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US counties by job creation rate

Loving County had the highest job creation rate of 3143 counties in 2019, at 143.511%. King County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 10.722% and the figure for the United States was 12.094%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest143.511Loving County
Lowest0King County
Median10.7223143 counties
United States12.094History

Map of counties, 2019

%, 2019. 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, 2019

Loving County: 143.511 %Loving County143.511Eureka County: 67.615 %Eureka County67.615Taylor County: 55.653 %Taylor County55.653Glasscock County: 49.827 %Glasscock County49.827Liberty County: 45.145 %Liberty County45.145Denali Borough: 42.361 %Denali Borough42.361Wilcox County: 40.254 %Wilcox County40.254Wilbarger County: 39.959 %Wilbarger County39.959Reeves County: 39.289 %Reeves County39.289Schuyler County: 38.992 %Schuyler County38.992Crane County: 38.76 %Crane County38.76Skamania County: 36.861 %Skamania County36.861Pawnee County: 36.162 %Pawnee County36.162Judith Basin County: 32.361 %Judith Basin County32.361Patrick County: 32.172 %Patrick County32.172Treasure County: 30.986 %Treasure County30.986Jasper County: 29.079 %Jasper County29.079Haines Borough: 28.9 %Haines Borough28.9Hamilton County: 28.9 %Hamilton County28.9Winkler County: 28.753 %Winkler County28.753Greene County: 28.317 %Greene County28.317Hamlin County: 27.983 %Hamlin County27.983Marion County: 27.86 %Marion County27.86Newton County: 27.604 %Newton County27.604Graham County: 27.468 %Graham County27.468Dewey County: 27.38 %Dewey County27.38Dunn County: 27.258 %Dunn County27.258Johnson County: 26.904 %Johnson County26.904Wrangell City and Borough: 26.857 %Wrangell City and Borough26.857Red River County: 26.614 %Red River County26.614Pershing County: 26.278 %Pershing County26.278Morrow County: 26.269 %Morrow County26.269Copper River Census Area: 26.124 %Copper River Census Area26.124Jackson County: 26.003 %Jackson County26.003Shackelford County: 25.289 %Shackelford County25.289Hinsdale County: 25.287 %Hinsdale County25.287Stewart County: 25.234 %Stewart County25.234McKenzie County: 25.201 %McKenzie County25.201Powell County: 25.089 %Powell County25.089Mitchell County: 25.042 %Mitchell County25.042Loving County: 143.511 %Loving County143.511Eureka County: 67.615 %Eureka County67.615Taylor County: 55.653 %Taylor County55.653Glasscock County: 49.827 %Glasscock County49.827Liberty County: 45.145 %Liberty County45.145Denali Borough: 42.361 %Denali Borough42.361Wilcox County: 40.254 %Wilcox County40.254Wilbarger County: 39.959 %Wilbarger County39.959Reeves County: 39.289 %Reeves County39.289Schuyler County: 38.992 %Schuyler County38.992Crane County: 38.76 %Crane County38.76Skamania County: 36.861 %Skamania County36.861Pawnee County: 36.162 %Pawnee County36.162Judith Basin County: 32.361 %Judith Basin County32.361Patrick County: 32.172 %Patrick County32.172Treasure County: 30.986 %Treasure County30.986Jasper County: 29.079 %Jasper County29.079Haines Borough: 28.9 %Haines Borough28.9Hamilton County: 28.9 %Hamilton County28.9Winkler County: 28.753 %Winkler County28.753Greene County: 28.317 %Greene County28.317Hamlin County: 27.983 %Hamlin County27.983Marion County: 27.86 %Marion County27.86Newton County: 27.604 %Newton County27.604Graham County: 27.468 %Graham County27.468Dewey County: 27.38 %Dewey County27.38Dunn County: 27.258 %Dunn County27.258Johnson County: 26.904 %Johnson County26.904Wrangell City and Borough: 26.857 %Wrangell City and Borough26.857Red River County: 26.614 %Red River County26.614Pershing County: 26.278 %Pershing County26.278Morrow County: 26.269 %Morrow County26.269Copper River Census Area: 26.124 %Copper River Census Area26.124Jackson County: 26.003 %Jackson County26.003Shackelford County: 25.289 %Shackelford County25.289Hinsdale County: 25.287 %Hinsdale County25.287Stewart County: 25.234 %Stewart County25.234McKenzie County: 25.201 %McKenzie County25.201Powell County: 25.089 %Powell County25.089Mitchell County: 25.042 %Mitchell County25.042
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Loving County143.511+104.91 pts
2Eureka County67.615+59.61 pts
3Taylor County55.653+39.82 pts
4Glasscock County49.827+20.25 pts
5Liberty County45.145+8.79 pts
6Denali Borough42.361+28.38 pts
7Wilcox County40.254+19.41 pts
8Wilbarger County39.959+32.53 pts
9Reeves County39.289+0.19 pts
10Schuyler County38.992+24.21 pts
11Crane County38.76+15.63 pts
12Skamania County36.861+25.47 pts
13Pawnee County36.162+25.84 pts
14Judith Basin County32.361+20.24 pts
15Patrick County32.172+18.38 pts
16Treasure County30.986+4.67 pts
17Jasper County29.079+18.3 pts
18Haines Borough28.9+16.87 pts
18Hamilton County28.9+13.81 pts
20Winkler County28.753-15.71 pts
21Greene County28.317+17.34 pts
22Hamlin County27.983+13.99 pts
23Marion County27.86+20.15 pts
24Newton County27.604+17.51 pts
25Graham County27.468+13.66 pts
26Dewey County27.38+13.52 pts
27Dunn County27.258+5.99 pts
28Johnson County26.904+8.59 pts
29Wrangell City and Borough26.857+13.15 pts
30Red River County26.614+18.42 pts
31Pershing County26.278+18.99 pts
32Morrow County26.269+19.06 pts
33Copper River Census Area26.124+10.47 pts
34Jackson County26.003+13.6 pts
35Shackelford County25.289+9.91 pts
36Hinsdale County25.287+0.49 pts
37Stewart County25.234+13.18 pts
38McKenzie County25.201-0.12 pts
39Powell County25.089+12.97 pts
40Mitchell County25.042+14.98 pts
41Clay County24.75+15.27 pts
42Keweenaw County24.561+1.1 pts
43Lucas County24.535+20.39 pts
44Jones County24.467+15.22 pts
45Menifee County23.902+10.06 pts
46New Madrid County23.789+13.41 pts
47Marion County23.63+9.65 pts
48Harding County22.727+1.95 pts
49Cameron Parish22.665-13.83 pts
50Sanborn County22.636+12.09 pts
51Real County22.587+10.22 pts
52Sumter County22.394+7.44 pts
53Panola County22.346+7.14 pts
54Ouray County22.344+1.49 pts
55Graham County22.012+9.07 pts
56Antrim County22.001+12.11 pts
57Foard County21.875+11.35 pts
58Dimmit County21.74-0.15 pts
59Rich County21.671+5.02 pts
60Tyler County21.579+11.95 pts
61McCormick County21.535+14.98 pts
62Cooke County21.493+7 pts
63McLean County21.488+13.2 pts
64Camden County21.474+8.76 pts
65Delta County21.443+11.62 pts
66Wood County21.417+10.91 pts
67Lake and Peninsula Borough21.219+7.82 pts
68Barton County21.082+11.19 pts
69Brown County21.033+8.32 pts
70Carter County20.968+15.06 pts
71Sierra County20.948+9.97 pts
72Piute County20.915+1.87 pts
73Jones County20.867+10.21 pts
74West Baton Rouge Parish20.835+9.19 pts
75Briscoe County20.82-9.75 pts
76Irion County20.744-3.11 pts
77Haskell County20.742+8.18 pts
78Long County20.537-5.15 pts
79Jefferson Davis County20.466-42.58 pts
80Russell County20.385+10.85 pts
81Willacy County20.13-3.12 pts
82Lafayette County20.032+9.17 pts
83Meigs County19.934+10.82 pts
84Alpine County19.929+11.17 pts
85Dawson County19.82+4.56 pts
86Eastland County19.725-9.72 pts
87Mathews County19.689+11.59 pts
88Wasatch County19.642-0.47 pts
89Marshall County19.62+9.18 pts
90Lewis County19.583+6.54 pts
91Clark County19.522+8.24 pts
92Yoakum County19.483+6.87 pts
93Guthrie County19.474+7.02 pts
94Wahkiakum County19.435+4.18 pts
95Las Animas County19.412+6.41 pts
96Pulaski County19.391+11.19 pts
97Bibb County19.372+10.52 pts
98Park County19.326-4.23 pts
99Los Alamos County19.296+6.55 pts
100Ottawa County19.284+3.76 pts
101Eddy County19.253+1.18 pts
102Adams County19.168-1.94 pts
103Pope County19.167-2.19 pts
104Breckinridge County19.112+6.46 pts
105Tyrrell County19.104-5.26 pts
106Lincoln County18.992+5.07 pts
107Humboldt County18.953+10.89 pts
108Calhoun County18.922+10.29 pts
109Weakley County18.902+7.23 pts
110Zapata County18.884-0.54 pts
111Frontier County18.876+4.06 pts
112Osage County18.801+6.36 pts
113Harrison County18.738+2.2 pts
114Limestone County18.709+8.73 pts
115San Juan County18.561+4.56 pts
116Howard County18.537+8.62 pts
117Morgan County18.504-4.73 pts
118Midland County18.489-5.49 pts
119Ellsworth County18.476+8.97 pts
120Perry County18.466+2.39 pts
121Andrews County18.438-1.73 pts
122Wheatland County18.436+6.6 pts
122Wright County18.436+9.77 pts
124Teton County18.393-4.05 pts
125Forsyth County18.339+6.46 pts
126Lane County18.303+7.65 pts
127Rains County18.292+1.01 pts
128Suffolk city18.271+5.41 pts
129Worth County18.243+8.55 pts
130Lake County18.195+3.51 pts
131Petroleum County18.182-8.13 pts
132Lee County18.146+7.61 pts
133Kendall County18.137+3.58 pts
134Franklin County18.103+8.03 pts
135Chambers County18.1+3.47 pts
136Jewell County18.094+13.75 pts
137Valley County18.092-4.77 pts
138Hampton County18.084-0.51 pts
139Izard County18.065+7.74 pts
140Edgefield County17.978+10.51 pts
141Attala County17.969+7.18 pts
142Newton County17.947+8.45 pts
143Frio County17.918-0.75 pts
144Anderson County17.877+7.02 pts
145Swisher County17.871+9.57 pts
146St. Lucie County17.737+1.54 pts
147Washington County17.665+7.71 pts
148Taliaferro County17.661-92.42 pts
149Charlotte County17.652+7.02 pts
150Ascension Parish17.635+5.93 pts
151Wilson County17.619+5.8 pts
152Calhoun County17.618+9.22 pts
153Bedford County17.612+3.41 pts
154Parmer County17.6+8.91 pts
155Magoffin County17.58+4.72 pts
156Clay County17.576+6.71 pts
157Matanuska-Susitna Borough17.539+4.99 pts
158Harding County17.536+4.19 pts
159Stanton County17.5+10.14 pts
160Bee County17.493+1.1 pts
161Aransas County17.449+1.91 pts
162Franklin County17.425+2.84 pts
163Waushara County17.416+7.27 pts
164Collin County17.402+1.67 pts
165Converse County17.363+3.05 pts
166Miami County17.283+8.97 pts
167Dolores County17.225-5.11 pts
168Madison County17.214+1.81 pts
169Canadian County17.199+1.08 pts
170Calhoun County17.196+4.33 pts
171Mingo County17.126-1.25 pts
172Thomas County17.121-4.96 pts
173Leake County17.114+7.26 pts
174Tazewell County17.087+3.98 pts
175Lee County17.086-6.82 pts
176Childress County17.074+2.48 pts
176Parker County17.074+1.84 pts
178Atascosa County17.054-1.86 pts
179Mineral County17.041+8.57 pts
180Morgan County17.039+4.19 pts
181McDowell County17.024+7.12 pts
182Dunn County17.019+7.78 pts
183Robertson County16.997+5.2 pts
184Johnson County16.952+0.89 pts
185Jackson County16.93+6.43 pts
186Dodge County16.916+7.45 pts
187Sargent County16.909+1.23 pts
188Carlisle County16.908+5.32 pts
189Clay County16.885-4.64 pts
189El Dorado County16.885+2.89 pts
189Live Oak County16.885-2.94 pts
192Webster County16.827+4.44 pts
193Lipscomb County16.793-1.97 pts
194Bandera County16.78+4.34 pts
195Lafayette County16.748+9.68 pts
196Howard County16.707+3.44 pts
197Spencer County16.701+4.97 pts
198Pennington County16.679+11.01 pts
199Oscoda County16.672+1.55 pts
200Union County16.643+3.99 pts
201Harnett County16.637+6 pts
202Gaines County16.635-1.8 pts
203Martin County16.628+1.14 pts
204Maries County16.618+7.75 pts
205Kittitas County16.615+3.67 pts
206Rogers County16.561+1.98 pts
207Miller County16.55+7.58 pts
208Burleson County16.547+3.45 pts
209Berkeley County16.525+1.72 pts
210Jackson County16.509+6 pts
211Pender County16.506+2.59 pts
212Douglas County16.474+2.26 pts
213Bullitt County16.472+3.63 pts
214Camas County16.465+0.21 pts
215Holmes County16.461+6.57 pts
216Livingston County16.404+2.3 pts
217Bonneville County16.362+4.69 pts
218Estill County16.324+3.53 pts
219Floyd County16.323-0.26 pts
220LaSalle Parish16.319+6.14 pts
221Coal County16.298-7.51 pts
221Walton County16.298+1.15 pts
223Muhlenberg County16.283+0.87 pts
224San Miguel County16.279+2.06 pts
225Hancock County16.261+4.23 pts
226Mineral County16.256+6.48 pts
227Monroe County16.247+1.64 pts
228Brown County16.238+5.59 pts
229Kusilvak Census Area16.236-1.92 pts
230Crook County16.196+2.45 pts
231San Francisco County16.189+1.22 pts
232Custer County16.169+4.47 pts
233Madison County16.161+7.6 pts
234Buncombe County16.16+3.5 pts
235Lea County16.137-0.54 pts
236Forrest County16.132+2.62 pts
237Prairie County16.127-2.08 pts
238Houston County16.113+3.96 pts
239Gallatin County16.086+0.25 pts
240Williams County16.068-5.06 pts
241Greene County16.044+0.47 pts
242Morton County16.031-1.87 pts
243Owsley County16.03+6.2 pts
244Franklin County16.015+2.11 pts
245Marion County15.946+3.82 pts
246Boise County15.922-58.28 pts
247Chatham County15.92+2.51 pts
248Elbert County15.883-2.74 pts
249Scott County15.88+4.61 pts
250Lincoln County15.863+6.42 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. 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?

Loving County, with 143.511% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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King County, with 0% in 2019.

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