# Counties in Texas by job destruction rate, 2023

All 253 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/texas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Borden County | 62.745 |
| 2 | Kenedy County | 44.643 |
| 3 | Glasscock County | 34.892 |
| 4 | Motley County | 26.866 |
| 5 | Goliad County | 23.663 |
| 6 | Kent County | 22.414 |
| 7 | Donley County | 22.251 |
| 8 | Crosby County | 21.922 |
| 9 | Coke County | 21.757 |
| 10 | Stephens County | 20.962 |
| 11 | Roberts County | 20.69 |
| 12 | Hemphill County | 20.601 |
| 13 | Sherman County | 20.548 |
| 14 | Hamilton County | 18.211 |
| 15 | Cooke County | 18.209 |
| 16 | Falls County | 17.814 |
| 17 | Jones County | 17.742 |
| 18 | Sterling County | 17.48 |
| 19 | Willacy County | 17.468 |
| 20 | Swisher County | 17.361 |
| 21 | Brewster County | 17.356 |
| 22 | Kimble County | 17.347 |
| 23 | Floyd County | 17.231 |
| 24 | Reeves County | 16.948 |
| 25 | Lavaca County | 16.887 |
| 26 | Menard County | 16.867 |
| 27 | Lynn County | 16.763 |
| 28 | Montague County | 16.363 |
| 29 | Rains County | 16.2 |
| 30 | Comanche County | 16.121 |
| 31 | Wheeler County | 15.818 |
| 32 | Newton County | 15.725 |
| 33 | Terry County | 15.591 |
| 34 | Presidio County | 15.54 |
| 35 | Crockett County | 15.233 |
| 36 | Callahan County | 15.187 |
| 37 | Carson County | 15.116 |
| 38 | Bailey County | 15.11 |
| 39 | Duval County | 15.039 |
| 40 | Real County | 14.975 |
| 41 | Frio County | 14.964 |
| 42 | Mason County | 14.73 |
| 43 | Hockley County | 14.705 |
| 44 | Rusk County | 14.62 |
| 45 | Moore County | 14.598 |
| 46 | Jeff Davis County | 14.514 |
| 47 | Foard County | 14.327 |
| 48 | Schleicher County | 14.171 |
| 49 | Tyler County | 14.099 |
| 50 | Hall County | 14.031 |
| 51 | Crane County | 14.008 |
| 52 | Throckmorton County | 13.906 |
| 53 | Anderson County | 13.816 |
| 54 | Karnes County | 13.751 |
| 55 | Brown County | 13.679 |
| 56 | Jack County | 13.671 |
| 57 | Nueces County | 13.67 |
| 58 | Kinney County | 13.624 |
| 59 | Gaines County | 13.608 |
| 60 | Jim Wells County | 13.555 |
| 61 | Ellis County | 13.417 |
| 62 | Delta County | 13.411 |
| 63 | Smith County | 13.388 |
| 64 | Harrison County | 13.242 |
| 65 | McCulloch County | 13.169 |
| 66 | Gray County | 13.086 |
| 67 | Hardin County | 13.044 |
| 68 | Dawson County | 13.036 |
| 69 | Freestone County | 12.946 |
| 70 | Archer County | 12.908 |
| 71 | Camp County | 12.907 |
| 72 | Collin County | 12.892 |
| 73 | McLennan County | 12.853 |
| 74 | Winkler County | 12.811 |
| 75 | La Salle County | 12.785 |
| 76 | Pecos County | 12.68 |
| 77 | Parker County | 12.646 |
| 78 | Oldham County | 12.567 |
| 79 | Rockwall County | 12.482 |
| 80 | Caldwell County | 12.469 |
| 81 | Refugio County | 12.405 |
| 82 | Jim Hogg County | 12.379 |
| 83 | Bexar County | 12.293 |
| 84 | Ward County | 12.233 |
| 85 | Scurry County | 12.231 |
| 86 | Bell County | 12.227 |
| 87 | Clay County | 12.216 |
| 88 | Bastrop County | 12.203 |
| 89 | Atascosa County | 12.201 |
| 90 | San Saba County | 12.17 |
| 91 | El Paso County | 12.155 |
| 92 | Kendall County | 12.142 |
| 93 | Lubbock County | 12.124 |
| 94 | Lamb County | 12.095 |
| 95 | Aransas County | 12.072 |
| 96 | Palo Pinto County | 12.059 |
| 97 | Fannin County | 12.036 |
| 98 | Brazoria County | 12.033 |
| 99 | Matagorda County | 12.022 |
| 100 | Madison County | 12.01 |
| 101 | Williamson County | 11.982 |
| 102 | Denton County | 11.938 |
| 103 | Hays County | 11.93 |
| 104 | Fort Bend County | 11.927 |
| 105 | Runnels County | 11.921 |
| 106 | Dallas County | 11.885 |
| 107 | Wise County | 11.86 |
| 108 | Travis County | 11.852 |
| 109 | Bandera County | 11.837 |
| 110 | Chambers County | 11.684 |
| 111 | Burleson County | 11.68 |
| 112 | Montgomery County | 11.642 |
| 113 | Navarro County | 11.623 |
| 114 | Henderson County | 11.592 |
| 115 | Howard County | 11.563 |
| 116 | Washington County | 11.559 |
| 117 | Blanco County | 11.546 |
| 118 | Hopkins County | 11.541 |
| 119 | Gregg County | 11.457 |
| 120 | Young County | 11.456 |
| 121 | Medina County | 11.454 |
| 122 | Van Zandt County | 11.373 |
| 123 | Marion County | 11.346 |
| 124 | Wood County | 11.25 |
| 125 | Wilson County | 11.218 |
| 126 | Ochiltree County | 11.132 |
| 127 | Briscoe County | 10.976 |
| 128 | Baylor County | 10.783 |
| 129 | Martin County | 10.78 |
| 130 | Fayette County | 10.723 |
| 131 | Randall County | 10.716 |
| 132 | Harris County | 10.702 |
| 133 | Wichita County | 10.692 |
| 134 | Hood County | 10.688 |
| 135 | Brazos County | 10.657 |
| 136 | Tarrant County | 10.655 |
| 137 | Hidalgo County | 10.633 |
| 138 | Bowie County | 10.631 |
| 139 | Liberty County | 10.624 |
| 140 | Bosque County | 10.606 |
| 141 | Comal County | 10.6 |
| 142 | Ector County | 10.441 |
| 143 | Hartley County | 10.414 |
| 144 | Gonzales County | 10.403 |
| 145 | Coleman County | 10.36 |
| 146 | Concho County | 10.342 |
| 147 | Nolan County | 10.263 |
| 148 | Upshur County | 10.259 |
| 149 | Robertson County | 10.257 |
| 150 | Midland County | 10.216 |
| 151 | Red River County | 10.205 |
| 152 | Tom Green County | 10.203 |
| 153 | Polk County | 10.193 |
| 154 | San Augustine County | 10.188 |
| 155 | Fisher County | 10.183 |
| 156 | Grayson County | 10.175 |
| 157 | Victoria County | 10.163 |
| 158 | Sabine County | 10.117 |
| 159 | Mitchell County | 10.108 |
| 160 | Childress County | 10.102 |
| 161 | Jefferson County | 10.085 |
| 162 | Cass County | 10.063 |
| 163 | Gillespie County | 9.985 |
| 164 | Uvalde County | 9.961 |
| 165 | Potter County | 9.874 |
| 166 | Austin County | 9.858 |
| 167 | Galveston County | 9.805 |
| 168 | Panola County | 9.802 |
| 169 | Hutchinson County | 9.79 |
| 170 | Lampasas County | 9.789 |
| 171 | Llano County | 9.787 |
| 172 | Live Oak County | 9.73 |
| 173 | Angelina County | 9.713 |
| 174 | Lamar County | 9.66 |
| 175 | Kerr County | 9.654 |
| 176 | Castro County | 9.616 |
| 177 | Erath County | 9.565 |
| 178 | Reagan County | 9.538 |
| 179 | Johnson County | 9.535 |
| 180 | Somervell County | 9.532 |
| 181 | Taylor County | 9.488 |
| 182 | Burnet County | 9.476 |
| 183 | Dimmit County | 9.44 |
| 184 | Milam County | 9.429 |
| 185 | Maverick County | 9.397 |
| 186 | Titus County | 9.309 |
| 187 | San Jacinto County | 9.263 |
| 188 | Limestone County | 9.259 |
| 189 | Val Verde County | 9.257 |
| 190 | Terrell County | 9.231 |
| 191 | Sutton County | 9.227 |
| 192 | Mills County | 9.176 |
| 193 | Webb County | 9.048 |
| 194 | Hardeman County | 9.023 |
| 195 | Morris County | 8.985 |
| 196 | Cochran County | 8.879 |
| 197 | Orange County | 8.869 |
| 198 | Bee County | 8.853 |
| 199 | Hill County | 8.845 |
| 200 | Wharton County | 8.842 |
| 201 | Nacogdoches County | 8.836 |
| 202 | Cherokee County | 8.753 |
| 203 | Haskell County | 8.712 |
| 204 | Deaf Smith County | 8.71 |
| 205 | Kaufman County | 8.682 |
| 206 | Trinity County | 8.678 |
| 207 | Kleberg County | 8.63 |
| 208 | Jasper County | 8.541 |
| 209 | Waller County | 8.519 |
| 210 | Starr County | 8.5 |
| 211 | Irion County | 8.481 |
| 212 | Houston County | 8.463 |
| 213 | Cameron County | 8.347 |
| 214 | Hale County | 8.341 |
| 215 | Armstrong County | 8.314 |
| 216 | San Patricio County | 8.31 |
| 217 | Eastland County | 8.245 |
| 218 | Upton County | 8.228 |
| 219 | Colorado County | 8.195 |
| 220 | Walker County | 8.184 |
| 221 | Jackson County | 8.064 |
| 222 | Hunt County | 7.986 |
| 223 | Coryell County | 7.981 |
| 224 | Knox County | 7.949 |
| 225 | Garza County | 7.944 |
| 226 | Andrews County | 7.818 |
| 227 | Yoakum County | 7.786 |
| 228 | Edwards County | 7.742 |
| 229 | Calhoun County | 7.7 |
| 230 | Collingsworth County | 7.66 |
| 231 | Dickens County | 7.601 |
| 232 | Hansford County | 7.538 |
| 233 | McMullen County | 7.524 |
| 234 | Dallam County | 7.479 |
| 235 | Lee County | 7.408 |
| 236 | Guadalupe County | 7.255 |
| 237 | Leon County | 7.204 |
| 238 | Zavala County | 7.098 |
| 239 | Culberson County | 7.035 |
| 240 | Brooks County | 6.988 |
| 241 | Wilbarger County | 6.908 |
| 242 | Grimes County | 6.694 |
| 243 | DeWitt County | 6.53 |
| 244 | Zapata County | 6.162 |
| 245 | Shelby County | 5.969 |
| 246 | Lipscomb County | 5.701 |
| 247 | Hudspeth County | 5.641 |
| 248 | Parmer County | 5.594 |
| 249 | Shackelford County | 4.936 |
| 250 | Loving County | 4.598 |
| 251 | Cottle County | 3.994 |
| 252 | Stonewall County | 3.347 |
| 253 | Franklin County | 2.966 |