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Job destruction rate in Tennessee

Job destruction rate in Tennessee was 11.187% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.18 pts from 2022. That is the 15th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202311.187%
Change on 2022+0.18 pts
Rank15th of 51US states ranked
Series high18.3262002
Series low9.7292016

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Job destruction rate in Tennessee, 1978 to 2023

810121416182019781985199219992006201320231978: 12.792 %1979: 12.936 %1980: 15.339 %1981: 15.308 %1982: 16.827 %1983: 17.16 %1984: 11.275 %1985: 14.488 %1986: 14.26 %1987: 16.205 %1988: 15.92 %1989: 15.117 %1990: 13.315 %1991: 16.785 %1992: 14.159 %1993: 13.416 %1994: 12.728 %1995: 11.705 %1996: 13.741 %1997: 14.788 %1998: 13.692 %1999: 14.611 %2000: 13.715 %2001: 16.25 %2002: 18.326 %2003: 15.497 %2004: 13.003 %2005: 13.35 %2006: 11.968 %2007: 14.599 %2008: 14.013 %2009: 17.688 %2010: 13.838 %2011: 11.28 %2012: 10.947 %2013: 11.312 %2014: 10.184 %2015: 10.253 %2016: 9.729 %2017: 11.552 %2018: 10.668 %2019: 10.088 %2020: 10.775 %2021: 14.313 %2022: 11.009 %2023: 11.187 %7.51012.51517.52019781994201020231978: 12.792 %1979: 12.936 %1980: 15.339 %1981: 15.308 %1982: 16.827 %1983: 17.16 %1984: 11.275 %1985: 14.488 %1986: 14.26 %1987: 16.205 %1988: 15.92 %1989: 15.117 %1990: 13.315 %1991: 16.785 %1992: 14.159 %1993: 13.416 %1994: 12.728 %1995: 11.705 %1996: 13.741 %1997: 14.788 %1998: 13.692 %1999: 14.611 %2000: 13.715 %2001: 16.25 %2002: 18.326 %2003: 15.497 %2004: 13.003 %2005: 13.35 %2006: 11.968 %2007: 14.599 %2008: 14.013 %2009: 17.688 %2010: 13.838 %2011: 11.28 %2012: 10.947 %2013: 11.312 %2014: 10.184 %2015: 10.253 %2016: 9.729 %2017: 11.552 %2018: 10.668 %2019: 10.088 %2020: 10.775 %2021: 14.313 %2022: 11.009 %2023: 11.187 %
%. 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%
202311.187
202211.009
202114.313
202010.775
201910.088
201810.668
201711.552
20169.729
201510.253
201410.184
201311.312
201210.947
201111.28
201013.838
200917.688
200814.013
200714.599
200611.968
200513.35
200413.003
200315.497
200218.326
200116.25
200013.715
199914.611
199813.692
199714.788
199613.741
199511.705
199412.728
199313.416
199214.159
199116.785
199013.315
198915.117
198815.92
198716.205
198614.26
198514.488
198411.275
198317.16
198216.827
198115.308
198015.339
197912.936
197812.792

Compared with United States

Place2023
Tennessee11.187
United States11.059

Tennessee compared with nearby places

Alabama: 9.987 %Alaska: 10.78 %Arizona: 12.448 %Arkansas: 9.716 %California: 12.053 %Colorado: 12.353 %Connecticut: 12.002 %Delaware: 10.97 %District of Columbia: 9.515 %Florida: 11.144 %Georgia: 11.659 %Hawaii: 9.388 %Idaho: 11.43 %Illinois: 10.704 %Indiana: 11.006 %Iowa: 10.038 %Kansas: 11.132 %Kentucky: 10.32 %Louisiana: 10.057 %Maine: 9.794 %Maryland: 11.617 %Massachusetts: 9.85 %Michigan: 10.821 %Minnesota: 10.079 %Mississippi: 10.768 %Missouri: 10.487 %Montana: 11.043 %Nebraska: 9.759 %Nevada: 11.736 %New Hampshire: 9.391 %New Jersey: 11.204 %New Mexico: 11.003 %New York: 10.641 %North Carolina: 10.416 %North Dakota: 10.819 %Ohio: 10.696 %Oklahoma: 10.791 %Oregon: 11.737 %Pennsylvania: 10.013 %Rhode Island: 10.508 %South Carolina: 10.969 %South Dakota: 10.008 %Tennessee: 11.187 %Texas: 11.425 %Utah: 11.268 %Vermont: 9.874 %Virginia: 11.011 %Washington: 12.338 %West Virginia: 10.565 %Wisconsin: 10.703 %Wyoming: 12.01 %
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Job destruction rate, 2023, %. Tennessee is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee.

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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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. 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 Tennessee?

Job destruction rate in Tennessee was 11.187% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.18 pts from 2022. That is the 15th 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 Tennessee?

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

Job destruction rate elsewhere in United States

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