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Job destruction rate in Texas

Job destruction rate in Texas was 11.425% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.08 pts from 2022. That is the 12th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202311.425%
Change on 2022+0.08 pts
Rank12th of 51US states ranked
Series high22.8221983
Series low10.8292019

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Job destruction rate in Texas, 1978 to 2023

1012.51517.52022.52519781985199219992006201320231978: 15.199 %1979: 15.874 %1980: 16.462 %1981: 15.305 %1982: 16.65 %1983: 22.822 %1984: 16.903 %1985: 17.79 %1986: 19.679 %1987: 22.814 %1988: 19.515 %1989: 17.4 %1990: 15.929 %1991: 17.698 %1992: 17.965 %1993: 16.442 %1994: 15.116 %1995: 14.215 %1996: 15.328 %1997: 16.71 %1998: 14.913 %1999: 16.568 %2000: 14.931 %2001: 16.849 %2002: 20.81 %2003: 16.941 %2004: 15.653 %2005: 14.554 %2006: 13.125 %2007: 15.228 %2008: 14.724 %2009: 16.68 %2010: 14.893 %2011: 12.766 %2012: 12.039 %2013: 12.081 %2014: 12.06 %2015: 11.782 %2016: 12.121 %2017: 13.589 %2018: 12.024 %2019: 10.829 %2020: 12.382 %2021: 15.843 %2022: 11.35 %2023: 11.425 %
%. 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%
202311.425
202211.35
202115.843
202012.382
201910.829
201812.024
201713.589
201612.121
201511.782
201412.06
201312.081
201212.039
201112.766
201014.893
200916.68
200814.724
200715.228
200613.125
200514.554
200415.653
200316.941
200220.81
200116.849
200014.931
199916.568
199814.913
199716.71
199615.328
199514.215
199415.116
199316.442
199217.965
199117.698
199015.929
198917.4
198819.515
198722.814
198619.679
198517.79
198416.903
198322.822
198216.65
198115.305
198016.462
197915.874
197815.199

Compared with United States

Place2023
Texas11.425
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, Texas, 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, Texas, 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/texas. 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, Texas, 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/texas.

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, Texas, 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/texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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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, Texas, 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/texas. 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 Texas?

Job destruction rate in Texas was 11.425% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.08 pts from 2022. That is the 12th 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 Texas?

22.822% in 1983, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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