# Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate, 2023

All 92 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/indiana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Lawrence County | 19.386 |
| 2 | LaGrange County | 17.564 |
| 3 | Dearborn County | 14.976 |
| 4 | Tipton County | 14.225 |
| 5 | Elkhart County | 13.954 |
| 6 | Hamilton County | 13.862 |
| 7 | Benton County | 13.486 |
| 8 | LaPorte County | 13.432 |
| 9 | Hancock County | 12.488 |
| 10 | Ripley County | 12.425 |
| 11 | St. Joseph County | 12.4 |
| 12 | Martin County | 12.055 |
| 13 | Franklin County | 12.051 |
| 14 | Jackson County | 12.009 |
| 15 | Cass County | 11.997 |
| 16 | Orange County | 11.819 |
| 17 | Floyd County | 11.818 |
| 18 | Delaware County | 11.813 |
| 19 | Clark County | 11.632 |
| 20 | Warrick County | 11.609 |
| 21 | Morgan County | 11.582 |
| 22 | Hendricks County | 11.543 |
| 23 | Lake County | 11.465 |
| 24 | Marion County | 11.374 |
| 25 | Shelby County | 11.111 |
| 26 | Fayette County | 11.031 |
| 27 | Spencer County | 10.93 |
| 28 | Rush County | 10.696 |
| 29 | Parke County | 10.573 |
| 30 | Jasper County | 10.533 |
| 31 | Brown County | 10.432 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 10.374 |
| 33 | Vanderburgh County | 10.318 |
| 34 | Steuben County | 10.286 |
| 35 | Dubois County | 10.174 |
| 36 | Madison County | 10.099 |
| 37 | Switzerland County | 10.091 |
| 38 | Vigo County | 10.054 |
| 39 | Randolph County | 9.994 |
| 40 | Grant County | 9.984 |
| 40 | Newton County | 9.984 |
| 42 | Johnson County | 9.947 |
| 43 | Owen County | 9.894 |
| 44 | Greene County | 9.869 |
| 45 | Allen County | 9.819 |
| 46 | Knox County | 9.719 |
| 47 | Kosciusko County | 9.633 |
| 48 | Ohio County | 9.596 |
| 49 | Jefferson County | 9.559 |
| 50 | Monroe County | 9.487 |
| 51 | Boone County | 9.482 |
| 52 | DeKalb County | 9.424 |
| 53 | Union County | 9.253 |
| 54 | Clay County | 9.248 |
| 55 | Porter County | 9.223 |
| 56 | Jay County | 9.221 |
| 57 | Blackford County | 8.995 |
| 58 | Henry County | 8.917 |
| 59 | Fulton County | 8.889 |
| 60 | Vermillion County | 8.844 |
| 61 | Bartholomew County | 8.84 |
| 62 | Noble County | 8.838 |
| 63 | Starke County | 8.826 |
| 64 | White County | 8.737 |
| 65 | Pike County | 8.687 |
| 66 | Washington County | 8.676 |
| 67 | Adams County | 8.557 |
| 68 | Tippecanoe County | 8.358 |
| 69 | Huntington County | 8.323 |
| 70 | Marshall County | 8.32 |
| 71 | Wabash County | 8.246 |
| 72 | Perry County | 8.231 |
| 73 | Miami County | 8.14 |
| 74 | Fountain County | 8.134 |
| 75 | Posey County | 8.131 |
| 76 | Daviess County | 7.904 |
| 77 | Crawford County | 7.674 |
| 78 | Howard County | 7.566 |
| 79 | Harrison County | 7.408 |
| 80 | Scott County | 7.309 |
| 81 | Sullivan County | 7.27 |
| 82 | Clinton County | 7.163 |
| 83 | Jennings County | 7.027 |
| 84 | Whitley County | 6.741 |
| 85 | Decatur County | 6.733 |
| 86 | Putnam County | 6.618 |
| 87 | Montgomery County | 6.363 |
| 88 | Carroll County | 6.106 |
| 89 | Pulaski County | 5.978 |
| 90 | Warren County | 5.778 |
| 91 | Wells County | 5.435 |
| 92 | Gibson County | 5.124 |