# Counties in Alabama by job destruction rate, 2023

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/job-destruction-rate/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Winston County | 22.318 |
| 2 | Choctaw County | 16.822 |
| 3 | Covington County | 16.45 |
| 4 | Wilcox County | 16.174 |
| 5 | Dallas County | 15.293 |
| 6 | Conecuh County | 15.132 |
| 7 | Washington County | 14.794 |
| 8 | Clay County | 14.451 |
| 9 | Russell County | 13.446 |
| 10 | Randolph County | 13.239 |
| 11 | Hale County | 13.182 |
| 12 | Chambers County | 13.075 |
| 13 | Franklin County | 13.074 |
| 14 | Jackson County | 13.007 |
| 15 | Butler County | 12.862 |
| 16 | Crenshaw County | 12.366 |
| 17 | Chilton County | 12.107 |
| 18 | Perry County | 12.057 |
| 19 | Blount County | 11.782 |
| 20 | Shelby County | 11.649 |
| 21 | Lee County | 11.518 |
| 22 | Geneva County | 11.503 |
| 23 | Walker County | 11.215 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 11.205 |
| 25 | Fayette County | 11.033 |
| 26 | Calhoun County | 10.858 |
| 27 | Mobile County | 10.589 |
| 28 | Baldwin County | 10.529 |
| 29 | Colbert County | 10.409 |
| 30 | Houston County | 10.148 |
| 31 | Clarke County | 10.128 |
| 32 | Morgan County | 10.099 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 9.924 |
| 34 | Montgomery County | 9.885 |
| 35 | Elmore County | 9.787 |
| 36 | Marion County | 9.748 |
| 37 | Cullman County | 9.747 |
| 38 | Autauga County | 9.703 |
| 39 | Bibb County | 9.658 |
| 40 | Tallapoosa County | 9.464 |
| 41 | Etowah County | 9.198 |
| 42 | Pike County | 9.197 |
| 43 | Escambia County | 9.187 |
| 44 | DeKalb County | 9.09 |
| 45 | Madison County | 8.941 |
| 46 | St. Clair County | 8.574 |
| 47 | Lawrence County | 8.561 |
| 48 | Coffee County | 8.368 |
| 49 | Marengo County | 8.354 |
| 50 | Dale County | 8.311 |
| 51 | Lauderdale County | 8.264 |
| 52 | Cleburne County | 8.14 |
| 53 | Tuscaloosa County | 8.127 |
| 54 | Macon County | 7.997 |
| 55 | Barbour County | 7.888 |
| 56 | Limestone County | 7.565 |
| 57 | Marshall County | 7.289 |
| 58 | Greene County | 7.14 |
| 59 | Monroe County | 6.527 |
| 60 | Talladega County | 6.382 |
| 61 | Sumter County | 6.376 |
| 62 | Pickens County | 6.315 |
| 63 | Lamar County | 6.154 |
| 64 | Lowndes County | 5.488 |
| 65 | Bullock County | 5.427 |
| 66 | Coosa County | 5.102 |
| 67 | Henry County | 4.54 |