# Job destruction rate in Blanco County

Job destruction rate in Blanco County was 11.546% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-county-48031`
- 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_cty.csv)
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- 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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/blanco-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-county-48031

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.546 |
| 2022 | 15.802 |
| 2021 | 13.357 |
| 2020 | 11.212 |
| 2019 | 8.506 |
| 2018 | 13.956 |
| 2017 | 13.64 |
| 2016 | 11.676 |
| 2015 | 10.111 |
| 2014 | 9.546 |
| 2013 | 10.543 |
| 2012 | 13.252 |
| 2011 | 13.772 |
| 2010 | 15.372 |