# Counties in Maine by job destruction rate, 2023

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Somerset County | 15.425 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 13.171 |
| 3 | Hancock County | 11.463 |
| 4 | Washington County | 11.4 |
| 5 | York County | 11.2 |
| 6 | Waldo County | 11.032 |
| 7 | Franklin County | 10.728 |
| 8 | Knox County | 10.419 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 10.09 |
| 10 | Aroostook County | 9.928 |
| 11 | Piscataquis County | 9.851 |
| 12 | Androscoggin County | 9.747 |
| 13 | Penobscot County | 9.184 |
| 14 | Oxford County | 8.696 |
| 15 | Kennebec County | 7.385 |
| 16 | Sagadahoc County | 6.893 |