# Counties in Kentucky by job destruction rate, 2023

All 120 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/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nicholas County | 21.35 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 18.106 |
| 3 | McCreary County | 18.095 |
| 4 | Fulton County | 17.314 |
| 5 | Trimble County | 15.215 |
| 6 | Martin County | 15.111 |
| 7 | Casey County | 15.083 |
| 8 | Pendleton County | 14.678 |
| 9 | Green County | 14.642 |
| 10 | Larue County | 14.611 |
| 11 | Knox County | 14.264 |
| 12 | McLean County | 14.235 |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 14.112 |
| 14 | Floyd County | 13.87 |
| 15 | Wolfe County | 13.705 |
| 16 | Greenup County | 13.597 |
| 17 | Metcalfe County | 13.569 |
| 18 | Gallatin County | 13.401 |
| 19 | Franklin County | 13.395 |
| 20 | Meade County | 13.127 |
| 21 | Webster County | 13.099 |
| 22 | Bath County | 12.933 |
| 23 | Henry County | 12.905 |
| 24 | Carter County | 12.737 |
| 25 | Bell County | 12.343 |
| 26 | Bracken County | 12.238 |
| 27 | Boone County | 12.139 |
| 28 | Daviess County | 12.136 |
| 29 | Adair County | 11.914 |
| 30 | Garrard County | 11.542 |
| 31 | Bourbon County | 11.512 |
| 32 | Lewis County | 11.328 |
| 33 | Henderson County | 11.32 |
| 34 | Grayson County | 11.307 |
| 35 | Hardin County | 11.245 |
| 36 | Powell County | 11.218 |
| 37 | Harlan County | 11.174 |
| 38 | Clinton County | 11.171 |
| 39 | Fleming County | 11.153 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 11.095 |
| 41 | Spencer County | 11.061 |
| 42 | Estill County | 10.991 |
| 43 | Edmonson County | 10.898 |
| 44 | Hart County | 10.813 |
| 45 | Simpson County | 10.61 |
| 46 | Cumberland County | 10.589 |
| 47 | Magoffin County | 10.565 |
| 48 | Warren County | 10.489 |
| 49 | Fayette County | 10.464 |
| 50 | Campbell County | 10.404 |
| 51 | Todd County | 10.4 |
| 52 | Jefferson County | 10.349 |
| 53 | Lyon County | 10.273 |
| 54 | Crittenden County | 10.266 |
| 55 | Laurel County | 10.164 |
| 56 | Madison County | 10.125 |
| 57 | Owen County | 9.949 |
| 58 | Breckinridge County | 9.89 |
| 59 | Bullitt County | 9.813 |
| 60 | Monroe County | 9.624 |
| 61 | Johnson County | 9.533 |
| 62 | Caldwell County | 9.505 |
| 63 | Trigg County | 9.447 |
| 64 | Marion County | 9.413 |
| 65 | McCracken County | 9.408 |
| 66 | Letcher County | 9.371 |
| 67 | Perry County | 9.349 |
| 68 | Logan County | 9.163 |
| 69 | Leslie County | 9.111 |
| 70 | Boyle County | 9.069 |
| 71 | Mercer County | 8.858 |
| 72 | Calloway County | 8.76 |
| 73 | Rowan County | 8.712 |
| 74 | Marshall County | 8.536 |
| 75 | Pulaski County | 8.532 |
| 76 | Woodford County | 8.439 |
| 77 | Robertson County | 8.421 |
| 78 | Pike County | 8.325 |
| 79 | Elliott County | 8.247 |
| 80 | Hopkins County | 8.202 |
| 81 | Boyd County | 8.169 |
| 82 | Graves County | 8.12 |
| 83 | Muhlenberg County | 8.061 |
| 84 | Jessamine County | 8.06 |
| 85 | Carlisle County | 7.988 |
| 86 | Montgomery County | 7.889 |
| 87 | Knott County | 7.828 |
| 88 | Breathitt County | 7.772 |
| 89 | Harrison County | 7.727 |
| 90 | Scott County | 7.705 |
| 91 | Owsley County | 7.702 |
| 92 | Menifee County | 7.639 |
| 93 | Hickman County | 7.602 |
| 94 | Whitley County | 7.596 |
| 95 | Kenton County | 7.52 |
| 96 | Wayne County | 7.42 |
| 97 | Morgan County | 7.418 |
| 98 | Christian County | 7.322 |
| 99 | Taylor County | 7.286 |
| 100 | Oldham County | 7.223 |
| 101 | Nelson County | 7.219 |
| 102 | Rockcastle County | 7.189 |
| 103 | Clark County | 7.157 |
| 104 | Livingston County | 7.151 |
| 105 | Russell County | 7.064 |
| 106 | Allen County | 7.035 |
| 107 | Lawrence County | 6.965 |
| 108 | Barren County | 6.711 |
| 109 | Anderson County | 6.635 |
| 110 | Butler County | 6.546 |
| 111 | Ballard County | 6.383 |
| 112 | Mason County | 6.233 |
| 113 | Grant County | 5.947 |
| 114 | Ohio County | 5.734 |
| 115 | Hancock County | 5.529 |
| 116 | Carroll County | 5.113 |
| 117 | Lee County | 5.038 |
| 118 | Washington County | 5.002 |
| 119 | Clay County | 4.646 |
| 120 | Union County | 3.957 |