# Counties in Missouri by job destruction rate, 2023

All 115 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/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Maries County | 21.195 |
| 2 | Knox County | 18.25 |
| 3 | Pemiscot County | 16.357 |
| 4 | Newton County | 16.194 |
| 5 | Ripley County | 15.626 |
| 6 | Andrew County | 15.158 |
| 7 | Cedar County | 15.12 |
| 8 | St. Francois County | 15.052 |
| 9 | Schuyler County | 14.94 |
| 10 | Atchison County | 14.932 |
| 11 | Gentry County | 14.835 |
| 12 | Shannon County | 14.782 |
| 13 | Worth County | 14.65 |
| 14 | Carter County | 14.523 |
| 15 | Christian County | 14.504 |
| 16 | Mississippi County | 14.401 |
| 17 | Howard County | 14.373 |
| 18 | Monroe County | 14.018 |
| 19 | Bollinger County | 13.973 |
| 20 | Henry County | 13.721 |
| 21 | Clinton County | 13.509 |
| 22 | Hickory County | 13.496 |
| 23 | Caldwell County | 13.196 |
| 24 | Crawford County | 12.96 |
| 25 | Butler County | 12.932 |
| 26 | Cass County | 12.798 |
| 27 | Ozark County | 12.618 |
| 28 | St. Charles County | 12.39 |
| 29 | Webster County | 12.318 |
| 30 | St. Louis city | 12.218 |
| 31 | Benton County | 12.107 |
| 32 | Holt County | 12.011 |
| 33 | DeKalb County | 11.999 |
| 34 | Scott County | 11.788 |
| 35 | Miller County | 11.762 |
| 36 | Barry County | 11.724 |
| 37 | Washington County | 11.702 |
| 38 | Jefferson County | 11.655 |
| 39 | Marion County | 11.604 |
| 40 | New Madrid County | 11.537 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 11.52 |
| 42 | Barton County | 11.514 |
| 43 | Stone County | 11.491 |
| 44 | Lafayette County | 11.431 |
| 45 | Moniteau County | 11.332 |
| 46 | Platte County | 11.147 |
| 47 | Putnam County | 11.138 |
| 48 | Buchanan County | 11.097 |
| 49 | Clark County | 11.065 |
| 50 | Wright County | 10.903 |
| 51 | St. Louis County | 10.776 |
| 52 | Taney County | 10.774 |
| 53 | Adair County | 10.64 |
| 54 | Stoddard County | 10.609 |
| 55 | Macon County | 10.561 |
| 56 | Bates County | 10.554 |
| 57 | Audrain County | 10.353 |
| 58 | Lewis County | 10.35 |
| 59 | Grundy County | 10.287 |
| 60 | Pulaski County | 10.269 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 10.263 |
| 62 | Cape Girardeau County | 10.204 |
| 63 | Camden County | 10.195 |
| 64 | Johnson County | 10.157 |
| 65 | Morgan County | 10.126 |
| 66 | Dunklin County | 10.106 |
| 67 | Ray County | 10.1 |
| 68 | Chariton County | 10.096 |
| 69 | Lawrence County | 10.079 |
| 70 | Linn County | 10.02 |
| 71 | Montgomery County | 9.994 |
| 72 | Osage County | 9.84 |
| 73 | Jackson County | 9.626 |
| 74 | Cooper County | 9.582 |
| 75 | Clay County | 9.569 |
| 76 | Daviess County | 9.455 |
| 77 | Livingston County | 9.387 |
| 78 | Warren County | 9.321 |
| 79 | Boone County | 9.309 |
| 80 | Cole County | 9.289 |
| 81 | Oregon County | 9.214 |
| 82 | Pike County | 9.112 |
| 83 | McDonald County | 9.025 |
| 84 | Polk County | 8.88 |
| 85 | Greene County | 8.846 |
| 86 | Shelby County | 8.679 |
| 87 | Mercer County | 8.673 |
| 88 | Douglas County | 8.642 |
| 89 | Callaway County | 8.604 |
| 90 | Jasper County | 8.574 |
| 91 | Carroll County | 8.27 |
| 92 | Madison County | 8.142 |
| 93 | Scotland County | 7.995 |
| 94 | Nodaway County | 7.98 |
| 95 | Saline County | 7.958 |
| 96 | Texas County | 7.955 |
| 97 | Phelps County | 7.939 |
| 98 | Dade County | 7.907 |
| 99 | Ste. Genevieve County | 7.853 |
| 100 | Dent County | 7.85 |
| 101 | Randolph County | 7.831 |
| 102 | Perry County | 7.627 |
| 103 | Iron County | 7.436 |
| 104 | Vernon County | 7.343 |
| 105 | Howell County | 7.309 |
| 106 | Gasconade County | 6.942 |
| 107 | Wayne County | 6.894 |
| 108 | Dallas County | 6.802 |
| 109 | Pettis County | 6.655 |
| 110 | Harrison County | 6.63 |
| 111 | Sullivan County | 6.452 |
| 112 | Reynolds County | 6.151 |
| 113 | Ralls County | 6.113 |
| 114 | Laclede County | 5.914 |
| 115 | St. Clair County | 5.719 |