# Counties in Massachusetts by job destruction rate, 2023

All 14 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/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Dukes County | 13.523 |
| 2 | Nantucket County | 11.829 |
| 3 | Barnstable County | 11.787 |
| 4 | Plymouth County | 11.405 |
| 5 | Norfolk County | 11.102 |
| 6 | Hampden County | 10.676 |
| 7 | Essex County | 10.65 |
| 8 | Berkshire County | 10.373 |
| 9 | Middlesex County | 9.825 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 9.797 |
| 11 | Bristol County | 9.512 |
| 12 | Worcester County | 8.986 |
| 13 | Suffolk County | 8.65 |
| 14 | Hampshire County | 8.578 |