# Counties in Maryland by job destruction rate, 2023

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Talbot County | 19.463 |
| 2 | Garrett County | 14.743 |
| 3 | Washington County | 12.951 |
| 4 | Worcester County | 12.731 |
| 5 | Howard County | 11.904 |
| 6 | Frederick County | 11.806 |
| 7 | Charles County | 11.744 |
| 8 | Prince George's County | 11.606 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 11.569 |
| 10 | St. Mary's County | 11.474 |
| 11 | Caroline County | 11.429 |
| 12 | Anne Arundel County | 11.202 |
| 13 | Wicomico County | 10.781 |
| 14 | Cecil County | 10.486 |
| 15 | Kent County | 10.468 |
| 16 | Baltimore County | 10.333 |
| 17 | Somerset County | 10.223 |
| 18 | Allegany County | 10.188 |
| 19 | Queen Anne's County | 9.834 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 9.705 |
| 21 | Baltimore city | 9.7 |
| 22 | Harford County | 9.678 |
| 23 | Calvert County | 9.571 |
| 24 | Dorchester County | 8.511 |