Data / Rankings / Job destruction rate / Counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate

Lander County had the highest job destruction rate of 17 counties in 2022, at 22.457%. Storey County had the lowest, at 2.164%. The median was 11.409% and the figure for Nevada was 10.405%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest22.457Lander County
Lowest2.164Storey County
Median11.40917 counties
Nevada10.405History

Map of counties, 2022

Churchill County: 12.267 %Clark County: 9.911 %Douglas County: 15.747 %Elko County: 7.511 %Esmeralda County: 7.884 %Eureka County: 20.593 %Humboldt County: 14.289 %Lander County: 22.457 %Lincoln County: 11.409 %Lyon County: 12.268 %Mineral County: 7.152 %Nye County: 7.79 %Pershing County: 8.281 %Storey County: 2.164 %Washoe County: 13.843 %White Pine County: 5.9 %Carson City: 11.925 %
  • Under 7.6
  • 7.6 to 8.9
  • 8.9 to 12
  • 12 to 14
  • 14 and over
%, 2022. 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, 2022

Lander County: 22.457 %Lander County22.457Eureka County: 20.593 %Eureka County20.593Douglas County: 15.747 %Douglas County15.747Humboldt County: 14.289 %Humboldt County14.289Washoe County: 13.843 %Washoe County13.843Lyon County: 12.268 %Lyon County12.268Churchill County: 12.267 %Churchill County12.267Carson City: 11.925 %Carson City11.925Lincoln County: 11.409 %Lincoln County11.409Clark County: 9.911 %Clark County9.911Pershing County: 8.281 %Pershing County8.281Esmeralda County: 7.884 %Esmeralda County7.884Nye County: 7.79 %Nye County7.79Elko County: 7.511 %Elko County7.511Mineral County: 7.152 %Mineral County7.152White Pine County: 5.9 %White Pine County5.9Storey County: 2.164 %Storey County2.164Lander County: 22.457 %Lander County22.457Eureka County: 20.593 %Eureka County20.593Douglas County: 15.747 %Douglas County15.747Humboldt County: 14.289 %Humboldt County14.289Washoe County: 13.843 %Washoe County13.843Lyon County: 12.268 %Lyon County12.268Churchill County: 12.267 %Churchill County12.267Carson City: 11.925 %Carson City11.925Lincoln County: 11.409 %Lincoln County11.409Clark County: 9.911 %Clark County9.911Pershing County: 8.281 %Pershing County8.281Esmeralda County: 7.884 %Esmeralda County7.884Nye County: 7.79 %Nye County7.79Elko County: 7.511 %Elko County7.511Mineral County: 7.152 %Mineral County7.152White Pine County: 5.9 %White Pine County5.9Storey County: 2.164 %Storey County2.164
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Lander County22.457+13.1 pts
2Eureka County20.593+11.57 pts
3Douglas County15.747-1.28 pts
4Humboldt County14.289+4.45 pts
5Washoe County13.843-1.01 pts
6Lyon County12.268-1 pts
7Churchill County12.267+0.7 pts
8Carson City11.925-3.58 pts
9Lincoln County11.409-5.53 pts
10Clark County9.911-14.94 pts
11Pershing County8.281+5.77 pts
12Esmeralda County7.884-9.81 pts
13Nye County7.79-8.42 pts
14Elko County7.511-1.39 pts
15Mineral County7.152-0.33 pts
16White Pine County5.9+0.26 pts
17Storey County2.164+0.4 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_nevada_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2022}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/nevada-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate, 2022
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/nevada-counties?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/nevada-counties?period=2022.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Nevada by job destruction rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"job_destruction_rate","level":"province","within":"Nevada","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=job_destruction_rate&level=province&within=Nevada&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Lander County, with 22.457% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Storey County, with 2.164% in 2022.

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.

Job destruction rate: other rankings

Counties in Nevada: more rankings