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Which counties in Oklahoma are adding jobs fastest?

Dewey County (+38.5%), Bryan County (+19.5%) and Wagoner County (+18.1%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Oklahoma between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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Oklahoma counties ranked by private-sector job growth
RankCountyChange 2018–23Private jobs 2023Residents
1Dewey County+38.5%1,5544,207
2Bryan County+19.5%12,83851,367
3Wagoner County+18.1%9,94893,263
4Haskell County+16.2%2,71111,787
5Roger Mills County+13.7%6163,259
6Grant County+11.9%1,0054,067
7Cotton County+11.7%1,3285,432
8Cleveland County+11.1%78,352303,973
9Seminole County+11.0%5,76223,441
10Canadian County+10.7%31,403187,189
11Logan County+10.1%7,46755,473
12McClain County+9.1%9,21949,647
13Marshall County+9.0%4,49516,255
14Delaware County+8.9%8,53741,910
15Blaine County+8.8%2,5488,515
16Nowata County+8.6%1,5829,522
17Mayes County+8.0%11,42640,416
18Carter County+7.7%21,43548,910
19Oklahoma County+7.6%407,951822,125
20Rogers County+7.2%31,171102,197
21Noble County+7.0%4,18310,899
22Stephens County+6.8%12,43944,310
23Woodward County+5.7%7,82519,827
24Pontotoc County+5.3%13,36838,528
25Atoka County+5.1%2,13514,609
26Texas County+4.4%8,17820,322
27Comanche County+4.3%32,987122,158
28McIntosh County+3.8%3,24119,758
29Hughes County+3.5%2,19913,455
30Muskogee County+3.0%24,19066,708
31Craig County+3.0%3,97314,518
32Garvin County+2.5%7,84826,377
33Coal County+1.3%8555,436
34Lincoln County+1.3%5,62535,278
35Creek County−0.2%17,07874,967
36Grady County−0.2%11,30459,128
37Latimer County−0.6%3,2929,645
38Harper County−0.6%4783,172
39Sequoyah County−1.9%6,98440,842
40Custer County−2.0%9,69428,175
41Osage County−2.6%5,41446,794
42Adair County−3.0%2,99119,828
43Pottawatomie County−4.0%16,70675,102
44Pittsburg County−4.3%10,40943,320
45Cherokee County−4.3%8,86449,196
46Kiowa County−4.4%1,2948,181
47Tulsa County−4.5%329,036698,782
48Jefferson County−4.9%9735,431
49Jackson County−5.0%6,32524,764
50Le Flore County−5.2%6,66550,196
51Okmulgee County−5.3%6,63637,241
52McCurtain County−5.3%8,65630,744
53Kay County−5.9%14,06343,490
54Garfield County−6.5%20,09461,779
55Okfuskee County−6.6%1,86811,451
56Kingfisher County−6.7%5,71615,795
57Payne County−7.8%22,51083,889
58Pushmataha County−7.8%1,71610,807
59Murray County−8.5%3,53213,805
60Washington County−8.9%17,06954,037
61Ottawa County−9.0%8,37030,438
62Pawnee County−10.0%2,97216,029
63Washita County−10.5%1,32410,884
64Johnston County−10.7%2,05910,448
65Choctaw County−11.6%2,91714,059
66Major County−12.4%1,7167,536
67Cimarron County−13.2%3032,059
68Tillman County−13.3%9166,780
69Ellis County−14.1%7713,613
70Caddo County−14.3%4,27126,130
71Harmon County−15.8%3742,327
72Greer County−16.9%4575,373
73Love County−19.7%4,38510,780
74Alfalfa County−20.5%7425,649
75Woods County−22.5%2,1398,443
76Beckham County−23.5%6,78222,159
77Beaver County−27.1%1,0384,882

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Oklahoma has the fastest job growth?

Dewey County: +38.5%, ahead of Bryan County (+19.5%) and Wagoner County (+18.1%), of 77 Oklahoma counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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