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Counties in Indiana by job destruction rate

Ohio County had the highest job destruction rate of 92 counties in 2021, at 24.159%. Gibson County had the lowest, at 6.674%. The median was 12.197% and the figure for Indiana was 13.388%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest24.159Ohio County
Lowest6.674Gibson County
Median12.19792 counties
Indiana13.388History

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 8.562 %Allen County: 11.644 %Bartholomew County: 12.652 %Benton County: 10.601 %Blackford County: 13.455 %Boone County: 10.874 %Brown County: 17.722 %Carroll County: 10.942 %Cass County: 11.58 %Clark County: 13.848 %Clay County: 14.96 %Clinton County: 13.212 %Crawford County: 20.695 %Daviess County: 11.535 %Dearborn County: 15.131 %Decatur County: 9.929 %DeKalb County: 9.325 %Delaware County: 16.576 %Dubois County: 9.298 %Elkhart County: 10.49 %Fayette County: 8.784 %Floyd County: 12.465 %Fountain County: 8.625 %Franklin County: 9.748 %Fulton County: 10.927 %Gibson County: 6.674 %Grant County: 12.526 %Greene County: 11.761 %Hamilton County: 15.471 %Hancock County: 11.132 %Harrison County: 12.231 %Hendricks County: 14.311 %Henry County: 10.42 %Howard County: 9.671 %Huntington County: 14.482 %Jackson County: 7.955 %Jasper County: 13.246 %Jay County: 12.02 %Jefferson County: 10.285 %Jennings County: 8.82 %Johnson County: 11.956 %Knox County: 12.114 %Kosciusko County: 9.253 %LaGrange County: 9.006 %Lake County: 15.124 %LaPorte County: 16.055 %Lawrence County: 11.547 %Madison County: 15.576 %Marion County: 14.737 %Marshall County: 11.269 %Martin County: 14.531 %Miami County: 11.668 %Monroe County: 16.124 %Montgomery County: 10.431 %Morgan County: 12.56 %Newton County: 10.414 %Noble County: 16.105 %Ohio County: 24.159 %Orange County: 16.2 %Owen County: 10.831 %Parke County: 11.305 %Perry County: 10.917 %Pike County: 12.607 %Porter County: 12.535 %Posey County: 10.933 %Pulaski County: 9.743 %Putnam County: 14.936 %Randolph County: 9.453 %Ripley County: 9.712 %Rush County: 22.338 %St. Joseph County: 13.977 %Scott County: 13.845 %Shelby County: 11.53 %Spencer County: 12.163 %Starke County: 15.244 %Steuben County: 14.761 %Sullivan County: 13.533 %Switzerland County: 21.967 %Tippecanoe County: 14.251 %Tipton County: 9.407 %Union County: 14.203 %Vanderburgh County: 13.524 %Vermillion County: 8.826 %Vigo County: 14.344 %Wabash County: 12.444 %Warren County: 19.368 %Warrick County: 16.273 %Washington County: 11.315 %Wayne County: 13.948 %Wells County: 13.959 %White County: 13.708 %Whitley County: 11.251 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Ohio County: 24.159 %Ohio County24.159Rush County: 22.338 %Rush County22.338Switzerland County: 21.967 %Switzerland County21.967Crawford County: 20.695 %Crawford County20.695Warren County: 19.368 %Warren County19.368Brown County: 17.722 %Brown County17.722Delaware County: 16.576 %Delaware County16.576Warrick County: 16.273 %Warrick County16.273Orange County: 16.2 %Orange County16.2Monroe County: 16.124 %Monroe County16.124Noble County: 16.105 %Noble County16.105LaPorte County: 16.055 %LaPorte County16.055Madison County: 15.576 %Madison County15.576Hamilton County: 15.471 %Hamilton County15.471Starke County: 15.244 %Starke County15.244Dearborn County: 15.131 %Dearborn County15.131Lake County: 15.124 %Lake County15.124Clay County: 14.96 %Clay County14.96Putnam County: 14.936 %Putnam County14.936Steuben County: 14.761 %Steuben County14.761Marion County: 14.737 %Marion County14.737Martin County: 14.531 %Martin County14.531Huntington County: 14.482 %Huntington County14.482Vigo County: 14.344 %Vigo County14.344Hendricks County: 14.311 %Hendricks County14.311Tippecanoe County: 14.251 %Tippecanoe County14.251Union County: 14.203 %Union County14.203St. Joseph County: 13.977 %St. Joseph County13.977Wells County: 13.959 %Wells County13.959Wayne County: 13.948 %Wayne County13.948Clark County: 13.848 %Clark County13.848Scott County: 13.845 %Scott County13.845White County: 13.708 %White County13.708Sullivan County: 13.533 %Sullivan County13.533Vanderburgh County: 13.524 %Vanderburgh County13.524Blackford County: 13.455 %Blackford County13.455Jasper County: 13.246 %Jasper County13.246Clinton County: 13.212 %Clinton County13.212Bartholomew County: 12.652 %Bartholomew County12.652Pike County: 12.607 %Pike County12.607Ohio County: 24.159 %Ohio County24.159Rush County: 22.338 %Rush County22.338Switzerland County: 21.967 %Switzerland County21.967Crawford County: 20.695 %Crawford County20.695Warren County: 19.368 %Warren County19.368Brown County: 17.722 %Brown County17.722Delaware County: 16.576 %Delaware County16.576Warrick County: 16.273 %Warrick County16.273Orange County: 16.2 %Orange County16.2Monroe County: 16.124 %Monroe County16.124Noble County: 16.105 %Noble County16.105LaPorte County: 16.055 %LaPorte County16.055Madison County: 15.576 %Madison County15.576Hamilton County: 15.471 %Hamilton County15.471Starke County: 15.244 %Starke County15.244Dearborn County: 15.131 %Dearborn County15.131Lake County: 15.124 %Lake County15.124Clay County: 14.96 %Clay County14.96Putnam County: 14.936 %Putnam County14.936Steuben County: 14.761 %Steuben County14.761Marion County: 14.737 %Marion County14.737Martin County: 14.531 %Martin County14.531Huntington County: 14.482 %Huntington County14.482Vigo County: 14.344 %Vigo County14.344Hendricks County: 14.311 %Hendricks County14.311Tippecanoe County: 14.251 %Tippecanoe County14.251Union County: 14.203 %Union County14.203St. Joseph County: 13.977 %St. Joseph County13.977Wells County: 13.959 %Wells County13.959Wayne County: 13.948 %Wayne County13.948Clark County: 13.848 %Clark County13.848Scott County: 13.845 %Scott County13.845White County: 13.708 %White County13.708Sullivan County: 13.533 %Sullivan County13.533Vanderburgh County: 13.524 %Vanderburgh County13.524Blackford County: 13.455 %Blackford County13.455Jasper County: 13.246 %Jasper County13.246Clinton County: 13.212 %Clinton County13.212Bartholomew County: 12.652 %Bartholomew County12.652Pike County: 12.607 %Pike County12.607
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Ohio County24.159+11.29 pts
2Rush County22.338+10.47 pts
3Switzerland County21.967+12.73 pts
4Crawford County20.695+15.17 pts
5Warren County19.368+8.04 pts
6Brown County17.722+1.71 pts
7Delaware County16.576+3.73 pts
8Warrick County16.273+8.08 pts
9Orange County16.2+5.88 pts
10Monroe County16.124+4.64 pts
11Noble County16.105+6.97 pts
12LaPorte County16.055+6.94 pts
13Madison County15.576+5.52 pts
14Hamilton County15.471+4.4 pts
15Starke County15.244-1.34 pts
16Dearborn County15.131+5.3 pts
17Lake County15.124+5.66 pts
18Clay County14.96+4.62 pts
19Putnam County14.936+1.34 pts
20Steuben County14.761+5.54 pts
21Marion County14.737+2.06 pts
22Martin County14.531-1.46 pts
23Huntington County14.482+3.48 pts
24Vigo County14.344+4.29 pts
25Hendricks County14.311+4.9 pts
26Tippecanoe County14.251+1.77 pts
27Union County14.203+5.57 pts
28St. Joseph County13.977+4.79 pts
29Wells County13.959+3.57 pts
30Wayne County13.948+4.62 pts
31Clark County13.848+2.74 pts
32Scott County13.845+5.49 pts
33White County13.708+1.44 pts
34Sullivan County13.533+2.17 pts
35Vanderburgh County13.524+2.69 pts
36Blackford County13.455-2.66 pts
37Jasper County13.246+2.88 pts
38Clinton County13.212-1.35 pts
39Bartholomew County12.652+4.66 pts
40Pike County12.607+5.02 pts
41Morgan County12.56+1.27 pts
42Porter County12.535+2.94 pts
43Grant County12.526+4.68 pts
44Floyd County12.465-0.45 pts
45Wabash County12.444+2.4 pts
46Harrison County12.231+2.3 pts
47Spencer County12.163+3.28 pts
48Knox County12.114+2.17 pts
49Jay County12.02-0.46 pts
50Johnson County11.956+1.48 pts
51Greene County11.761-4.5 pts
52Miami County11.668-3.79 pts
53Allen County11.644+1.29 pts
54Cass County11.58+0.99 pts
55Lawrence County11.547-3.61 pts
56Daviess County11.535+3.13 pts
57Shelby County11.53+0.31 pts
58Washington County11.315-0.85 pts
59Parke County11.305-5.91 pts
60Marshall County11.269+2.15 pts
61Whitley County11.251+4.77 pts
62Hancock County11.132+2.48 pts
63Carroll County10.942+4.21 pts
64Posey County10.933+4.13 pts
65Fulton County10.927+3.11 pts
66Perry County10.917-0.33 pts
67Boone County10.874-1.2 pts
68Owen County10.831+0.18 pts
69Benton County10.601-3.23 pts
70Elkhart County10.49+0.32 pts
71Montgomery County10.431+0.45 pts
72Henry County10.42+2.4 pts
73Newton County10.414-7.72 pts
74Jefferson County10.285+1.87 pts
75Decatur County9.929+1.45 pts
76Franklin County9.748+1.21 pts
77Pulaski County9.743-0.21 pts
78Ripley County9.712+0.3 pts
79Howard County9.671-2.04 pts
80Randolph County9.453-2.06 pts
81Tipton County9.407-1.56 pts
82DeKalb County9.325-3.11 pts
83Dubois County9.298+0.89 pts
84Kosciusko County9.253-3.68 pts
85LaGrange County9.006-0.83 pts
86Vermillion County8.826+1.45 pts
87Jennings County8.82+2.71 pts
88Fayette County8.784-9.81 pts
89Fountain County8.625+1.26 pts
90Adams County8.562-0.82 pts
91Jackson County7.955-3.47 pts
92Gibson County6.674-4 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Ohio County, with 24.159% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Gibson County, with 6.674% in 2021.

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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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