# Job destruction rate in South Dakota

Job destruction rate in South Dakota was 10.008% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-46`
- 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/south-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-46

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.008 |
| 2022 | 10.608 |
| 2021 | 11.045 |
| 2020 | 9.853 |
| 2019 | 9.361 |
| 2018 | 10.443 |
| 2017 | 11.098 |
| 2016 | 8.67 |
| 2015 | 8.9 |
| 2014 | 9.099 |
| 2013 | 10.443 |
| 2012 | 10.162 |
| 2011 | 11.489 |
| 2010 | 11.74 |
| 2009 | 13.158 |
| 2008 | 11.703 |
| 2007 | 12.722 |
| 2006 | 10.168 |
| 2005 | 11.243 |
| 2004 | 11.57 |
| 2003 | 13.129 |
| 2002 | 18.249 |
| 2001 | 12.872 |
| 2000 | 12.524 |
| 1999 | 12.111 |
| 1998 | 10.751 |
| 1997 | 13.553 |
| 1996 | 12.112 |
| 1995 | 10.043 |
| 1994 | 11.304 |
| 1993 | 12.377 |
| 1992 | 12.294 |
| 1991 | 12.815 |
| 1990 | 12.2 |
| 1989 | 12.157 |
| 1988 | 13.829 |
| 1987 | 14.483 |
| 1986 | 15.877 |
| 1985 | 13.473 |
| 1984 | 12.221 |
| 1983 | 15.775 |
| 1982 | 17.155 |
| 1981 | 16.029 |
| 1980 | 16.198 |
| 1979 | 13.572 |
| 1978 | 11.547 |