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Counties in Texas by job creation rate

Loving County had the highest job creation rate of 253 counties in 2017, at 131.707%. Delta County had the lowest, at 2.109%. The median was 13.391% and the figure for Texas was 15.075%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest131.707Loving County
Lowest2.109Delta County
Median13.391253 counties
Texas15.075History

Map of counties, 2017

Anderson County: 19.279 %Andrews County: 15.398 %Angelina County: 10.697 %Aransas County: 16.904 %Archer County: 20.828 %Armstrong County: 12.727 %Atascosa County: 18.618 %Austin County: 9.231 %Bailey County: 7 %Bandera County: 10.627 %Bastrop County: 15.896 %Baylor County: 15.599 %Bee County: 13.035 %Bell County: 12.402 %Bexar County: 14.303 %Blanco County: 17.525 %Borden County: 37.113 %Bosque County: 11.765 %Bowie County: 15.102 %Brazoria County: 15.581 %Brazos County: 14.764 %Brewster County: 12.089 %Briscoe County: 32.636 %Brooks County: 7.269 %Brown County: 11.296 %Burleson County: 16.612 %Burnet County: 15.027 %Caldwell County: 11.166 %Calhoun County: 13.789 %Callahan County: 22.2 %Cameron County: 12.577 %Camp County: 14.414 %Carson County: 16.395 %Cass County: 12.248 %Castro County: 18.182 %Chambers County: 12.697 %Cherokee County: 11.819 %Childress County: 12.323 %Clay County: 19.21 %Cochran County: 14.773 %Coke County: 23.843 %Coleman County: 9.472 %Collin County: 16.463 %Collingsworth County: 11.879 %Colorado County: 13.578 %Comal County: 18.438 %Comanche County: 19.695 %Concho County: 4.794 %Cooke County: 10.598 %Coryell County: 9.866 %Cottle County: 16.129 %Crane County: 15.66 %Crockett County: 9.1 %Crosby County: 8.659 %Culberson County: 18.434 %Dallam County: 11.245 %Dallas County: 15.148 %Dawson County: 16.654 %Deaf Smith County: 8.343 %Delta County: 2.109 %Denton County: 18.926 %DeWitt County: 12.923 %Dickens County: 14.137 %Dimmit County: 10.306 %Donley County: 11.253 %Duval County: 20.16 %Eastland County: 15.546 %Ector County: 16.584 %Edwards County: 16.244 %Ellis County: 13.502 %El Paso County: 15.527 %Erath County: 13.246 %Falls County: 15.409 %Fannin County: 10.43 %Fayette County: 10.053 %Fisher County: 5.865 %Floyd County: 7.612 %Foard County: 13.383 %Fort Bend County: 20.483 %Franklin County: 18.12 %Freestone County: 15.482 %Frio County: 11.712 %Gaines County: 20.892 %Galveston County: 14.015 %Garza County: 8.87 %Gillespie County: 13.346 %Glasscock County: 21.378 %Goliad County: 18.141 %Gonzales County: 11.952 %Gray County: 9.658 %Grayson County: 11.524 %Gregg County: 11.352 %Grimes County: 8.812 %Guadalupe County: 14.394 %Hale County: 11.745 %Hall County: 5.888 %Hamilton County: 13.158 %Hansford County: 7.492 %Hardeman County: 16.124 %Hardin County: 15.159 %Harris County: 14.648 %Harrison County: 12.523 %Hartley County: 6.603 %Haskell County: 17.519 %Hays County: 18.777 %Hemphill County: 9.11 %Henderson County: 13.391 %Hidalgo County: 14.185 %Hill County: 13.695 %Hockley County: 13.639 %Hood County: 13.402 %Hopkins County: 15.851 %Houston County: 26.411 %Howard County: 12.74 %Hudspeth County: 11.373 %Hunt County: 13.388 %Hutchinson County: 7.708 %Irion County: 4.782 %Jack County: 17.786 %Jackson County: 9.4 %Jasper County: 9.589 %Jeff Davis County: 18.205 %Jefferson County: 12.795 %Jim Hogg County: 24.72 %Jim Wells County: 22.235 %Johnson County: 13.489 %Jones County: 21.862 %Karnes County: 11.926 %Kaufman County: 16.031 %Kendall County: 18.648 %Kenedy County: 4.268 %Kent County: 11.458 %Kerr County: 15.567 %Kimble County: 9.634 %Kinney County: 10.977 %Kleberg County: 11.214 %Knox County: 18.49 %Lamar County: 12.898 %Lamb County: 18.949 %Lampasas County: 15.286 %La Salle County: 12.387 %Lavaca County: 8.507 %Lee County: 9.989 %Leon County: 10.16 %Liberty County: 13.051 %Limestone County: 12.423 %Lipscomb County: 5.714 %Live Oak County: 15.226 %Llano County: 36.298 %Loving County: 131.707 %Lubbock County: 12.376 %Lynn County: 16.507 %McCulloch County: 12.887 %McLennan County: 11.493 %McMullen County: 7.498 %Madison County: 10.887 %Marion County: 14.928 %Martin County: 13.756 %Mason County: 11.231 %Matagorda County: 11.716 %Maverick County: 8.554 %Medina County: 18.888 %Menard County: 8.864 %Midland County: 18.704 %Milam County: 17.713 %Mills County: 13.956 %Mitchell County: 15.78 %Montague County: 12.635 %Montgomery County: 19.085 %Moore County: 12.215 %Morris County: 8.061 %Motley County: 4.891 %Nacogdoches County: 9.882 %Navarro County: 12.158 %Newton County: 15.607 %Nolan County: 9.417 %Nueces County: 13.815 %Ochiltree County: 9.75 %Oldham County: 15.68 %Orange County: 11.995 %Palo Pinto County: 10.09 %Panola County: 9.277 %Parker County: 15.645 %Parmer County: 5.37 %Pecos County: 19.564 %Polk County: 12.891 %Potter County: 12.193 %Presidio County: 23.224 %Rains County: 9.923 %Randall County: 14.882 %Reagan County: 15.716 %Real County: 15.684 %Red River County: 19.444 %Reeves County: 19.634 %Refugio County: 14.917 %Roberts County: 19.572 %Robertson County: 17.496 %Rockwall County: 16.024 %Runnels County: 8.375 %Rusk County: 11.969 %Sabine County: 13.409 %San Augustine County: 12.881 %San Jacinto County: 14.482 %San Patricio County: 12.666 %San Saba County: 12.249 %Schleicher County: 16.807 %Scurry County: 16.65 %Shackelford County: 18.135 %Shelby County: 13.322 %Sherman County: 7.168 %Smith County: 12.672 %Somervell County: 14.117 %Starr County: 10.15 %Stephens County: 10.196 %Sterling County: 11.041 %Stonewall County: 15.735 %Sutton County: 14.777 %Swisher County: 6.67 %Tarrant County: 15.151 %Taylor County: 11.919 %Terrell County: 19.847 %Terry County: 13.35 %Throckmorton County: 15.789 %Titus County: 9.448 %Tom Green County: 12.771 %Travis County: 15.399 %Trinity County: 13.886 %Tyler County: 12.548 %Upshur County: 17.703 %Upton County: 10.509 %Uvalde County: 11.088 %Val Verde County: 10.648 %Van Zandt County: 16.163 %Victoria County: 9.823 %Walker County: 12.514 %Waller County: 16.538 %Ward County: 11.853 %Washington County: 10.103 %Webb County: 13.748 %Wharton County: 10.618 %Wheeler County: 17.086 %Wichita County: 12.843 %Wilbarger County: 9.389 %Willacy County: 14.709 %Williamson County: 14.275 %Wilson County: 14.503 %Winkler County: 22.235 %Wise County: 15.154 %Wood County: 14.797 %Yoakum County: 9.041 %Young County: 14.16 %Zapata County: 13.53 %Zavala County: 7.948 %
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%, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Loving County: 131.707 %Loving County131.707Borden County: 37.113 %Borden County37.113Llano County: 36.298 %Llano County36.298Briscoe County: 32.636 %Briscoe County32.636Houston County: 26.411 %Houston County26.411Jim Hogg County: 24.72 %Jim Hogg County24.72Coke County: 23.843 %Coke County23.843Presidio County: 23.224 %Presidio County23.224Jim Wells County: 22.235 %Jim Wells County22.235Winkler County: 22.235 %Winkler County22.235Callahan County: 22.2 %Callahan County22.2Jones County: 21.862 %Jones County21.862Glasscock County: 21.378 %Glasscock County21.378Gaines County: 20.892 %Gaines County20.892Archer County: 20.828 %Archer County20.828Fort Bend County: 20.483 %Fort Bend County20.483Duval County: 20.16 %Duval County20.16Terrell County: 19.847 %Terrell County19.847Comanche County: 19.695 %Comanche County19.695Reeves County: 19.634 %Reeves County19.634Roberts County: 19.572 %Roberts County19.572Pecos County: 19.564 %Pecos County19.564Red River County: 19.444 %Red River County19.444Anderson County: 19.279 %Anderson County19.279Clay County: 19.21 %Clay County19.21Montgomery County: 19.085 %Montgomery County19.085Lamb County: 18.949 %Lamb County18.949Denton County: 18.926 %Denton County18.926Medina County: 18.888 %Medina County18.888Hays County: 18.777 %Hays County18.777Midland County: 18.704 %Midland County18.704Kendall County: 18.648 %Kendall County18.648Atascosa County: 18.618 %Atascosa County18.618Knox County: 18.49 %Knox County18.49Comal County: 18.438 %Comal County18.438Culberson County: 18.434 %Culberson County18.434Jeff Davis County: 18.205 %Jeff Davis County18.205Castro County: 18.182 %Castro County18.182Goliad County: 18.141 %Goliad County18.141Shackelford County: 18.135 %Shackelford County18.135Loving County: 131.707 %Loving County131.707Borden County: 37.113 %Borden County37.113Llano County: 36.298 %Llano County36.298Briscoe County: 32.636 %Briscoe County32.636Houston County: 26.411 %Houston County26.411Jim Hogg County: 24.72 %Jim Hogg County24.72Coke County: 23.843 %Coke County23.843Presidio County: 23.224 %Presidio County23.224Jim Wells County: 22.235 %Jim Wells County22.235Winkler County: 22.235 %Winkler County22.235Callahan County: 22.2 %Callahan County22.2Jones County: 21.862 %Jones County21.862Glasscock County: 21.378 %Glasscock County21.378Gaines County: 20.892 %Gaines County20.892Archer County: 20.828 %Archer County20.828Fort Bend County: 20.483 %Fort Bend County20.483Duval County: 20.16 %Duval County20.16Terrell County: 19.847 %Terrell County19.847Comanche County: 19.695 %Comanche County19.695Reeves County: 19.634 %Reeves County19.634Roberts County: 19.572 %Roberts County19.572Pecos County: 19.564 %Pecos County19.564Red River County: 19.444 %Red River County19.444Anderson County: 19.279 %Anderson County19.279Clay County: 19.21 %Clay County19.21Montgomery County: 19.085 %Montgomery County19.085Lamb County: 18.949 %Lamb County18.949Denton County: 18.926 %Denton County18.926Medina County: 18.888 %Medina County18.888Hays County: 18.777 %Hays County18.777Midland County: 18.704 %Midland County18.704Kendall County: 18.648 %Kendall County18.648Atascosa County: 18.618 %Atascosa County18.618Knox County: 18.49 %Knox County18.49Comal County: 18.438 %Comal County18.438Culberson County: 18.434 %Culberson County18.434Jeff Davis County: 18.205 %Jeff Davis County18.205Castro County: 18.182 %Castro County18.182Goliad County: 18.141 %Goliad County18.141Shackelford County: 18.135 %Shackelford County18.135
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Loving County131.707n/a
2Borden County37.113+20.25 pts
3Llano County36.298+20.56 pts
4Briscoe County32.636+22.47 pts
5Houston County26.411+13.58 pts
6Jim Hogg County24.72-24.43 pts
7Coke County23.843+2.18 pts
8Presidio County23.224-1 pts
9Jim Wells County22.235+13.79 pts
9Winkler County22.235+10.5 pts
11Callahan County22.2+5.7 pts
12Jones County21.862+7.93 pts
13Glasscock County21.378+3.44 pts
14Gaines County20.892+6.92 pts
15Archer County20.828+9.87 pts
16Fort Bend County20.483+2.8 pts
17Duval County20.16+11 pts
18Terrell County19.847+10.09 pts
19Comanche County19.695+8.47 pts
20Reeves County19.634+1.07 pts
21Roberts County19.572-22.03 pts
22Pecos County19.564+10.13 pts
23Red River County19.444+6.41 pts
24Anderson County19.279+10.25 pts
25Clay County19.21+5.81 pts
26Montgomery County19.085+3.01 pts
27Lamb County18.949+7.08 pts
28Denton County18.926+2.13 pts
29Medina County18.888+5.67 pts
30Hays County18.777+3.3 pts
31Midland County18.704+5.95 pts
32Kendall County18.648+5.27 pts
33Atascosa County18.618+7.82 pts
34Knox County18.49+9.38 pts
35Comal County18.438+0.4 pts
36Culberson County18.434-1.44 pts
37Jeff Davis County18.205+4.48 pts
38Castro County18.182+3.38 pts
39Goliad County18.141+6.94 pts
40Shackelford County18.135+8.64 pts
41Franklin County18.12+15.64 pts
42Jack County17.786+9.22 pts
43Milam County17.713-0.4 pts
44Upshur County17.703+3.57 pts
45Blanco County17.525+1.28 pts
46Haskell County17.519+6.59 pts
47Robertson County17.496-2.04 pts
48Wheeler County17.086-2.11 pts
49Aransas County16.904+3.19 pts
50Schleicher County16.807+12.46 pts
51Dawson County16.654+7.87 pts
52Scurry County16.65+9.41 pts
53Burleson County16.612-0.13 pts
54Ector County16.584+6.69 pts
55Waller County16.538+4.95 pts
56Lynn County16.507+5.29 pts
57Collin County16.463-0.54 pts
58Carson County16.395-10.94 pts
59Edwards County16.244+0.38 pts
60Van Zandt County16.163-1.18 pts
61Cottle County16.129+0.74 pts
62Hardeman County16.124+5.65 pts
63Kaufman County16.031+1.52 pts
64Rockwall County16.024-1.8 pts
65Bastrop County15.896-1.53 pts
66Hopkins County15.851+6.13 pts
67Throckmorton County15.789-2.18 pts
68Mitchell County15.78+4.97 pts
69Stonewall County15.735+7.96 pts
70Reagan County15.716+5.26 pts
71Real County15.684-7.54 pts
72Oldham County15.68-1.23 pts
73Crane County15.66-4.44 pts
74Parker County15.645+1.42 pts
75Newton County15.607+2.69 pts
76Baylor County15.599-4.44 pts
77Brazoria County15.581-1.98 pts
78Kerr County15.567+1.64 pts
79Eastland County15.546+0.36 pts
80El Paso County15.527+2.35 pts
81Freestone County15.482+7.6 pts
82Falls County15.409+2.93 pts
83Travis County15.399-2.04 pts
84Andrews County15.398+4.77 pts
85Lampasas County15.286+2.08 pts
86Live Oak County15.226+0.44 pts
87Hardin County15.159+2.76 pts
88Wise County15.154+4.75 pts
89Tarrant County15.151+1.55 pts
90Dallas County15.148+0.94 pts
91Bowie County15.102+4.13 pts
92Burnet County15.027-1.55 pts
93Marion County14.928-9.45 pts
94Refugio County14.917+4.4 pts
95Randall County14.882+0.7 pts
96Wood County14.797+0.68 pts
97Sutton County14.777-10.66 pts
98Cochran County14.773+8.46 pts
99Brazos County14.764+1.99 pts
100Willacy County14.709+3.55 pts
101Harris County14.648+1.26 pts
102Wilson County14.503+1.88 pts
103San Jacinto County14.482-3.95 pts
104Camp County14.414-0 pts
105Guadalupe County14.394+1.82 pts
106Bexar County14.303-0.32 pts
107Williamson County14.275-1.94 pts
108Hidalgo County14.185-0.56 pts
109Young County14.16+3.95 pts
110Dickens County14.137+5.34 pts
111Somervell County14.117+3.96 pts
112Galveston County14.015+1.41 pts
113Mills County13.956+2.12 pts
114Trinity County13.886-0.73 pts
115Nueces County13.815-0.67 pts
116Calhoun County13.789+3.19 pts
117Martin County13.756+1.03 pts
118Webb County13.748+0.88 pts
119Hill County13.695-0.53 pts
120Hockley County13.639+6.28 pts
121Colorado County13.578+2.12 pts
122Zapata County13.53+0.6 pts
123Ellis County13.502-1.64 pts
124Johnson County13.489+0.37 pts
125Sabine County13.409+0.63 pts
126Hood County13.402+1.42 pts
127Henderson County13.391-2.1 pts
128Hunt County13.388+2.67 pts
129Foard County13.383-5.99 pts
130Terry County13.35+4.75 pts
131Gillespie County13.346-0.78 pts
132Shelby County13.322+0.12 pts
133Erath County13.246+0.75 pts
134Hamilton County13.158-0.99 pts
135Liberty County13.051-2.94 pts
136Bee County13.035+1.25 pts
137DeWitt County12.923-3.62 pts
138Lamar County12.898+2.81 pts
139Polk County12.891+0.73 pts
140McCulloch County12.887+5.79 pts
141San Augustine County12.881-0.55 pts
142Wichita County12.843+3.45 pts
143Jefferson County12.795+0.7 pts
144Tom Green County12.771+2.81 pts
145Howard County12.74-1.96 pts
146Armstrong County12.727+1.36 pts
147Chambers County12.697-1.4 pts
148Smith County12.672+1.01 pts
149San Patricio County12.666+0.65 pts
150Montague County12.635+2.34 pts
151Cameron County12.577-1.59 pts
152Tyler County12.548+6.04 pts
153Harrison County12.523+4.86 pts
154Walker County12.514-1.03 pts
155Limestone County12.423+3.31 pts
156Bell County12.402-0.12 pts
157La Salle County12.387-19.91 pts
158Lubbock County12.376-0.75 pts
159Childress County12.323+1.48 pts
160San Saba County12.249+0.38 pts
161Cass County12.248+0.78 pts
162Moore County12.215+7.86 pts
163Potter County12.193+1.82 pts
164Navarro County12.158+0.62 pts
165Brewster County12.089-0.93 pts
166Orange County11.995+0.84 pts
167Rusk County11.969+3.7 pts
168Gonzales County11.952+2.03 pts
169Karnes County11.926+0.56 pts
170Taylor County11.919+1.86 pts
171Collingsworth County11.879+2.89 pts
172Ward County11.853+6.16 pts
173Cherokee County11.819-2.47 pts
174Bosque County11.765+0.42 pts
175Hale County11.745+3.06 pts
176Matagorda County11.716+1.58 pts
177Frio County11.712-2.59 pts
178Grayson County11.524-1.41 pts
179McLennan County11.493+0.06 pts
180Kent County11.458+2.41 pts
181Hudspeth County11.373-3.08 pts
182Gregg County11.352+2.25 pts
183Brown County11.296+0.47 pts
184Donley County11.253+4.55 pts
185Dallam County11.245-3.53 pts
186Mason County11.231-9.3 pts
187Kleberg County11.214-1.33 pts
188Caldwell County11.166-15.93 pts
189Uvalde County11.088-5.22 pts
190Sterling County11.041-2.02 pts
191Kinney County10.977+1.01 pts
192Madison County10.887+1.9 pts
193Angelina County10.697-0.21 pts
194Val Verde County10.648-1.95 pts
195Bandera County10.627-5.88 pts
196Wharton County10.618+1.13 pts
197Cooke County10.598-0.71 pts
198Upton County10.509+0.13 pts
199Fannin County10.43-2.26 pts
200Dimmit County10.306+2.37 pts
201Stephens County10.196-0.58 pts
202Leon County10.16+0.77 pts
203Starr County10.15+2.88 pts
204Washington County10.103-0.11 pts
205Palo Pinto County10.09+0.61 pts
206Fayette County10.053-1.81 pts
207Lee County9.989+1.36 pts
208Rains County9.923-5.5 pts
209Nacogdoches County9.882-0.14 pts
210Coryell County9.866+1.77 pts
211Victoria County9.823-2.81 pts
212Ochiltree County9.75+1.34 pts
213Gray County9.658+0.35 pts
214Kimble County9.634-0.27 pts
215Jasper County9.589-0.3 pts
216Coleman County9.472-4.14 pts
217Titus County9.448+3.34 pts
218Nolan County9.417-0.57 pts
219Jackson County9.4+2.66 pts
220Wilbarger County9.389+3.54 pts
221Panola County9.277-2.78 pts
222Austin County9.231-3.29 pts
223Hemphill County9.11+0.17 pts
224Crockett County9.1+5.49 pts
225Yoakum County9.041+4.65 pts
226Garza County8.87+0.97 pts
227Menard County8.864-1.01 pts
228Grimes County8.812+0.4 pts
229Crosby County8.659+0.74 pts
230Maverick County8.554-3.59 pts
231Lavaca County8.507-4.69 pts
232Runnels County8.375-3 pts
233Deaf Smith County8.343-1.58 pts
234Morris County8.061+4.25 pts
235Zavala County7.948+2.94 pts
236Hutchinson County7.708-2.95 pts
237Floyd County7.612-0.64 pts
238McMullen County7.498-28.04 pts
239Hansford County7.492-2.07 pts
240Brooks County7.269-10.66 pts
241Sherman County7.168-13.41 pts
242Bailey County7-12.32 pts
243Swisher County6.67-6.21 pts
244Hartley County6.603-11.99 pts
245Hall County5.888-31.66 pts
246Fisher County5.865-3.23 pts
247Lipscomb County5.714+2.39 pts
248Parmer County5.37-3.21 pts
249Motley County4.891-18.03 pts
250Concho County4.794-4.76 pts

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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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 Texas 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

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Texas 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/texas-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Texas 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/texas-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 Texas 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/texas-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2017,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Texas by job creation rate, 2017}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/texas-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
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PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Loving County, with 131.707% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Delta County, with 2.109% 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. 1 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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