# Counties in Iowa by job destruction rate, 2023

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Lyon County | 22.875 |
| 2 | Appanoose County | 17.345 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 16.246 |
| 4 | Grundy County | 16.208 |
| 5 | Henry County | 15.787 |
| 6 | Pocahontas County | 15.759 |
| 7 | Greene County | 15.42 |
| 8 | Jasper County | 15.301 |
| 9 | Monona County | 15.112 |
| 10 | Mitchell County | 14.511 |
| 11 | Jones County | 14.483 |
| 12 | Madison County | 14.321 |
| 13 | Guthrie County | 14.278 |
| 14 | Osceola County | 14.235 |
| 15 | Davis County | 13.49 |
| 16 | Harrison County | 13.387 |
| 17 | Des Moines County | 13.301 |
| 18 | Humboldt County | 13.291 |
| 19 | Fremont County | 13.236 |
| 20 | Mills County | 13.222 |
| 21 | Benton County | 13.185 |
| 22 | Clinton County | 13.098 |
| 23 | Bremer County | 13.029 |
| 24 | Adair County | 12.937 |
| 25 | Scott County | 12.72 |
| 26 | Buchanan County | 12.064 |
| 27 | Jackson County | 11.99 |
| 28 | Crawford County | 11.972 |
| 29 | Hancock County | 11.829 |
| 30 | Clayton County | 11.665 |
| 31 | Tama County | 11.594 |
| 32 | Van Buren County | 11.143 |
| 33 | Muscatine County | 11.085 |
| 34 | Butler County | 11.072 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 11.048 |
| 36 | Page County | 10.952 |
| 37 | Wright County | 10.945 |
| 38 | Warren County | 10.804 |
| 39 | Pottawattamie County | 10.799 |
| 40 | Franklin County | 10.503 |
| 41 | Boone County | 10.431 |
| 42 | Linn County | 10.422 |
| 43 | Dickinson County | 10.357 |
| 44 | Cerro Gordo County | 10.334 |
| 45 | Woodbury County | 10.278 |
| 46 | Webster County | 10.194 |
| 47 | Wapello County | 10.171 |
| 48 | Dallas County | 10.162 |
| 49 | Worth County | 10.147 |
| 50 | Cherokee County | 9.906 |
| 51 | Mahaska County | 9.848 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 9.817 |
| 53 | Plymouth County | 9.775 |
| 54 | Cedar County | 9.767 |
| 55 | Hardin County | 9.738 |
| 56 | Clay County | 9.681 |
| 57 | Delaware County | 9.666 |
| 58 | Kossuth County | 9.619 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 9.388 |
| 60 | Emmet County | 9.335 |
| 61 | Polk County | 9.289 |
| 62 | Calhoun County | 9.28 |
| 63 | Lee County | 9.275 |
| 64 | Iowa County | 9.113 |
| 65 | Washington County | 9.033 |
| 66 | Taylor County | 9.026 |
| 67 | Keokuk County | 8.898 |
| 68 | Cass County | 8.882 |
| 69 | Poweshiek County | 8.836 |
| 70 | Story County | 8.788 |
| 71 | Dubuque County | 8.711 |
| 72 | Marion County | 8.683 |
| 73 | Black Hawk County | 8.403 |
| 74 | Chickasaw County | 8.103 |
| 75 | Ringgold County | 7.956 |
| 76 | Hamilton County | 7.88 |
| 77 | Sac County | 7.872 |
| 78 | O'Brien County | 7.78 |
| 79 | Fayette County | 7.674 |
| 80 | Ida County | 7.604 |
| 81 | Sioux County | 7.435 |
| 82 | Marshall County | 7.389 |
| 83 | Adams County | 7.38 |
| 84 | Audubon County | 7.254 |
| 85 | Monroe County | 7.199 |
| 86 | Clarke County | 7.046 |
| 87 | Palo Alto County | 7.038 |
| 88 | Allamakee County | 6.975 |
| 89 | Winneshiek County | 6.291 |
| 90 | Floyd County | 6.285 |
| 91 | Union County | 6.258 |
| 92 | Shelby County | 5.918 |
| 93 | Louisa County | 5.911 |
| 94 | Buena Vista County | 5.69 |
| 95 | Winnebago County | 5.416 |
| 96 | Howard County | 5.151 |
| 97 | Decatur County | 4.849 |
| 98 | Wayne County | 4.77 |
| 99 | Lucas County | 2.976 |