# Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate, 2023

All 9 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/connecticut-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 20.366 |
| 2 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 15.091 |
| 3 | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 12.369 |
| 4 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 11.571 |
| 5 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 10.309 |
| 6 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 9.925 |
| 7 | Capitol Planning Region | 9.56 |
| 8 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 9.032 |
| 9 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 7.517 |