# Counties in California by job destruction rate, 2023

All 58 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/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Sierra County | 19.91 |
| 2 | Trinity County | 18.487 |
| 3 | Alpine County | 17.614 |
| 4 | Mariposa County | 16.561 |
| 5 | Nevada County | 15.176 |
| 6 | Plumas County | 15.126 |
| 7 | Lassen County | 15.046 |
| 8 | Calaveras County | 14.894 |
| 9 | Sutter County | 13.669 |
| 10 | Lake County | 13.663 |
| 11 | Placer County | 13.436 |
| 12 | San Francisco County | 13.336 |
| 13 | Colusa County | 13.316 |
| 14 | Madera County | 13.196 |
| 15 | Amador County | 12.99 |
| 16 | Mendocino County | 12.879 |
| 17 | Orange County | 12.856 |
| 18 | San Luis Obispo County | 12.843 |
| 19 | El Dorado County | 12.83 |
| 20 | Stanislaus County | 12.67 |
| 21 | Humboldt County | 12.609 |
| 22 | Ventura County | 12.525 |
| 23 | Santa Barbara County | 12.405 |
| 24 | Marin County | 12.391 |
| 25 | Riverside County | 12.352 |
| 26 | Sacramento County | 12.286 |
| 27 | Sonoma County | 12.133 |
| 28 | San Mateo County | 12.103 |
| 29 | Los Angeles County | 12.07 |
| 30 | Contra Costa County | 12.018 |
| 31 | Siskiyou County | 11.971 |
| 32 | Imperial County | 11.781 |
| 33 | Tuolumne County | 11.718 |
| 34 | Santa Cruz County | 11.706 |
| 35 | Shasta County | 11.667 |
| 36 | Butte County | 11.543 |
| 37 | San Joaquin County | 11.537 |
| 38 | Fresno County | 11.312 |
| 39 | Glenn County | 11.308 |
| 40 | San Bernardino County | 11.283 |
| 41 | Modoc County | 11.278 |
| 42 | Alameda County | 11.185 |
| 43 | Kern County | 11.147 |
| 44 | Solano County | 11.134 |
| 45 | San Diego County | 11.097 |
| 46 | Tulare County | 11.045 |
| 47 | San Benito County | 10.974 |
| 47 | Yolo County | 10.974 |
| 49 | Yuba County | 10.838 |
| 50 | Merced County | 10.7 |
| 51 | Mono County | 10.632 |
| 52 | Del Norte County | 10.45 |
| 53 | Santa Clara County | 10.439 |
| 54 | Monterey County | 10.438 |
| 55 | Tehama County | 10.202 |
| 56 | Napa County | 10.087 |
| 57 | Inyo County | 9.531 |
| 58 | Kings County | 9.282 |