# Counties in Idaho by job destruction rate, 2023

All 44 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/idaho-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Camas County | 24.473 |
| 2 | Boise County | 23.909 |
| 3 | Adams County | 21.349 |
| 4 | Lemhi County | 19.688 |
| 5 | Custer County | 19.139 |
| 6 | Teton County | 17.294 |
| 7 | Idaho County | 15.665 |
| 8 | Elmore County | 15.594 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 15.016 |
| 10 | Owyhee County | 14.965 |
| 11 | Fremont County | 14.956 |
| 12 | Canyon County | 14.467 |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 13.749 |
| 14 | Washington County | 13.628 |
| 15 | Gem County | 13.568 |
| 16 | Bonner County | 13.436 |
| 17 | Gooding County | 12.517 |
| 18 | Kootenai County | 12.483 |
| 19 | Bear Lake County | 12.477 |
| 20 | Clark County | 12.389 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 11.953 |
| 22 | Blaine County | 11.879 |
| 23 | Bannock County | 11.686 |
| 24 | Lewis County | 11.633 |
| 25 | Boundary County | 11.43 |
| 26 | Bingham County | 11.356 |
| 27 | Nez Perce County | 11.35 |
| 28 | Twin Falls County | 11.33 |
| 29 | Valley County | 11.314 |
| 30 | Oneida County | 11.185 |
| 31 | Ada County | 11.053 |
| 32 | Benewah County | 10.638 |
| 33 | Clearwater County | 10.462 |
| 34 | Latah County | 10.017 |
| 35 | Power County | 10.007 |
| 36 | Payette County | 9.74 |
| 37 | Jerome County | 9.63 |
| 38 | Minidoka County | 9.254 |
| 39 | Bonneville County | 9 |
| 40 | Shoshone County | 8.974 |
| 41 | Cassia County | 8.828 |
| 42 | Madison County | 8.734 |
| 43 | Caribou County | 6.898 |
| 44 | Butte County | 5.476 |