# Counties in West Virginia by job creation rate, 2023

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Logan County | 22.546 |
| 2 | Mingo County | 21.606 |
| 3 | Barbour County | 20.662 |
| 4 | Clay County | 20.548 |
| 5 | Calhoun County | 20.537 |
| 6 | Roane County | 17.106 |
| 7 | Pocahontas County | 16.855 |
| 8 | Putnam County | 16.631 |
| 9 | Wood County | 14.896 |
| 10 | Boone County | 14.666 |
| 11 | Greenbrier County | 14.489 |
| 12 | Wirt County | 14.028 |
| 13 | Mercer County | 14.012 |
| 14 | Kanawha County | 13.672 |
| 15 | Raleigh County | 13.481 |
| 16 | Harrison County | 13.343 |
| 17 | Upshur County | 13.223 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 13.054 |
| 19 | Jefferson County | 12.905 |
| 20 | Doddridge County | 12.872 |
| 21 | Wyoming County | 12.827 |
| 22 | Fayette County | 12.525 |
| 23 | McDowell County | 12.384 |
| 24 | Marion County | 12.222 |
| 25 | Tyler County | 12.176 |
| 26 | Monongalia County | 12.15 |
| 27 | Monroe County | 12 |
| 28 | Taylor County | 11.735 |
| 29 | Jackson County | 11.71 |
| 30 | Tucker County | 11.574 |
| 31 | Mason County | 11.559 |
| 32 | Morgan County | 11.339 |
| 33 | Lewis County | 11.217 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 11.166 |
| 35 | Cabell County | 11.025 |
| 36 | Preston County | 10.725 |
| 37 | Hampshire County | 10.702 |
| 38 | Mineral County | 10.474 |
| 39 | Pendleton County | 10.138 |
| 40 | Grant County | 10.075 |
| 41 | Randolph County | 9.89 |
| 42 | Webster County | 9.811 |
| 43 | Brooke County | 9.684 |
| 44 | Summers County | 9.651 |
| 45 | Berkeley County | 9.616 |
| 46 | Nicholas County | 9.424 |
| 47 | Hancock County | 9.048 |
| 48 | Wetzel County | 8.466 |
| 49 | Marshall County | 8.344 |
| 50 | Braxton County | 8.185 |
| 51 | Ohio County | 8.171 |
| 52 | Gilmer County | 7.811 |
| 53 | Ritchie County | 6.715 |
| 54 | Pleasants County | 6.199 |
| 55 | Hardy County | 5.839 |