# Counties in Arkansas by job destruction rate, 2023

All 75 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/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Monroe County | 21.841 |
| 2 | Izard County | 20.701 |
| 3 | Dallas County | 20.387 |
| 4 | Sharp County | 16.649 |
| 5 | Crittenden County | 16.514 |
| 6 | Hot Spring County | 15.963 |
| 7 | Scott County | 15.907 |
| 8 | Calhoun County | 15.757 |
| 9 | Pike County | 15.418 |
| 10 | Columbia County | 15.112 |
| 11 | Nevada County | 13.169 |
| 12 | Ashley County | 13.163 |
| 13 | Boone County | 12.92 |
| 14 | Phillips County | 12.872 |
| 15 | Marion County | 12.304 |
| 16 | Drew County | 12.197 |
| 17 | Lafayette County | 12.155 |
| 18 | Cleveland County | 11.829 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 11.822 |
| 20 | Bradley County | 11.797 |
| 21 | Perry County | 11.673 |
| 22 | Clay County | 11.537 |
| 23 | Lawrence County | 11.342 |
| 24 | Fulton County | 11.253 |
| 25 | Union County | 11.098 |
| 26 | Faulkner County | 11.093 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 11.056 |
| 28 | Sebastian County | 10.949 |
| 29 | Randolph County | 10.851 |
| 30 | Miller County | 10.662 |
| 31 | Garland County | 10.598 |
| 32 | Saline County | 10.585 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 10.447 |
| 34 | Searcy County | 10.4 |
| 35 | Lee County | 10.315 |
| 36 | Prairie County | 10.116 |
| 37 | Lonoke County | 9.933 |
| 38 | Grant County | 9.902 |
| 39 | Baxter County | 9.82 |
| 40 | Pulaski County | 9.707 |
| 41 | Franklin County | 9.668 |
| 42 | Ouachita County | 9.66 |
| 43 | Cleburne County | 9.636 |
| 44 | Chicot County | 9.615 |
| 45 | St. Francis County | 9.586 |
| 46 | Cross County | 9.474 |
| 47 | Pope County | 9.452 |
| 48 | Poinsett County | 9.28 |
| 49 | Newton County | 9.177 |
| 50 | Stone County | 8.774 |
| 51 | Clark County | 8.729 |
| 52 | Washington County | 8.591 |
| 53 | Greene County | 8.386 |
| 54 | Crawford County | 8.376 |
| 55 | Conway County | 8.22 |
| 56 | Van Buren County | 8.17 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 7.839 |
| 58 | Little River County | 7.813 |
| 59 | White County | 7.8 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 7.689 |
| 61 | Madison County | 7.563 |
| 62 | Woodruff County | 7.521 |
| 63 | Benton County | 7.398 |
| 64 | Craighead County | 7.266 |
| 65 | Hempstead County | 7.203 |
| 66 | Johnson County | 7.04 |
| 67 | Mississippi County | 7.001 |
| 68 | Logan County | 6.732 |
| 69 | Arkansas County | 6.626 |
| 70 | Polk County | 6.401 |
| 71 | Independence County | 5.744 |
| 72 | Desha County | 5.615 |
| 73 | Howard County | 5.505 |
| 74 | Sevier County | 5.367 |
| 75 | Yell County | 4.883 |