# Counties in Minnesota by job destruction rate, 2023

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lake of the Woods County | 19.561 |
| 2 | Pine County | 14.975 |
| 3 | Wilkin County | 14.848 |
| 4 | Koochiching County | 14.804 |
| 5 | Norman County | 14.419 |
| 6 | Chippewa County | 14.341 |
| 7 | Pope County | 14.292 |
| 8 | Waseca County | 13.991 |
| 9 | Carver County | 13.618 |
| 10 | Lake County | 13.151 |
| 11 | Dodge County | 13.038 |
| 12 | Fillmore County | 13.032 |
| 13 | Marshall County | 12.742 |
| 14 | Aitkin County | 12.658 |
| 15 | Mille Lacs County | 12.36 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 12.353 |
| 17 | Chisago County | 12.191 |
| 18 | Watonwan County | 12.036 |
| 19 | Faribault County | 11.962 |
| 20 | Isanti County | 11.851 |
| 21 | Dakota County | 11.81 |
| 22 | Sherburne County | 11.573 |
| 23 | Sibley County | 11.305 |
| 24 | Crow Wing County | 11.3 |
| 25 | Itasca County | 11.126 |
| 26 | Wright County | 11.097 |
| 27 | Murray County | 10.958 |
| 28 | Kandiyohi County | 10.95 |
| 29 | Brown County | 10.842 |
| 30 | Polk County | 10.699 |
| 31 | Cook County | 10.677 |
| 32 | Todd County | 10.641 |
| 33 | Hennepin County | 10.571 |
| 34 | Morrison County | 10.506 |
| 35 | Anoka County | 10.473 |
| 36 | Stevens County | 10.358 |
| 37 | Cass County | 10.214 |
| 38 | Freeborn County | 10.132 |
| 39 | Wabasha County | 10.035 |
| 40 | Ramsey County | 10.029 |
| 41 | Pennington County | 9.891 |
| 42 | Scott County | 9.882 |
| 43 | Rock County | 9.8 |
| 44 | Redwood County | 9.649 |
| 45 | Lac qui Parle County | 9.626 |
| 46 | Douglas County | 9.5 |
| 47 | Martin County | 9.499 |
| 48 | St. Louis County | 9.34 |
| 49 | Kittson County | 9.307 |
| 50 | Hubbard County | 9.25 |
| 51 | Renville County | 9.202 |
| 52 | Beltrami County | 9.199 |
| 53 | Wadena County | 9.132 |
| 54 | Clay County | 9.001 |
| 55 | Carlton County | 8.99 |
| 56 | Nobles County | 8.962 |
| 57 | Mahnomen County | 8.909 |
| 58 | Blue Earth County | 8.88 |
| 59 | Washington County | 8.752 |
| 60 | McLeod County | 8.725 |
| 61 | Kanabec County | 8.715 |
| 62 | Houston County | 8.664 |
| 63 | Otter Tail County | 8.658 |
| 64 | Lyon County | 8.51 |
| 65 | Meeker County | 8.488 |
| 66 | Stearns County | 8.344 |
| 67 | Big Stone County | 8.327 |
| 68 | Swift County | 8.137 |
| 69 | Goodhue County | 8.091 |
| 70 | Olmsted County | 7.991 |
| 71 | Roseau County | 7.971 |
| 72 | Yellow Medicine County | 7.879 |
| 73 | Traverse County | 7.778 |
| 74 | Nicollet County | 7.773 |
| 75 | Red Lake County | 7.742 |
| 76 | Rice County | 7.734 |
| 77 | Clearwater County | 7.609 |
| 78 | Steele County | 7.512 |
| 79 | Le Sueur County | 7.495 |
| 80 | Becker County | 7.208 |
| 81 | Mower County | 7.122 |
| 82 | Pipestone County | 6.936 |
| 83 | Jackson County | 6.932 |
| 84 | Grant County | 6.409 |
| 85 | Winona County | 5.819 |
| 86 | Benton County | 5.766 |
| 87 | Cottonwood County | 5.174 |