Counties in Utah by job creation rate

Wayne County had the highest job creation rate of 29 counties in 2018, at 23.718%. Daggett County had the lowest, at 6.987%. The median was 14.853% and the figure for Utah was 14.373%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest23.718Wayne County

Lowest6.987Daggett County

Median14.85329 counties

Utah14.373History

Map of counties, 2018

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%, 2018. 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, 2018

%. 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	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Wayne County	23.718	+11.43 pts
2	Morgan County	23.23	+5.13 pts
3	Wasatch County	20.112	+4.3 pts
4	Beaver County	19.932	+7.17 pts
5	Piute County	19.048	-16.07 pts
6	San Juan County	18.732	+6.77 pts
7	Washington County	17.89	+1.27 pts
8	Rich County	16.655	-5.32 pts
9	Utah County	16.183	+0.14 pts
10	Kane County	16.097	-3.36 pts
11	Cache County	15.82	+4.4 pts
12	Iron County	15.594	-0.73 pts
13	Sevier County	15.217	+4.01 pts
14	Duchesne County	14.874	-0.83 pts
15	Uintah County	14.853	+0.4 pts
16	Grand County	14.742	+2.65 pts
17	Garfield County	14.738	-10.53 pts
18	Tooele County	14.627	+1.29 pts
19	Summit County	14.338	+1.17 pts
20	Millard County	14.093	+4 pts
21	Salt Lake County	13.766	-0.09 pts
22	Carbon County	13.692	+3.05 pts
23	Davis County	13.576	-3.74 pts
24	Weber County	12.887	-1.96 pts
25	Juab County	12.503	+3.8 pts
26	Sanpete County	12.367	-0.47 pts
27	Emery County	11.251	+3.04 pts
28	Box Elder County	10.464	-1.57 pts
29	Daggett County	6.987	-14.79 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Wayne County, with 23.718% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Daggett County, with 6.987% in 2018.

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.