# Counties in South Carolina by job destruction rate, 2023

All 46 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/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Marlboro County | 24.663 |
| 2 | Darlington County | 16.557 |
| 3 | Lancaster County | 14.421 |
| 4 | York County | 14.378 |
| 5 | Fairfield County | 14.141 |
| 6 | Jasper County | 13.703 |
| 7 | Sumter County | 13.573 |
| 8 | Beaufort County | 13.381 |
| 9 | Bamberg County | 13.084 |
| 10 | Marion County | 12.928 |
| 11 | Williamsburg County | 12.841 |
| 12 | Richland County | 12.707 |
| 13 | Berkeley County | 12.511 |
| 14 | Colleton County | 12.37 |
| 15 | Lee County | 11.401 |
| 16 | Charleston County | 11.297 |
| 17 | Chester County | 11.243 |
| 18 | Horry County | 10.868 |
| 19 | Clarendon County | 10.745 |
| 20 | Kershaw County | 10.636 |
| 21 | Cherokee County | 10.625 |
| 22 | Greenville County | 10.46 |
| 23 | Greenwood County | 10.367 |
| 24 | Dillon County | 10.342 |
| 25 | Lexington County | 10.285 |
| 26 | Anderson County | 10.24 |
| 27 | Aiken County | 10.197 |
| 28 | McCormick County | 10.19 |
| 29 | Newberry County | 10.02 |
| 30 | Georgetown County | 9.809 |
| 31 | Oconee County | 9.726 |
| 32 | Dorchester County | 9.595 |
| 33 | Laurens County | 9.574 |
| 34 | Hampton County | 9.42 |
| 35 | Florence County | 9.242 |
| 36 | Spartanburg County | 9.093 |
| 37 | Pickens County | 8.507 |
| 38 | Edgefield County | 8.329 |
| 39 | Union County | 8.046 |
| 40 | Abbeville County | 7.888 |
| 41 | Orangeburg County | 7.813 |
| 42 | Calhoun County | 7.578 |
| 43 | Saluda County | 7.295 |
| 44 | Chesterfield County | 6.848 |
| 45 | Allendale County | 6.727 |
| 46 | Barnwell County | 2.653 |