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Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate

Clark County had the highest job destruction rate of 17 counties in 2021, at 24.846%. Storey County had the lowest, at 1.766%. The median was 11.572% and the figure for Nevada was 21.948%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest24.846Clark County
Lowest1.766Storey County
Median11.57217 counties
Nevada21.948History

Map of counties, 2021

Churchill County: 11.572 %Clark County: 24.846 %Douglas County: 17.026 %Elko County: 8.899 %Esmeralda County: 17.69 %Eureka County: 9.02 %Humboldt County: 9.841 %Lander County: 9.356 %Lincoln County: 16.943 %Lyon County: 13.264 %Mineral County: 7.487 %Nye County: 16.214 %Pershing County: 2.509 %Storey County: 1.766 %Washoe County: 14.857 %White Pine County: 5.638 %Carson City: 15.506 %
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  • 17 and over
%, 2021. 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, 2021

Clark County: 24.846 %Clark County24.846Esmeralda County: 17.69 %Esmeralda County17.69Douglas County: 17.026 %Douglas County17.026Lincoln County: 16.943 %Lincoln County16.943Nye County: 16.214 %Nye County16.214Carson City: 15.506 %Carson City15.506Washoe County: 14.857 %Washoe County14.857Lyon County: 13.264 %Lyon County13.264Churchill County: 11.572 %Churchill County11.572Humboldt County: 9.841 %Humboldt County9.841Lander County: 9.356 %Lander County9.356Eureka County: 9.02 %Eureka County9.02Elko County: 8.899 %Elko County8.899Mineral County: 7.487 %Mineral County7.487White Pine County: 5.638 %White Pine County5.638Pershing County: 2.509 %Pershing County2.509Storey County: 1.766 %Storey County1.766Clark County: 24.846 %Clark County24.846Esmeralda County: 17.69 %Esmeralda County17.69Douglas County: 17.026 %Douglas County17.026Lincoln County: 16.943 %Lincoln County16.943Nye County: 16.214 %Nye County16.214Carson City: 15.506 %Carson City15.506Washoe County: 14.857 %Washoe County14.857Lyon County: 13.264 %Lyon County13.264Churchill County: 11.572 %Churchill County11.572Humboldt County: 9.841 %Humboldt County9.841Lander County: 9.356 %Lander County9.356Eureka County: 9.02 %Eureka County9.02Elko County: 8.899 %Elko County8.899Mineral County: 7.487 %Mineral County7.487White Pine County: 5.638 %White Pine County5.638Pershing County: 2.509 %Pershing County2.509Storey County: 1.766 %Storey County1.766
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Clark County24.846+12.85 pts
2Esmeralda County17.69+10.21 pts
3Douglas County17.026+6.27 pts
4Lincoln County16.943+6.46 pts
5Nye County16.214+5.53 pts
6Carson City15.506+4.09 pts
7Washoe County14.857+3.91 pts
8Lyon County13.264-15.69 pts
9Churchill County11.572+1.61 pts
10Humboldt County9.841-1.54 pts
11Lander County9.356-0.37 pts
12Eureka County9.02-27.37 pts
13Elko County8.899+0.71 pts
14Mineral County7.487+3.4 pts
15White Pine County5.638+1.04 pts
16Pershing County2.509-1.5 pts
17Storey County1.766-4.64 pts

Other periods

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Clark County, with 24.846% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Storey County, with 1.766% in 2021.

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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