 pts
13	Curry County	11.787	+1.06 pts
14	Harney County	11.753	-3.35 pts
15	Linn County	11.322	-0.34 pts
16	Lincoln County	11.319	+0.7 pts
17	Clackamas County	11.265	-0.13 pts
17	Douglas County	11.265	+0.92 pts
19	Multnomah County	11.22	-0.93 pts
20	Lane County	10.888	-0.49 pts
21	Malheur County	10.881	-2.58 pts
22	Klamath County	10.82	-0.3 pts
23	Hood River County	10.718	+1.06 pts
24	Union County	10.692	-0.56 pts
25	Washington County	10.537	-1.63 pts
26	Umatilla County	10.318	+1.95 pts
27	Josephine County	10.086	-0.98 pts
28	Wasco County	9.703	-4.89 pts
29	Coos County	9.537	-1.8 pts
30	Clatsop County	9.47	-2.77 pts
31	Yamhill County	9.436	-2.2 pts
32	Gilliam County	9.429	-4.36 pts
33	Grant County	8.548	-3.9 pts
34	Baker County	8.248	-3.55 pts
35	Tillamook County	7.816	-3.47 pts
36	Morrow County	6.758	-19.51 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Crook County, with 26.18% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Morrow County, with 6.758% in 2020.

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.