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Job destruction rate in Missouri

Job destruction rate in Missouri was 10.487% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.91 pts from 2022. That is the 35th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202310.487%
Change on 2022-0.91 pts
Rank35th of 51US states ranked
Series high17.6882002
Series low9.8192016

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Job destruction rate in Missouri, 1978 to 2023

8101214161819781985199219992006201320231978: 12.575 %1979: 12.352 %1980: 15.081 %1981: 14.911 %1982: 15.744 %1983: 16.085 %1984: 12.514 %1985: 14.302 %1986: 14.455 %1987: 16.486 %1988: 15.31 %1989: 14.041 %1990: 13.258 %1991: 15.961 %1992: 13.769 %1993: 13.153 %1994: 12.822 %1995: 12.741 %1996: 13.411 %1997: 13.673 %1998: 13.092 %1999: 13.25 %2000: 13.147 %2001: 14.717 %2002: 17.688 %2003: 13.162 %2004: 13.332 %2005: 13.114 %2006: 12.628 %2007: 14.173 %2008: 13.082 %2009: 15.497 %2010: 13.574 %2011: 11.042 %2012: 11.156 %2013: 10.507 %2014: 9.89 %2015: 10.977 %2016: 9.819 %2017: 11.746 %2018: 11.521 %2019: 10.163 %2020: 10.355 %2021: 14.419 %2022: 11.402 %2023: 10.487 %8101214161819781994201020231978: 12.575 %1979: 12.352 %1980: 15.081 %1981: 14.911 %1982: 15.744 %1983: 16.085 %1984: 12.514 %1985: 14.302 %1986: 14.455 %1987: 16.486 %1988: 15.31 %1989: 14.041 %1990: 13.258 %1991: 15.961 %1992: 13.769 %1993: 13.153 %1994: 12.822 %1995: 12.741 %1996: 13.411 %1997: 13.673 %1998: 13.092 %1999: 13.25 %2000: 13.147 %2001: 14.717 %2002: 17.688 %2003: 13.162 %2004: 13.332 %2005: 13.114 %2006: 12.628 %2007: 14.173 %2008: 13.082 %2009: 15.497 %2010: 13.574 %2011: 11.042 %2012: 11.156 %2013: 10.507 %2014: 9.89 %2015: 10.977 %2016: 9.819 %2017: 11.746 %2018: 11.521 %2019: 10.163 %2020: 10.355 %2021: 14.419 %2022: 11.402 %2023: 10.487 %
%. 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%
202310.487
202211.402
202114.419
202010.355
201910.163
201811.521
201711.746
20169.819
201510.977
20149.89
201310.507
201211.156
201111.042
201013.574
200915.497
200813.082
200714.173
200612.628
200513.114
200413.332
200313.162
200217.688
200114.717
200013.147
199913.25
199813.092
199713.673
199613.411
199512.741
199412.822
199313.153
199213.769
199115.961
199013.258
198914.041
198815.31
198716.486
198614.455
198514.302
198412.514
198316.085
198215.744
198114.911
198015.081
197912.352
197812.575

Compared with United States

Place2023
Missouri10.487
United States11.059

Missouri compared with nearby places

Alabama: 9.987 %Alaska: 10.78 %Arizona: 12.448 %Arkansas: 9.716 %California: 12.053 %Colorado: 12.353 %Connecticut: 12.002 %Delaware: 10.97 %District of Columbia: 9.515 %Florida: 11.144 %Georgia: 11.659 %Hawaii: 9.388 %Idaho: 11.43 %Illinois: 10.704 %Indiana: 11.006 %Iowa: 10.038 %Kansas: 11.132 %Kentucky: 10.32 %Louisiana: 10.057 %Maine: 9.794 %Maryland: 11.617 %Massachusetts: 9.85 %Michigan: 10.821 %Minnesota: 10.079 %Mississippi: 10.768 %Missouri: 10.487 %Montana: 11.043 %Nebraska: 9.759 %Nevada: 11.736 %New Hampshire: 9.391 %New Jersey: 11.204 %New Mexico: 11.003 %New York: 10.641 %North Carolina: 10.416 %North Dakota: 10.819 %Ohio: 10.696 %Oklahoma: 10.791 %Oregon: 11.737 %Pennsylvania: 10.013 %Rhode Island: 10.508 %South Carolina: 10.969 %South Dakota: 10.008 %Tennessee: 11.187 %Texas: 11.425 %Utah: 11.268 %Vermont: 9.874 %Virginia: 11.011 %Washington: 12.338 %West Virginia: 10.565 %Wisconsin: 10.703 %Wyoming: 12.01 %
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Job destruction rate, 2023, %. Missouri is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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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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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, Missouri, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Missouri, 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/missouri. 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, Missouri, 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/missouri.

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, Missouri, 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/missouri (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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, Missouri, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in Missouri?

Job destruction rate in Missouri was 10.487% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.91 pts from 2022. That is the 35th 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 Missouri?

17.688% in 2002, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Job destruction rate elsewhere in United States

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