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Counties in Pennsylvania by job destruction rate

Forest County had the highest job destruction rate of 67 counties in 2022, at 35.208%. Fulton County had the lowest, at 4.146%. The median was 9.787% and the figure for Pennsylvania was 9.598%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest35.208Forest County
Lowest4.146Fulton County
Median9.78767 counties
Pennsylvania9.598History

Map of counties, 2022

Adams County: 9.801 %Allegheny County: 9.301 %Armstrong County: 10.856 %Beaver County: 16.947 %Bedford County: 8.555 %Berks County: 8.769 %Blair County: 8.667 %Bradford County: 6.543 %Bucks County: 10.836 %Butler County: 10.076 %Cambria County: 9.553 %Cameron County: 21.699 %Carbon County: 19.978 %Centre County: 10.814 %Chester County: 9.919 %Clarion County: 10.773 %Clearfield County: 10.443 %Clinton County: 11.42 %Columbia County: 8.36 %Crawford County: 8.844 %Cumberland County: 10.914 %Dauphin County: 9.075 %Delaware County: 8.372 %Elk County: 9.218 %Erie County: 9.021 %Fayette County: 13.368 %Forest County: 35.208 %Franklin County: 11.201 %Fulton County: 4.146 %Greene County: 17.095 %Huntingdon County: 10.325 %Indiana County: 8.804 %Jefferson County: 11.17 %Juniata County: 8.681 %Lackawanna County: 9.327 %Lancaster County: 9.169 %Lawrence County: 12.325 %Lebanon County: 8.983 %Lehigh County: 11.323 %Luzerne County: 9.787 %Lycoming County: 9.946 %McKean County: 9.81 %Mercer County: 9.294 %Mifflin County: 9.705 %Monroe County: 12.214 %Montgomery County: 9.456 %Montour County: 9.585 %Northampton County: 9.174 %Northumberland County: 10.502 %Perry County: 12.111 %Philadelphia County: 8.191 %Pike County: 13.921 %Potter County: 8.277 %Schuylkill County: 9.478 %Snyder County: 7.26 %Somerset County: 9.742 %Sullivan County: 13.528 %Susquehanna County: 11.651 %Tioga County: 9.037 %Union County: 6.603 %Venango County: 9.84 %Warren County: 6.736 %Washington County: 11.569 %Wayne County: 7.354 %Westmoreland County: 9.508 %Wyoming County: 30.298 %York County: 9.999 %
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%, 2022. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Forest County: 35.208 %Forest County35.208Wyoming County: 30.298 %Wyoming County30.298Cameron County: 21.699 %Cameron County21.699Carbon County: 19.978 %Carbon County19.978Greene County: 17.095 %Greene County17.095Beaver County: 16.947 %Beaver County16.947Pike County: 13.921 %Pike County13.921Sullivan County: 13.528 %Sullivan County13.528Fayette County: 13.368 %Fayette County13.368Lawrence County: 12.325 %Lawrence County12.325Monroe County: 12.214 %Monroe County12.214Perry County: 12.111 %Perry County12.111Susquehanna County: 11.651 %Susquehanna County11.651Washington County: 11.569 %Washington County11.569Clinton County: 11.42 %Clinton County11.42Lehigh County: 11.323 %Lehigh County11.323Franklin County: 11.201 %Franklin County11.201Jefferson County: 11.17 %Jefferson County11.17Cumberland County: 10.914 %Cumberland County10.914Armstrong County: 10.856 %Armstrong County10.856Bucks County: 10.836 %Bucks County10.836Centre County: 10.814 %Centre County10.814Clarion County: 10.773 %Clarion County10.773Northumberland County: 10.502 %Northumberland County10.502Clearfield County: 10.443 %Clearfield County10.443Huntingdon County: 10.325 %Huntingdon County10.325Butler County: 10.076 %Butler County10.076York County: 9.999 %York County9.999Lycoming County: 9.946 %Lycoming County9.946Chester County: 9.919 %Chester County9.919Venango County: 9.84 %Venango County9.84McKean County: 9.81 %McKean County9.81Adams County: 9.801 %Adams County9.801Luzerne County: 9.787 %Luzerne County9.787Somerset County: 9.742 %Somerset County9.742Mifflin County: 9.705 %Mifflin County9.705Montour County: 9.585 %Montour County9.585Cambria County: 9.553 %Cambria County9.553Westmoreland County: 9.508 %Westmoreland County9.508Schuylkill County: 9.478 %Schuylkill County9.478Forest County: 35.208 %Forest County35.208Wyoming County: 30.298 %Wyoming County30.298Cameron County: 21.699 %Cameron County21.699Carbon County: 19.978 %Carbon County19.978Greene County: 17.095 %Greene County17.095Beaver County: 16.947 %Beaver County16.947Pike County: 13.921 %Pike County13.921Sullivan County: 13.528 %Sullivan County13.528Fayette County: 13.368 %Fayette County13.368Lawrence County: 12.325 %Lawrence County12.325Monroe County: 12.214 %Monroe County12.214Perry County: 12.111 %Perry County12.111Susquehanna County: 11.651 %Susquehanna County11.651Washington County: 11.569 %Washington County11.569Clinton County: 11.42 %Clinton County11.42Lehigh County: 11.323 %Lehigh County11.323Franklin County: 11.201 %Franklin County11.201Jefferson County: 11.17 %Jefferson County11.17Cumberland County: 10.914 %Cumberland County10.914Armstrong County: 10.856 %Armstrong County10.856Bucks County: 10.836 %Bucks County10.836Centre County: 10.814 %Centre County10.814Clarion County: 10.773 %Clarion County10.773Northumberland County: 10.502 %Northumberland County10.502Clearfield County: 10.443 %Clearfield County10.443Huntingdon County: 10.325 %Huntingdon County10.325Butler County: 10.076 %Butler County10.076York County: 9.999 %York County9.999Lycoming County: 9.946 %Lycoming County9.946Chester County: 9.919 %Chester County9.919Venango County: 9.84 %Venango County9.84McKean County: 9.81 %McKean County9.81Adams County: 9.801 %Adams County9.801Luzerne County: 9.787 %Luzerne County9.787Somerset County: 9.742 %Somerset County9.742Mifflin County: 9.705 %Mifflin County9.705Montour County: 9.585 %Montour County9.585Cambria County: 9.553 %Cambria County9.553Westmoreland County: 9.508 %Westmoreland County9.508Schuylkill County: 9.478 %Schuylkill County9.478
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Forest County35.208+14.89 pts
2Wyoming County30.298+20.46 pts
3Cameron County21.699+13.69 pts
4Carbon County19.978+2.96 pts
5Greene County17.095+1.22 pts
6Beaver County16.947+3.06 pts
7Pike County13.921-4.68 pts
8Sullivan County13.528-5.03 pts
9Fayette County13.368-2.16 pts
10Lawrence County12.325-2.22 pts
11Monroe County12.214-4.47 pts
12Perry County12.111-13.35 pts
13Susquehanna County11.651-4.88 pts
14Washington County11.569-3.3 pts
15Clinton County11.42-3.22 pts
16Lehigh County11.323-2.34 pts
17Franklin County11.201-1.37 pts
18Jefferson County11.17-5.1 pts
19Cumberland County10.914-3.63 pts
20Armstrong County10.856-1.39 pts
21Bucks County10.836-4.94 pts
22Centre County10.814-7.23 pts
23Clarion County10.773-6.6 pts
24Northumberland County10.502-2.18 pts
25Clearfield County10.443-1.53 pts
26Huntingdon County10.325-5.32 pts
27Butler County10.076-7.46 pts
28York County9.999-2.32 pts
29Lycoming County9.946-4.77 pts
30Chester County9.919-7.15 pts
31Venango County9.84-8.29 pts
32McKean County9.81-2 pts
33Adams County9.801-9.72 pts
34Luzerne County9.787-6.21 pts
35Somerset County9.742-6.46 pts
36Mifflin County9.705-3.83 pts
37Montour County9.585-20.8 pts
38Cambria County9.553-6.07 pts
39Westmoreland County9.508-6.37 pts
40Schuylkill County9.478-5.96 pts
41Montgomery County9.456-5.27 pts
42Lackawanna County9.327-6.7 pts
43Allegheny County9.301-6.42 pts
44Mercer County9.294-6.15 pts
45Elk County9.218-1.89 pts
46Northampton County9.174-6.16 pts
47Lancaster County9.169-6.19 pts
48Dauphin County9.075-7.34 pts
49Tioga County9.037-5.14 pts
50Erie County9.021-5.99 pts
51Lebanon County8.983-3.86 pts
52Crawford County8.844-7.02 pts
53Indiana County8.804-12 pts
54Berks County8.769-5.92 pts
55Juniata County8.681-4.18 pts
56Blair County8.667-6.45 pts
57Bedford County8.555-3.87 pts
58Delaware County8.372-9.04 pts
59Columbia County8.36-10.22 pts
60Potter County8.277-6.15 pts
61Philadelphia County8.191-10.62 pts
62Wayne County7.354-7.47 pts
63Snyder County7.26-4.33 pts
64Warren County6.736-7.69 pts
65Union County6.603-8.59 pts
66Bradford County6.543-7.3 pts
67Fulton County4.146-8.94 pts

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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.

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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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Pennsylvania by job destruction rate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Pennsylvania by job destruction rate, 2022. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Pennsylvania by job destruction rate, 2022. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Pennsylvania by job destruction rate, 2022 [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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Forest County, with 35.208% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Fulton County, with 4.146% in 2022.

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