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Job destruction rate in Rhode Island

Job destruction rate in Rhode Island was 10.508% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.27 pts from 2022. That is the 34th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202310.508%
Change on 2022+1.27 pts
Rank34th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.241991
Series low9.2412022

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Job destruction rate in Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023

7.51012.51517.52022.519781985199219992006201320231978: 12.56 %1979: 11.977 %1980: 13.765 %1981: 14.137 %1982: 15.544 %1983: 13.923 %1984: 10.988 %1985: 14.013 %1986: 11.533 %1987: 13.89 %1988: 14.926 %1989: 16.429 %1990: 16.348 %1991: 20.24 %1992: 16.585 %1993: 12.659 %1994: 14.355 %1995: 12.246 %1996: 13.019 %1997: 13.365 %1998: 11.268 %1999: 12.945 %2000: 13.118 %2001: 13.497 %2002: 14.939 %2003: 12.77 %2004: 11.705 %2005: 11.365 %2006: 13.985 %2007: 13.519 %2008: 14.091 %2009: 15.18 %2010: 14.089 %2011: 10.515 %2012: 11.385 %2013: 10.103 %2014: 9.632 %2015: 9.434 %2016: 9.565 %2017: 11.284 %2018: 11.062 %2019: 10.276 %2020: 9.692 %2021: 16.05 %2022: 9.241 %2023: 10.508 %
%. 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%
202310.508
20229.241
202116.05
20209.692
201910.276
201811.062
201711.284
20169.565
20159.434
20149.632
201310.103
201211.385
201110.515
201014.089
200915.18
200814.091
200713.519
200613.985
200511.365
200411.705
200312.77
200214.939
200113.497
200013.118
199912.945
199811.268
199713.365
199613.019
199512.246
199414.355
199312.659
199216.585
199120.24
199016.348
198916.429
198814.926
198713.89
198611.533
198514.013
198410.988
198313.923
198215.544
198114.137
198013.765
197911.977
197812.56

Compared with United States

Place2023
Rhode Island10.508
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, Rhode Island, 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island. 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island.

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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island (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, Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/rhode-island. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the job destruction rate in Rhode Island?

Job destruction rate in Rhode Island was 10.508% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.27 pts from 2022. That is the 34th 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 Rhode Island?

20.24% in 1991, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Job destruction rate elsewhere in United States

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