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Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate

Parke County had the highest job destruction rate of 92 counties in 2017, at 21.099%. Ohio County had the lowest, at 5.579%. The median was 10.523% and the figure for Indiana was 10.941%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.099Parke County
Lowest5.579Ohio County
Median10.52392 counties
Indiana10.941History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 6.98 %Allen County: 9.067 %Bartholomew County: 9.596 %Benton County: 16.18 %Blackford County: 8.12 %Boone County: 11.036 %Brown County: 17.311 %Carroll County: 7.007 %Cass County: 11.442 %Clark County: 12.506 %Clay County: 10.304 %Clinton County: 6.878 %Crawford County: 14.716 %Daviess County: 10.736 %Dearborn County: 13.868 %Decatur County: 6.62 %DeKalb County: 5.73 %Delaware County: 10.696 %Dubois County: 7.688 %Elkhart County: 10.368 %Fayette County: 17.301 %Floyd County: 14.335 %Fountain County: 9.578 %Franklin County: 7.674 %Fulton County: 11.569 %Gibson County: 8.332 %Grant County: 7.829 %Greene County: 11.93 %Hamilton County: 10.822 %Hancock County: 10.765 %Harrison County: 6.73 %Hendricks County: 9.687 %Henry County: 10.026 %Howard County: 9.884 %Huntington County: 11.295 %Jackson County: 10.63 %Jasper County: 11.371 %Jay County: 6.582 %Jefferson County: 12.727 %Jennings County: 14.306 %Johnson County: 11.202 %Knox County: 12.135 %Kosciusko County: 11.173 %LaGrange County: 13.122 %Lake County: 9.922 %LaPorte County: 10.685 %Lawrence County: 10.62 %Madison County: 11.995 %Marion County: 11.844 %Marshall County: 12.745 %Martin County: 9.108 %Miami County: 10.267 %Monroe County: 11.673 %Montgomery County: 10.022 %Morgan County: 10.215 %Newton County: 16.616 %Noble County: 13.804 %Ohio County: 5.579 %Orange County: 9.675 %Owen County: 10.023 %Parke County: 21.099 %Perry County: 10.332 %Pike County: 11.937 %Porter County: 10.566 %Posey County: 16.178 %Pulaski County: 7.335 %Putnam County: 10.479 %Randolph County: 19.293 %Ripley County: 15.81 %Rush County: 9.628 %St. Joseph County: 9.311 %Scott County: 7.21 %Shelby County: 12.302 %Spencer County: 10.383 %Starke County: 10.932 %Steuben County: 10.313 %Sullivan County: 8.564 %Switzerland County: 9.739 %Tippecanoe County: 10.63 %Tipton County: 9.925 %Union County: 11.022 %Vanderburgh County: 9.734 %Vermillion County: 8.907 %Vigo County: 9.11 %Wabash County: 9.259 %Warren County: 11.058 %Warrick County: 10.157 %Washington County: 16.512 %Wayne County: 13.235 %Wells County: 9.82 %White County: 11.607 %Whitley County: 8.688 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Parke County: 21.099 %Parke County21.099Randolph County: 19.293 %Randolph County19.293Brown County: 17.311 %Brown County17.311Fayette County: 17.301 %Fayette County17.301Newton County: 16.616 %Newton County16.616Washington County: 16.512 %Washington County16.512Benton County: 16.18 %Benton County16.18Posey County: 16.178 %Posey County16.178Ripley County: 15.81 %Ripley County15.81Crawford County: 14.716 %Crawford County14.716Floyd County: 14.335 %Floyd County14.335Jennings County: 14.306 %Jennings County14.306Dearborn County: 13.868 %Dearborn County13.868Noble County: 13.804 %Noble County13.804Wayne County: 13.235 %Wayne County13.235LaGrange County: 13.122 %LaGrange County13.122Marshall County: 12.745 %Marshall County12.745Jefferson County: 12.727 %Jefferson County12.727Clark County: 12.506 %Clark County12.506Shelby County: 12.302 %Shelby County12.302Knox County: 12.135 %Knox County12.135Madison County: 11.995 %Madison County11.995Pike County: 11.937 %Pike County11.937Greene County: 11.93 %Greene County11.93Marion County: 11.844 %Marion County11.844Monroe County: 11.673 %Monroe County11.673White County: 11.607 %White County11.607Fulton County: 11.569 %Fulton County11.569Cass County: 11.442 %Cass County11.442Jasper County: 11.371 %Jasper County11.371Huntington County: 11.295 %Huntington County11.295Johnson County: 11.202 %Johnson County11.202Kosciusko County: 11.173 %Kosciusko County11.173Warren County: 11.058 %Warren County11.058Boone County: 11.036 %Boone County11.036Union County: 11.022 %Union County11.022Starke County: 10.932 %Starke County10.932Hamilton County: 10.822 %Hamilton County10.822Hancock County: 10.765 %Hancock County10.765Daviess County: 10.736 %Daviess County10.736Parke County: 21.099 %Parke County21.099Randolph County: 19.293 %Randolph County19.293Brown County: 17.311 %Brown County17.311Fayette County: 17.301 %Fayette County17.301Newton County: 16.616 %Newton County16.616Washington County: 16.512 %Washington County16.512Benton County: 16.18 %Benton County16.18Posey County: 16.178 %Posey County16.178Ripley County: 15.81 %Ripley County15.81Crawford County: 14.716 %Crawford County14.716Floyd County: 14.335 %Floyd County14.335Jennings County: 14.306 %Jennings County14.306Dearborn County: 13.868 %Dearborn County13.868Noble County: 13.804 %Noble County13.804Wayne County: 13.235 %Wayne County13.235LaGrange County: 13.122 %LaGrange County13.122Marshall County: 12.745 %Marshall County12.745Jefferson County: 12.727 %Jefferson County12.727Clark County: 12.506 %Clark County12.506Shelby County: 12.302 %Shelby County12.302Knox County: 12.135 %Knox County12.135Madison County: 11.995 %Madison County11.995Pike County: 11.937 %Pike County11.937Greene County: 11.93 %Greene County11.93Marion County: 11.844 %Marion County11.844Monroe County: 11.673 %Monroe County11.673White County: 11.607 %White County11.607Fulton County: 11.569 %Fulton County11.569Cass County: 11.442 %Cass County11.442Jasper County: 11.371 %Jasper County11.371Huntington County: 11.295 %Huntington County11.295Johnson County: 11.202 %Johnson County11.202Kosciusko County: 11.173 %Kosciusko County11.173Warren County: 11.058 %Warren County11.058Boone County: 11.036 %Boone County11.036Union County: 11.022 %Union County11.022Starke County: 10.932 %Starke County10.932Hamilton County: 10.822 %Hamilton County10.822Hancock County: 10.765 %Hancock County10.765Daviess County: 10.736 %Daviess County10.736
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Parke County21.099+14.32 pts
2Randolph County19.293+4.96 pts
3Brown County17.311+4.06 pts
4Fayette County17.301+10.73 pts
5Newton County16.616+5.2 pts
6Washington County16.512+9.52 pts
7Benton County16.18+2.49 pts
8Posey County16.178+10.67 pts
9Ripley County15.81+8.61 pts
10Crawford County14.716+4.02 pts
11Floyd County14.335+5.67 pts
12Jennings County14.306+3.62 pts
13Dearborn County13.868+6.13 pts
14Noble County13.804+5.69 pts
15Wayne County13.235+2.89 pts
16LaGrange County13.122+4.53 pts
17Marshall County12.745+3.63 pts
18Jefferson County12.727+5.8 pts
19Clark County12.506+3.81 pts
20Shelby County12.302+4.88 pts
21Knox County12.135-0.51 pts
22Madison County11.995-0.01 pts
23Pike County11.937+1.93 pts
24Greene County11.93-3.32 pts
25Marion County11.844+0.09 pts
26Monroe County11.673-0.52 pts
27White County11.607-0.84 pts
28Fulton County11.569-1.35 pts
29Cass County11.442+3.05 pts
30Jasper County11.371+3.08 pts
31Huntington County11.295+3.75 pts
32Johnson County11.202+1.71 pts
33Kosciusko County11.173-0.03 pts
34Warren County11.058+0.34 pts
35Boone County11.036+1.77 pts
36Union County11.022+6.65 pts
37Starke County10.932+2.47 pts
38Hamilton County10.822+1.62 pts
39Hancock County10.765+1.81 pts
40Daviess County10.736+0.73 pts
41Delaware County10.696+0.68 pts
42LaPorte County10.685+2.43 pts
43Jackson County10.63+4.17 pts
43Tippecanoe County10.63+2.6 pts
45Lawrence County10.62-2.13 pts
46Porter County10.566+0.64 pts
47Putnam County10.479+4.86 pts
48Spencer County10.383+0.7 pts
49Elkhart County10.368+2.07 pts
50Perry County10.332+1.86 pts
51Steuben County10.313+1.42 pts
52Clay County10.304+3.89 pts
53Miami County10.267-1.58 pts
54Morgan County10.215-1.19 pts
55Warrick County10.157+0.1 pts
56Henry County10.026+3.13 pts
57Owen County10.023+3.92 pts
58Montgomery County10.022+0.89 pts
59Tipton County9.925-4.2 pts
60Lake County9.922-1.85 pts
61Howard County9.884+2.92 pts
62Wells County9.82+1.07 pts
63Switzerland County9.739+4.18 pts
64Vanderburgh County9.734+0.94 pts
65Hendricks County9.687-0.46 pts
66Orange County9.675-1.95 pts
67Rush County9.628-1.05 pts
68Bartholomew County9.596+1.46 pts
69Fountain County9.578-1.59 pts
70St. Joseph County9.311+0.73 pts
71Wabash County9.259+0.55 pts
72Vigo County9.11-1.55 pts
73Martin County9.108-7.53 pts
74Allen County9.067+1.05 pts
75Vermillion County8.907+1.57 pts
76Whitley County8.688-2.32 pts
77Sullivan County8.564-2.46 pts
78Gibson County8.332+1.96 pts
79Blackford County8.12-5.12 pts
80Grant County7.829-0.13 pts
81Dubois County7.688+0.79 pts
82Franklin County7.674-0.31 pts
83Pulaski County7.335-2.42 pts
84Scott County7.21-1.3 pts
85Carroll County7.007-0.88 pts
86Adams County6.98-2.05 pts
87Clinton County6.878-2.63 pts
88Harrison County6.73-1.93 pts
89Decatur County6.62+0.63 pts
90Jay County6.582-5.42 pts
91DeKalb County5.73-1.86 pts
92Ohio County5.579-2.03 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.

How to cite

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Parke County, with 21.099% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Ohio County, with 5.579% in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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.

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