# Counties in Oklahoma by job destruction rate, 2023

All 77 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/oklahoma-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pawnee County | 21.957 |
| 2 | Harmon County | 17.358 |
| 3 | Harper County | 15.768 |
| 4 | Cimarron County | 15.584 |
| 5 | Beckham County | 15.551 |
| 6 | Marshall County | 15.183 |
| 7 | Stephens County | 15.082 |
| 8 | Kingfisher County | 14.94 |
| 9 | Delaware County | 14.409 |
| 10 | Beaver County | 14.13 |
| 11 | Woods County | 13.858 |
| 12 | Grant County | 13.65 |
| 13 | Wagoner County | 13.208 |
| 14 | Kiowa County | 12.858 |
| 15 | Caddo County | 12.856 |
| 16 | Greer County | 12.78 |
| 17 | Atoka County | 12.556 |
| 18 | Sequoyah County | 12.094 |
| 19 | Dewey County | 12.073 |
| 20 | McIntosh County | 12.062 |
| 21 | Osage County | 11.736 |
| 22 | Comanche County | 11.599 |
| 23 | Tulsa County | 11.583 |
| 24 | Texas County | 11.514 |
| 25 | McCurtain County | 11.438 |
| 26 | Garfield County | 11.431 |
| 27 | Alfalfa County | 11.425 |
| 28 | Craig County | 11.413 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 11.393 |
| 30 | Custer County | 11.37 |
| 31 | Creek County | 11.23 |
| 32 | Hughes County | 11.133 |
| 33 | Pottawatomie County | 11.054 |
| 34 | Oklahoma County | 10.862 |
| 35 | Jackson County | 10.779 |
| 36 | Bryan County | 10.722 |
| 37 | Cherokee County | 10.71 |
| 38 | Ellis County | 10.622 |
| 39 | Payne County | 10.515 |
| 40 | Pushmataha County | 10.485 |
| 41 | Grady County | 10.385 |
| 42 | Le Flore County | 10.326 |
| 43 | Latimer County | 10.27 |
| 44 | Okmulgee County | 10.192 |
| 45 | Cleveland County | 9.925 |
| 46 | Kay County | 9.749 |
| 47 | Adair County | 9.582 |
| 48 | Nowata County | 9.545 |
| 49 | Coal County | 9.484 |
| 50 | Choctaw County | 9.473 |
| 51 | Woodward County | 9.41 |
| 52 | Logan County | 9.406 |
| 53 | Roger Mills County | 9.312 |
| 54 | Canadian County | 9.291 |
| 55 | Murray County | 9.262 |
| 56 | Pittsburg County | 9.135 |
| 57 | Ottawa County | 9.021 |
| 58 | Haskell County | 9 |
| 59 | Washita County | 8.793 |
| 60 | Muskogee County | 8.682 |
| 61 | Garvin County | 8.548 |
| 62 | Okfuskee County | 8.499 |
| 63 | Major County | 8.265 |
| 64 | McClain County | 8.231 |
| 65 | Carter County | 8.213 |
| 66 | Rogers County | 7.889 |
| 67 | Pontotoc County | 7.695 |
| 68 | Tillman County | 7.533 |
| 69 | Washington County | 7.503 |
| 70 | Johnston County | 7.245 |
| 71 | Mayes County | 6.787 |
| 71 | Noble County | 6.787 |
| 73 | Blaine County | 6.51 |
| 74 | Seminole County | 6.325 |
| 75 | Cotton County | 5.179 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 3.593 |
| 77 | Love County | 2.775 |