# Counties in Colorado by job destruction rate, 2023

All 64 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/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Hinsdale County | 31.939 |
| 2 | San Juan County | 25.678 |
| 3 | Ouray County | 22.973 |
| 4 | Conejos County | 19.789 |
| 5 | Mineral County | 19.409 |
| 6 | Saguache County | 18.325 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 17.879 |
| 8 | Park County | 17.64 |
| 9 | Garfield County | 17.437 |
| 10 | Custer County | 16.69 |
| 11 | Elbert County | 16.579 |
| 12 | Delta County | 15.32 |
| 13 | Prowers County | 14.665 |
| 14 | Dolores County | 14.351 |
| 15 | Chaffee County | 14.204 |
| 16 | Teller County | 14.072 |
| 17 | Montezuma County | 14.023 |
| 18 | Arapahoe County | 13.902 |
| 19 | Broomfield County | 13.603 |
| 20 | Las Animas County | 13.406 |
| 21 | Cheyenne County | 13.277 |
| 22 | La Plata County | 13.152 |
| 23 | Weld County | 13.122 |
| 24 | Crowley County | 12.903 |
| 25 | Denver County | 12.768 |
| 26 | Boulder County | 12.684 |
| 27 | Fremont County | 12.492 |
| 28 | Montrose County | 12.375 |
| 29 | Archuleta County | 12.294 |
| 30 | Adams County | 11.997 |
| 31 | Washington County | 11.996 |
| 32 | El Paso County | 11.992 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 11.978 |
| 34 | Pitkin County | 11.84 |
| 35 | Lincoln County | 11.634 |
| 36 | Mesa County | 11.563 |
| 37 | Huerfano County | 11.53 |
| 38 | Grand County | 11.441 |
| 39 | Gunnison County | 11.413 |
| 40 | Larimer County | 10.847 |
| 41 | Pueblo County | 10.832 |
| 42 | Logan County | 10.737 |
| 43 | Phillips County | 10.684 |
| 44 | Kit Carson County | 10.638 |
| 45 | Douglas County | 10.536 |
| 46 | Lake County | 10.438 |
| 47 | Clear Creek County | 10.233 |
| 48 | Routt County | 10.201 |
| 49 | San Miguel County | 9.96 |
| 50 | Alamosa County | 9.913 |
| 51 | Morgan County | 9.778 |
| 52 | Rio Grande County | 9.635 |
| 53 | Eagle County | 9.579 |
| 54 | Kiowa County | 9.574 |
| 55 | Moffat County | 9.264 |
| 56 | Summit County | 9.194 |
| 57 | Costilla County | 8.973 |
| 58 | Sedgwick County | 8.141 |
| 59 | Baca County | 7.76 |
| 60 | Otero County | 7.539 |
| 61 | Rio Blanco County | 7.305 |
| 62 | Yuma County | 7.165 |
| 63 | Gilpin County | 7.107 |
| 64 | Bent County | 3.036 |