Counties in Washington by job creation rate

San Juan County had the highest job creation rate of 39 counties in 2013, at 18.986%. Columbia County had the lowest, at 6.574%. The median was 13.572% and the figure for Washington was 14.691%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest18.986San Juan County

Lowest6.574Columbia County

Median13.57239 counties

Washington14.691History

Map of counties, 2013

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%, 2013. 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, 2013

%. 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	2013 (%)	Change on 2012
1	San Juan County	18.986	+1.33 pts
2	Wahkiakum County	17.124	+3.4 pts
3	Ferry County	16.536	+4.18 pts
4	Douglas County	16.005	+5.62 pts
5	Adams County	15.536	+5.16 pts
6	Skamania County	15.344	-3.32 pts
7	Franklin County	15.11	+1.69 pts
8	Clark County	14.977	-0.45 pts
9	Skagit County	14.906	+2.39 pts
10	Snohomish County	14.705	+0.76 pts
11	Stevens County	14.415	+3.83 pts
12	Pacific County	14.254	+0.82 pts
13	Kitsap County	14.064	+0.62 pts
14	Asotin County	13.881	+1.45 pts
15	Mason County	13.848	+4.48 pts
16	Grays Harbor County	13.738	+0.63 pts
17	Kittitas County	13.689	-0.25 pts
18	King County	13.657	-0.13 pts
19	Chelan County	13.605	+3.52 pts
20	Jefferson County	13.572	-1.63 pts
21	Pierce County	13.513	+0.81 pts
22	Klickitat County	13.462	+1.43 pts
23	Spokane County	13.32	+1.79 pts
24	Grant County	12.992	+1.15 pts
25	Whatcom County	12.991	-1.37 pts
26	Island County	12.966	+0.01 pts
27	Okanogan County	12.951	-2.34 pts
28	Whitman County	12.547	-2.47 pts
29	Thurston County	12.513	-1.52 pts
30	Benton County	12.125	+0.01 pts
31	Garfield County	11.927	-5.49 pts
32	Pend Oreille County	11.651	+1.64 pts
33	Clallam County	11.634	-1.04 pts
34	Yakima County	11.535	+0.04 pts
35	Cowlitz County	11.202	+0.4 pts
36	Lewis County	11.014	-1.32 pts
37	Lincoln County	10.54	-3.09 pts
38	Walla Walla County	8.409	-3.4 pts
39	Columbia County	6.574	-15.45 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 Washington by job creation rate, 2013) [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 Washington by job creation rate, 2013. 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/washington-counties?period=2013. 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 Washington by job creation rate, 2013. 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/washington-counties?period=2013.

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 Washington by job creation rate, 2013 [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/washington-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

San Juan County, with 18.986% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Columbia County, with 6.574% in 2013.

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.