# Job destruction rate in Kentucky

Job destruction rate in Kentucky was 10.32% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- 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/kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-21

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.32 |
| 2022 | 11.917 |
| 2021 | 13.964 |
| 2020 | 11.01 |
| 2019 | 9.701 |
| 2018 | 10.836 |
| 2017 | 11.753 |
| 2016 | 10.167 |
| 2015 | 9.778 |
| 2014 | 11.171 |
| 2013 | 11.377 |
| 2012 | 11.304 |
| 2011 | 11.564 |
| 2010 | 13.261 |
| 2009 | 16.044 |
| 2008 | 13.396 |
| 2007 | 14.631 |
| 2006 | 12.02 |
| 2005 | 12.611 |
| 2004 | 12.828 |
| 2003 | 13.995 |
| 2002 | 16.798 |
| 2001 | 14.97 |
| 2000 | 12.189 |
| 1999 | 14.075 |
| 1998 | 13.502 |
| 1997 | 13.66 |
| 1996 | 13.633 |
| 1995 | 11.652 |
| 1994 | 12.492 |
| 1993 | 12.391 |
| 1992 | 13.221 |
| 1991 | 15.379 |
| 1990 | 13.149 |
| 1989 | 13.125 |
| 1988 | 14.166 |
| 1987 | 20.795 |
| 1986 | 13.378 |
| 1985 | 12.797 |
| 1984 | 12.23 |
| 1983 | 17.529 |
| 1982 | 16.436 |
| 1981 | 15.031 |
| 1980 | 15.781 |
| 1979 | 12.891 |
| 1978 | 13.433 |