# Counties in North Carolina by job destruction rate, 2023

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Camden County | 20.267 |
| 2 | Hyde County | 19.001 |
| 3 | Tyrrell County | 18.903 |
| 4 | Perquimans County | 18.855 |
| 5 | Swain County | 18.012 |
| 6 | Caswell County | 17.696 |
| 7 | Greene County | 16.414 |
| 8 | Randolph County | 16.378 |
| 9 | Wilson County | 16.199 |
| 10 | Graham County | 15.795 |
| 11 | Washington County | 15.59 |
| 12 | Anson County | 15.086 |
| 13 | Madison County | 15.022 |
| 14 | Rockingham County | 14.859 |
| 15 | Columbus County | 14.629 |
| 16 | Hertford County | 14.405 |
| 17 | Currituck County | 14.014 |
| 18 | Cleveland County | 13.727 |
| 19 | Stokes County | 13.658 |
| 20 | Rutherford County | 13.582 |
| 21 | Gates County | 13.117 |
| 22 | Jones County | 12.993 |
| 23 | Pasquotank County | 12.766 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 12.44 |
| 25 | Buncombe County | 12.215 |
| 26 | Dare County | 12.127 |
| 27 | Alleghany County | 11.974 |
| 28 | Nash County | 11.951 |
| 29 | Scotland County | 11.94 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 11.935 |
| 31 | Johnston County | 11.83 |
| 32 | Guilford County | 11.794 |
| 33 | Halifax County | 11.675 |
| 34 | Stanly County | 11.669 |
| 35 | Onslow County | 11.663 |
| 36 | Warren County | 11.461 |
| 37 | Davidson County | 11.426 |
| 38 | Cabarrus County | 11.387 |
| 39 | Wake County | 11.246 |
| 40 | Clay County | 11.23 |
| 41 | Beaufort County | 11.194 |
| 42 | Yadkin County | 11.051 |
| 43 | Henderson County | 10.912 |
| 44 | Davie County | 10.78 |
| 45 | Union County | 10.626 |
| 46 | Pender County | 10.485 |
| 47 | Yancey County | 10.407 |
| 48 | Transylvania County | 10.322 |
| 49 | Cumberland County | 10.271 |
| 50 | Mecklenburg County | 10.192 |
| 51 | Pitt County | 10.19 |
| 52 | Polk County | 10.155 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 10.112 |
| 54 | Gaston County | 10.07 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 9.988 |
| 56 | Watauga County | 9.937 |
| 57 | Brunswick County | 9.885 |
| 58 | Rowan County | 9.866 |
| 59 | Macon County | 9.702 |
| 60 | Sampson County | 9.592 |
| 61 | Northampton County | 9.586 |
| 62 | Harnett County | 9.571 |
| 63 | Alamance County | 9.557 |
| 64 | Chatham County | 9.461 |
| 65 | Granville County | 9.449 |
| 66 | Moore County | 9.429 |
| 67 | Iredell County | 9.416 |
| 68 | Lee County | 9.348 |
| 69 | Surry County | 9.322 |
| 70 | Wilkes County | 9.255 |
| 71 | Chowan County | 9.25 |
| 72 | Duplin County | 9.199 |
| 73 | Burke County | 9.177 |
| 74 | Richmond County | 9.175 |
| 75 | Martin County | 9.138 |
| 76 | Carteret County | 9.129 |
| 77 | Robeson County | 9.019 |
| 78 | New Hanover County | 8.898 |
| 79 | McDowell County | 8.702 |
| 80 | Avery County | 8.568 |
| 81 | Jackson County | 8.559 |
| 82 | Catawba County | 8.554 |
| 83 | Craven County | 8.552 |
| 84 | Person County | 8.536 |
| 85 | Vance County | 8.506 |
| 86 | Bertie County | 8.297 |
| 87 | Orange County | 8.255 |
| 88 | Edgecombe County | 8.233 |
| 89 | Hoke County | 8.213 |
| 90 | Alexander County | 8.174 |
| 91 | Wayne County | 8.097 |
| 92 | Forsyth County | 8.081 |
| 93 | Bladen County | 8.075 |
| 94 | Durham County | 8.044 |
| 95 | Cherokee County | 7.986 |
| 96 | Caldwell County | 7.819 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 7.763 |
| 98 | Haywood County | 7.4 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 6.261 |
| 100 | Lenoir County | 5.515 |