# Job destruction rate in Arkansas

Job destruction rate in Arkansas was 9.716% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-05`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs lost at closing and shrinking establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Note: A gross flow: jobs added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/arkansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-05

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.716 |
| 2022 | 11.196 |
| 2021 | 13.367 |
| 2020 | 11.083 |
| 2019 | 10.239 |
| 2018 | 10.761 |
| 2017 | 11.822 |
| 2016 | 9.945 |
| 2015 | 10.86 |
| 2014 | 10.691 |
| 2013 | 11.858 |
| 2012 | 12.325 |
| 2011 | 11.363 |
| 2010 | 12.692 |
| 2009 | 15.937 |
| 2008 | 13.725 |
| 2007 | 15.476 |
| 2006 | 11.304 |
| 2005 | 12.151 |
| 2004 | 13.223 |
| 2003 | 13.475 |
| 2002 | 17.356 |
| 2001 | 14.902 |
| 2000 | 11.862 |
| 1999 | 14.597 |
| 1998 | 12.656 |
| 1997 | 14.574 |
| 1996 | 12.983 |
| 1995 | 11.771 |
| 1994 | 12.918 |
| 1993 | 12.494 |
| 1992 | 14.835 |
| 1991 | 14.897 |
| 1990 | 13.292 |
| 1989 | 14.172 |
| 1988 | 15.309 |
| 1987 | 15.908 |
| 1986 | 14.998 |
| 1985 | 14.993 |
| 1984 | 11.91 |
| 1983 | 15.827 |
| 1982 | 17.536 |
| 1981 | 15.347 |
| 1980 | 15.676 |
| 1979 | 13.665 |
| 1978 | 12.436 |