# Counties in Tennessee by job creation rate, 2023

All 95 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Blount County | 30.077 |
| 2 | Morgan County | 29.43 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 25.403 |
| 4 | Houston County | 25 |
| 5 | Hancock County | 24.594 |
| 6 | Overton County | 24.456 |
| 7 | Fentress County | 23.855 |
| 8 | Polk County | 23.43 |
| 9 | Clay County | 20.656 |
| 10 | Perry County | 20.571 |
| 11 | Stewart County | 20.145 |
| 12 | Cannon County | 19.161 |
| 13 | Williamson County | 19.155 |
| 14 | Scott County | 18.442 |
| 15 | Fayette County | 18.022 |
| 16 | Lake County | 17.867 |
| 17 | Bledsoe County | 17.647 |
| 18 | Wilson County | 17.453 |
| 19 | Davidson County | 17.172 |
| 20 | Gibson County | 16.859 |
| 20 | Hickman County | 16.859 |
| 22 | Cumberland County | 16.769 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 16.501 |
| 24 | Lewis County | 16.361 |
| 25 | Cheatham County | 16.03 |
| 26 | Montgomery County | 15.886 |
| 27 | Sumner County | 15.692 |
| 28 | Roane County | 15.215 |
| 29 | Hamilton County | 15.089 |
| 30 | Cocke County | 15.045 |
| 31 | Carter County | 14.96 |
| 32 | Decatur County | 14.95 |
| 33 | Pickett County | 14.495 |
| 34 | Shelby County | 14.417 |
| 35 | Unicoi County | 14.33 |
| 36 | Campbell County | 14.228 |
| 37 | Carroll County | 14.198 |
| 38 | Rutherford County | 14.034 |
| 39 | Anderson County | 13.994 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 13.85 |
| 41 | Humphreys County | 13.726 |
| 42 | DeKalb County | 13.646 |
| 43 | Weakley County | 13.626 |
| 44 | Smith County | 13.585 |
| 45 | Sevier County | 13.544 |
| 46 | Hardin County | 13.529 |
| 47 | Knox County | 13.259 |
| 48 | Sequatchie County | 13.248 |
| 49 | Grundy County | 13.2 |
| 50 | Loudon County | 13.192 |
| 51 | McNairy County | 13.177 |
| 52 | Benton County | 13.141 |
| 53 | Henry County | 13.136 |
| 54 | Marshall County | 13.028 |
| 55 | Washington County | 12.998 |
| 56 | Dyer County | 12.896 |
| 57 | Bedford County | 12.71 |
| 58 | Tipton County | 12.647 |
| 59 | Giles County | 12.502 |
| 60 | Haywood County | 12.476 |
| 61 | Union County | 12.348 |
| 62 | Coffee County | 12.342 |
| 63 | Hamblen County | 12.076 |
| 64 | Warren County | 12.058 |
| 65 | White County | 11.683 |
| 66 | Lawrence County | 11.652 |
| 67 | Van Buren County | 11.443 |
| 68 | Macon County | 11.409 |
| 69 | Henderson County | 11.195 |
| 70 | Maury County | 11.192 |
| 71 | Jackson County | 11.116 |
| 72 | Sullivan County | 10.99 |
| 73 | Putnam County | 10.869 |
| 74 | Greene County | 10.566 |
| 75 | Crockett County | 10.559 |
| 76 | Madison County | 10.547 |
| 77 | Marion County | 10.484 |
| 78 | Hawkins County | 10.379 |
| 79 | Johnson County | 10.18 |
| 80 | Bradley County | 10.134 |
| 81 | Trousdale County | 10.117 |
| 82 | Obion County | 10.002 |
| 83 | Jefferson County | 9.871 |
| 84 | Robertson County | 9.756 |
| 85 | Franklin County | 9.622 |
| 86 | Rhea County | 9.297 |
| 87 | Moore County | 9.213 |
| 88 | Monroe County | 8.639 |
| 89 | McMinn County | 8.554 |
| 90 | Grainger County | 8.479 |
| 91 | Chester County | 8.112 |
| 92 | Hardeman County | 8.051 |
| 93 | Claiborne County | 7.788 |
| 94 | Lauderdale County | 7.77 |
| 95 | Meigs County | 5.177 |