# Counties in Florida by job destruction rate, 2023

All 67 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/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Taylor County | 18.611 |
| 2 | Lafayette County | 18.491 |
| 3 | Walton County | 15.554 |
| 4 | Calhoun County | 14.234 |
| 5 | Jefferson County | 14.051 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 13.777 |
| 7 | St. Johns County | 13.717 |
| 8 | Bradford County | 13.677 |
| 9 | Charlotte County | 13.614 |
| 10 | Nassau County | 13.401 |
| 11 | Madison County | 13.327 |
| 12 | Hardee County | 13.074 |
| 13 | Seminole County | 12.975 |
| 14 | Palm Beach County | 12.912 |
| 15 | Lee County | 12.568 |
| 16 | Okeechobee County | 12.345 |
| 17 | Martin County | 12.229 |
| 18 | Santa Rosa County | 12.206 |
| 19 | Okaloosa County | 12.055 |
| 20 | Broward County | 11.992 |
| 21 | Gadsden County | 11.913 |
| 22 | Putnam County | 11.788 |
| 23 | Citrus County | 11.719 |
| 24 | Wakulla County | 11.718 |
| 25 | Pinellas County | 11.678 |
| 26 | Lake County | 11.666 |
| 27 | Volusia County | 11.658 |
| 28 | Sarasota County | 11.642 |
| 29 | Pasco County | 11.628 |
| 30 | Marion County | 11.531 |
| 31 | Holmes County | 11.529 |
| 32 | Manatee County | 11.485 |
| 33 | Miami-Dade County | 11.474 |
| 34 | Orange County | 11.46 |
| 35 | Leon County | 11.436 |
| 36 | Hernando County | 11.414 |
| 37 | Hillsborough County | 11.391 |
| 38 | Duval County | 11.363 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 11.359 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 11.339 |
| 41 | Washington County | 11.302 |
| 42 | St. Lucie County | 11.048 |
| 43 | Gilchrist County | 10.984 |
| 44 | Brevard County | 10.916 |
| 45 | Collier County | 10.905 |
| 46 | Bay County | 10.89 |
| 47 | Indian River County | 10.852 |
| 48 | Gulf County | 10.849 |
| 49 | Clay County | 10.791 |
| 50 | Levy County | 10.661 |
| 51 | Flagler County | 10.474 |
| 52 | Highlands County | 10.265 |
| 53 | Union County | 10.253 |
| 54 | Hamilton County | 10.201 |
| 55 | Liberty County | 10.099 |
| 56 | Glades County | 10.053 |
| 57 | Escambia County | 10.046 |
| 58 | Alachua County | 9.904 |
| 59 | Columbia County | 9.612 |
| 60 | Sumter County | 9.598 |
| 61 | Dixie County | 9.558 |
| 62 | Osceola County | 9.215 |
| 63 | Polk County | 9.186 |
| 64 | Hendry County | 9.087 |
| 65 | Baker County | 7.821 |
| 66 | Suwannee County | 6.838 |
| 67 | DeSoto County | 5.893 |