# Job destruction rate in North Dakota

Job destruction rate in North Dakota was 10.819% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-38`
- 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-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-38

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.819 |
| 2022 | 10.75 |
| 2021 | 14.72 |
| 2020 | 10.424 |
| 2019 | 8.721 |
| 2018 | 11.381 |
| 2017 | 13.763 |
| 2016 | 14.798 |
| 2015 | 11.335 |
| 2014 | 10.827 |
| 2013 | 12.298 |
| 2012 | 10.006 |
| 2011 | 10.321 |
| 2010 | 10.875 |
| 2009 | 12.634 |
| 2008 | 11.123 |
| 2007 | 12.235 |
| 2006 | 10.803 |
| 2005 | 11.2 |
| 2004 | 10.291 |
| 2003 | 11.37 |
| 2002 | 15.718 |
| 2001 | 11.947 |
| 2000 | 11.204 |
| 1999 | 13.077 |
| 1998 | 11.918 |
| 1997 | 12.907 |
| 1996 | 12.517 |
| 1995 | 11.29 |
| 1994 | 11.172 |
| 1993 | 11.303 |
| 1992 | 11.867 |
| 1991 | 13.533 |
| 1990 | 11.196 |
| 1989 | 13.204 |
| 1988 | 13.347 |
| 1987 | 16.432 |
| 1986 | 15.571 |
| 1985 | 15.25 |
| 1984 | 13.901 |
| 1983 | 17.497 |
| 1982 | 15.628 |
| 1981 | 15.454 |
| 1980 | 15.551 |
| 1979 | 13.358 |
| 1978 | 12.491 |