# Job destruction rate in Delaware

Job destruction rate in Delaware was 10.97% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-10`
- 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/delaware
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-10

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.97 |
| 2022 | 12.695 |
| 2021 | 15.618 |
| 2020 | 11.664 |
| 2019 | 10.427 |
| 2018 | 11.481 |
| 2017 | 14.294 |
| 2016 | 11.49 |
| 2015 | 11.826 |
| 2014 | 11.113 |
| 2013 | 11.285 |
| 2012 | 12.685 |
| 2011 | 12.39 |
| 2010 | 13.588 |
| 2009 | 16.577 |
| 2008 | 15.268 |
| 2007 | 17.81 |
| 2006 | 15.362 |
| 2005 | 13.453 |
| 2004 | 12.928 |
| 2003 | 14.127 |
| 2002 | 17.698 |
| 2001 | 15.021 |
| 2000 | 13.733 |
| 1999 | 14.971 |
| 1998 | 15.546 |
| 1997 | 14.378 |
| 1996 | 13.53 |
| 1995 | 12.272 |
| 1994 | 14.623 |
| 1993 | 13.647 |
| 1992 | 17.592 |
| 1991 | 14.833 |
| 1990 | 12.971 |
| 1989 | 14.133 |
| 1988 | 14.22 |
| 1987 | 26.036 |
| 1986 | 13.938 |
| 1985 | 12.97 |
| 1984 | 12.197 |
| 1983 | 12.313 |
| 1982 | 12.67 |
| 1981 | 11.598 |
| 1980 | 11.106 |
| 1979 | 10.744 |
| 1978 | 13.427 |