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Counties in New Hampshire by job destruction rate

Strafford County had the highest job destruction rate of 10 counties in 2017, at 13.04%. Grafton County had the lowest, at 8.445%. The median was 9.948% and the figure for New Hampshire was 10.056%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.04Strafford County
Lowest8.445Grafton County
Median9.94810 counties
New Hampshire10.056History

Map of counties, 2017

Belknap County: 8.834 %Carroll County: 9.504 %Cheshire County: 10.409 %Coos County: 8.874 %Grafton County: 8.445 %Hillsborough County: 9.323 %Merrimack County: 10.392 %Rockingham County: 11.904 %Strafford County: 13.04 %Sullivan County: 11.229 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Strafford County: 13.04 %Strafford County13.04Rockingham County: 11.904 %Rockingham County11.904Sullivan County: 11.229 %Sullivan County11.229Cheshire County: 10.409 %Cheshire County10.409Merrimack County: 10.392 %Merrimack County10.392Carroll County: 9.504 %Carroll County9.504Hillsborough County: 9.323 %Hillsborough County9.323Coos County: 8.874 %Coos County8.874Belknap County: 8.834 %Belknap County8.834Grafton County: 8.445 %Grafton County8.445Strafford County: 13.04 %Strafford County13.04Rockingham County: 11.904 %Rockingham County11.904Sullivan County: 11.229 %Sullivan County11.229Cheshire County: 10.409 %Cheshire County10.409Merrimack County: 10.392 %Merrimack County10.392Carroll County: 9.504 %Carroll County9.504Hillsborough County: 9.323 %Hillsborough County9.323Coos County: 8.874 %Coos County8.874Belknap County: 8.834 %Belknap County8.834Grafton County: 8.445 %Grafton County8.445
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Strafford County13.04+5.08 pts
2Rockingham County11.904+3.28 pts
3Sullivan County11.229-2.61 pts
4Cheshire County10.409+1.42 pts
5Merrimack County10.392+2.52 pts
6Carroll County9.504-3.87 pts
7Hillsborough County9.323+0.95 pts
8Coos County8.874+1.66 pts
9Belknap County8.834-0.91 pts
10Grafton County8.445+1.65 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 New Hampshire by job destruction rate, 2017) [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 New Hampshire by job destruction rate, 2017. 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2017. 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 New Hampshire by job destruction rate, 2017. 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2017.

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 New Hampshire by job destruction rate, 2017 [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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Strafford County, with 13.04% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Grafton County, with 8.445% in 2017.

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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