# Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2023

All 17 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/nevada-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mineral County | 72.737 |
| 2 | Esmeralda County | 29.213 |
| 3 | Eureka County | 14.72 |
| 4 | Lincoln County | 14.703 |
| 5 | Washoe County | 13.704 |
| 6 | Lander County | 13.594 |
| 7 | Lyon County | 13.072 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 12.618 |
| 9 | Nye County | 12.28 |
| 10 | Carson City | 12.257 |
| 11 | Clark County | 11.538 |
| 12 | Humboldt County | 11.076 |
| 13 | Churchill County | 9.863 |
| 14 | Pershing County | 9.41 |
| 15 | White Pine County | 9.187 |
| 16 | Elko County | 7.327 |
| 17 | Storey County | 2.229 |