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Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate

Brown County had the highest job destruction rate of 92 counties in 2019, at 36.203%. Pulaski County had the lowest, at 4.365%. The median was 8.566% and the figure for Indiana was 9.216%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest36.203Brown County
Lowest4.365Pulaski County
Median8.56692 counties
Indiana9.216History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 5.898 %Allen County: 7.672 %Bartholomew County: 10.804 %Benton County: 16.585 %Blackford County: 6.892 %Boone County: 8.434 %Brown County: 36.203 %Carroll County: 5.02 %Cass County: 7.11 %Clark County: 11.435 %Clay County: 8.198 %Clinton County: 6.386 %Crawford County: 9.695 %Daviess County: 7.915 %Dearborn County: 9.619 %Decatur County: 10.2 %DeKalb County: 14.906 %Delaware County: 10.647 %Dubois County: 7.426 %Elkhart County: 12.984 %Fayette County: 10.667 %Floyd County: 8.537 %Fountain County: 9.741 %Franklin County: 5.75 %Fulton County: 6.65 %Gibson County: 7.858 %Grant County: 6.477 %Greene County: 11.698 %Hamilton County: 10.245 %Hancock County: 8.291 %Harrison County: 8.14 %Hendricks County: 7.476 %Henry County: 7.884 %Howard County: 10.567 %Huntington County: 8.244 %Jackson County: 4.617 %Jasper County: 8.683 %Jay County: 15.982 %Jefferson County: 7.282 %Jennings County: 10.015 %Johnson County: 9.359 %Knox County: 10.351 %Kosciusko County: 9.6 %LaGrange County: 10.936 %Lake County: 8.595 %LaPorte County: 10.851 %Lawrence County: 8.295 %Madison County: 9.739 %Marion County: 9.464 %Marshall County: 8.439 %Martin County: 14.286 %Miami County: 7.666 %Monroe County: 9.705 %Montgomery County: 5.982 %Morgan County: 10.65 %Newton County: 8.457 %Noble County: 6.736 %Ohio County: 17.815 %Orange County: 10.718 %Owen County: 7.238 %Parke County: 7.679 %Perry County: 9.79 %Pike County: 9.868 %Porter County: 8.153 %Posey County: 6.944 %Pulaski County: 4.365 %Putnam County: 5.956 %Randolph County: 13.594 %Ripley County: 5.844 %Rush County: 9.061 %St. Joseph County: 7.584 %Scott County: 10.15 %Shelby County: 9.299 %Spencer County: 11.024 %Starke County: 13.128 %Steuben County: 6.726 %Sullivan County: 6.855 %Switzerland County: 9.051 %Tippecanoe County: 7.758 %Tipton County: 6.466 %Union County: 6.326 %Vanderburgh County: 9.625 %Vermillion County: 9.435 %Vigo County: 11.742 %Wabash County: 7.229 %Warren County: 8.396 %Warrick County: 11.545 %Washington County: 10.987 %Wayne County: 9.461 %Wells County: 5.073 %White County: 6.48 %Whitley County: 6.783 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Brown County: 36.203 %Brown County36.203Ohio County: 17.815 %Ohio County17.815Benton County: 16.585 %Benton County16.585Jay County: 15.982 %Jay County15.982DeKalb County: 14.906 %DeKalb County14.906Martin County: 14.286 %Martin County14.286Randolph County: 13.594 %Randolph County13.594Starke County: 13.128 %Starke County13.128Elkhart County: 12.984 %Elkhart County12.984Vigo County: 11.742 %Vigo County11.742Greene County: 11.698 %Greene County11.698Warrick County: 11.545 %Warrick County11.545Clark County: 11.435 %Clark County11.435Spencer County: 11.024 %Spencer County11.024Washington County: 10.987 %Washington County10.987LaGrange County: 10.936 %LaGrange County10.936LaPorte County: 10.851 %LaPorte County10.851Bartholomew County: 10.804 %Bartholomew County10.804Orange County: 10.718 %Orange County10.718Fayette County: 10.667 %Fayette County10.667Morgan County: 10.65 %Morgan County10.65Delaware County: 10.647 %Delaware County10.647Howard County: 10.567 %Howard County10.567Knox County: 10.351 %Knox County10.351Hamilton County: 10.245 %Hamilton County10.245Decatur County: 10.2 %Decatur County10.2Scott County: 10.15 %Scott County10.15Jennings County: 10.015 %Jennings County10.015Pike County: 9.868 %Pike County9.868Perry County: 9.79 %Perry County9.79Fountain County: 9.741 %Fountain County9.741Madison County: 9.739 %Madison County9.739Monroe County: 9.705 %Monroe County9.705Crawford County: 9.695 %Crawford County9.695Vanderburgh County: 9.625 %Vanderburgh County9.625Dearborn County: 9.619 %Dearborn County9.619Kosciusko County: 9.6 %Kosciusko County9.6Marion County: 9.464 %Marion County9.464Wayne County: 9.461 %Wayne County9.461Vermillion County: 9.435 %Vermillion County9.435Brown County: 36.203 %Brown County36.203Ohio County: 17.815 %Ohio County17.815Benton County: 16.585 %Benton County16.585Jay County: 15.982 %Jay County15.982DeKalb County: 14.906 %DeKalb County14.906Martin County: 14.286 %Martin County14.286Randolph County: 13.594 %Randolph County13.594Starke County: 13.128 %Starke County13.128Elkhart County: 12.984 %Elkhart County12.984Vigo County: 11.742 %Vigo County11.742Greene County: 11.698 %Greene County11.698Warrick County: 11.545 %Warrick County11.545Clark County: 11.435 %Clark County11.435Spencer County: 11.024 %Spencer County11.024Washington County: 10.987 %Washington County10.987LaGrange County: 10.936 %LaGrange County10.936LaPorte County: 10.851 %LaPorte County10.851Bartholomew County: 10.804 %Bartholomew County10.804Orange County: 10.718 %Orange County10.718Fayette County: 10.667 %Fayette County10.667Morgan County: 10.65 %Morgan County10.65Delaware County: 10.647 %Delaware County10.647Howard County: 10.567 %Howard County10.567Knox County: 10.351 %Knox County10.351Hamilton County: 10.245 %Hamilton County10.245Decatur County: 10.2 %Decatur County10.2Scott County: 10.15 %Scott County10.15Jennings County: 10.015 %Jennings County10.015Pike County: 9.868 %Pike County9.868Perry County: 9.79 %Perry County9.79Fountain County: 9.741 %Fountain County9.741Madison County: 9.739 %Madison County9.739Monroe County: 9.705 %Monroe County9.705Crawford County: 9.695 %Crawford County9.695Vanderburgh County: 9.625 %Vanderburgh County9.625Dearborn County: 9.619 %Dearborn County9.619Kosciusko County: 9.6 %Kosciusko County9.6Marion County: 9.464 %Marion County9.464Wayne County: 9.461 %Wayne County9.461Vermillion County: 9.435 %Vermillion County9.435
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Brown County36.203+21.61 pts
2Ohio County17.815+4.69 pts
3Benton County16.585+9.7 pts
4Jay County15.982+8.32 pts
5DeKalb County14.906+2.94 pts
6Martin County14.286+4.82 pts
7Randolph County13.594+0.93 pts
8Starke County13.128-13.56 pts
9Elkhart County12.984+4.17 pts
10Vigo County11.742+2.2 pts
11Greene County11.698+0.39 pts
12Warrick County11.545+2.73 pts
13Clark County11.435+0.66 pts
14Spencer County11.024+1.36 pts
15Washington County10.987+1.92 pts
16LaGrange County10.936+4.57 pts
17LaPorte County10.851-0.71 pts
18Bartholomew County10.804-0.52 pts
19Orange County10.718+3.55 pts
20Fayette County10.667-2.66 pts
21Morgan County10.65-4.38 pts
22Delaware County10.647-1.33 pts
23Howard County10.567+1.16 pts
24Knox County10.351-1.31 pts
25Hamilton County10.245-1.31 pts
26Decatur County10.2+0.9 pts
27Scott County10.15+0.96 pts
28Jennings County10.015-0.06 pts
29Pike County9.868+2.09 pts
30Perry County9.79-1.06 pts
31Fountain County9.741+0.46 pts
32Madison County9.739+0.1 pts
33Monroe County9.705-0.61 pts
34Crawford County9.695+0.5 pts
35Vanderburgh County9.625+0.12 pts
36Dearborn County9.619-0.99 pts
37Kosciusko County9.6+0.58 pts
38Marion County9.464-3.71 pts
39Wayne County9.461+1 pts
40Vermillion County9.435-6.49 pts
41Johnson County9.359-1.67 pts
42Shelby County9.299-0.71 pts
43Rush County9.061-0.79 pts
44Switzerland County9.051+4.23 pts
45Jasper County8.683-11.55 pts
46Lake County8.595-3.56 pts
47Floyd County8.537-1.65 pts
48Newton County8.457-2.45 pts
49Marshall County8.439-2.08 pts
50Boone County8.434+0.14 pts
51Warren County8.396+4.72 pts
52Lawrence County8.295-5.63 pts
53Hancock County8.291-3.57 pts
54Huntington County8.244-0.22 pts
55Clay County8.198-2.26 pts
56Porter County8.153-3.37 pts
57Harrison County8.14-0.74 pts
58Daviess County7.915-4.07 pts
59Henry County7.884-6.56 pts
60Gibson County7.858+1.89 pts
61Tippecanoe County7.758-3.57 pts
62Parke County7.679-6.74 pts
63Allen County7.672-1.63 pts
64Miami County7.666-7.6 pts
65St. Joseph County7.584-2.87 pts
66Hendricks County7.476-6.59 pts
67Dubois County7.426-0.72 pts
68Jefferson County7.282-0.61 pts
69Owen County7.238-1.25 pts
70Wabash County7.229-2.1 pts
71Cass County7.11-4.08 pts
72Posey County6.944-0.91 pts
73Blackford County6.892-2.13 pts
74Sullivan County6.855-7.6 pts
75Whitley County6.783-3.32 pts
76Noble County6.736-4.43 pts
77Steuben County6.726-2.16 pts
78Fulton County6.65-3.01 pts
79White County6.48-4.19 pts
80Grant County6.477-1.47 pts
81Tipton County6.466-6.74 pts
82Clinton County6.386-2.98 pts
83Union County6.326-0.09 pts
84Montgomery County5.982-0.53 pts
85Putnam County5.956-3.48 pts
86Adams County5.898-2.89 pts
87Ripley County5.844-4.07 pts
88Franklin County5.75-4.76 pts
89Wells County5.073-4.91 pts
90Carroll County5.02-1.71 pts
91Jackson County4.617-2.39 pts
92Pulaski County4.365-0.65 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Brown County, with 36.203% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Pulaski County, with 4.365% in 2019.

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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