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US counties by job creation rate, 2023

Slope County had the highest job creation rate of 3142 counties in 2023, at 98.925%. Golden Valley County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 12.408% and the figure for the United States was 13.592%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest98.925Slope County
Lowest0Golden Valley County
Median12.4083142 counties
United States13.592History

Map of counties, 2023

%, 2023. 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, 2023

Slope County: 98.925 %Slope County98.925Taliaferro County: 85.141 %Taliaferro County85.141Borden County: 58.824 %Borden County58.824Loving County: 50.575 %Loving County50.575Motley County: 44.776 %Motley County44.776Glascock County: 44.639 %Glascock County44.639Carter County: 44.172 %Carter County44.172Huerfano County: 43.143 %Huerfano County43.143Irion County: 41.617 %Irion County41.617Sioux County: 41.463 %Sioux County41.463Blaine County: 41.379 %Blaine County41.379Terrell County: 40 %Terrell County40Mineral County: 38.819 %Mineral County38.819Licking County: 36.637 %Licking County36.637Petroleum County: 36.364 %Petroleum County36.364Grant County: 36.145 %Grant County36.145Lincoln County: 35.795 %Lincoln County35.795Chattahoochee County: 34.915 %Chattahoochee County34.915Wibaux County: 34.818 %Wibaux County34.818Searcy County: 33.76 %Searcy County33.76Stewart County: 31.977 %Stewart County31.977Wheeler County: 31.546 %Wheeler County31.546Alexander County: 31.329 %Alexander County31.329Winkler County: 31.171 %Winkler County31.171Skagway Municipality: 31.078 %Skagway Municipality31.078Dewey County: 30.249 %Dewey County30.249Blount County: 30.077 %Blount County30.077Glades County: 29.506 %Glades County29.506Morgan County: 29.43 %Morgan County29.43Kent County: 29.31 %Kent County29.31Knox County: 29.236 %Knox County29.236La Salle County: 29.031 %La Salle County29.031Daggett County: 28.115 %Daggett County28.115Wrangell City and Borough: 27.867 %Wrangell City and Borough27.867Schuyler County: 27.711 %Schuyler County27.711Holt County: 27.658 %Holt County27.658Butts County: 27.186 %Butts County27.186Bent County: 26.786 %Bent County26.786Meriwether County: 26.563 %Meriwether County26.563Andrews County: 26.251 %Andrews County26.251Slope County: 98.925 %Slope County98.925Taliaferro County: 85.141 %Taliaferro County85.141Borden County: 58.824 %Borden County58.824Loving County: 50.575 %Loving County50.575Motley County: 44.776 %Motley County44.776Glascock County: 44.639 %Glascock County44.639Carter County: 44.172 %Carter County44.172Huerfano County: 43.143 %Huerfano County43.143Irion County: 41.617 %Irion County41.617Sioux County: 41.463 %Sioux County41.463Blaine County: 41.379 %Blaine County41.379Terrell County: 40 %Terrell County40Mineral County: 38.819 %Mineral County38.819Licking County: 36.637 %Licking County36.637Petroleum County: 36.364 %Petroleum County36.364Grant County: 36.145 %Grant County36.145Lincoln County: 35.795 %Lincoln County35.795Chattahoochee County: 34.915 %Chattahoochee County34.915Wibaux County: 34.818 %Wibaux County34.818Searcy County: 33.76 %Searcy County33.76Stewart County: 31.977 %Stewart County31.977Wheeler County: 31.546 %Wheeler County31.546Alexander County: 31.329 %Alexander County31.329Winkler County: 31.171 %Winkler County31.171Skagway Municipality: 31.078 %Skagway Municipality31.078Dewey County: 30.249 %Dewey County30.249Blount County: 30.077 %Blount County30.077Glades County: 29.506 %Glades County29.506Morgan County: 29.43 %Morgan County29.43Kent County: 29.31 %Kent County29.31Knox County: 29.236 %Knox County29.236La Salle County: 29.031 %La Salle County29.031Daggett County: 28.115 %Daggett County28.115Wrangell City and Borough: 27.867 %Wrangell City and Borough27.867Schuyler County: 27.711 %Schuyler County27.711Holt County: 27.658 %Holt County27.658Butts County: 27.186 %Butts County27.186Bent County: 26.786 %Bent County26.786Meriwether County: 26.563 %Meriwether County26.563Andrews County: 26.251 %Andrews County26.251
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Slope County98.925+92.74 pts
2Taliaferro County85.141+72.77 pts
3Borden County58.824+22.87 pts
4Loving County50.575-51.02 pts
5Motley County44.776+17.3 pts
6Glascock County44.639+24.79 pts
7Carter County44.172+20.36 pts
8Huerfano County43.143+26.71 pts
9Irion County41.617+15.57 pts
10Sioux County41.463+36.52 pts
11Blaine County41.379+29.84 pts
12Terrell County40+23.18 pts
13Mineral County38.819+15.35 pts
14Licking County36.637+20.2 pts
15Petroleum County36.364+26.36 pts
16Grant County36.145+31.05 pts
17Lincoln County35.795+25.6 pts
18Chattahoochee County34.915+21.93 pts
19Wibaux County34.818+24.29 pts
20Searcy County33.76+15.59 pts
21Stewart County31.977+25.06 pts
22Wheeler County31.546+12.86 pts
23Alexander County31.329+22.21 pts
24Winkler County31.171+13.09 pts
25Skagway Municipality31.078-12.12 pts
26Dewey County30.249+6.31 pts
27Blount County30.077+15.16 pts
28Glades County29.506+15.17 pts
29Morgan County29.43+13.63 pts
30Kent County29.31+24.55 pts
31Knox County29.236+21.07 pts
32La Salle County29.031+5.81 pts
33Daggett County28.115+2.4 pts
34Wrangell City and Borough27.867+17.99 pts
35Schuyler County27.711+14.53 pts
36Holt County27.658+15.07 pts
37Butts County27.186+7.81 pts
38Bent County26.786+23.15 pts
39Meriwether County26.563+9.9 pts
40Andrews County26.251+5.88 pts
41Brunswick County26.231+5.27 pts
42Lincoln County26.024+11.38 pts
43Hinsdale County25.856+0.39 pts
44Montgomery County25.62+7.09 pts
45King and Queen County25.463+16.08 pts
46Lincoln County25.403+3.99 pts
47Teton County25.385+2.76 pts
48Houston County25+15.71 pts
49Lincoln County24.841+11.6 pts
50Lake and Peninsula Borough24.758-17.04 pts
51Martin County24.691+10.51 pts
52Lee County24.674+8.95 pts
53Hancock County24.594+14.38 pts
54Clay County24.476+16.02 pts
55Overton County24.456+6.06 pts
56Crook County24.409+10.19 pts
57Edmonson County24.311+8.04 pts
58Wasatch County23.993+0.4 pts
59Fentress County23.855+9.34 pts
60Aurora County23.839+10.72 pts
61Haines Borough23.476-2.96 pts
62Real County23.461+10.05 pts
63Polk County23.43+3.32 pts
64Ballard County23.404+10.8 pts
65Red River County23.327+9.02 pts
66McKenzie County23.303+3.5 pts
67Craig County23.239+11.35 pts
68Martin County23.012+11.37 pts
69Chambers County22.961+8.86 pts
70Duval County22.768+1.54 pts
71Costilla County22.576+9.24 pts
72Logan County22.546+3.38 pts
73Wheeler County22.406+15.06 pts
74Caswell County22.336+3.75 pts
75Sheridan County22.328+2.06 pts
76Greeley County22.313+14.59 pts
77Hoonah-Angoon Census Area22.256-7.98 pts
78Sioux County22.154+15.97 pts
79Doniphan County22.086+6.41 pts
80Bristol Bay Borough22.067+2.67 pts
81San Patricio County21.923+7.75 pts
82Dunn County21.868+2.01 pts
83Roberts County21.839+15.52 pts
84Piscataquis County21.823+10.23 pts
85Skamania County21.815+7.96 pts
86Butte County21.736+3.91 pts
87Butler County21.729+13.36 pts
88Union Parish21.727+9.52 pts
89Grant County21.717-3.3 pts
90Mingo County21.606-4.01 pts
91Crawford County21.556+8.55 pts
92Walton County21.533-0.25 pts
93Camas County21.519-11.97 pts
94Lynn County21.503-3.2 pts
95Leon County21.479+9.89 pts
96McIntosh County21.457+1.94 pts
97Ripley County21.365+5.81 pts
98Jackson County21.32-1.06 pts
99Armstrong County21.247+4.88 pts
100Castro County21.233+8.35 pts
101McCulloch County21.227+6.64 pts
102Newton County21.203+9.88 pts
103Park County21.18-1.5 pts
104Eureka County21.12+10.82 pts
105Yoakum County21.081-2.56 pts
106Crawford County21.056+6.57 pts
107Carroll County21.053-0.33 pts
108Dent County21.014+9.56 pts
109Esmeralda County20.974-21.76 pts
110Graham County20.918+7.1 pts
111Crawford County20.889+6.23 pts
112Sussex County20.829-0.57 pts
113Bryan County20.775-7.37 pts
114Dukes County20.742+3.37 pts
115Ottawa County20.74+9.53 pts
116Greene County20.714+8.93 pts
117Barbour County20.662+10.32 pts
118Clay County20.656+9.74 pts
119Pondera County20.638+11.17 pts
120Jackson County20.606+8.01 pts
121Perry County20.571+9.95 pts
122Clay County20.548+5.71 pts
123Calhoun County20.537+9.1 pts
124Susquehanna County20.536+7.19 pts
125Harding County20.513-9.79 pts
126Audrain County20.375+10.63 pts
127Brown County20.366+0.84 pts
128Delaware County20.352+2.17 pts
129Clinton County20.35+9.72 pts
130Ochiltree County20.326+5.65 pts
131McIntosh County20.246+4.62 pts
132Lampasas County20.235+5.37 pts
133Sherman County20.178+14.64 pts
134King William County20.175+5.96 pts
135Stewart County20.145+10.75 pts
136Thurston County20.102+3.23 pts
137Middlesex County20.074+0.22 pts
138Lamar County20.059+5.6 pts
139Bristol city20.053+7.76 pts
140Elbert County20.035-1.56 pts
141McCook County20.021+6.92 pts
142Atoka County19.958+6.55 pts
143Bleckley County19.915+6.43 pts
144McCormick County19.905+1.6 pts
145Meade County19.904+6.12 pts
146Roger Mills County19.838-2.36 pts
147Morgan County19.767+1.06 pts
148Zavala County19.735+3.12 pts
149Harrison County19.733+5.29 pts
150Gulf County19.684-0.29 pts
151Coosa County19.666+5.25 pts
151Crittenden County19.666+7.32 pts
153Falls County19.631+1.53 pts
154Adams County19.582+3.83 pts
155Larue County19.545+8.42 pts
156Yancey County19.541+7.84 pts
157Broadwater County19.525+3.09 pts
158Starke County19.503+6.49 pts
159New Castle County19.476+1.39 pts
160Oconee County19.455+4.82 pts
161Putnam County19.438+2.24 pts
162Trimble County19.396+9.56 pts
163Jefferson County19.393+2.03 pts
164Randolph County19.381+11.79 pts
165Eastland County19.288-1.75 pts
166Gilliam County19.257+5.76 pts
167Daviess County19.25-0.36 pts
168Williams County19.244-1.34 pts
169Allen County19.204+8.28 pts
170Long County19.201-25.4 pts
171Pepin County19.195+3.73 pts
172Mason County19.181+5.52 pts
173Cannon County19.161+6.1 pts
174Williamson County19.155+2.48 pts
175Amelia County19.129+2.48 pts
176Sullivan County19.102-2.84 pts
177Ohio County19.085+0.2 pts
178Vernon Parish19.052+7.13 pts
179Bolivar County19.004+8.86 pts
180Monroe County18.989+1.33 pts
181Echols County18.985-18.15 pts
182Hendry County18.972+2.33 pts
183Wolfe County18.931+0.57 pts
184Logan County18.919+9.37 pts
185Jefferson County18.882+5.64 pts
186Ward County18.881-8.53 pts
187Cheboygan County18.864+1.51 pts
188Polk County18.848+1.71 pts
189Lee County18.847+6.4 pts
190Midland County18.836-3.02 pts
191San Jacinto County18.807-9.08 pts
192Osceola County18.782+4.52 pts
193Humphreys County18.781+7.83 pts
194Chouteau County18.775+1.39 pts
195Lafourche Parish18.725+2.07 pts
196Clark County18.685+6.95 pts
197Hughes County18.637+3.93 pts
198Liberty County18.605+7.05 pts
199Rio Grande County18.575+1.65 pts
200Bell County18.573+4.02 pts
201Shelby County18.564+5.86 pts
202Carlisle County18.538+9.57 pts
203Warren County18.528+4.49 pts
204Kusilvak Census Area18.521+5.76 pts
205Ozark County18.514+5.7 pts
206Reeves County18.505-7.4 pts
207Sitka City and Borough18.498-6.32 pts
208Wabaunsee County18.495+7.46 pts
209Lafayette County18.491+4.54 pts
210Washington County18.463+3.96 pts
211Ziebach County18.462+8.41 pts
212Carbon County18.446-1.26 pts
213Bertie County18.443+11.07 pts
214Scott County18.442+4.21 pts
215Lincoln County18.439+10.18 pts
216Cumberland County18.416+4.28 pts
217Scott County18.412+5.61 pts
218Ocean County18.409-0.35 pts
219Rogers County18.407+5.69 pts
220Swisher County18.403+6.31 pts
221Wayne County18.399+8.33 pts
222Dawson County18.398-1.42 pts
223Custer County18.388-8.66 pts
224Dimmit County18.377-2.08 pts
225Uintah County18.369+0.16 pts
226Lemhi County18.363-1.14 pts
227Prince George County18.331+4.95 pts
228Snohomish County18.33+1.43 pts
229Webster County18.328-4.4 pts
230Creek County18.322+2.55 pts
231Dunklin County18.301+3.46 pts
232Mora County18.282+4 pts
233Palo Pinto County18.277+1.49 pts
234Marengo County18.268+10.04 pts
235Hooker County18.265+7.74 pts
236Kingman County18.248+3.48 pts
237Boulder County18.234-1.91 pts
238Ector County18.218-3.56 pts
239Mono County18.216+2.43 pts
240Shelby County18.21-0.42 pts
241Fort Bend County18.184-3.01 pts
242Barber County18.114+8.31 pts
243East Carroll Parish18.108+2.3 pts
244Wise County18.101+2 pts
245Brown County18.092+4.81 pts
246Emmons County18.082+5.77 pts
247Franklin County18.078+5.11 pts
248Kings County18.075-1.08 pts
249Bethel Census Area18.063+3.28 pts
250Fremont County18.061+4.97 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.

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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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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Slope County, with 98.925% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Golden Valley County, with 0% in 2023.

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