Counties in Maine by job destruction rate

Waldo County had the highest job destruction rate of 16 counties in 2014, at 23.484%. Sagadahoc County had the lowest, at 5.828%. The median was 10.104% and the figure for Maine was 10.22%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest23.484Waldo County

Lowest5.828Sagadahoc County

Median10.10416 counties

Maine10.22History

Map of counties, 2014

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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.

All counties, 2014

%. 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

Rank	Counties	2014 (%)	Change on 2013
1	Waldo County	23.484	+12.21 pts
2	Washington County	13.393	-0.17 pts
3	Lincoln County	12.172	+0.79 pts
4	Penobscot County	10.873	-0.01 pts
5	Kennebec County	10.595	+0.46 pts
6	Aroostook County	10.353	+1.38 pts
7	Oxford County	10.338	+1.67 pts
8	Androscoggin County	10.232	+0.13 pts
9	Cumberland County	9.975	-1.71 pts
10	Piscataquis County	9.943	-8.3 pts
11	Franklin County	9.769	+0.13 pts
12	Hancock County	9.667	-2.56 pts
13	Knox County	9.44	-3.64 pts
14	Somerset County	9.264	+1.05 pts
15	York County	8.671	-5.52 pts
16	Sagadahoc County	5.828	-2.33 pts

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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 Maine 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 Maine 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/maine-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Maine 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/maine-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 Maine 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/maine-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Waldo County, with 23.484% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Sagadahoc County, with 5.828% 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.