# Job destruction rate in Washington Parish

Job destruction rate in Washington Parish was 10.237% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-county-22117`
- 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_cty.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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/washington-parish-louisiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-county-22117

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.237 |
| 2022 | 8.593 |
| 2021 | 13.546 |
| 2020 | 15.545 |
| 2019 | 17.124 |
| 2018 | 13.269 |
| 2017 | 9.713 |
| 2016 | 11.071 |
| 2015 | 10.774 |
| 2014 | 8.78 |
| 2013 | 12.219 |
| 2012 | 11.968 |
| 2011 | 14.415 |
| 2010 | 13.78 |