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Counties in Iowa by job destruction rate

Taylor County had the highest job destruction rate of 99 counties in 2014, at 19.685%. Lucas County had the lowest, at 4.703%. The median was 8.78% and the figure for Iowa was 8.911%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.685Taylor County
Lowest4.703Lucas County
Median8.7899 counties
Iowa8.911History

Map of counties, 2014

Adair County: 10.208 %Adams County: 8.036 %Allamakee County: 12.228 %Appanoose County: 8.16 %Audubon County: 9.909 %Benton County: 8.273 %Black Hawk County: 7.223 %Boone County: 6.968 %Bremer County: 10.236 %Buchanan County: 7.503 %Buena Vista County: 5.724 %Butler County: 9.655 %Calhoun County: 8.946 %Carroll County: 17.429 %Cass County: 9.615 %Cedar County: 7.198 %Cerro Gordo County: 8.028 %Cherokee County: 8.831 %Chickasaw County: 9.311 %Clarke County: 11.18 %Clay County: 8.939 %Clayton County: 8.798 %Clinton County: 8.325 %Crawford County: 17.833 %Dallas County: 11.251 %Davis County: 7.723 %Decatur County: 6.897 %Delaware County: 8.25 %Des Moines County: 7.403 %Dickinson County: 10.938 %Dubuque County: 6.176 %Emmet County: 15.864 %Fayette County: 10.124 %Floyd County: 7.265 %Franklin County: 7.859 %Fremont County: 15.013 %Greene County: 10.953 %Grundy County: 12.916 %Guthrie County: 14.19 %Hamilton County: 7.929 %Hancock County: 8.775 %Hardin County: 7.135 %Harrison County: 10.542 %Henry County: 5.425 %Howard County: 6.048 %Humboldt County: 9.565 %Ida County: 5.51 %Iowa County: 6.288 %Jackson County: 10.344 %Jasper County: 7.633 %Jefferson County: 10.208 %Johnson County: 8.71 %Jones County: 12.363 %Keokuk County: 6.045 %Kossuth County: 6.479 %Lee County: 9.174 %Linn County: 8.916 %Louisa County: 5.496 %Lucas County: 4.703 %Lyon County: 8.098 %Madison County: 10.997 %Mahaska County: 9.852 %Marion County: 8.1 %Marshall County: 7.796 %Mills County: 9.458 %Mitchell County: 8.283 %Monona County: 9.77 %Monroe County: 8.76 %Montgomery County: 5.222 %Muscatine County: 9.481 %O'Brien County: 6.004 %Osceola County: 10.338 %Page County: 8.605 %Palo Alto County: 6.492 %Plymouth County: 7.201 %Pocahontas County: 11.697 %Polk County: 8.936 %Pottawattamie County: 9.115 %Poweshiek County: 8.812 %Ringgold County: 9.99 %Sac County: 9.76 %Scott County: 10.295 %Shelby County: 7.654 %Sioux County: 6.832 %Story County: 14.207 %Tama County: 8.567 %Taylor County: 19.685 %Union County: 7.089 %Van Buren County: 17.609 %Wapello County: 7.893 %Warren County: 9.911 %Washington County: 8.78 %Wayne County: 10.519 %Webster County: 8.873 %Winnebago County: 4.911 %Winneshiek County: 6.106 %Woodbury County: 9.89 %Worth County: 7.677 %Wright County: 7.134 %
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%, 2014. 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, 2014

Taylor County: 19.685 %Taylor County19.685Crawford County: 17.833 %Crawford County17.833Van Buren County: 17.609 %Van Buren County17.609Carroll County: 17.429 %Carroll County17.429Emmet County: 15.864 %Emmet County15.864Fremont County: 15.013 %Fremont County15.013Story County: 14.207 %Story County14.207Guthrie County: 14.19 %Guthrie County14.19Grundy County: 12.916 %Grundy County12.916Jones County: 12.363 %Jones County12.363Allamakee County: 12.228 %Allamakee County12.228Pocahontas County: 11.697 %Pocahontas County11.697Dallas County: 11.251 %Dallas County11.251Clarke County: 11.18 %Clarke County11.18Madison County: 10.997 %Madison County10.997Greene County: 10.953 %Greene County10.953Dickinson County: 10.938 %Dickinson County10.938Harrison County: 10.542 %Harrison County10.542Wayne County: 10.519 %Wayne County10.519Jackson County: 10.344 %Jackson County10.344Osceola County: 10.338 %Osceola County10.338Scott County: 10.295 %Scott County10.295Bremer County: 10.236 %Bremer County10.236Adair County: 10.208 %Adair County10.208Jefferson County: 10.208 %Jefferson County10.208Fayette County: 10.124 %Fayette County10.124Ringgold County: 9.99 %Ringgold County9.99Warren County: 9.911 %Warren County9.911Audubon County: 9.909 %Audubon County9.909Woodbury County: 9.89 %Woodbury County9.89Mahaska County: 9.852 %Mahaska County9.852Monona County: 9.77 %Monona County9.77Sac County: 9.76 %Sac County9.76Butler County: 9.655 %Butler County9.655Cass County: 9.615 %Cass County9.615Humboldt County: 9.565 %Humboldt County9.565Muscatine County: 9.481 %Muscatine County9.481Mills County: 9.458 %Mills County9.458Chickasaw County: 9.311 %Chickasaw County9.311Lee County: 9.174 %Lee County9.174Taylor County: 19.685 %Taylor County19.685Crawford County: 17.833 %Crawford County17.833Van Buren County: 17.609 %Van Buren County17.609Carroll County: 17.429 %Carroll County17.429Emmet County: 15.864 %Emmet County15.864Fremont County: 15.013 %Fremont County15.013Story County: 14.207 %Story County14.207Guthrie County: 14.19 %Guthrie County14.19Grundy County: 12.916 %Grundy County12.916Jones County: 12.363 %Jones County12.363Allamakee County: 12.228 %Allamakee County12.228Pocahontas County: 11.697 %Pocahontas County11.697Dallas County: 11.251 %Dallas County11.251Clarke County: 11.18 %Clarke County11.18Madison County: 10.997 %Madison County10.997Greene County: 10.953 %Greene County10.953Dickinson County: 10.938 %Dickinson County10.938Harrison County: 10.542 %Harrison County10.542Wayne County: 10.519 %Wayne County10.519Jackson County: 10.344 %Jackson County10.344Osceola County: 10.338 %Osceola County10.338Scott County: 10.295 %Scott County10.295Bremer County: 10.236 %Bremer County10.236Adair County: 10.208 %Adair County10.208Jefferson County: 10.208 %Jefferson County10.208Fayette County: 10.124 %Fayette County10.124Ringgold County: 9.99 %Ringgold County9.99Warren County: 9.911 %Warren County9.911Audubon County: 9.909 %Audubon County9.909Woodbury County: 9.89 %Woodbury County9.89Mahaska County: 9.852 %Mahaska County9.852Monona County: 9.77 %Monona County9.77Sac County: 9.76 %Sac County9.76Butler County: 9.655 %Butler County9.655Cass County: 9.615 %Cass County9.615Humboldt County: 9.565 %Humboldt County9.565Muscatine County: 9.481 %Muscatine County9.481Mills County: 9.458 %Mills County9.458Chickasaw County: 9.311 %Chickasaw County9.311Lee County: 9.174 %Lee County9.174
%. 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

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Taylor County19.685+13.69 pts
2Crawford County17.833+12.32 pts
3Van Buren County17.609-25.71 pts
4Carroll County17.429+6.22 pts
5Emmet County15.864+5.26 pts
6Fremont County15.013+1.75 pts
7Story County14.207+2.81 pts
8Guthrie County14.19+0.75 pts
9Grundy County12.916+1.6 pts
10Jones County12.363+1.79 pts
11Allamakee County12.228+5.81 pts
12Pocahontas County11.697-2.27 pts
13Dallas County11.251+2.88 pts
14Clarke County11.18+3.24 pts
15Madison County10.997-6.49 pts
16Greene County10.953-4.72 pts
17Dickinson County10.938-3.41 pts
18Harrison County10.542-4.04 pts
19Wayne County10.519+1.8 pts
20Jackson County10.344+0.62 pts
21Osceola County10.338+1.9 pts
22Scott County10.295+2.01 pts
23Bremer County10.236+4.05 pts
24Adair County10.208+0.05 pts
24Jefferson County10.208-1.45 pts
26Fayette County10.124+0.1 pts
27Ringgold County9.99+1.51 pts
28Warren County9.911-0.85 pts
29Audubon County9.909-1.27 pts
30Woodbury County9.89+0.54 pts
31Mahaska County9.852+0.98 pts
32Monona County9.77-1.46 pts
33Sac County9.76-0.06 pts
34Butler County9.655-6.44 pts
35Cass County9.615-4.67 pts
36Humboldt County9.565+0.73 pts
37Muscatine County9.481+1.17 pts
38Mills County9.458-5.56 pts
39Chickasaw County9.311+0.47 pts
40Lee County9.174-2.85 pts
41Pottawattamie County9.115-4.01 pts
42Calhoun County8.946-1.41 pts
43Clay County8.939-3.25 pts
44Polk County8.936-0.61 pts
45Linn County8.916-0.08 pts
46Webster County8.873-0.65 pts
47Cherokee County8.831-1.83 pts
48Poweshiek County8.812+1 pts
49Clayton County8.798-6.79 pts
50Washington County8.78-1.71 pts
51Hancock County8.775-3.63 pts
52Monroe County8.76+2.45 pts
53Johnson County8.71+0.93 pts
54Page County8.605+0.05 pts
55Tama County8.567-0.38 pts
56Clinton County8.325+0.55 pts
57Mitchell County8.283-3.03 pts
58Benton County8.273-3.33 pts
59Delaware County8.25-0.77 pts
60Appanoose County8.16-0.26 pts
61Marion County8.1-2.52 pts
62Lyon County8.098-1.22 pts
63Adams County8.036-1.91 pts
64Cerro Gordo County8.028-2.56 pts
65Hamilton County7.929-1.71 pts
66Wapello County7.893+1.65 pts
67Franklin County7.859-0.96 pts
68Marshall County7.796-1.05 pts
69Davis County7.723-0.83 pts
70Worth County7.677-3.28 pts
71Shelby County7.654-3.82 pts
72Jasper County7.633-1.32 pts
73Buchanan County7.503-3.88 pts
74Des Moines County7.403-0.84 pts
75Floyd County7.265-0.33 pts
76Black Hawk County7.223-2.9 pts
77Plymouth County7.201-1.85 pts
78Cedar County7.198-3.32 pts
79Hardin County7.135-2.59 pts
80Wright County7.134-10.5 pts
81Union County7.089-3.91 pts
82Boone County6.968-2.76 pts
83Decatur County6.897-0.66 pts
84Sioux County6.832-2.58 pts
85Palo Alto County6.492-0.47 pts
86Kossuth County6.479-1.55 pts
87Iowa County6.288+0.17 pts
88Dubuque County6.176-3.23 pts
89Winneshiek County6.106-0.3 pts
90Howard County6.048-4.56 pts
91Keokuk County6.045-8.09 pts
92O'Brien County6.004-0.93 pts
93Buena Vista County5.724-1.27 pts
94Ida County5.51-2.39 pts
95Louisa County5.496-0.18 pts
96Henry County5.425-3.91 pts
97Montgomery County5.222-3.19 pts
98Winnebago County4.911-3.08 pts
99Lucas County4.703-1.72 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 Iowa by job destruction rate, 2014) [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 Iowa by job destruction rate, 2014. 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/iowa-counties?period=2014. 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 Iowa by job destruction rate, 2014. 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/iowa-counties?period=2014.

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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 Iowa by job destruction rate, 2014 [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/iowa-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Taylor County, with 19.685% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Lucas County, with 4.703% in 2014.

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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