Counties in Washington by job creation rate

San Juan County had the highest job creation rate of 39 counties in 2018, at 19.397%. Garfield County had the lowest, at 7.302%. The median was 13.405% and the figure for Washington was 13.631%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.397San Juan County

Lowest7.302Garfield County

Median13.40539 counties

Washington13.631History

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	San Juan County	19.397	+1.77 pts
2	Clark County	16.992	+1.53 pts
3	Pacific County	16.296	+3.01 pts
4	Island County	16.048	+2.08 pts
5	Douglas County	16.028	-0.61 pts
6	Benton County	15.769	+2.11 pts
7	Stevens County	15.681	+0.23 pts
8	Grant County	15.63	+1.66 pts
9	Wahkiakum County	15.252	+2.23 pts
10	Kitsap County	14.941	+1.45 pts
11	Pend Oreille County	14.778	+2.33 pts
12	Mason County	14.708	+3.63 pts
13	Franklin County	14.581	+0.99 pts
14	Columbia County	14.165	-3.41 pts
15	Pierce County	14.154	+1.25 pts
16	Thurston County	14.076	-0.52 pts
17	Whitman County	14.067	+2.89 pts
18	Klickitat County	14.064	+2.11 pts
19	Spokane County	13.7	-0.2 pts
20	Okanogan County	13.405	0 pts
21	Chelan County	13.265	-4.35 pts
22	Clallam County	13.238	-0.41 pts
23	King County	13.236	-1.51 pts
24	Snohomish County	13.069	-1.44 pts
25	Kittitas County	12.945	-2.61 pts
26	Whatcom County	12.845	-0.69 pts
27	Yakima County	12.546	+0.46 pts
28	Lewis County	12.328	-1.08 pts
29	Skagit County	11.897	+0.32 pts
30	Ferry County	11.599	-1.85 pts
31	Asotin County	11.444	-0.12 pts
32	Lincoln County	11.411	-7.33 pts
33	Skamania County	11.386	-9.08 pts
34	Adams County	11.241	-5.53 pts
35	Cowlitz County	11.185	-2.42 pts
36	Grays Harbor County	10.902	-1.26 pts
37	Jefferson County	10.859	-5.63 pts
38	Walla Walla County	8.827	-2.71 pts
39	Garfield County	7.302	-4.27 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, 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 Washington 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/washington-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 Washington 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/washington-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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

San Juan County, with 19.397% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Garfield County, with 7.302% 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.