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Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate

Eureka County had the highest job destruction rate of 17 counties in 2015, at 22.294%. Pershing County had the lowest, at 4.786%. The median was 11.357% and the figure for Nevada was 11.453%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.294Eureka County
Lowest4.786Pershing County
Median11.35717 counties
Nevada11.453History

Map of counties, 2015

Churchill County: 16.637 %Clark County: 11.357 %Douglas County: 12.098 %Elko County: 9.469 %Esmeralda County: 8.044 %Eureka County: 22.294 %Humboldt County: 17.546 %Lander County: 13.946 %Lincoln County: 11.333 %Lyon County: 7.935 %Mineral County: 15.19 %Nye County: 11.538 %Pershing County: 4.786 %Storey County: 5.481 %Washoe County: 11.743 %White Pine County: 8.767 %Carson City: 11.286 %
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%, 2015. 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.

All counties, 2015

Eureka County: 22.294 %Eureka County22.294Humboldt County: 17.546 %Humboldt County17.546Churchill County: 16.637 %Churchill County16.637Mineral County: 15.19 %Mineral County15.19Lander County: 13.946 %Lander County13.946Douglas County: 12.098 %Douglas County12.098Washoe County: 11.743 %Washoe County11.743Nye County: 11.538 %Nye County11.538Clark County: 11.357 %Clark County11.357Lincoln County: 11.333 %Lincoln County11.333Carson City: 11.286 %Carson City11.286Elko County: 9.469 %Elko County9.469White Pine County: 8.767 %White Pine County8.767Esmeralda County: 8.044 %Esmeralda County8.044Lyon County: 7.935 %Lyon County7.935Storey County: 5.481 %Storey County5.481Pershing County: 4.786 %Pershing County4.786Eureka County: 22.294 %Eureka County22.294Humboldt County: 17.546 %Humboldt County17.546Churchill County: 16.637 %Churchill County16.637Mineral County: 15.19 %Mineral County15.19Lander County: 13.946 %Lander County13.946Douglas County: 12.098 %Douglas County12.098Washoe County: 11.743 %Washoe County11.743Nye County: 11.538 %Nye County11.538Clark County: 11.357 %Clark County11.357Lincoln County: 11.333 %Lincoln County11.333Carson City: 11.286 %Carson City11.286Elko County: 9.469 %Elko County9.469White Pine County: 8.767 %White Pine County8.767Esmeralda County: 8.044 %Esmeralda County8.044Lyon County: 7.935 %Lyon County7.935Storey County: 5.481 %Storey County5.481Pershing County: 4.786 %Pershing County4.786
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Eureka County22.294-16.39 pts
2Humboldt County17.546+1.43 pts
3Churchill County16.637+6.22 pts
4Mineral County15.19+4.97 pts
5Lander County13.946+4.4 pts
6Douglas County12.098+1.24 pts
7Washoe County11.743+2.37 pts
8Nye County11.538-2.97 pts
9Clark County11.357+0.18 pts
10Lincoln County11.333-3.03 pts
11Carson City11.286-0.21 pts
12Elko County9.469-1.07 pts
13White Pine County8.767+4.45 pts
14Esmeralda County8.044+2.46 pts
15Lyon County7.935-10.71 pts
16Storey County5.481-0.06 pts
17Pershing County4.786-2.71 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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/nevada-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/nevada-counties?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2015 [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/nevada-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Eureka County, with 22.294% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Pershing County, with 4.786% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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.

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