# Counties in New York by job destruction rate, 2023

All 62 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/new-york-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Greene County | 13.243 |
| 2 | Hamilton County | 13.125 |
| 3 | Allegany County | 12.897 |
| 4 | Yates County | 12.797 |
| 5 | Delaware County | 12.655 |
| 6 | Ulster County | 12.452 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 12.275 |
| 8 | Ontario County | 11.96 |
| 9 | Broome County | 11.743 |
| 10 | New York County | 11.603 |
| 11 | Nassau County | 11.598 |
| 12 | Lewis County | 11.556 |
| 13 | Dutchess County | 11.524 |
| 14 | Saratoga County | 11.453 |
| 15 | Wayne County | 11.422 |
| 16 | Suffolk County | 11.187 |
| 17 | Rockland County | 11.166 |
| 18 | Erie County | 11.056 |
| 19 | Chautauqua County | 10.98 |
| 20 | Niagara County | 10.892 |
| 21 | Clinton County | 10.81 |
| 22 | Essex County | 10.783 |
| 23 | Cayuga County | 10.71 |
| 24 | Chemung County | 10.671 |
| 25 | Cattaraugus County | 10.606 |
| 26 | Herkimer County | 10.529 |
| 27 | Schoharie County | 10.443 |
| 28 | Seneca County | 10.398 |
| 29 | Livingston County | 10.367 |
| 30 | Columbia County | 10.272 |
| 31 | Putnam County | 10.259 |
| 32 | Orange County | 10.224 |
| 33 | Kings County | 10.189 |
| 34 | Wyoming County | 10.176 |
| 35 | Sullivan County | 10.17 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 10.16 |
| 37 | Genesee County | 10.027 |
| 38 | Otsego County | 9.989 |
| 39 | Queens County | 9.902 |
| 40 | Albany County | 9.857 |
| 41 | Westchester County | 9.743 |
| 42 | Steuben County | 9.726 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 9.655 |
| 44 | Madison County | 9.529 |
| 45 | Rensselaer County | 9.517 |
| 46 | Orleans County | 9.448 |
| 47 | Oswego County | 9.252 |
| 48 | Richmond County | 9.227 |
| 49 | Cortland County | 9.187 |
| 50 | Onondaga County | 9.104 |
| 51 | Fulton County | 9.062 |
| 52 | Washington County | 9.002 |
| 53 | Bronx County | 8.679 |
| 54 | Schenectady County | 8.52 |
| 55 | St. Lawrence County | 8.024 |
| 56 | Oneida County | 8.019 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 7.982 |
| 58 | Warren County | 7.963 |
| 59 | Tioga County | 7.853 |
| 60 | Schuyler County | 7.296 |
| 61 | Tompkins County | 6.98 |
| 62 | Chenango County | 6.639 |