# Counties in Illinois by job destruction rate, 2023

All 102 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Pulaski County | 19.522 |
| 2 | Johnson County | 18.563 |
| 3 | Cumberland County | 14.274 |
| 4 | Washington County | 13.707 |
| 5 | Saline County | 13.696 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 13.469 |
| 7 | Gallatin County | 13.231 |
| 8 | Mercer County | 13.033 |
| 9 | Greene County | 12.903 |
| 10 | Monroe County | 12.852 |
| 11 | Stark County | 12.367 |
| 12 | Sangamon County | 12.349 |
| 13 | Macon County | 12.228 |
| 14 | Marshall County | 12.226 |
| 15 | Carroll County | 12.204 |
| 16 | Grundy County | 12.136 |
| 17 | Pope County | 12.115 |
| 18 | Moultrie County | 11.994 |
| 19 | Hancock County | 11.765 |
| 20 | Madison County | 11.705 |
| 21 | Iroquois County | 11.698 |
| 22 | Ford County | 11.621 |
| 23 | Mason County | 11.602 |
| 24 | Alexander County | 11.561 |
| 25 | Bond County | 11.465 |
| 26 | Jersey County | 11.448 |
| 27 | Union County | 11.396 |
| 28 | McHenry County | 11.026 |
| 29 | Clinton County | 10.979 |
| 30 | Cook County | 10.971 |
| 31 | DeKalb County | 10.93 |
| 32 | Livingston County | 10.866 |
| 33 | St. Clair County | 10.826 |
| 34 | Calhoun County | 10.805 |
| 35 | DuPage County | 10.785 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 10.771 |
| 37 | Kane County | 10.681 |
| 38 | Vermilion County | 10.602 |
| 39 | Menard County | 10.508 |
| 40 | Marion County | 10.367 |
| 41 | Jo Daviess County | 10.352 |
| 42 | Knox County | 10.283 |
| 43 | Champaign County | 10 |
| 44 | Clark County | 9.958 |
| 45 | Fulton County | 9.955 |
| 46 | Whiteside County | 9.931 |
| 47 | Will County | 9.872 |
| 48 | Kendall County | 9.737 |
| 49 | Wabash County | 9.62 |
| 50 | LaSalle County | 9.517 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 9.457 |
| 52 | Woodford County | 9.37 |
| 53 | McDonough County | 9.367 |
| 54 | Tazewell County | 9.366 |
| 55 | Williamson County | 9.351 |
| 56 | Clay County | 9.34 |
| 57 | Shelby County | 9.222 |
| 58 | Schuyler County | 9.218 |
| 59 | Hamilton County | 9.217 |
| 60 | Logan County | 9.176 |
| 61 | Coles County | 9.026 |
| 62 | Morgan County | 9.013 |
| 63 | Macoupin County | 9.01 |
| 64 | Henderson County | 8.96 |
| 65 | Adams County | 8.94 |
| 66 | Jasper County | 8.887 |
| 67 | Christian County | 8.859 |
| 68 | Stephenson County | 8.847 |
| 69 | Bureau County | 8.797 |
| 70 | White County | 8.741 |
| 71 | Douglas County | 8.659 |
| 72 | Rock Island County | 8.622 |
| 73 | McLean County | 8.555 |
| 74 | Lawrence County | 8.55 |
| 75 | Richland County | 8.472 |
| 76 | Kankakee County | 8.398 |
| 77 | Lake County | 8.393 |
| 78 | Wayne County | 8.211 |
| 79 | Fayette County | 8.008 |
| 80 | Peoria County | 7.62 |
| 81 | Hardin County | 7.544 |
| 82 | Winnebago County | 7.494 |
| 83 | Piatt County | 7.423 |
| 84 | Ogle County | 7.038 |
| 85 | Perry County | 6.981 |
| 86 | De Witt County | 6.878 |
| 87 | Pike County | 6.702 |
| 88 | Massac County | 6.601 |
| 89 | Henry County | 6.591 |
| 90 | Boone County | 6.581 |
| 91 | Putnam County | 6.431 |
| 92 | Randolph County | 6.058 |
| 93 | Warren County | 6.024 |
| 94 | Scott County | 5.766 |
| 95 | Jefferson County | 5.635 |
| 96 | Effingham County | 5.548 |
| 97 | Lee County | 5.504 |
| 98 | Edgar County | 5.28 |
| 99 | Cass County | 5.156 |
| 100 | Edwards County | 4.81 |
| 101 | Crawford County | 4.607 |
| 102 | Brown County | 3.425 |