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Job destruction rate in Florida

Job destruction rate in Florida was 11.144% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.56 pts from 2022. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202311.144%
Change on 2022-0.56 pts
Rank16th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.6782002
Series low10.8892019

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Job destruction rate in Florida, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 15.941 %1979: 15.229 %1980: 16.108 %1981: 15.948 %1982: 19.016 %1983: 18.564 %1984: 14.224 %1985: 16.757 %1986: 17.418 %1987: 18.969 %1988: 17.67 %1989: 17.307 %1990: 17.28 %1991: 20.264 %1992: 18.833 %1993: 16.106 %1994: 15.546 %1995: 15.471 %1996: 16.832 %1997: 18.135 %1998: 16.497 %1999: 17.367 %2000: 15.48 %2001: 17.378 %2002: 20.678 %2003: 17.382 %2004: 16.85 %2005: 15.85 %2006: 13.554 %2007: 17.403 %2008: 17.263 %2009: 19.718 %2010: 16.28 %2011: 14.215 %2012: 13.001 %2013: 12.667 %2014: 12.098 %2015: 11.174 %2016: 11.634 %2017: 12.234 %2018: 11.346 %2019: 10.889 %2020: 11.777 %2021: 15.282 %2022: 11.704 %2023: 11.144 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202311.144
202211.704
202115.282
202011.777
201910.889
201811.346
201712.234
201611.634
201511.174
201412.098
201312.667
201213.001
201114.215
201016.28
200919.718
200817.263
200717.403
200613.554
200515.85
200416.85
200317.382
200220.678
200117.378
200015.48
199917.367
199816.497
199718.135
199616.832
199515.471
199415.546
199316.106
199218.833
199120.264
199017.28
198917.307
198817.67
198718.969
198617.418
198516.757
198414.224
198318.564
198219.016
198115.948
198016.108
197915.229
197815.941

Compared with United States

Place2023
Florida11.144
United States11.059

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job destruction rate, Florida, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Florida, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/florida. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job destruction rate, Florida, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/florida.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Florida, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/florida (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in Florida?

Job destruction rate in Florida was 11.144% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.56 pts from 2022. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job destruction rate in Florida?

20.678% in 2002, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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