# Job destruction rate in Tennessee

Job destruction rate in Tennessee was 11.187% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- 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/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-47

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.187 |
| 2022 | 11.009 |
| 2021 | 14.313 |
| 2020 | 10.775 |
| 2019 | 10.088 |
| 2018 | 10.668 |
| 2017 | 11.552 |
| 2016 | 9.729 |
| 2015 | 10.253 |
| 2014 | 10.184 |
| 2013 | 11.312 |
| 2012 | 10.947 |
| 2011 | 11.28 |
| 2010 | 13.838 |
| 2009 | 17.688 |
| 2008 | 14.013 |
| 2007 | 14.599 |
| 2006 | 11.968 |
| 2005 | 13.35 |
| 2004 | 13.003 |
| 2003 | 15.497 |
| 2002 | 18.326 |
| 2001 | 16.25 |
| 2000 | 13.715 |
| 1999 | 14.611 |
| 1998 | 13.692 |
| 1997 | 14.788 |
| 1996 | 13.741 |
| 1995 | 11.705 |
| 1994 | 12.728 |
| 1993 | 13.416 |
| 1992 | 14.159 |
| 1991 | 16.785 |
| 1990 | 13.315 |
| 1989 | 15.117 |
| 1988 | 15.92 |
| 1987 | 16.205 |
| 1986 | 14.26 |
| 1985 | 14.488 |
| 1984 | 11.275 |
| 1983 | 17.16 |
| 1982 | 16.827 |
| 1981 | 15.308 |
| 1980 | 15.339 |
| 1979 | 12.936 |
| 1978 | 12.792 |