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Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate

Western Connecticut Planning Region had the highest job destruction rate of 9 counties in 2012, at 11.811%. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region had the lowest, at 8.528%. The median was 10.666% and the figure for Connecticut was 10.759%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.811Western Connecticut Planning Region
Lowest8.528Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Median10.6669 counties
Connecticut10.759History

Map of counties, 2012

Capitol Planning Region: 10.936 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 8.985 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 9.119 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 10.249 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 10.666 %Northwest Hills Planning Region: 10.942 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.163 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.528 %Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.811 %
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%, 2012. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2012

Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.811 %Western Connecticut Planning Regi…11.811South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.163 %South Central Connecticut Plannin…11.163Northwest Hills Planning Region: 10.942 %Northwest Hills Planning Region10.942Capitol Planning Region: 10.936 %Capitol Planning Region10.936Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 10.666 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning…10.666Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 10.249 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region10.249Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 9.119 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Pl…9.119Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 8.985 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region8.985Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.528 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning…8.528Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.811 %Western Connecticut Planning Region11.811South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.163 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region11.163Northwest Hills Planning Region: 10.942 %Northwest Hills Planning Region10.942Capitol Planning Region: 10.936 %Capitol Planning Region10.936Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 10.666 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region10.666Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 10.249 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region10.249Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 9.119 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region9.119Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 8.985 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region8.985Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.528 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region8.528
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Western Connecticut Planning Region11.811-0.33 pts
2South Central Connecticut Planning Region11.163+1.53 pts
3Northwest Hills Planning Region10.942-0.84 pts
4Capitol Planning Region10.936-0.8 pts
5Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region10.666+0.74 pts
6Naugatuck Valley Planning Region10.249-0.25 pts
7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region9.119-2.89 pts
8Greater Bridgeport Planning Region8.985-1.65 pts
9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region8.528-0.25 pts

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About this ranking

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.

A gross flow: jobs added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate, 2012) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate, 2012. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/connecticut-counties?period=2012. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate, 2012. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/connecticut-counties?period=2012.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Connecticut by job destruction rate, 2012 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/connecticut-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Western Connecticut Planning Region, with 11.811% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, with 8.528% in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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