Counties in Maryland by job destruction rate

Harford County had the highest job destruction rate of 24 counties in 2015, at 13.182%. Allegany County had the lowest, at 8.204%. The median was 10.509% and the figure for Maryland was 10.94%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest13.182Harford County

Lowest8.204Allegany County

Median10.50924 counties

Maryland10.94History

Map of counties, 2015

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%, 2015. 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, 2015

%. 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	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Harford County	13.182	+1.14 pts
2	Worcester County	12.746	+2.59 pts
3	Montgomery County	12.593	+1.21 pts
4	Prince George's County	12.584	+1.06 pts
5	Talbot County	11.585	-0.46 pts
6	Queen Anne's County	11.512	-0.81 pts
7	Frederick County	11.339	+1.49 pts
8	St. Mary's County	11.199	-1.62 pts
9	Garrett County	11.002	+1.55 pts
10	Somerset County	10.934	+4.21 pts
11	Howard County	10.887	+0.74 pts
12	Baltimore County	10.576	+0.12 pts
13	Anne Arundel County	10.442	-1 pts
14	Cecil County	10.298	-4.47 pts
15	Charles County	10.133	-2.01 pts
16	Washington County	9.903	+0.9 pts
17	Kent County	9.729	+0.42 pts
18	Calvert County	9.656	-0.73 pts
19	Carroll County	9.631	+0.22 pts
20	Dorchester County	9.454	+0.96 pts
21	Caroline County	8.923	+0.18 pts
22	Wicomico County	8.653	-1.39 pts
23	Baltimore city	8.519	-0.54 pts
24	Allegany County	8.204	-1.66 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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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Maryland by job destruction rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Maryland by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/maryland-counties?period=2015. 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 Maryland by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/maryland-counties?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Maryland by job destruction rate, 2015 [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/maryland-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Harford County, with 13.182% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Allegany County, with 8.204% in 2015.

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.