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Counties in Nebraska by job destruction rate, 2023

Garden County had the highest job destruction rate of 93 counties in 2023, at 43.137%. Banner County had the lowest, at 2.878%. The median was 10.267% and the figure for Nebraska was 9.759%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest43.137Garden County
Lowest2.878Banner County
Median10.26793 counties
Nebraska9.759History

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 8.173 %Antelope County: 12.143 %Arthur County: 14.925 %Banner County: 2.878 %Blaine County: 20.69 %Boone County: 16.882 %Box Butte County: 9.023 %Boyd County: 9.569 %Brown County: 14.017 %Buffalo County: 8.696 %Burt County: 11.935 %Butler County: 9.969 %Cass County: 10.413 %Cedar County: 10.237 %Chase County: 13.142 %Cherry County: 10.267 %Cheyenne County: 9.076 %Clay County: 7.233 %Colfax County: 3.316 %Cuming County: 8.201 %Custer County: 7.944 %Dakota County: 3.418 %Dawes County: 18.052 %Dawson County: 8.627 %Deuel County: 17.49 %Dixon County: 8.626 %Dodge County: 9.461 %Douglas County: 9.565 %Dundy County: 5.866 %Fillmore County: 10.735 %Franklin County: 7.382 %Frontier County: 8.466 %Furnas County: 13.844 %Gage County: 8.338 %Garden County: 43.137 %Garfield County: 8.6 %Gosper County: 16.157 %Grant County: 8.434 %Greeley County: 10.884 %Hall County: 7.74 %Hamilton County: 6.695 %Harlan County: 6.519 %Hayes County: 32.609 %Hitchcock County: 14.5 %Holt County: 10.483 %Hooker County: 17.352 %Howard County: 11.05 %Jefferson County: 10.031 %Johnson County: 10.407 %Kearney County: 10.617 %Keith County: 12.366 %Keya Paha County: 12.346 %Kimball County: 12.623 %Knox County: 10.879 %Lancaster County: 9.517 %Lincoln County: 10.155 %Logan County: 20.588 %Loup County: 17.647 %McPherson County: 10.526 %Madison County: 6.431 %Merrick County: 11.364 %Morrill County: 8.621 %Nance County: 11.853 %Nemaha County: 10.879 %Nuckolls County: 9.849 %Otoe County: 7.047 %Pawnee County: 15.007 %Perkins County: 14.38 %Phelps County: 9.466 %Pierce County: 13.079 %Platte County: 11.519 %Polk County: 10.721 %Red Willow County: 7.085 %Richardson County: 10.267 %Rock County: 4.471 %Saline County: 4.97 %Sarpy County: 11.653 %Saunders County: 8.834 %Scotts Bluff County: 9.725 %Seward County: 7.875 %Sheridan County: 11.431 %Sherman County: 13.764 %Sioux County: 26.829 %Stanton County: 15.722 %Thayer County: 6.595 %Thomas County: 24.658 %Thurston County: 4.455 %Valley County: 9.742 %Washington County: 17.465 %Wayne County: 6.011 %Webster County: 11.21 %Wheeler County: 17.284 %York County: 7.412 %
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%, 2023. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Garden County: 43.137 %Garden County43.137Hayes County: 32.609 %Hayes County32.609Sioux County: 26.829 %Sioux County26.829Thomas County: 24.658 %Thomas County24.658Blaine County: 20.69 %Blaine County20.69Logan County: 20.588 %Logan County20.588Dawes County: 18.052 %Dawes County18.052Loup County: 17.647 %Loup County17.647Deuel County: 17.49 %Deuel County17.49Washington County: 17.465 %Washington County17.465Hooker County: 17.352 %Hooker County17.352Wheeler County: 17.284 %Wheeler County17.284Boone County: 16.882 %Boone County16.882Gosper County: 16.157 %Gosper County16.157Stanton County: 15.722 %Stanton County15.722Pawnee County: 15.007 %Pawnee County15.007Arthur County: 14.925 %Arthur County14.925Hitchcock County: 14.5 %Hitchcock County14.5Perkins County: 14.38 %Perkins County14.38Brown County: 14.017 %Brown County14.017Furnas County: 13.844 %Furnas County13.844Sherman County: 13.764 %Sherman County13.764Chase County: 13.142 %Chase County13.142Pierce County: 13.079 %Pierce County13.079Kimball County: 12.623 %Kimball County12.623Keith County: 12.366 %Keith County12.366Keya Paha County: 12.346 %Keya Paha County12.346Antelope County: 12.143 %Antelope County12.143Burt County: 11.935 %Burt County11.935Nance County: 11.853 %Nance County11.853Sarpy County: 11.653 %Sarpy County11.653Platte County: 11.519 %Platte County11.519Sheridan County: 11.431 %Sheridan County11.431Merrick County: 11.364 %Merrick County11.364Webster County: 11.21 %Webster County11.21Howard County: 11.05 %Howard County11.05Greeley County: 10.884 %Greeley County10.884Knox County: 10.879 %Knox County10.879Nemaha County: 10.879 %Nemaha County10.879Fillmore County: 10.735 %Fillmore County10.735Garden County: 43.137 %Garden County43.137Hayes County: 32.609 %Hayes County32.609Sioux County: 26.829 %Sioux County26.829Thomas County: 24.658 %Thomas County24.658Blaine County: 20.69 %Blaine County20.69Logan County: 20.588 %Logan County20.588Dawes County: 18.052 %Dawes County18.052Loup County: 17.647 %Loup County17.647Deuel County: 17.49 %Deuel County17.49Washington County: 17.465 %Washington County17.465Hooker County: 17.352 %Hooker County17.352Wheeler County: 17.284 %Wheeler County17.284Boone County: 16.882 %Boone County16.882Gosper County: 16.157 %Gosper County16.157Stanton County: 15.722 %Stanton County15.722Pawnee County: 15.007 %Pawnee County15.007Arthur County: 14.925 %Arthur County14.925Hitchcock County: 14.5 %Hitchcock County14.5Perkins County: 14.38 %Perkins County14.38Brown County: 14.017 %Brown County14.017Furnas County: 13.844 %Furnas County13.844Sherman County: 13.764 %Sherman County13.764Chase County: 13.142 %Chase County13.142Pierce County: 13.079 %Pierce County13.079Kimball County: 12.623 %Kimball County12.623Keith County: 12.366 %Keith County12.366Keya Paha County: 12.346 %Keya Paha County12.346Antelope County: 12.143 %Antelope County12.143Burt County: 11.935 %Burt County11.935Nance County: 11.853 %Nance County11.853Sarpy County: 11.653 %Sarpy County11.653Platte County: 11.519 %Platte County11.519Sheridan County: 11.431 %Sheridan County11.431Merrick County: 11.364 %Merrick County11.364Webster County: 11.21 %Webster County11.21Howard County: 11.05 %Howard County11.05Greeley County: 10.884 %Greeley County10.884Knox County: 10.879 %Knox County10.879Nemaha County: 10.879 %Nemaha County10.879Fillmore County: 10.735 %Fillmore County10.735
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Garden County43.137+30.48 pts
2Hayes County32.609+15.94 pts
3Sioux County26.829+9.55 pts
4Thomas County24.658+9.31 pts
5Blaine County20.69+5.31 pts
6Logan County20.588+1.67 pts
7Dawes County18.052+9.46 pts
8Loup County17.647-14.06 pts
9Deuel County17.49+2.05 pts
10Washington County17.465+6.26 pts
11Hooker County17.352+0.68 pts
12Wheeler County17.284+12.35 pts
13Boone County16.882-2.22 pts
14Gosper County16.157+3.99 pts
15Stanton County15.722+1.83 pts
16Pawnee County15.007+10.54 pts
17Arthur County14.925+6.23 pts
18Hitchcock County14.5+6.39 pts
19Perkins County14.38+2.27 pts
20Brown County14.017-4.56 pts
21Furnas County13.844+3.59 pts
22Sherman County13.764+2.47 pts
23Chase County13.142+0.27 pts
24Pierce County13.079+1.87 pts
25Kimball County12.623+7.5 pts
26Keith County12.366-1.57 pts
27Keya Paha County12.346-18.98 pts
28Antelope County12.143+6.12 pts
29Burt County11.935+2.47 pts
30Nance County11.853+6.61 pts
31Sarpy County11.653+2.11 pts
32Platte County11.519+0.89 pts
33Sheridan County11.431+2.51 pts
34Merrick County11.364-0.45 pts
35Webster County11.21-2 pts
36Howard County11.05+3.74 pts
37Greeley County10.884-5.39 pts
38Knox County10.879-0.48 pts
38Nemaha County10.879+0.96 pts
40Fillmore County10.735+2.65 pts
41Polk County10.721+3.37 pts
42Kearney County10.617-5.55 pts
43McPherson County10.526+0.27 pts
44Holt County10.483-1.03 pts
45Cass County10.413-1.76 pts
46Johnson County10.407-0.72 pts
47Cherry County10.267-3.42 pts
47Richardson County10.267-2.98 pts
49Cedar County10.237-0.29 pts
50Lincoln County10.155-0.56 pts
51Jefferson County10.031+3.01 pts
52Butler County9.969-5.95 pts
53Nuckolls County9.849+3.55 pts
54Valley County9.742-0.73 pts
55Scotts Bluff County9.725-0.84 pts
56Boyd County9.569+2.58 pts
57Douglas County9.565-2.08 pts
58Lancaster County9.517-2.62 pts
59Phelps County9.466+0.26 pts
60Dodge County9.461-0.09 pts
61Cheyenne County9.076-3.04 pts
62Box Butte County9.023+1.43 pts
63Saunders County8.834-5.28 pts
64Buffalo County8.696-3.39 pts
65Dawson County8.627+0.54 pts
66Dixon County8.626-0.26 pts
67Morrill County8.621-5.51 pts
68Garfield County8.6-11.4 pts
69Frontier County8.466-4.99 pts
70Grant County8.434-17.04 pts
71Gage County8.338-3.34 pts
72Cuming County8.201-2.47 pts
73Adams County8.173-1.01 pts
74Custer County7.944-0.72 pts
75Seward County7.875-2.67 pts
76Hall County7.74-4.01 pts
77York County7.412-2.29 pts
78Franklin County7.382+2.1 pts
79Clay County7.233-4.89 pts
80Red Willow County7.085+1.04 pts
81Otoe County7.047-0.41 pts
82Hamilton County6.695-2.17 pts
83Thayer County6.595+0.2 pts
84Harlan County6.519-0.55 pts
85Madison County6.431-2.39 pts
86Wayne County6.011-7.7 pts
87Dundy County5.866-3.13 pts
88Saline County4.97-8.2 pts
89Rock County4.471-2.87 pts
90Thurston County4.455-9.62 pts
91Dakota County3.418-3.79 pts
92Colfax County3.316-3.97 pts
93Banner County2.878-10.73 pts

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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.

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

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Nebraska by job destruction rate, 2023. 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/nebraska-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Nebraska by job destruction rate, 2023. 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/nebraska-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Nebraska by job destruction rate, 2023 [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/nebraska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Garden County, with 43.137% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Banner County, with 2.878% in 2023.

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