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US counties by job creation rate

Twiggs County had the highest job creation rate of 3141 counties in 2013, at 68.433%. Arthur County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 11.522% and the figure for the United States was 13.33%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest68.433Twiggs County
Lowest0Arthur County
Median11.5223141 counties
United States13.33History

Map of counties, 2013

%, 2013. 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, 2013

Twiggs County: 68.433 %Twiggs County68.433Billings County: 55.928 %Billings County55.928Webster County: 50.237 %Webster County50.237McMullen County: 50.072 %McMullen County50.072Okfuskee County: 42.92 %Okfuskee County42.92Irion County: 40.773 %Irion County40.773Burt County: 39.384 %Burt County39.384Mountrail County: 37.392 %Mountrail County37.392Dimmit County: 36.828 %Dimmit County36.828Ohio County: 35.118 %Ohio County35.118McKenzie County: 35.094 %McKenzie County35.094Blaine County: 34.286 %Blaine County34.286Glasscock County: 33.816 %Glasscock County33.816Treasure County: 32.593 %Treasure County32.593Duval County: 32.149 %Duval County32.149Sierra County: 31.868 %Sierra County31.868Chase County: 31.023 %Chase County31.023Dunn County: 30.831 %Dunn County30.831Cameron Parish: 30.438 %Cameron Parish30.438Marion County: 30.288 %Marion County30.288Roosevelt County: 29.888 %Roosevelt County29.888Crockett County: 29.347 %Crockett County29.347Burke County: 29.151 %Burke County29.151Effingham County: 28.974 %Effingham County28.974Wilcox County: 28.897 %Wilcox County28.897Kemper County: 28.893 %Kemper County28.893Lyon County: 28.747 %Lyon County28.747Grant Parish: 28.509 %Grant Parish28.509Real County: 28.153 %Real County28.153Johnson County: 28.149 %Johnson County28.149Reeves County: 28.131 %Reeves County28.131Hayes County: 28.07 %Hayes County28.07Skagway Municipality: 27.937 %Skagway Municipality27.937Alpine County: 27.326 %Alpine County27.326McPherson County: 27.273 %McPherson County27.273Tyler County: 27.214 %Tyler County27.214Williams County: 27.141 %Williams County27.141Costilla County: 27.097 %Costilla County27.097Nantucket County: 26.828 %Nantucket County26.828Atascosa County: 26.529 %Atascosa County26.529Twiggs County: 68.433 %Twiggs County68.433Billings County: 55.928 %Billings County55.928Webster County: 50.237 %Webster County50.237McMullen County: 50.072 %McMullen County50.072Okfuskee County: 42.92 %Okfuskee County42.92Irion County: 40.773 %Irion County40.773Burt County: 39.384 %Burt County39.384Mountrail County: 37.392 %Mountrail County37.392Dimmit County: 36.828 %Dimmit County36.828Ohio County: 35.118 %Ohio County35.118McKenzie County: 35.094 %McKenzie County35.094Blaine County: 34.286 %Blaine County34.286Glasscock County: 33.816 %Glasscock County33.816Treasure County: 32.593 %Treasure County32.593Duval County: 32.149 %Duval County32.149Sierra County: 31.868 %Sierra County31.868Chase County: 31.023 %Chase County31.023Dunn County: 30.831 %Dunn County30.831Cameron Parish: 30.438 %Cameron Parish30.438Marion County: 30.288 %Marion County30.288Roosevelt County: 29.888 %Roosevelt County29.888Crockett County: 29.347 %Crockett County29.347Burke County: 29.151 %Burke County29.151Effingham County: 28.974 %Effingham County28.974Wilcox County: 28.897 %Wilcox County28.897Kemper County: 28.893 %Kemper County28.893Lyon County: 28.747 %Lyon County28.747Grant Parish: 28.509 %Grant Parish28.509Real County: 28.153 %Real County28.153Johnson County: 28.149 %Johnson County28.149Reeves County: 28.131 %Reeves County28.131Hayes County: 28.07 %Hayes County28.07Skagway Municipality: 27.937 %Skagway Municipality27.937Alpine County: 27.326 %Alpine County27.326McPherson County: 27.273 %McPherson County27.273Tyler County: 27.214 %Tyler County27.214Williams County: 27.141 %Williams County27.141Costilla County: 27.097 %Costilla County27.097Nantucket County: 26.828 %Nantucket County26.828Atascosa County: 26.529 %Atascosa County26.529
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Twiggs County68.433+63.14 pts
2Billings County55.928+26.7 pts
3Webster County50.237+13.29 pts
4McMullen County50.072+14.08 pts
5Okfuskee County42.92+10.18 pts
6Irion County40.773+15.51 pts
7Burt County39.384+27.66 pts
8Mountrail County37.392-5.52 pts
9Dimmit County36.828-3.87 pts
10Ohio County35.118+24.12 pts
11McKenzie County35.094-24.32 pts
12Blaine County34.286+0.95 pts
13Glasscock County33.816-1.33 pts
14Treasure County32.593+17.21 pts
15Duval County32.149+7.16 pts
16Sierra County31.868+17.67 pts
17Chase County31.023+20.58 pts
18Dunn County30.831-19.07 pts
19Cameron Parish30.438+19.28 pts
20Marion County30.288+22.88 pts
21Roosevelt County29.888+8.89 pts
22Crockett County29.347-6.73 pts
23Burke County29.151+15.43 pts
24Effingham County28.974+18.88 pts
25Wilcox County28.897+19.76 pts
26Kemper County28.893+8.13 pts
27Lyon County28.747+14.54 pts
28Grant Parish28.509+17.25 pts
29Real County28.153+7.77 pts
30Johnson County28.149+12 pts
31Reeves County28.131+8.6 pts
32Hayes County28.07+8.65 pts
33Skagway Municipality27.937+1.41 pts
34Alpine County27.326+14.42 pts
35McPherson County27.273+27.27 pts
36Tyler County27.214+16.73 pts
37Williams County27.141-13.35 pts
38Costilla County27.097-9.77 pts
39Nantucket County26.828+4.7 pts
40Atascosa County26.529-11.77 pts
41Ellis County26.381+0.37 pts
42Woods County26.313+5.48 pts
43Sherman County26.284-19.47 pts
44East Carroll Parish26.183+17.05 pts
45Worth County26.006+11.86 pts
46Dixon County25.61+18.9 pts
47Presidio County25.527+5.6 pts
48Greene County25.477+9.96 pts
49Blaine County25.436+15.68 pts
50Lyman County25.301+16.31 pts
51Nowata County25.292+7.93 pts
52Olmsted County25.171+16.64 pts
53Throckmorton County25.15+13.12 pts
54Dewey County25.141+10.1 pts
55Grant County24.963+10.7 pts
56Rich County24.779+9.45 pts
57Traill County24.764+11.86 pts
58Prince George County24.577+8.1 pts
59Sumner County24.348+5.57 pts
60Harrison County24.34+12.02 pts
61Childress County24.222+14.43 pts
62Elbert County24.055+5.26 pts
63Reagan County24.01-4.41 pts
64Camas County23.908+13.51 pts
65Newton County23.805+10.87 pts
66Magoffin County23.739+13.07 pts
67Eastland County23.567+3.6 pts
68Lafayette County23.41+5.28 pts
68Mono County23.41+15.09 pts
70Hemphill County23.318+5.34 pts
71Carson County23.136+13.47 pts
72Radford city23.127+14.06 pts
73Culberson County23.103+11.58 pts
74Hidalgo County23.033+11.57 pts
75Greene County23.015+10.58 pts
76Meade County22.993+12.17 pts
77Putnam County22.948+10.75 pts
78Clearwater County22.884+0.38 pts
79Jefferson Davis County22.831+9.61 pts
80Hockley County22.66+2.43 pts
81Live Oak County22.496-8.55 pts
82Searcy County22.472+5.1 pts
83Madison County22.449-0.08 pts
84Lassen County22.443+7.33 pts
85Stanton County22.437+6.59 pts
86Granite County22.36+4.59 pts
87Anderson County22.314+9.72 pts
88Clark County22.28+9.47 pts
89Gem County22.018+1.86 pts
90Logan County21.981+10.99 pts
91Schleicher County21.92+0.03 pts
92Midland County21.884-3.18 pts
93Karnes County21.84-1.51 pts
94Lee County21.753+10.18 pts
95Glacier County21.714+8.43 pts
96Morrow County21.539+10.93 pts
97Kiowa County21.536+10.15 pts
98Frontier County21.528+9.55 pts
99Larue County21.421+11.05 pts
100Frio County21.272-28.93 pts
101Broomfield County21.265+7.19 pts
102James City County21.252+5.08 pts
103Boone County21.23+1.3 pts
104Currituck County21.226+2.4 pts
105Gaines County21.2-6.49 pts
106Calhoun County21.189+3.41 pts
107Sheridan County21.175+0.9 pts
108Judith Basin County21.154-2.74 pts
109Burleson County21.135+2.04 pts
110Yoakum County21.13+2.52 pts
111Long County21.088+12.22 pts
112Pope County21.084+10.71 pts
113Hamilton County21.064+12.06 pts
114Stevens County21.053+7.02 pts
115Ouray County20.896-0.64 pts
116Hooker County20.884+4.96 pts
117Pawnee County20.86+4.06 pts
118Wasatch County20.858-7.18 pts
119San Jacinto County20.835+2.06 pts
120Taylor County20.833+3.47 pts
121Gilliam County20.826+10.97 pts
122Andrews County20.717-2.19 pts
123Blaine County20.683+8.04 pts
124Heard County20.609+6.69 pts
125Henry County20.248+12.51 pts
126Archer County20.18+5.23 pts
127Park County20.175+1.48 pts
128Susquehanna County20.162+0.76 pts
129Sullivan County20.135+9.56 pts
130Custer County20.067+5.21 pts
131Eddy County19.99+5.54 pts
132Jack County19.979-3.43 pts
133Wilson County19.937-4.8 pts
134McIntosh County19.842+3.99 pts
135Collin County19.836+1.47 pts
136Harris County19.819+12.58 pts
137Oglethorpe County19.817+6.65 pts
138Martin County19.762-2.9 pts
139Mineral County19.697-28.88 pts
140North Slope Borough19.675-0.02 pts
141Alcona County19.655+9.57 pts
142Sublette County19.653-8.5 pts
143Hitchcock County19.645+13.24 pts
144Iberia Parish19.602+5.8 pts
145Madison County19.59+4.65 pts
146Webster County19.566+6.36 pts
147San Saba County19.507+0.48 pts
148Jackson County19.503+7.6 pts
149Terrell County19.429-6.18 pts
150La Plata County19.418+2.9 pts
151Nelson County19.391+6.61 pts
152Rush County19.376+0.67 pts
153Shannon County19.319+8.37 pts
154Calhoun County19.316+5.48 pts
155Divide County19.31-21.09 pts
156Kendall County19.299-0.83 pts
157Falls Church city19.271+6.51 pts
158Washington County19.213+5.03 pts
159Crane County19.198+1.73 pts
160Sumter County19.186+3.24 pts
161Spencer County19.145+4.62 pts
162Corson County19.126+10.29 pts
163Choctaw County19.104+11.58 pts
164Lincoln County19.101+10.06 pts
165Morgan County19.097+2.03 pts
166Calhoun County19.07+2.44 pts
167Pushmataha County19.012+3.54 pts
168San Juan County18.986+1.33 pts
169Avery County18.975+6.06 pts
170Muhlenberg County18.972+9.3 pts
171Camden County18.913+4.81 pts
172Stonewall County18.839+4.09 pts
173Chilton County18.831+4.82 pts
174DeKalb County18.799+5.7 pts
175Wagoner County18.787+6.19 pts
176Lea County18.775+0.2 pts
177Vinton County18.768+5.22 pts
178Dawson County18.694+5.49 pts
179Collingsworth County18.669+8.6 pts
180Clear Creek County18.648+10.3 pts
181Mellette County18.605+7.05 pts
181Petroleum County18.605+1.94 pts
183Jefferson County18.569-0.09 pts
184Gulf County18.564+2.51 pts
185Ector County18.538-0.87 pts
186Mercer County18.499+8.57 pts
187Wakulla County18.492+7.11 pts
188Stillwater County18.434+6.32 pts
189Powhatan County18.425+2.53 pts
190Medina County18.401-1.72 pts
191Doddridge County18.377+3.08 pts
192Nelson County18.372+5.92 pts
193New Kent County18.367-3.74 pts
194Twin Falls County18.348+6.04 pts
195Victoria County18.324+3.44 pts
196Grainger County18.313+5.86 pts
197Eureka County18.293-28.13 pts
198Williamson County18.271+0.3 pts
199Grant County18.239+8.13 pts
200Cumberland County18.226+6.99 pts
200Wheeler County18.226-5.23 pts
202Teton County18.187-2.36 pts
203Hinsdale County18.182+6.36 pts
204Madison County18.178+4.33 pts
205Gray County18.167+0.62 pts
206Fort Bend County18.156-0.96 pts
207Johnson County18.152+3.61 pts
208Carlisle County18.148-10.57 pts
209Mercer County18.089+6.62 pts
210Gilchrist County18.075+6.62 pts
211Jefferson Davis Parish18.068+4.24 pts
212Teton County18.066+6.4 pts
213Shackelford County18.052-15.72 pts
214Vernon Parish18.05+2.33 pts
215Major County18.039-0.78 pts
216Marshall County18.017+8.56 pts
217Walton County17.997-1.85 pts
218Richland County17.987-6.23 pts
219Polk County17.972+4.68 pts
220Hyde County17.935+5.45 pts
221Sutton County17.916+2.16 pts
222Owyhee County17.903+5.61 pts
223Sterling County17.895-7.74 pts
224Humphreys County17.888+8.24 pts
225Lincoln County17.887+8.36 pts
226Jasper County17.882+1.98 pts
227Stark County17.876-11.52 pts
228St. Bernard Parish17.868+1.67 pts
229Parker County17.863+1.39 pts
230Worth County17.807-3.19 pts
231St. Johns County17.783+3.37 pts
232Moultrie County17.767+8.49 pts
233Williamson County17.723+3.6 pts
234Lincoln County17.714-0.66 pts
235DeWitt County17.681+2.2 pts
236Lake County17.674+5.48 pts
237Washington County17.661+0.92 pts
238Archuleta County17.638+5.63 pts
239King George County17.623+0.05 pts
240Montgomery County17.616-1.41 pts
241Chambers County17.612-0.86 pts
242Sanders County17.609+6.26 pts
243Van Buren County17.602+3.17 pts
244Chester County17.594+7.28 pts
245Juab County17.553+6.31 pts
246Beaver County17.529-1.54 pts
247Panola County17.51-10.11 pts
248Bracken County17.5+7.37 pts
248Yakutat City and Borough17.5-14.08 pts
250Chattahoochee County17.497-9.48 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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2013 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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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Twiggs County, with 68.433% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Arthur County, with 0% in 2013.

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