# Counties in Arizona by job destruction rate, 2023

All 15 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/arizona-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Santa Cruz County | 13.703 |
| 2 | Maricopa County | 12.697 |
| 3 | Apache County | 12.351 |
| 4 | Coconino County | 12.188 |
| 5 | Yuma County | 12.176 |
| 6 | Cochise County | 11.825 |
| 7 | Yavapai County | 11.191 |
| 8 | Mohave County | 11.186 |
| 9 | Pima County | 10.98 |
| 10 | La Paz County | 10.902 |
| 11 | Navajo County | 10.209 |
| 12 | Pinal County | 8.972 |
| 13 | Graham County | 8.337 |
| 14 | Gila County | 7.669 |
| 15 | Greenlee County | 1.134 |