# Job destruction rate in North Carolina

Job destruction rate in North Carolina was 10.416% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-37`
- 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/north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-37

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.416 |
| 2022 | 11.096 |
| 2021 | 14.04 |
| 2020 | 10.722 |
| 2019 | 10.261 |
| 2018 | 10.978 |
| 2017 | 11.009 |
| 2016 | 10.09 |
| 2015 | 9.964 |
| 2014 | 10.735 |
| 2013 | 11.239 |
| 2012 | 11.39 |
| 2011 | 11.469 |
| 2010 | 14.827 |
| 2009 | 17.377 |
| 2008 | 14.274 |
| 2007 | 14.706 |
| 2006 | 12.905 |
| 2005 | 13.887 |
| 2004 | 13.998 |
| 2003 | 14.94 |
| 2002 | 18.499 |
| 2001 | 15.035 |
| 2000 | 13.288 |
| 1999 | 14.411 |
| 1998 | 13.297 |
| 1997 | 13.729 |
| 1996 | 12.746 |
| 1995 | 11.093 |
| 1994 | 11.554 |
| 1993 | 12.43 |
| 1992 | 13.613 |
| 1991 | 16.957 |
| 1990 | 12.797 |
| 1989 | 13.538 |
| 1988 | 13.592 |
| 1987 | 14.265 |
| 1986 | 13.098 |
| 1985 | 12.817 |
| 1984 | 10.229 |
| 1983 | 13.796 |
| 1982 | 14.382 |
| 1981 | 13.007 |
| 1980 | 12.801 |
| 1979 | 10.831 |
| 1978 | 11.03 |