Counties in Washington by job creation rate

Wahkiakum County had the highest job creation rate of 39 counties in 2015, at 18.541%. Garfield County had the lowest, at 7.302%. The median was 13.141% and the figure for Washington was 13.765%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest18.541Wahkiakum County

Lowest7.302Garfield County

Median13.14139 counties

Washington13.765History

Map of counties, 2015

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%, 2015. 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, 2015

%. 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	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Wahkiakum County	18.541	+11.41 pts
2	Douglas County	18.158	+9.62 pts
3	San Juan County	16.719	+0.18 pts
4	Okanogan County	15.791	+0.98 pts
5	Island County	15.538	+3.23 pts
6	Clark County	15.536	+1.3 pts
7	Snohomish County	15.505	+1.38 pts
8	Lewis County	14.501	+3.33 pts
9	Klickitat County	14.4	-0.25 pts
10	Pend Oreille County	14.356	+4.49 pts
11	Jefferson County	14.273	-2.39 pts
12	Yakima County	14.172	+3.45 pts
13	King County	14.139	+0.39 pts
14	Chelan County	13.93	+2.56 pts
15	Columbia County	13.613	-5.43 pts
16	Kittitas County	13.563	+2.49 pts
17	Stevens County	13.553	+0.73 pts
18	Benton County	13.34	+4.04 pts
19	Pierce County	13.15	-1.16 pts
20	Grant County	13.141	+1.73 pts
21	Thurston County	13.054	+0.74 pts
22	Skamania County	13.006	+3.41 pts
23	Kitsap County	12.994	+0.34 pts
24	Whatcom County	12.934	-0.24 pts
25	Spokane County	12.644	-0.26 pts
26	Grays Harbor County	12.57	-0.04 pts
27	Adams County	12.501	+3.73 pts
28	Franklin County	12.394	-3.77 pts
29	Skagit County	12.26	-1.43 pts
30	Cowlitz County	12.185	+1.03 pts
31	Whitman County	12.12	+3.91 pts
32	Ferry County	11.814	-3.18 pts
33	Clallam County	10.838	+0.91 pts
34	Mason County	10.766	+1.11 pts
35	Pacific County	10.624	-1.68 pts
36	Asotin County	10.1	-6.7 pts
37	Walla Walla County	8.852	+0.68 pts
38	Lincoln County	8.787	-5.22 pts
39	Garfield County	7.302	+0.7 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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APA 7

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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Wahkiakum County, with 18.541% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Garfield County, with 7.302% in 2015.

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.