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Job destruction rate in Ohio

Job destruction rate in Ohio was 10.696% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.56 pts from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 51 states in 2023.

202310.696%
Change on 2022-1.56 pts
Rank31st of 51US states ranked
Series high18.3262002
Series low9.8422019

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Job destruction rate in Ohio, 1978 to 2023

810121416182019781985199219992006201320231978: 12.113 %1979: 11.44 %1980: 14.68 %1981: 14.808 %1982: 15.839 %1983: 16.05 %1984: 11.309 %1985: 12.801 %1986: 13.064 %1987: 15.002 %1988: 14.311 %1989: 13.327 %1990: 12.578 %1991: 16.062 %1992: 14.104 %1993: 12.87 %1994: 11.893 %1995: 11.185 %1996: 12.804 %1997: 14.14 %1998: 12.322 %1999: 13.595 %2000: 12.624 %2001: 15.118 %2002: 18.326 %2003: 13.982 %2004: 13.342 %2005: 13.516 %2006: 12.58 %2007: 14.167 %2008: 13.801 %2009: 16.101 %2010: 13.031 %2011: 10.696 %2012: 10.958 %2013: 11.335 %2014: 10.238 %2015: 10.522 %2016: 9.913 %2017: 11.747 %2018: 10.76 %2019: 9.842 %2020: 10.963 %2021: 14.41 %2022: 12.26 %2023: 10.696 %
%. 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%
202310.696
202212.26
202114.41
202010.963
20199.842
201810.76
201711.747
20169.913
201510.522
201410.238
201311.335
201210.958
201110.696
201013.031
200916.101
200813.801
200714.167
200612.58
200513.516
200413.342
200313.982
200218.326
200115.118
200012.624
199913.595
199812.322
199714.14
199612.804
199511.185
199411.893
199312.87
199214.104
199116.062
199012.578
198913.327
198814.311
198715.002
198613.064
198512.801
198411.309
198316.05
198215.839
198114.808
198014.68
197911.44
197812.113

Compared with United States

Place2023
Ohio10.696
United States11.059

Rankings

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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

MLA 9

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

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, Ohio, 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/ohio (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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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, Ohio, 1978 to 2023}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in Ohio?

Job destruction rate in Ohio was 10.696% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.56 pts from 2022. That is the 31st 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 Ohio?

18.326% in 2002, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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