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Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate

Wells County had the highest job destruction rate of 92 counties in 2015, at 26.06%. Gibson County had the lowest, at 5.626%. The median was 9.368% and the figure for Indiana was 9.898%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest26.06Wells County
Lowest5.626Gibson County
Median9.36892 counties
Indiana9.898History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 6.06 %Allen County: 11.442 %Bartholomew County: 7.731 %Benton County: 8.953 %Blackford County: 8.863 %Boone County: 10.819 %Brown County: 12.396 %Carroll County: 6.771 %Cass County: 5.986 %Clark County: 10.567 %Clay County: 12.254 %Clinton County: 7.463 %Crawford County: 6.946 %Daviess County: 11.335 %Dearborn County: 8.868 %Decatur County: 7.444 %DeKalb County: 6.534 %Delaware County: 10.637 %Dubois County: 6.306 %Elkhart County: 8.674 %Fayette County: 8.736 %Floyd County: 9.102 %Fountain County: 12.918 %Franklin County: 14.909 %Fulton County: 9.316 %Gibson County: 5.626 %Grant County: 9.247 %Greene County: 15.66 %Hamilton County: 11.087 %Hancock County: 8.117 %Harrison County: 9.297 %Hendricks County: 12.37 %Henry County: 9.623 %Howard County: 8.265 %Huntington County: 8.296 %Jackson County: 7.761 %Jasper County: 9.657 %Jay County: 8.094 %Jefferson County: 5.689 %Jennings County: 9.692 %Johnson County: 8.959 %Knox County: 13.296 %Kosciusko County: 8.956 %LaGrange County: 10.798 %Lake County: 10.174 %LaPorte County: 10.371 %Lawrence County: 12.483 %Madison County: 9.585 %Marion County: 11.001 %Marshall County: 7.547 %Martin County: 11.583 %Miami County: 9.57 %Monroe County: 9.892 %Montgomery County: 7.767 %Morgan County: 10.879 %Newton County: 13.657 %Noble County: 7.079 %Ohio County: 12.096 %Orange County: 13.513 %Owen County: 13.662 %Parke County: 9.395 %Perry County: 13.447 %Pike County: 24.118 %Porter County: 9.318 %Posey County: 5.798 %Pulaski County: 8.674 %Putnam County: 11.965 %Randolph County: 14.237 %Ripley County: 8.863 %Rush County: 15.843 %St. Joseph County: 8.474 %Scott County: 11.687 %Shelby County: 8.674 %Spencer County: 9.903 %Starke County: 11.49 %Steuben County: 9.512 %Sullivan County: 6.876 %Switzerland County: 19.065 %Tippecanoe County: 8.96 %Tipton County: 7.882 %Union County: 10.4 %Vanderburgh County: 9.818 %Vermillion County: 8.728 %Vigo County: 12.649 %Wabash County: 13.415 %Warren County: 8.922 %Warrick County: 8.319 %Washington County: 9.34 %Wayne County: 8.377 %Wells County: 26.06 %White County: 9.254 %Whitley County: 7.165 %
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%, 2015. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Wells County: 26.06 %Wells County26.06Pike County: 24.118 %Pike County24.118Switzerland County: 19.065 %Switzerland County19.065Rush County: 15.843 %Rush County15.843Greene County: 15.66 %Greene County15.66Franklin County: 14.909 %Franklin County14.909Randolph County: 14.237 %Randolph County14.237Owen County: 13.662 %Owen County13.662Newton County: 13.657 %Newton County13.657Orange County: 13.513 %Orange County13.513Perry County: 13.447 %Perry County13.447Wabash County: 13.415 %Wabash County13.415Knox County: 13.296 %Knox County13.296Fountain County: 12.918 %Fountain County12.918Vigo County: 12.649 %Vigo County12.649Lawrence County: 12.483 %Lawrence County12.483Brown County: 12.396 %Brown County12.396Hendricks County: 12.37 %Hendricks County12.37Clay County: 12.254 %Clay County12.254Ohio County: 12.096 %Ohio County12.096Putnam County: 11.965 %Putnam County11.965Scott County: 11.687 %Scott County11.687Martin County: 11.583 %Martin County11.583Starke County: 11.49 %Starke County11.49Allen County: 11.442 %Allen County11.442Daviess County: 11.335 %Daviess County11.335Hamilton County: 11.087 %Hamilton County11.087Marion County: 11.001 %Marion County11.001Morgan County: 10.879 %Morgan County10.879Boone County: 10.819 %Boone County10.819LaGrange County: 10.798 %LaGrange County10.798Delaware County: 10.637 %Delaware County10.637Clark County: 10.567 %Clark County10.567Union County: 10.4 %Union County10.4LaPorte County: 10.371 %LaPorte County10.371Lake County: 10.174 %Lake County10.174Spencer County: 9.903 %Spencer County9.903Monroe County: 9.892 %Monroe County9.892Vanderburgh County: 9.818 %Vanderburgh County9.818Jennings County: 9.692 %Jennings County9.692Wells County: 26.06 %Wells County26.06Pike County: 24.118 %Pike County24.118Switzerland County: 19.065 %Switzerland County19.065Rush County: 15.843 %Rush County15.843Greene County: 15.66 %Greene County15.66Franklin County: 14.909 %Franklin County14.909Randolph County: 14.237 %Randolph County14.237Owen County: 13.662 %Owen County13.662Newton County: 13.657 %Newton County13.657Orange County: 13.513 %Orange County13.513Perry County: 13.447 %Perry County13.447Wabash County: 13.415 %Wabash County13.415Knox County: 13.296 %Knox County13.296Fountain County: 12.918 %Fountain County12.918Vigo County: 12.649 %Vigo County12.649Lawrence County: 12.483 %Lawrence County12.483Brown County: 12.396 %Brown County12.396Hendricks County: 12.37 %Hendricks County12.37Clay County: 12.254 %Clay County12.254Ohio County: 12.096 %Ohio County12.096Putnam County: 11.965 %Putnam County11.965Scott County: 11.687 %Scott County11.687Martin County: 11.583 %Martin County11.583Starke County: 11.49 %Starke County11.49Allen County: 11.442 %Allen County11.442Daviess County: 11.335 %Daviess County11.335Hamilton County: 11.087 %Hamilton County11.087Marion County: 11.001 %Marion County11.001Morgan County: 10.879 %Morgan County10.879Boone County: 10.819 %Boone County10.819LaGrange County: 10.798 %LaGrange County10.798Delaware County: 10.637 %Delaware County10.637Clark County: 10.567 %Clark County10.567Union County: 10.4 %Union County10.4LaPorte County: 10.371 %LaPorte County10.371Lake County: 10.174 %Lake County10.174Spencer County: 9.903 %Spencer County9.903Monroe County: 9.892 %Monroe County9.892Vanderburgh County: 9.818 %Vanderburgh County9.818Jennings County: 9.692 %Jennings County9.692
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Wells County26.06+22.36 pts
2Pike County24.118+14.47 pts
3Switzerland County19.065+1.94 pts
4Rush County15.843+7.22 pts
5Greene County15.66+4.16 pts
6Franklin County14.909+7.95 pts
7Randolph County14.237+6.18 pts
8Owen County13.662+1.73 pts
9Newton County13.657+0.04 pts
10Orange County13.513-18.22 pts
11Perry County13.447+6.57 pts
12Wabash County13.415+4.44 pts
13Knox County13.296+4.45 pts
14Fountain County12.918-1.75 pts
15Vigo County12.649+2.88 pts
16Lawrence County12.483-5.33 pts
17Brown County12.396+0.09 pts
18Hendricks County12.37+4.23 pts
19Clay County12.254+4.23 pts
20Ohio County12.096+2.03 pts
21Putnam County11.965+2.59 pts
22Scott County11.687-1.04 pts
23Martin County11.583-7.34 pts
24Starke County11.49-3.28 pts
25Allen County11.442+2.8 pts
26Daviess County11.335+2.55 pts
27Hamilton County11.087+1.35 pts
28Marion County11.001+0.98 pts
29Morgan County10.879-0.16 pts
30Boone County10.819-0.25 pts
31LaGrange County10.798+4.2 pts
32Delaware County10.637+1.55 pts
33Clark County10.567+1.34 pts
34Union County10.4+4.14 pts
35LaPorte County10.371-2.62 pts
36Lake County10.174-1.89 pts
37Spencer County9.903-2.49 pts
38Monroe County9.892-1.33 pts
39Vanderburgh County9.818+1.3 pts
40Jennings County9.692-0.69 pts
41Jasper County9.657+1.93 pts
42Henry County9.623-0.98 pts
43Madison County9.585-3.11 pts
44Miami County9.57-0.04 pts
45Steuben County9.512+2.5 pts
46Parke County9.395-4.8 pts
47Washington County9.34+1.4 pts
48Porter County9.318+0.03 pts
49Fulton County9.316+0.54 pts
50Harrison County9.297+2.19 pts
51White County9.254-1.41 pts
52Grant County9.247+2.89 pts
53Floyd County9.102-4.18 pts
54Tippecanoe County8.96-1.94 pts
55Johnson County8.959-0.4 pts
56Kosciusko County8.956+0.04 pts
57Benton County8.953-4.58 pts
58Warren County8.922+1.08 pts
59Dearborn County8.868-8.75 pts
60Blackford County8.863-3.57 pts
60Ripley County8.863-5.99 pts
62Fayette County8.736+2.17 pts
63Vermillion County8.728-7.04 pts
64Elkhart County8.674+0.08 pts
64Pulaski County8.674-2.66 pts
64Shelby County8.674-7.39 pts
67St. Joseph County8.474+0.54 pts
68Wayne County8.377-1.95 pts
69Warrick County8.319-0.71 pts
70Huntington County8.296-1.59 pts
71Howard County8.265+0.37 pts
72Hancock County8.117-2.39 pts
73Jay County8.094+3.33 pts
74Tipton County7.882+0.04 pts
75Montgomery County7.767-0.26 pts
76Jackson County7.761+0.05 pts
77Bartholomew County7.731+0.32 pts
78Marshall County7.547+0.86 pts
79Clinton County7.463+0.14 pts
80Decatur County7.444-3.93 pts
81Whitley County7.165+1.12 pts
82Noble County7.079+1.43 pts
83Crawford County6.946+0.11 pts
84Sullivan County6.876-17.06 pts
85Carroll County6.771-2.56 pts
86DeKalb County6.534-1.37 pts
87Dubois County6.306-3.86 pts
88Adams County6.06-1.15 pts
89Cass County5.986-1.43 pts
90Posey County5.798-7.99 pts
91Jefferson County5.689-0.54 pts
92Gibson County5.626-0.93 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.

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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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate, 2015 [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/indiana-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Wells County, with 26.06% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Gibson County, with 5.626% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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