# Counties in Nebraska by job destruction rate, 2023

All 93 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Garden County | 43.137 |
| 2 | Hayes County | 32.609 |
| 3 | Sioux County | 26.829 |
| 4 | Thomas County | 24.658 |
| 5 | Blaine County | 20.69 |
| 6 | Logan County | 20.588 |
| 7 | Dawes County | 18.052 |
| 8 | Loup County | 17.647 |
| 9 | Deuel County | 17.49 |
| 10 | Washington County | 17.465 |
| 11 | Hooker County | 17.352 |
| 12 | Wheeler County | 17.284 |
| 13 | Boone County | 16.882 |
| 14 | Gosper County | 16.157 |
| 15 | Stanton County | 15.722 |
| 16 | Pawnee County | 15.007 |
| 17 | Arthur County | 14.925 |
| 18 | Hitchcock County | 14.5 |
| 19 | Perkins County | 14.38 |
| 20 | Brown County | 14.017 |
| 21 | Furnas County | 13.844 |
| 22 | Sherman County | 13.764 |
| 23 | Chase County | 13.142 |
| 24 | Pierce County | 13.079 |
| 25 | Kimball County | 12.623 |
| 26 | Keith County | 12.366 |
| 27 | Keya Paha County | 12.346 |
| 28 | Antelope County | 12.143 |
| 29 | Burt County | 11.935 |
| 30 | Nance County | 11.853 |
| 31 | Sarpy County | 11.653 |
| 32 | Platte County | 11.519 |
| 33 | Sheridan County | 11.431 |
| 34 | Merrick County | 11.364 |
| 35 | Webster County | 11.21 |
| 36 | Howard County | 11.05 |
| 37 | Greeley County | 10.884 |
| 38 | Knox County | 10.879 |
| 38 | Nemaha County | 10.879 |
| 40 | Fillmore County | 10.735 |
| 41 | Polk County | 10.721 |
| 42 | Kearney County | 10.617 |
| 43 | McPherson County | 10.526 |
| 44 | Holt County | 10.483 |
| 45 | Cass County | 10.413 |
| 46 | Johnson County | 10.407 |
| 47 | Cherry County | 10.267 |
| 47 | Richardson County | 10.267 |
| 49 | Cedar County | 10.237 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 10.155 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 10.031 |
| 52 | Butler County | 9.969 |
| 53 | Nuckolls County | 9.849 |
| 54 | Valley County | 9.742 |
| 55 | Scotts Bluff County | 9.725 |
| 56 | Boyd County | 9.569 |
| 57 | Douglas County | 9.565 |
| 58 | Lancaster County | 9.517 |
| 59 | Phelps County | 9.466 |
| 60 | Dodge County | 9.461 |
| 61 | Cheyenne County | 9.076 |
| 62 | Box Butte County | 9.023 |
| 63 | Saunders County | 8.834 |
| 64 | Buffalo County | 8.696 |
| 65 | Dawson County | 8.627 |
| 66 | Dixon County | 8.626 |
| 67 | Morrill County | 8.621 |
| 68 | Garfield County | 8.6 |
| 69 | Frontier County | 8.466 |
| 70 | Grant County | 8.434 |
| 71 | Gage County | 8.338 |
| 72 | Cuming County | 8.201 |
| 73 | Adams County | 8.173 |
| 74 | Custer County | 7.944 |
| 75 | Seward County | 7.875 |
| 76 | Hall County | 7.74 |
| 77 | York County | 7.412 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 7.382 |
| 79 | Clay County | 7.233 |
| 80 | Red Willow County | 7.085 |
| 81 | Otoe County | 7.047 |
| 82 | Hamilton County | 6.695 |
| 83 | Thayer County | 6.595 |
| 84 | Harlan County | 6.519 |
| 85 | Madison County | 6.431 |
| 86 | Wayne County | 6.011 |
| 87 | Dundy County | 5.866 |
| 88 | Saline County | 4.97 |
| 89 | Rock County | 4.471 |
| 90 | Thurston County | 4.455 |
| 91 | Dakota County | 3.418 |
| 92 | Colfax County | 3.316 |
| 93 | Banner County | 2.878 |