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Job destruction rate in Georgia

Job destruction rate in Georgia was 11.659% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.01 pts from 2022. That is the 9th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202311.659%
Change on 2022-0.01 pts
Rank9th of 51US states ranked
Series high19.7731991
Series low10.5342016

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Job destruction rate in Georgia, 1978 to 2023

10121416182019781985199219992006201320231978: 13.063 %1979: 14.055 %1980: 14.7 %1981: 14.704 %1982: 16.416 %1983: 16.471 %1984: 11.778 %1985: 13.489 %1986: 14.712 %1987: 17.045 %1988: 16.345 %1989: 16.645 %1990: 15.714 %1991: 19.773 %1992: 16.2 %1993: 14.021 %1994: 13.735 %1995: 13.157 %1996: 14.666 %1997: 16.619 %1998: 15.159 %1999: 14.656 %2000: 14.793 %2001: 16.864 %2002: 19.202 %2003: 16.152 %2004: 14.536 %2005: 14.495 %2006: 13.463 %2007: 15.616 %2008: 15.733 %2009: 18.919 %2010: 14.52 %2011: 13.031 %2012: 12.785 %2013: 11.612 %2014: 11.438 %2015: 11.098 %2016: 10.534 %2017: 12.082 %2018: 11.719 %2019: 11.36 %2020: 11.302 %2021: 14.824 %2022: 11.67 %2023: 11.659 %1012.51517.52019781994201020231978: 13.063 %1979: 14.055 %1980: 14.7 %1981: 14.704 %1982: 16.416 %1983: 16.471 %1984: 11.778 %1985: 13.489 %1986: 14.712 %1987: 17.045 %1988: 16.345 %1989: 16.645 %1990: 15.714 %1991: 19.773 %1992: 16.2 %1993: 14.021 %1994: 13.735 %1995: 13.157 %1996: 14.666 %1997: 16.619 %1998: 15.159 %1999: 14.656 %2000: 14.793 %2001: 16.864 %2002: 19.202 %2003: 16.152 %2004: 14.536 %2005: 14.495 %2006: 13.463 %2007: 15.616 %2008: 15.733 %2009: 18.919 %2010: 14.52 %2011: 13.031 %2012: 12.785 %2013: 11.612 %2014: 11.438 %2015: 11.098 %2016: 10.534 %2017: 12.082 %2018: 11.719 %2019: 11.36 %2020: 11.302 %2021: 14.824 %2022: 11.67 %2023: 11.659 %
%. 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%
202311.659
202211.67
202114.824
202011.302
201911.36
201811.719
201712.082
201610.534
201511.098
201411.438
201311.612
201212.785
201113.031
201014.52
200918.919
200815.733
200715.616
200613.463
200514.495
200414.536
200316.152
200219.202
200116.864
200014.793
199914.656
199815.159
199716.619
199614.666
199513.157
199413.735
199314.021
199216.2
199119.773
199015.714
198916.645
198816.345
198717.045
198614.712
198513.489
198411.778
198316.471
198216.416
198114.704
198014.7
197914.055
197813.063

Compared with United States

Place2023
Georgia11.659
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, Georgia, 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, Georgia, 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/georgia. 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, Georgia, 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/georgia.

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, Georgia, 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/georgia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, Georgia, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in Georgia?

Job destruction rate in Georgia was 11.659% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.01 pts from 2022. That is the 9th 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 Georgia?

19.773% in 1991, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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