# Counties in North Dakota by job destruction rate, 2023

All 53 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-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McHenry County | 53.43 |
| 2 | Dunn County | 20.297 |
| 3 | McKenzie County | 18.125 |
| 4 | LaMoure County | 16.373 |
| 5 | Golden Valley County | 15.495 |
| 6 | McLean County | 14.583 |
| 7 | Richland County | 13.606 |
| 8 | Divide County | 13.449 |
| 9 | Burke County | 13.001 |
| 10 | Cavalier County | 12.959 |
| 11 | Morton County | 12.911 |
| 12 | Towner County | 12.369 |
| 13 | Grand Forks County | 12.309 |
| 14 | Dickey County | 12.141 |
| 15 | Mountrail County | 11.824 |
| 16 | Hettinger County | 11.806 |
| 17 | Ramsey County | 11.679 |
| 18 | Ward County | 11.505 |
| 19 | Eddy County | 11.052 |
| 20 | Bowman County | 10.991 |
| 21 | Bottineau County | 10.964 |
| 22 | Slope County | 10.753 |
| 23 | Williams County | 10.536 |
| 24 | Cass County | 10.495 |
| 25 | Pierce County | 10.449 |
| 26 | Ransom County | 10.147 |
| 27 | Stark County | 10.038 |
| 28 | Nelson County | 10.025 |
| 29 | Emmons County | 9.748 |
| 30 | Burleigh County | 9.664 |
| 31 | Logan County | 9.663 |
| 32 | Barnes County | 9.66 |
| 33 | Sheridan County | 9.562 |
| 34 | Pembina County | 9.56 |
| 35 | Walsh County | 9.378 |
| 36 | Benson County | 9.342 |
| 37 | Stutsman County | 9.263 |
| 38 | Foster County | 9.057 |
| 39 | Kidder County | 8.974 |
| 40 | Rolette County | 8.942 |
| 41 | Renville County | 8.637 |
| 42 | McIntosh County | 8.35 |
| 43 | Wells County | 8.238 |
| 44 | Adams County | 8.091 |
| 45 | Grant County | 7.632 |
| 46 | Billings County | 7.341 |
| 47 | Steele County | 7.094 |
| 48 | Traill County | 6.406 |
| 49 | Mercer County | 5.713 |
| 50 | Sargent County | 5.664 |
| 51 | Griggs County | 5.212 |
| 52 | Oliver County | 4.583 |
| 53 | Sioux County | 4.513 |