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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate, 2023

Borden County had the highest job destruction rate of 253 counties in 2023, at 62.745%. Franklin County had the lowest, at 2.966%. The median was 10.976% and the figure for Texas was 11.425%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest62.745Borden County
Lowest2.966Franklin County
Median10.976253 counties
Texas11.425History

Map of counties, 2023

Anderson County: 13.816 %Andrews County: 7.818 %Angelina County: 9.713 %Aransas County: 12.072 %Archer County: 12.908 %Armstrong County: 8.314 %Atascosa County: 12.201 %Austin County: 9.858 %Bailey County: 15.11 %Bandera County: 11.837 %Bastrop County: 12.203 %Baylor County: 10.783 %Bee County: 8.853 %Bell County: 12.227 %Bexar County: 12.293 %Blanco County: 11.546 %Borden County: 62.745 %Bosque County: 10.606 %Bowie County: 10.631 %Brazoria County: 12.033 %Brazos County: 10.657 %Brewster County: 17.356 %Briscoe County: 10.976 %Brooks County: 6.988 %Brown County: 13.679 %Burleson County: 11.68 %Burnet County: 9.476 %Caldwell County: 12.469 %Calhoun County: 7.7 %Callahan County: 15.187 %Cameron County: 8.347 %Camp County: 12.907 %Carson County: 15.116 %Cass County: 10.063 %Castro County: 9.616 %Chambers County: 11.684 %Cherokee County: 8.753 %Childress County: 10.102 %Clay County: 12.216 %Cochran County: 8.879 %Coke County: 21.757 %Coleman County: 10.36 %Collin County: 12.892 %Collingsworth County: 7.66 %Colorado County: 8.195 %Comal County: 10.6 %Comanche County: 16.121 %Concho County: 10.342 %Cooke County: 18.209 %Coryell County: 7.981 %Cottle County: 3.994 %Crane County: 14.008 %Crockett County: 15.233 %Crosby County: 21.922 %Culberson County: 7.035 %Dallam County: 7.479 %Dallas County: 11.885 %Dawson County: 13.036 %Deaf Smith County: 8.71 %Delta County: 13.411 %Denton County: 11.938 %DeWitt County: 6.53 %Dickens County: 7.601 %Dimmit County: 9.44 %Donley County: 22.251 %Duval County: 15.039 %Eastland County: 8.245 %Ector County: 10.441 %Edwards County: 7.742 %Ellis County: 13.417 %El Paso County: 12.155 %Erath County: 9.565 %Falls County: 17.814 %Fannin County: 12.036 %Fayette County: 10.723 %Fisher County: 10.183 %Floyd County: 17.231 %Foard County: 14.327 %Fort Bend County: 11.927 %Franklin County: 2.966 %Freestone County: 12.946 %Frio County: 14.964 %Gaines County: 13.608 %Galveston County: 9.805 %Garza County: 7.944 %Gillespie County: 9.985 %Glasscock County: 34.892 %Goliad County: 23.663 %Gonzales County: 10.403 %Gray County: 13.086 %Grayson County: 10.175 %Gregg County: 11.457 %Grimes County: 6.694 %Guadalupe County: 7.255 %Hale County: 8.341 %Hall County: 14.031 %Hamilton County: 18.211 %Hansford County: 7.538 %Hardeman County: 9.023 %Hardin County: 13.044 %Harris County: 10.702 %Harrison County: 13.242 %Hartley County: 10.414 %Haskell County: 8.712 %Hays County: 11.93 %Hemphill County: 20.601 %Henderson County: 11.592 %Hidalgo County: 10.633 %Hill County: 8.845 %Hockley County: 14.705 %Hood County: 10.688 %Hopkins County: 11.541 %Houston County: 8.463 %Howard County: 11.563 %Hudspeth County: 5.641 %Hunt County: 7.986 %Hutchinson County: 9.79 %Irion County: 8.481 %Jack County: 13.671 %Jackson County: 8.064 %Jasper County: 8.541 %Jeff Davis County: 14.514 %Jefferson County: 10.085 %Jim Hogg County: 12.379 %Jim Wells County: 13.555 %Johnson County: 9.535 %Jones County: 17.742 %Karnes County: 13.751 %Kaufman County: 8.682 %Kendall County: 12.142 %Kenedy County: 44.643 %Kent County: 22.414 %Kerr County: 9.654 %Kimble County: 17.347 %Kinney County: 13.624 %Kleberg County: 8.63 %Knox County: 7.949 %Lamar County: 9.66 %Lamb County: 12.095 %Lampasas County: 9.789 %La Salle County: 12.785 %Lavaca County: 16.887 %Lee County: 7.408 %Leon County: 7.204 %Liberty County: 10.624 %Limestone County: 9.259 %Lipscomb County: 5.701 %Live Oak County: 9.73 %Llano County: 9.787 %Loving County: 4.598 %Lubbock County: 12.124 %Lynn County: 16.763 %McCulloch County: 13.169 %McLennan County: 12.853 %McMullen County: 7.524 %Madison County: 12.01 %Marion County: 11.346 %Martin County: 10.78 %Mason County: 14.73 %Matagorda County: 12.022 %Maverick County: 9.397 %Medina County: 11.454 %Menard County: 16.867 %Midland County: 10.216 %Milam County: 9.429 %Mills County: 9.176 %Mitchell County: 10.108 %Montague County: 16.363 %Montgomery County: 11.642 %Moore County: 14.598 %Morris County: 8.985 %Motley County: 26.866 %Nacogdoches County: 8.836 %Navarro County: 11.623 %Newton County: 15.725 %Nolan County: 10.263 %Nueces County: 13.67 %Ochiltree County: 11.132 %Oldham County: 12.567 %Orange County: 8.869 %Palo Pinto County: 12.059 %Panola County: 9.802 %Parker County: 12.646 %Parmer County: 5.594 %Pecos County: 12.68 %Polk County: 10.193 %Potter County: 9.874 %Presidio County: 15.54 %Rains County: 16.2 %Randall County: 10.716 %Reagan County: 9.538 %Real County: 14.975 %Red River County: 10.205 %Reeves County: 16.948 %Refugio County: 12.405 %Roberts County: 20.69 %Robertson County: 10.257 %Rockwall County: 12.482 %Runnels County: 11.921 %Rusk County: 14.62 %Sabine County: 10.117 %San Augustine County: 10.188 %San Jacinto County: 9.263 %San Patricio County: 8.31 %San Saba County: 12.17 %Schleicher County: 14.171 %Scurry County: 12.231 %Shackelford County: 4.936 %Shelby County: 5.969 %Sherman County: 20.548 %Smith County: 13.388 %Somervell County: 9.532 %Starr County: 8.5 %Stephens County: 20.962 %Sterling County: 17.48 %Stonewall County: 3.347 %Sutton County: 9.227 %Swisher County: 17.361 %Tarrant County: 10.655 %Taylor County: 9.488 %Terrell County: 9.231 %Terry County: 15.591 %Throckmorton County: 13.906 %Titus County: 9.309 %Tom Green County: 10.203 %Travis County: 11.852 %Trinity County: 8.678 %Tyler County: 14.099 %Upshur County: 10.259 %Upton County: 8.228 %Uvalde County: 9.961 %Val Verde County: 9.257 %Van Zandt County: 11.373 %Victoria County: 10.163 %Walker County: 8.184 %Waller County: 8.519 %Ward County: 12.233 %Washington County: 11.559 %Webb County: 9.048 %Wharton County: 8.842 %Wheeler County: 15.818 %Wichita County: 10.692 %Wilbarger County: 6.908 %Willacy County: 17.468 %Williamson County: 11.982 %Wilson County: 11.218 %Winkler County: 12.811 %Wise County: 11.86 %Wood County: 11.25 %Yoakum County: 7.786 %Young County: 11.456 %Zapata County: 6.162 %Zavala County: 7.098 %
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%, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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, 2023

Borden County: 62.745 %Borden County62.745Kenedy County: 44.643 %Kenedy County44.643Glasscock County: 34.892 %Glasscock County34.892Motley County: 26.866 %Motley County26.866Goliad County: 23.663 %Goliad County23.663Kent County: 22.414 %Kent County22.414Donley County: 22.251 %Donley County22.251Crosby County: 21.922 %Crosby County21.922Coke County: 21.757 %Coke County21.757Stephens County: 20.962 %Stephens County20.962Roberts County: 20.69 %Roberts County20.69Hemphill County: 20.601 %Hemphill County20.601Sherman County: 20.548 %Sherman County20.548Hamilton County: 18.211 %Hamilton County18.211Cooke County: 18.209 %Cooke County18.209Falls County: 17.814 %Falls County17.814Jones County: 17.742 %Jones County17.742Sterling County: 17.48 %Sterling County17.48Willacy County: 17.468 %Willacy County17.468Swisher County: 17.361 %Swisher County17.361Brewster County: 17.356 %Brewster County17.356Kimble County: 17.347 %Kimble County17.347Floyd County: 17.231 %Floyd County17.231Reeves County: 16.948 %Reeves County16.948Lavaca County: 16.887 %Lavaca County16.887Menard County: 16.867 %Menard County16.867Lynn County: 16.763 %Lynn County16.763Montague County: 16.363 %Montague County16.363Rains County: 16.2 %Rains County16.2Comanche County: 16.121 %Comanche County16.121Wheeler County: 15.818 %Wheeler County15.818Newton County: 15.725 %Newton County15.725Terry County: 15.591 %Terry County15.591Presidio County: 15.54 %Presidio County15.54Crockett County: 15.233 %Crockett County15.233Callahan County: 15.187 %Callahan County15.187Carson County: 15.116 %Carson County15.116Bailey County: 15.11 %Bailey County15.11Duval County: 15.039 %Duval County15.039Real County: 14.975 %Real County14.975Borden County: 62.745 %Borden County62.745Kenedy County: 44.643 %Kenedy County44.643Glasscock County: 34.892 %Glasscock County34.892Motley County: 26.866 %Motley County26.866Goliad County: 23.663 %Goliad County23.663Kent County: 22.414 %Kent County22.414Donley County: 22.251 %Donley County22.251Crosby County: 21.922 %Crosby County21.922Coke County: 21.757 %Coke County21.757Stephens County: 20.962 %Stephens County20.962Roberts County: 20.69 %Roberts County20.69Hemphill County: 20.601 %Hemphill County20.601Sherman County: 20.548 %Sherman County20.548Hamilton County: 18.211 %Hamilton County18.211Cooke County: 18.209 %Cooke County18.209Falls County: 17.814 %Falls County17.814Jones County: 17.742 %Jones County17.742Sterling County: 17.48 %Sterling County17.48Willacy County: 17.468 %Willacy County17.468Swisher County: 17.361 %Swisher County17.361Brewster County: 17.356 %Brewster County17.356Kimble County: 17.347 %Kimble County17.347Floyd County: 17.231 %Floyd County17.231Reeves County: 16.948 %Reeves County16.948Lavaca County: 16.887 %Lavaca County16.887Menard County: 16.867 %Menard County16.867Lynn County: 16.763 %Lynn County16.763Montague County: 16.363 %Montague County16.363Rains County: 16.2 %Rains County16.2Comanche County: 16.121 %Comanche County16.121Wheeler County: 15.818 %Wheeler County15.818Newton County: 15.725 %Newton County15.725Terry County: 15.591 %Terry County15.591Presidio County: 15.54 %Presidio County15.54Crockett County: 15.233 %Crockett County15.233Callahan County: 15.187 %Callahan County15.187Carson County: 15.116 %Carson County15.116Bailey County: 15.11 %Bailey County15.11Duval County: 15.039 %Duval County15.039Real County: 14.975 %Real County14.975
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Borden County62.745+60.5 pts
2Kenedy County44.643+40.09 pts
3Glasscock County34.892+26.93 pts
4Motley County26.866-8.25 pts
5Goliad County23.663+10.56 pts
6Kent County22.414-6.16 pts
7Donley County22.251+12.82 pts
8Crosby County21.922+17.7 pts
9Coke County21.757+0.68 pts
10Stephens County20.962+11.96 pts
11Roberts County20.69-5.63 pts
12Hemphill County20.601+9.57 pts
13Sherman County20.548+10.94 pts
14Hamilton County18.211-2.91 pts
15Cooke County18.209+8.93 pts
16Falls County17.814+9.37 pts
17Jones County17.742+1.81 pts
18Sterling County17.48+7.22 pts
19Willacy County17.468+9.97 pts
20Swisher County17.361+1.62 pts
21Brewster County17.356+5.62 pts
22Kimble County17.347-1.15 pts
23Floyd County17.231+9.43 pts
24Reeves County16.948+3.97 pts
25Lavaca County16.887+2.08 pts
26Menard County16.867+10.05 pts
27Lynn County16.763+3.54 pts
28Montague County16.363+2.81 pts
29Rains County16.2-1.25 pts
30Comanche County16.121-3.31 pts
31Wheeler County15.818-6.94 pts
32Newton County15.725-5.79 pts
33Terry County15.591-8.76 pts
34Presidio County15.54+2.78 pts
35Crockett County15.233-4.2 pts
36Callahan County15.187+6.34 pts
37Carson County15.116+4.39 pts
38Bailey County15.11+6.24 pts
39Duval County15.039+7.69 pts
40Real County14.975-0.64 pts
41Frio County14.964+2.04 pts
42Mason County14.73+3.44 pts
43Hockley County14.705+6.31 pts
44Rusk County14.62+4.55 pts
45Moore County14.598+6.54 pts
46Jeff Davis County14.514+5.21 pts
47Foard County14.327+1.86 pts
48Schleicher County14.171+8.44 pts
49Tyler County14.099+4.52 pts
50Hall County14.031+7.34 pts
51Crane County14.008-3.59 pts
52Throckmorton County13.906-0.59 pts
53Anderson County13.816+2.99 pts
54Karnes County13.751-1.03 pts
55Brown County13.679+5.16 pts
56Jack County13.671+3.58 pts
57Nueces County13.67+2.69 pts
58Kinney County13.624+7.42 pts
59Gaines County13.608-0.93 pts
60Jim Wells County13.555+2.22 pts
61Ellis County13.417+0.82 pts
62Delta County13.411+2.62 pts
63Smith County13.388+3.01 pts
64Harrison County13.242+2.25 pts
65McCulloch County13.169+2.17 pts
66Gray County13.086+0.93 pts
67Hardin County13.044+0.57 pts
68Dawson County13.036-7.12 pts
69Freestone County12.946-4.58 pts
70Archer County12.908+0.39 pts
71Camp County12.907-3.79 pts
72Collin County12.892+1.9 pts
73McLennan County12.853+1.04 pts
74Winkler County12.811-3.75 pts
75La Salle County12.785-4.2 pts
76Pecos County12.68-0.42 pts
77Parker County12.646+0.95 pts
78Oldham County12.567+5.24 pts
79Rockwall County12.482+0.46 pts
80Caldwell County12.469+2.05 pts
81Refugio County12.405-0.46 pts
82Jim Hogg County12.379+7.62 pts
83Bexar County12.293+0.63 pts
84Ward County12.233+0.69 pts
85Scurry County12.231+1.59 pts
86Bell County12.227-1.95 pts
87Clay County12.216+2.73 pts
88Bastrop County12.203+1.46 pts
89Atascosa County12.201+2.86 pts
90San Saba County12.17-7.12 pts
91El Paso County12.155-0.06 pts
92Kendall County12.142+0.71 pts
93Lubbock County12.124-0.55 pts
94Lamb County12.095+5.64 pts
95Aransas County12.072+0.13 pts
96Palo Pinto County12.059+2.27 pts
97Fannin County12.036-5.82 pts
98Brazoria County12.033+1.13 pts
99Matagorda County12.022-3.48 pts
100Madison County12.01-2.5 pts
101Williamson County11.982-0.17 pts
102Denton County11.938-0.22 pts
103Hays County11.93+1.27 pts
104Fort Bend County11.927+0.01 pts
105Runnels County11.921-1.3 pts
106Dallas County11.885+0.25 pts
107Wise County11.86+1.2 pts
108Travis County11.852+0.37 pts
109Bandera County11.837+1.81 pts
110Chambers County11.684-12.74 pts
111Burleson County11.68-0.65 pts
112Montgomery County11.642+1.3 pts
113Navarro County11.623-0.18 pts
114Henderson County11.592+1.64 pts
115Howard County11.563-3.53 pts
116Washington County11.559+3.51 pts
117Blanco County11.546-4.26 pts
118Hopkins County11.541+0.98 pts
119Gregg County11.457+0.62 pts
120Young County11.456+0.2 pts
121Medina County11.454-0.41 pts
122Van Zandt County11.373+0.85 pts
123Marion County11.346-0.21 pts
124Wood County11.25+0.07 pts
125Wilson County11.218-1.51 pts
126Ochiltree County11.132-4.1 pts
127Briscoe County10.976+5.71 pts
128Baylor County10.783+2.52 pts
129Martin County10.78-0.12 pts
130Fayette County10.723+0.82 pts
131Randall County10.716-1.42 pts
132Harris County10.702-0.67 pts
133Wichita County10.692+0.7 pts
134Hood County10.688-1.65 pts
135Brazos County10.657+0.29 pts
136Tarrant County10.655-0.78 pts
137Hidalgo County10.633+1.66 pts
138Bowie County10.631-3.87 pts
139Liberty County10.624-1.83 pts
140Bosque County10.606-6.02 pts
141Comal County10.6+0.31 pts
142Ector County10.441-1.97 pts
143Hartley County10.414+5.15 pts
144Gonzales County10.403-1.31 pts
145Coleman County10.36-2.14 pts
146Concho County10.342-11.15 pts
147Nolan County10.263-1.39 pts
148Upshur County10.259-0.04 pts
149Robertson County10.257-5.41 pts
150Midland County10.216-4.22 pts
151Red River County10.205-2.24 pts
152Tom Green County10.203+0.04 pts
153Polk County10.193-2.67 pts
154San Augustine County10.188-10.9 pts
155Fisher County10.183+1.73 pts
156Grayson County10.175-2.38 pts
157Victoria County10.163-0.03 pts
158Sabine County10.117-4.55 pts
159Mitchell County10.108-2.71 pts
160Childress County10.102+3.58 pts
161Jefferson County10.085-1.03 pts
162Cass County10.063+0.87 pts
163Gillespie County9.985-0.46 pts
164Uvalde County9.961-0.02 pts
165Potter County9.874+0.44 pts
166Austin County9.858+0.18 pts
167Galveston County9.805-1.7 pts
168Panola County9.802-2.2 pts
169Hutchinson County9.79+1.33 pts
170Lampasas County9.789-13.47 pts
171Llano County9.787-4.17 pts
172Live Oak County9.73-9.94 pts
173Angelina County9.713-1.28 pts
174Lamar County9.66+0.74 pts
175Kerr County9.654+0.17 pts
176Castro County9.616+0.96 pts
177Erath County9.565-1.93 pts
178Reagan County9.538-5.21 pts
179Johnson County9.535-2.05 pts
180Somervell County9.532+1.53 pts
181Taylor County9.488+1.03 pts
182Burnet County9.476-2.24 pts
183Dimmit County9.44-0.07 pts
184Milam County9.429-3.48 pts
185Maverick County9.397-0.8 pts
186Titus County9.309-1.54 pts
187San Jacinto County9.263-10.37 pts
188Limestone County9.259-1.3 pts
189Val Verde County9.257+0.55 pts
190Terrell County9.231-1.98 pts
191Sutton County9.227-4.3 pts
192Mills County9.176-2.45 pts
193Webb County9.048-1.2 pts
194Hardeman County9.023+3.04 pts
195Morris County8.985-5.44 pts
196Cochran County8.879-9.94 pts
197Orange County8.869-2.1 pts
198Bee County8.853-0.22 pts
199Hill County8.845-6.23 pts
200Wharton County8.842-1.68 pts
201Nacogdoches County8.836-5.19 pts
202Cherokee County8.753-5.75 pts
203Haskell County8.712-12.34 pts
204Deaf Smith County8.71+1.51 pts
205Kaufman County8.682-2.33 pts
206Trinity County8.678-1.08 pts
207Kleberg County8.63-0.22 pts
208Jasper County8.541-4.12 pts
209Waller County8.519+0.37 pts
210Starr County8.5-1.54 pts
211Irion County8.481-20.36 pts
212Houston County8.463-2.59 pts
213Cameron County8.347-2.57 pts
214Hale County8.341-2.11 pts
215Armstrong County8.314-25.32 pts
216San Patricio County8.31-6.13 pts
217Eastland County8.245-1.5 pts
218Upton County8.228-1.45 pts
219Colorado County8.195-4.27 pts
220Walker County8.184-4.22 pts
221Jackson County8.064-10.35 pts
222Hunt County7.986-11.48 pts
223Coryell County7.981-1.31 pts
224Knox County7.949-0.44 pts
225Garza County7.944-1.61 pts
226Andrews County7.818-2.32 pts
227Yoakum County7.786-4.93 pts
228Edwards County7.742-16.17 pts
229Calhoun County7.7-3.65 pts
230Collingsworth County7.66+3.09 pts
231Dickens County7.601-2.25 pts
232Hansford County7.538-4.75 pts
233McMullen County7.524-11.01 pts
234Dallam County7.479-6.92 pts
235Lee County7.408-14.88 pts
236Guadalupe County7.255-1 pts
237Leon County7.204-3.95 pts
238Zavala County7.098-15.64 pts
239Culberson County7.035+1.94 pts
240Brooks County6.988-1.09 pts
241Wilbarger County6.908+2.01 pts
242Grimes County6.694-2.56 pts
243DeWitt County6.53-3.82 pts
244Zapata County6.162-3.41 pts
245Shelby County5.969-12.79 pts
246Lipscomb County5.701-2.76 pts
247Hudspeth County5.641-21.78 pts
248Parmer County5.594-0.53 pts
249Shackelford County4.936-5.65 pts
250Loving County4.598-12.04 pts

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About this ranking

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.

How to cite

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 Texas by job destruction rate, 2023) [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 Texas by job destruction rate, 2023. 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/texas-counties. 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 Texas by job destruction rate, 2023. 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/texas-counties.

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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 Texas by job destruction rate, 2023 [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/texas-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Texas by job destruction rate, 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/texas-counties. Publisher attribution: 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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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Borden County, with 62.745% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Franklin County, with 2.966% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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.

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