# Counties in Tennessee by job destruction rate, 2023

All 95 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Clay County | 32.383 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 26.667 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 20.779 |
| 4 | Grainger County | 19.002 |
| 5 | Lewis County | 15.991 |
| 6 | Pickett County | 14.984 |
| 7 | Meigs County | 14.897 |
| 8 | Henderson County | 14.652 |
| 9 | Houston County | 14.641 |
| 10 | Overton County | 14.639 |
| 11 | Union County | 14.319 |
| 12 | Polk County | 14.029 |
| 13 | Grundy County | 13.928 |
| 14 | Haywood County | 13.692 |
| 15 | Wilson County | 13.651 |
| 16 | Jackson County | 13.537 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 13.381 |
| 18 | Lauderdale County | 13.04 |
| 19 | Greene County | 13.026 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 12.868 |
| 21 | Williamson County | 12.683 |
| 22 | Macon County | 12.628 |
| 23 | Humphreys County | 12.446 |
| 24 | Benton County | 12.414 |
| 25 | Marshall County | 12.381 |
| 26 | Shelby County | 12.362 |
| 27 | Carter County | 12.284 |
| 28 | Sevier County | 12.217 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 12.147 |
| 30 | Gibson County | 12.082 |
| 31 | Dyer County | 12.079 |
| 32 | Bradley County | 11.764 |
| 33 | Rutherford County | 11.688 |
| 34 | Maury County | 11.611 |
| 35 | Cannon County | 11.57 |
| 36 | Loudon County | 11.366 |
| 37 | Davidson County | 11.117 |
| 38 | Bledsoe County | 10.973 |
| 39 | Lake County | 10.951 |
| 40 | Carroll County | 10.933 |
| 41 | Roane County | 10.86 |
| 42 | Washington County | 10.704 |
| 43 | DeKalb County | 10.669 |
| 44 | Van Buren County | 10.663 |
| 45 | Wayne County | 10.658 |
| 46 | Warren County | 10.59 |
| 47 | Cheatham County | 10.539 |
| 48 | Sequatchie County | 10.519 |
| 49 | Crockett County | 10.45 |
| 50 | Madison County | 10.29 |
| 51 | Sullivan County | 10.279 |
| 52 | Hamilton County | 10.278 |
| 53 | Hickman County | 10.136 |
| 54 | Cocke County | 10.134 |
| 55 | Lawrence County | 10.09 |
| 56 | Morgan County | 10.066 |
| 57 | Weakley County | 9.943 |
| 58 | Smith County | 9.896 |
| 59 | Tipton County | 9.89 |
| 60 | Obion County | 9.856 |
| 60 | Robertson County | 9.856 |
| 62 | McNairy County | 9.788 |
| 63 | Putnam County | 9.754 |
| 64 | Fentress County | 9.584 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 9.54 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | 9.449 |
| 67 | Knox County | 9.419 |
| 68 | Franklin County | 9.39 |
| 69 | Hancock County | 9.281 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 9.135 |
| 71 | Campbell County | 8.983 |
| 72 | Hawkins County | 8.905 |
| 73 | Hardin County | 8.902 |
| 74 | Johnson County | 8.764 |
| 75 | Giles County | 8.73 |
| 76 | Anderson County | 8.444 |
| 77 | Dickson County | 8.436 |
| 78 | Cumberland County | 8.337 |
| 79 | Fayette County | 8.263 |
| 80 | Marion County | 8.164 |
| 81 | Henry County | 7.925 |
| 81 | Stewart County | 7.925 |
| 83 | McMinn County | 7.922 |
| 84 | Scott County | 7.867 |
| 85 | White County | 7.847 |
| 86 | Coffee County | 7.837 |
| 87 | Bedford County | 7.377 |
| 88 | Rhea County | 7.046 |
| 89 | Blount County | 6.977 |
| 90 | Chester County | 6.889 |
| 91 | Unicoi County | 6.745 |
| 92 | Perry County | 6.702 |
| 93 | Hamblen County | 6.435 |
| 94 | Decatur County | 6.396 |
| 95 | Moore County | 3.917 |