# Job destruction rate in Florida

Job destruction rate in Florida was 11.144% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-12`
- 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/florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-12

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.144 |
| 2022 | 11.704 |
| 2021 | 15.282 |
| 2020 | 11.777 |
| 2019 | 10.889 |
| 2018 | 11.346 |
| 2017 | 12.234 |
| 2016 | 11.634 |
| 2015 | 11.174 |
| 2014 | 12.098 |
| 2013 | 12.667 |
| 2012 | 13.001 |
| 2011 | 14.215 |
| 2010 | 16.28 |
| 2009 | 19.718 |
| 2008 | 17.263 |
| 2007 | 17.403 |
| 2006 | 13.554 |
| 2005 | 15.85 |
| 2004 | 16.85 |
| 2003 | 17.382 |
| 2002 | 20.678 |
| 2001 | 17.378 |
| 2000 | 15.48 |
| 1999 | 17.367 |
| 1998 | 16.497 |
| 1997 | 18.135 |
| 1996 | 16.832 |
| 1995 | 15.471 |
| 1994 | 15.546 |
| 1993 | 16.106 |
| 1992 | 18.833 |
| 1991 | 20.264 |
| 1990 | 17.28 |
| 1989 | 17.307 |
| 1988 | 17.67 |
| 1987 | 18.969 |
| 1986 | 17.418 |
| 1985 | 16.757 |
| 1984 | 14.224 |
| 1983 | 18.564 |
| 1982 | 19.016 |
| 1981 | 15.948 |
| 1980 | 16.108 |
| 1979 | 15.229 |
| 1978 | 15.941 |