# Job destruction rate in Indiana

Job destruction rate in Indiana was 11.006% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-18`
- 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/indiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-18

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.006 |
| 2022 | 10.804 |
| 2021 | 13.388 |
| 2020 | 10.937 |
| 2019 | 9.216 |
| 2018 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | 10.941 |
| 2016 | 9.752 |
| 2015 | 9.898 |
| 2014 | 9.723 |
| 2013 | 10.416 |
| 2012 | 10.738 |
| 2011 | 10.556 |
| 2010 | 12.93 |
| 2009 | 16.92 |
| 2008 | 14.021 |
| 2007 | 14.777 |
| 2006 | 11.865 |
| 2005 | 12.378 |
| 2004 | 12.152 |
| 2003 | 13.975 |
| 2002 | 17.595 |
| 2001 | 15.444 |
| 2000 | 11.562 |
| 1999 | 12.551 |
| 1998 | 12.27 |
| 1997 | 14.055 |
| 1996 | 13.62 |
| 1995 | 11.367 |
| 1994 | 12.372 |
| 1993 | 12.027 |
| 1992 | 14.59 |
| 1991 | 15.39 |
| 1990 | 12.447 |
| 1989 | 11.831 |
| 1988 | 13.189 |
| 1987 | 14.615 |
| 1986 | 13.238 |
| 1985 | 13.796 |
| 1984 | 12.492 |
| 1983 | 15.661 |
| 1982 | 16.451 |
| 1981 | 14.074 |
| 1980 | 16.032 |
| 1979 | 10.671 |
| 1978 | 11.31 |