Counties in Utah by job creation rate

Daggett County had the highest job creation rate of 29 counties in 2016, at 36.449%. Uintah County had the lowest, at 7.642%. The median was 14.393% and the figure for Utah was 14.093%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest36.449Daggett County

Lowest7.642Uintah County

Median14.39329 counties

Utah14.093History

Map of counties, 2016

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%, 2016. 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.

All counties, 2016

%. 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

Rank	Counties	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Daggett County	36.449	+17.2 pts
2	Garfield County	24.536	+1.03 pts
3	Wayne County	21.517	+0.66 pts
4	Kane County	20.295	+4 pts
5	Washington County	18.418	+3.18 pts
6	Beaver County	18.393	+4.27 pts
7	Wasatch County	18.104	-0.89 pts
8	Morgan County	17.24	-6.09 pts
9	Grand County	17.127	+3.28 pts
10	Piute County	16.541	+4.62 pts
11	Utah County	16.539	-2.01 pts
12	Emery County	15.829	+5.7 pts
13	Davis County	15.49	-1.4 pts
14	Iron County	14.823	-0.18 pts
15	Summit County	14.393	+1.44 pts
16	Salt Lake County	13.281	-1.34 pts
17	Tooele County	13.036	-0.69 pts
18	Cache County	12.661	-1.98 pts
19	Rich County	12.469	-3.33 pts
20	San Juan County	11.895	+1.13 pts
21	Weber County	11.198	-0.91 pts
22	Sanpete County	10.825	-2.62 pts
23	Box Elder County	10.419	+1.4 pts
24	Juab County	9.85	-24.12 pts
25	Sevier County	9.626	-1.71 pts
26	Millard County	8.497	-2.48 pts
27	Duchesne County	8.336	-5.85 pts
28	Carbon County	7.906	-3.79 pts
29	Uintah County	7.642	-6.31 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

How to cite

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 Utah by job creation rate, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Utah by job creation rate, 2016. 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/utah-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Utah by job creation rate, 2016. 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/utah-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Utah by job creation rate, 2016 [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/utah-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Daggett County, with 36.449% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Uintah County, with 7.642% in 2016.

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.