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Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate

Starke County had the highest job destruction rate of 92 counties in 2018, at 26.686%. Warren County had the lowest, at 3.678%. The median was 9.95% and the figure for Indiana was 11.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest26.686Starke County
Lowest3.678Warren County
Median9.9592 counties
Indiana11.1History

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 8.789 %Allen County: 9.298 %Bartholomew County: 11.323 %Benton County: 6.881 %Blackford County: 9.023 %Boone County: 8.296 %Brown County: 14.598 %Carroll County: 6.734 %Cass County: 11.192 %Clark County: 10.778 %Clay County: 10.46 %Clinton County: 9.364 %Crawford County: 9.198 %Daviess County: 11.982 %Dearborn County: 10.613 %Decatur County: 9.303 %DeKalb County: 11.969 %Delaware County: 11.982 %Dubois County: 8.144 %Elkhart County: 8.817 %Fayette County: 13.323 %Floyd County: 10.188 %Fountain County: 9.286 %Franklin County: 10.505 %Fulton County: 9.664 %Gibson County: 5.966 %Grant County: 7.943 %Greene County: 11.306 %Hamilton County: 11.554 %Hancock County: 11.864 %Harrison County: 8.885 %Hendricks County: 14.062 %Henry County: 14.44 %Howard County: 9.406 %Huntington County: 8.469 %Jackson County: 7.003 %Jasper County: 20.228 %Jay County: 7.663 %Jefferson County: 7.889 %Jennings County: 10.076 %Johnson County: 11.027 %Knox County: 11.66 %Kosciusko County: 9.024 %LaGrange County: 6.365 %Lake County: 12.152 %LaPorte County: 11.563 %Lawrence County: 13.922 %Madison County: 9.639 %Marion County: 13.17 %Marshall County: 10.519 %Martin County: 9.469 %Miami County: 15.267 %Monroe County: 10.315 %Montgomery County: 6.514 %Morgan County: 15.026 %Newton County: 10.903 %Noble County: 11.168 %Ohio County: 13.122 %Orange County: 7.163 %Owen County: 8.489 %Parke County: 14.422 %Perry County: 10.852 %Pike County: 7.774 %Porter County: 11.521 %Posey County: 7.851 %Pulaski County: 5.017 %Putnam County: 9.432 %Randolph County: 12.662 %Ripley County: 9.911 %Rush County: 9.854 %St. Joseph County: 10.458 %Scott County: 9.191 %Shelby County: 10.005 %Spencer County: 9.66 %Starke County: 26.686 %Steuben County: 8.886 %Sullivan County: 14.458 %Switzerland County: 4.82 %Tippecanoe County: 11.323 %Tipton County: 13.207 %Union County: 6.418 %Vanderburgh County: 9.501 %Vermillion County: 15.929 %Vigo County: 9.546 %Wabash County: 9.33 %Warren County: 3.678 %Warrick County: 8.819 %Washington County: 9.069 %Wayne County: 8.461 %Wells County: 9.988 %White County: 10.666 %Whitley County: 10.104 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Starke County: 26.686 %Starke County26.686Jasper County: 20.228 %Jasper County20.228Vermillion County: 15.929 %Vermillion County15.929Miami County: 15.267 %Miami County15.267Morgan County: 15.026 %Morgan County15.026Brown County: 14.598 %Brown County14.598Sullivan County: 14.458 %Sullivan County14.458Henry County: 14.44 %Henry County14.44Parke County: 14.422 %Parke County14.422Hendricks County: 14.062 %Hendricks County14.062Lawrence County: 13.922 %Lawrence County13.922Fayette County: 13.323 %Fayette County13.323Tipton County: 13.207 %Tipton County13.207Marion County: 13.17 %Marion County13.17Ohio County: 13.122 %Ohio County13.122Randolph County: 12.662 %Randolph County12.662Lake County: 12.152 %Lake County12.152Daviess County: 11.982 %Daviess County11.982Delaware County: 11.982 %Delaware County11.982DeKalb County: 11.969 %DeKalb County11.969Hancock County: 11.864 %Hancock County11.864Knox County: 11.66 %Knox County11.66LaPorte County: 11.563 %LaPorte County11.563Hamilton County: 11.554 %Hamilton County11.554Porter County: 11.521 %Porter County11.521Bartholomew County: 11.323 %Bartholomew County11.323Tippecanoe County: 11.323 %Tippecanoe County11.323Greene County: 11.306 %Greene County11.306Cass County: 11.192 %Cass County11.192Noble County: 11.168 %Noble County11.168Johnson County: 11.027 %Johnson County11.027Newton County: 10.903 %Newton County10.903Perry County: 10.852 %Perry County10.852Clark County: 10.778 %Clark County10.778White County: 10.666 %White County10.666Dearborn County: 10.613 %Dearborn County10.613Marshall County: 10.519 %Marshall County10.519Franklin County: 10.505 %Franklin County10.505Clay County: 10.46 %Clay County10.46St. Joseph County: 10.458 %St. Joseph County10.458Starke County: 26.686 %Starke County26.686Jasper County: 20.228 %Jasper County20.228Vermillion County: 15.929 %Vermillion County15.929Miami County: 15.267 %Miami County15.267Morgan County: 15.026 %Morgan County15.026Brown County: 14.598 %Brown County14.598Sullivan County: 14.458 %Sullivan County14.458Henry County: 14.44 %Henry County14.44Parke County: 14.422 %Parke County14.422Hendricks County: 14.062 %Hendricks County14.062Lawrence County: 13.922 %Lawrence County13.922Fayette County: 13.323 %Fayette County13.323Tipton County: 13.207 %Tipton County13.207Marion County: 13.17 %Marion County13.17Ohio County: 13.122 %Ohio County13.122Randolph County: 12.662 %Randolph County12.662Lake County: 12.152 %Lake County12.152Daviess County: 11.982 %Daviess County11.982Delaware County: 11.982 %Delaware County11.982DeKalb County: 11.969 %DeKalb County11.969Hancock County: 11.864 %Hancock County11.864Knox County: 11.66 %Knox County11.66LaPorte County: 11.563 %LaPorte County11.563Hamilton County: 11.554 %Hamilton County11.554Porter County: 11.521 %Porter County11.521Bartholomew County: 11.323 %Bartholomew County11.323Tippecanoe County: 11.323 %Tippecanoe County11.323Greene County: 11.306 %Greene County11.306Cass County: 11.192 %Cass County11.192Noble County: 11.168 %Noble County11.168Johnson County: 11.027 %Johnson County11.027Newton County: 10.903 %Newton County10.903Perry County: 10.852 %Perry County10.852Clark County: 10.778 %Clark County10.778White County: 10.666 %White County10.666Dearborn County: 10.613 %Dearborn County10.613Marshall County: 10.519 %Marshall County10.519Franklin County: 10.505 %Franklin County10.505Clay County: 10.46 %Clay County10.46St. Joseph County: 10.458 %St. Joseph County10.458
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Starke County26.686+15.75 pts
2Jasper County20.228+8.86 pts
3Vermillion County15.929+7.02 pts
4Miami County15.267+5 pts
5Morgan County15.026+4.81 pts
6Brown County14.598-2.71 pts
7Sullivan County14.458+5.89 pts
8Henry County14.44+4.41 pts
9Parke County14.422-6.68 pts
10Hendricks County14.062+4.38 pts
11Lawrence County13.922+3.3 pts
12Fayette County13.323-3.98 pts
13Tipton County13.207+3.28 pts
14Marion County13.17+1.33 pts
15Ohio County13.122+7.54 pts
16Randolph County12.662-6.63 pts
17Lake County12.152+2.23 pts
18Daviess County11.982+1.25 pts
18Delaware County11.982+1.29 pts
20DeKalb County11.969+6.24 pts
21Hancock County11.864+1.1 pts
22Knox County11.66-0.47 pts
23LaPorte County11.563+0.88 pts
24Hamilton County11.554+0.73 pts
25Porter County11.521+0.96 pts
26Bartholomew County11.323+1.73 pts
26Tippecanoe County11.323+0.69 pts
28Greene County11.306-0.62 pts
29Cass County11.192-0.25 pts
30Noble County11.168-2.64 pts
31Johnson County11.027-0.18 pts
32Newton County10.903-5.71 pts
33Perry County10.852+0.52 pts
34Clark County10.778-1.73 pts
35White County10.666-0.94 pts
36Dearborn County10.613-3.26 pts
37Marshall County10.519-2.23 pts
38Franklin County10.505+2.83 pts
39Clay County10.46+0.16 pts
40St. Joseph County10.458+1.15 pts
41Monroe County10.315-1.36 pts
42Floyd County10.188-4.15 pts
43Whitley County10.104+1.42 pts
44Jennings County10.076-4.23 pts
45Shelby County10.005-2.3 pts
46Wells County9.988+0.17 pts
47Ripley County9.911-5.9 pts
48Rush County9.854+0.23 pts
49Fulton County9.664-1.91 pts
50Spencer County9.66-0.72 pts
51Madison County9.639-2.36 pts
52Vigo County9.546+0.44 pts
53Vanderburgh County9.501-0.23 pts
54Martin County9.469+0.36 pts
55Putnam County9.432-1.05 pts
56Howard County9.406-0.48 pts
57Clinton County9.364+2.49 pts
58Wabash County9.33+0.07 pts
59Decatur County9.303+2.68 pts
60Allen County9.298+0.23 pts
61Fountain County9.286-0.29 pts
62Crawford County9.198-5.52 pts
63Scott County9.191+1.98 pts
64Washington County9.069-7.44 pts
65Kosciusko County9.024-2.15 pts
66Blackford County9.023+0.9 pts
67Steuben County8.886-1.43 pts
68Harrison County8.885+2.15 pts
69Warrick County8.819-1.34 pts
70Elkhart County8.817-1.55 pts
71Adams County8.789+1.81 pts
72Owen County8.489-1.53 pts
73Huntington County8.469-2.83 pts
74Wayne County8.461-4.77 pts
75Boone County8.296-2.74 pts
76Dubois County8.144+0.46 pts
77Grant County7.943+0.11 pts
78Jefferson County7.889-4.84 pts
79Posey County7.851-8.33 pts
80Pike County7.774-4.16 pts
81Jay County7.663+1.08 pts
82Orange County7.163-2.51 pts
83Jackson County7.003-3.63 pts
84Benton County6.881-9.3 pts
85Carroll County6.734-0.27 pts
86Montgomery County6.514-3.51 pts
87Union County6.418-4.6 pts
88LaGrange County6.365-6.76 pts
89Gibson County5.966-2.37 pts
90Pulaski County5.017-2.32 pts
91Switzerland County4.82-4.92 pts
92Warren County3.678-7.38 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Starke County, with 26.686% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Warren County, with 3.678% in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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