Counties in Maine by job destruction rate

Franklin County had the highest job destruction rate of 16 counties in 2016, at 13.732%. Piscataquis County had the lowest, at 6.842%. The median was 9.215% and the figure for Maine was 9.232%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest13.732Franklin County

Lowest6.842Piscataquis County

Median9.21516 counties

Maine9.232History

Map of counties, 2016

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%, 2016. 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, 2016

%. 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	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Franklin County	13.732	+5.23 pts
2	Waldo County	12.694	-4.98 pts
3	Hancock County	11.369	+1.51 pts
4	Aroostook County	10.281	+0.97 pts
5	Knox County	9.735	-0.78 pts
6	Cumberland County	9.497	+0.42 pts
7	Penobscot County	9.487	-1.52 pts
8	Washington County	9.259	-3.46 pts
9	Oxford County	9.17	-0.95 pts
10	Somerset County	8.957	-5.45 pts
11	York County	8.786	-0.8 pts
12	Lincoln County	8.059	-2.76 pts
13	Androscoggin County	7.845	+0.11 pts
14	Kennebec County	7.84	-4.89 pts
15	Sagadahoc County	7.6	+1.08 pts
16	Piscataquis County	6.842	-0.83 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.

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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 Maine by job destruction rate, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Franklin County, with 13.732% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Piscataquis County, with 6.842% in 2016.

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.