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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Live Oak County had the highest job destruction rate of 252 counties in 2012, at 48.313%. Kenedy County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 11.587% and the figure for Texas was 12.039%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest48.313Live Oak County
Lowest0Kenedy County
Median11.587252 counties
Texas12.039History

Map of counties, 2012

Anderson County: 8.467 %Andrews County: 16.806 %Angelina County: 10.181 %Aransas County: 17.378 %Archer County: 13.636 %Armstrong County: 14.831 %Atascosa County: 12.497 %Austin County: 11.058 %Bailey County: 13.251 %Bandera County: 11.29 %Bastrop County: 10.366 %Baylor County: 7.747 %Bee County: 12.345 %Bell County: 13.697 %Bexar County: 12.78 %Blanco County: 13.252 %Borden County: 0 %Bosque County: 14.126 %Bowie County: 11.177 %Brazoria County: 10.295 %Brazos County: 11.615 %Brewster County: 13.845 %Briscoe County: 28.571 %Brooks County: 12.685 %Brown County: 9.766 %Burleson County: 8.792 %Burnet County: 14.238 %Caldwell County: 10.692 %Calhoun County: 14.775 %Callahan County: 15.109 %Cameron County: 10.992 %Camp County: 24.642 %Carson County: 14.432 %Cass County: 12.617 %Castro County: 11.811 %Chambers County: 8.516 %Cherokee County: 11.304 %Childress County: 18.621 %Clay County: 26.965 %Cochran County: 15.858 %Coke County: 14.141 %Coleman County: 8.906 %Collin County: 16.305 %Collingsworth County: 14.594 %Colorado County: 17.551 %Comal County: 10.556 %Comanche County: 16.791 %Concho County: 9.76 %Cooke County: 13.885 %Coryell County: 13.306 %Cottle County: 18.315 %Crane County: 14.215 %Crockett County: 11.942 %Crosby County: 13.223 %Culberson County: 22.881 %Dallam County: 24.45 %Dallas County: 12.504 %Dawson County: 12.142 %Deaf Smith County: 10.917 %Delta County: 5.508 %Denton County: 12.196 %DeWitt County: 8.339 %Dickens County: 13.58 %Dimmit County: 7.495 %Donley County: 22.199 %Duval County: 8.59 %Eastland County: 16.588 %Ector County: 10.899 %Edwards County: 8.739 %Ellis County: 11.187 %El Paso County: 11.942 %Erath County: 16.13 %Falls County: 14.864 %Fannin County: 7.114 %Fayette County: 12.215 %Fisher County: 7.805 %Floyd County: 14.426 %Foard County: 11.409 %Fort Bend County: 11.2 %Franklin County: 5.262 %Freestone County: 10.948 %Frio County: 8.942 %Gaines County: 15.128 %Galveston County: 11.74 %Garza County: 7.049 %Gillespie County: 8.594 %Glasscock County: 1.278 %Goliad County: 10.228 %Gonzales County: 9.795 %Gray County: 8.425 %Grayson County: 12.795 %Gregg County: 11.123 %Grimes County: 7.205 %Guadalupe County: 10.638 %Hale County: 7.4 %Hall County: 18.1 %Hamilton County: 12.771 %Hansford County: 10.061 %Hardeman County: 16.71 %Hardin County: 12.12 %Harris County: 11.697 %Harrison County: 9.271 %Hartley County: 8.52 %Haskell County: 10.634 %Hays County: 9.933 %Hemphill County: 8.297 %Henderson County: 12.824 %Hidalgo County: 11.551 %Hill County: 12.362 %Hockley County: 7.973 %Hood County: 15.574 %Hopkins County: 11.09 %Houston County: 11.4 %Howard County: 14.68 %Hudspeth County: 18.613 %Hunt County: 9.956 %Hutchinson County: 9.025 %Irion County: 4.014 %Jack County: 10.35 %Jackson County: 4.905 %Jasper County: 9.654 %Jeff Davis County: 14.177 %Jefferson County: 13.318 %Jim Hogg County: 7.681 %Jim Wells County: 11.486 %Johnson County: 11.684 %Jones County: 14.575 %Karnes County: 9.993 %Kaufman County: 8.835 %Kendall County: 12.684 %Kenedy County: 0 %Kent County: 29.464 %Kerr County: 10.686 %Kimble County: 16.3 %Kinney County: 10.674 %Kleberg County: 9.125 %Knox County: 15.475 %Lamar County: 11.134 %Lamb County: 10.865 %Lampasas County: 13.756 %La Salle County: 7.452 %Lavaca County: 15.262 %Lee County: 10.267 %Leon County: 11.128 %Liberty County: 14.248 %Limestone County: 9.314 %Lipscomb County: 8.048 %Live Oak County: 48.313 %Llano County: 14.919 %Lubbock County: 12.08 %Lynn County: 16.113 %McCulloch County: 12.647 %McLennan County: 12.421 %McMullen County: 2.863 %Madison County: 10.453 %Marion County: 16.889 %Martin County: 5.159 %Mason County: 15.136 %Matagorda County: 10.202 %Maverick County: 10.244 %Medina County: 10.978 %Menard County: 10.076 %Midland County: 9.607 %Milam County: 12.071 %Mills County: 21.944 %Mitchell County: 11.559 %Montague County: 13.961 %Montgomery County: 11.684 %Moore County: 12.14 %Morris County: 6.586 %Motley County: 41.622 %Nacogdoches County: 14.916 %Navarro County: 10.287 %Newton County: 16.942 %Nolan County: 10.613 %Nueces County: 10.148 %Ochiltree County: 7.185 %Oldham County: 3.754 %Orange County: 11.852 %Palo Pinto County: 11.196 %Panola County: 18.991 %Parker County: 14.188 %Parmer County: 7.557 %Pecos County: 15.375 %Polk County: 7.97 %Potter County: 9.339 %Presidio County: 14.975 %Rains County: 12.466 %Randall County: 11.159 %Reagan County: 4.185 %Real County: 14.747 %Red River County: 13.888 %Reeves County: 8.709 %Refugio County: 10.52 %Roberts County: 3.187 %Robertson County: 15.014 %Rockwall County: 13.179 %Runnels County: 6.813 %Rusk County: 13.726 %Sabine County: 12.25 %San Augustine County: 17.478 %San Jacinto County: 17.817 %San Patricio County: 8.913 %San Saba County: 13.739 %Schleicher County: 7.082 %Scurry County: 17.847 %Shackelford County: 6.178 %Shelby County: 12.631 %Sherman County: 14.91 %Smith County: 11.861 %Somervell County: 16.679 %Starr County: 7.284 %Stephens County: 9.797 %Sterling County: 1.582 %Stonewall County: 8.794 %Sutton County: 22.844 %Swisher County: 17.693 %Tarrant County: 12.046 %Taylor County: 9.233 %Terrell County: 10.976 %Terry County: 8.476 %Throckmorton County: 15.768 %Titus County: 6.417 %Tom Green County: 10.699 %Travis County: 12.265 %Trinity County: 12.051 %Tyler County: 17.06 %Upshur County: 10.151 %Upton County: 5.995 %Uvalde County: 9.301 %Val Verde County: 12.656 %Van Zandt County: 12.699 %Victoria County: 13.84 %Walker County: 13.006 %Waller County: 7.995 %Ward County: 6.185 %Washington County: 12.114 %Webb County: 11.412 %Wharton County: 11.855 %Wheeler County: 18.881 %Wichita County: 10.336 %Wilbarger County: 11.062 %Willacy County: 11.861 %Williamson County: 10.108 %Wilson County: 10.491 %Winkler County: 9.272 %Wise County: 12.318 %Wood County: 13.484 %Yoakum County: 5.418 %Young County: 10.71 %Zapata County: 9.136 %Zavala County: 4.373 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Live Oak County: 48.313 %Live Oak County48.313Motley County: 41.622 %Motley County41.622Kent County: 29.464 %Kent County29.464Briscoe County: 28.571 %Briscoe County28.571Clay County: 26.965 %Clay County26.965Camp County: 24.642 %Camp County24.642Dallam County: 24.45 %Dallam County24.45Culberson County: 22.881 %Culberson County22.881Sutton County: 22.844 %Sutton County22.844Donley County: 22.199 %Donley County22.199Mills County: 21.944 %Mills County21.944Panola County: 18.991 %Panola County18.991Wheeler County: 18.881 %Wheeler County18.881Childress County: 18.621 %Childress County18.621Hudspeth County: 18.613 %Hudspeth County18.613Cottle County: 18.315 %Cottle County18.315Hall County: 18.1 %Hall County18.1Scurry County: 17.847 %Scurry County17.847San Jacinto County: 17.817 %San Jacinto County17.817Swisher County: 17.693 %Swisher County17.693Colorado County: 17.551 %Colorado County17.551San Augustine County: 17.478 %San Augustine County17.478Aransas County: 17.378 %Aransas County17.378Tyler County: 17.06 %Tyler County17.06Newton County: 16.942 %Newton County16.942Marion County: 16.889 %Marion County16.889Andrews County: 16.806 %Andrews County16.806Comanche County: 16.791 %Comanche County16.791Hardeman County: 16.71 %Hardeman County16.71Somervell County: 16.679 %Somervell County16.679Eastland County: 16.588 %Eastland County16.588Collin County: 16.305 %Collin County16.305Kimble County: 16.3 %Kimble County16.3Erath County: 16.13 %Erath County16.13Lynn County: 16.113 %Lynn County16.113Cochran County: 15.858 %Cochran County15.858Throckmorton County: 15.768 %Throckmorton County15.768Hood County: 15.574 %Hood County15.574Knox County: 15.475 %Knox County15.475Pecos County: 15.375 %Pecos County15.375Live Oak County: 48.313 %Live Oak County48.313Motley County: 41.622 %Motley County41.622Kent County: 29.464 %Kent County29.464Briscoe County: 28.571 %Briscoe County28.571Clay County: 26.965 %Clay County26.965Camp County: 24.642 %Camp County24.642Dallam County: 24.45 %Dallam County24.45Culberson County: 22.881 %Culberson County22.881Sutton County: 22.844 %Sutton County22.844Donley County: 22.199 %Donley County22.199Mills County: 21.944 %Mills County21.944Panola County: 18.991 %Panola County18.991Wheeler County: 18.881 %Wheeler County18.881Childress County: 18.621 %Childress County18.621Hudspeth County: 18.613 %Hudspeth County18.613Cottle County: 18.315 %Cottle County18.315Hall County: 18.1 %Hall County18.1Scurry County: 17.847 %Scurry County17.847San Jacinto County: 17.817 %San Jacinto County17.817Swisher County: 17.693 %Swisher County17.693Colorado County: 17.551 %Colorado County17.551San Augustine County: 17.478 %San Augustine County17.478Aransas County: 17.378 %Aransas County17.378Tyler County: 17.06 %Tyler County17.06Newton County: 16.942 %Newton County16.942Marion County: 16.889 %Marion County16.889Andrews County: 16.806 %Andrews County16.806Comanche County: 16.791 %Comanche County16.791Hardeman County: 16.71 %Hardeman County16.71Somervell County: 16.679 %Somervell County16.679Eastland County: 16.588 %Eastland County16.588Collin County: 16.305 %Collin County16.305Kimble County: 16.3 %Kimble County16.3Erath County: 16.13 %Erath County16.13Lynn County: 16.113 %Lynn County16.113Cochran County: 15.858 %Cochran County15.858Throckmorton County: 15.768 %Throckmorton County15.768Hood County: 15.574 %Hood County15.574Knox County: 15.475 %Knox County15.475Pecos County: 15.375 %Pecos County15.375
%. 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

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Live Oak County48.313+39.78 pts
2Motley County41.622+19.82 pts
3Kent County29.464+16.81 pts
4Briscoe County28.571+17.78 pts
5Clay County26.965+9.32 pts
6Camp County24.642-10.43 pts
7Dallam County24.45+12.75 pts
8Culberson County22.881+9.45 pts
9Sutton County22.844+12.61 pts
10Donley County22.199+6.94 pts
11Mills County21.944+14 pts
12Panola County18.991+3.74 pts
13Wheeler County18.881+10.16 pts
14Childress County18.621+6.42 pts
15Hudspeth County18.613-1.48 pts
16Cottle County18.315-1.68 pts
17Hall County18.1+5.68 pts
18Scurry County17.847+7.47 pts
19San Jacinto County17.817+0.35 pts
20Swisher County17.693+11.41 pts
21Colorado County17.551-0.37 pts
22San Augustine County17.478-3.16 pts
23Aransas County17.378+4.49 pts
24Tyler County17.06+5.35 pts
25Newton County16.942-1.54 pts
26Marion County16.889+4.1 pts
27Andrews County16.806+5.32 pts
28Comanche County16.791+3.41 pts
29Hardeman County16.71+8.62 pts
30Somervell County16.679+3.56 pts
31Eastland County16.588-17.9 pts
32Collin County16.305+2.81 pts
33Kimble County16.3-1 pts
34Erath County16.13+3.54 pts
35Lynn County16.113+2.29 pts
36Cochran County15.858-12.26 pts
37Throckmorton County15.768+0.03 pts
38Hood County15.574+2.01 pts
39Knox County15.475+1.22 pts
40Pecos County15.375+7.08 pts
41Lavaca County15.262+3.39 pts
42Mason County15.136+5.68 pts
43Gaines County15.128-10.56 pts
44Callahan County15.109-6.11 pts
45Robertson County15.014+0.42 pts
46Presidio County14.975+0.9 pts
47Llano County14.919-0.56 pts
48Nacogdoches County14.916+1.89 pts
49Sherman County14.91+0.21 pts
50Falls County14.864-0.67 pts
51Armstrong County14.831-18.43 pts
52Calhoun County14.775-5.3 pts
53Real County14.747+0.23 pts
54Howard County14.68+2.93 pts
55Collingsworth County14.594-7.42 pts
56Jones County14.575+0.25 pts
57Carson County14.432-1.3 pts
58Floyd County14.426+1.93 pts
59Liberty County14.248+1.86 pts
60Burnet County14.238+2.03 pts
61Crane County14.215+0.47 pts
62Parker County14.188+3.3 pts
63Jeff Davis County14.177-2.53 pts
64Coke County14.141+1.66 pts
65Bosque County14.126+4.19 pts
66Montague County13.961+4.83 pts
67Red River County13.888-4.02 pts
68Cooke County13.885+0.99 pts
69Brewster County13.845-0.98 pts
70Victoria County13.84+3.59 pts
71Lampasas County13.756+1.87 pts
72San Saba County13.739+0.47 pts
73Rusk County13.726+0.17 pts
74Bell County13.697+1.51 pts
75Archer County13.636+2.93 pts
76Dickens County13.58-35.14 pts
77Wood County13.484+0.36 pts
78Jefferson County13.318-0.33 pts
79Coryell County13.306-0.27 pts
80Blanco County13.252-0.52 pts
81Bailey County13.251+0.82 pts
82Crosby County13.223-11.04 pts
83Rockwall County13.179+0.78 pts
84Walker County13.006+1.51 pts
85Henderson County12.824-0.58 pts
86Grayson County12.795+0.11 pts
87Bexar County12.78-0.59 pts
88Hamilton County12.771-0.38 pts
89Van Zandt County12.699-2.87 pts
90Brooks County12.685+5.51 pts
91Kendall County12.684-0.63 pts
92Val Verde County12.656+2.22 pts
93McCulloch County12.647+6.27 pts
94Shelby County12.631-1.05 pts
95Cass County12.617+1.36 pts
96Dallas County12.504-1.85 pts
97Atascosa County12.497-2.89 pts
98Rains County12.466+1.31 pts
99McLennan County12.421+2.92 pts
100Hill County12.362+1.05 pts
101Bee County12.345-0.83 pts
102Wise County12.318-0.14 pts
103Travis County12.265-1.66 pts
104Sabine County12.25+0.93 pts
105Fayette County12.215+4.58 pts
106Denton County12.196-0.73 pts
107Dawson County12.142+2 pts
108Moore County12.14+7.16 pts
109Hardin County12.12-1.54 pts
110Washington County12.114+2.81 pts
111Lubbock County12.08+0.38 pts
112Milam County12.071-2.04 pts
113Trinity County12.051-1.91 pts
114Tarrant County12.046+0.55 pts
115Crockett County11.942+1.52 pts
115El Paso County11.942-1.6 pts
117Smith County11.861-2.06 pts
117Willacy County11.861+2.53 pts
119Wharton County11.855+3.39 pts
120Orange County11.852-3.83 pts
121Castro County11.811-2.52 pts
122Galveston County11.74+0.42 pts
123Harris County11.697-0.54 pts
124Johnson County11.684-2.18 pts
124Montgomery County11.684-1.31 pts
126Brazos County11.615-0.77 pts
127Mitchell County11.559+5.4 pts
128Hidalgo County11.551-1.46 pts
129Jim Wells County11.486+2.93 pts
130Webb County11.412+1.08 pts
131Foard County11.409-3.73 pts
132Houston County11.4-0.01 pts
133Cherokee County11.304-0.36 pts
134Bandera County11.29-6.61 pts
135Fort Bend County11.2-2.27 pts
136Palo Pinto County11.196-0.59 pts
137Ellis County11.187-7.33 pts
138Bowie County11.177+0.28 pts
139Randall County11.159+0.12 pts
140Lamar County11.134-2.29 pts
141Leon County11.128-2.74 pts
142Gregg County11.123+1.45 pts
143Hopkins County11.09-2.24 pts
144Wilbarger County11.062+4.6 pts
145Austin County11.058-4.59 pts
146Cameron County10.992-2.49 pts
147Medina County10.978+1.26 pts
148Terrell County10.976+4.03 pts
149Freestone County10.948-10.25 pts
150Deaf Smith County10.917+4.25 pts
151Ector County10.899+0.45 pts
152Lamb County10.865+0.61 pts
153Young County10.71-2.57 pts
154Tom Green County10.699+0.69 pts
155Caldwell County10.692-3.18 pts
156Kerr County10.686+0.66 pts
157Kinney County10.674+1.16 pts
158Guadalupe County10.638+0.67 pts
159Haskell County10.634+4.57 pts
160Nolan County10.613-0.74 pts
161Comal County10.556-6.29 pts
162Refugio County10.52+3.52 pts
163Wilson County10.491-4.53 pts
164Madison County10.453-0.28 pts
165Bastrop County10.366-2.91 pts
166Jack County10.35-12.69 pts
167Wichita County10.336-4.46 pts
168Brazoria County10.295-0.57 pts
169Navarro County10.287-1.21 pts
170Lee County10.267+1.13 pts
171Maverick County10.244-0.89 pts
172Goliad County10.228+0.47 pts
173Matagorda County10.202+1.83 pts
174Angelina County10.181-0.5 pts
175Upshur County10.151-2.21 pts
176Nueces County10.148-1.55 pts
177Williamson County10.108-0.98 pts
178Menard County10.076-16.81 pts
179Hansford County10.061-0.64 pts
180Karnes County9.993+3.73 pts
181Hunt County9.956-0.48 pts
182Hays County9.933+0.55 pts
183Stephens County9.797-3.28 pts
184Gonzales County9.795-0.48 pts
185Brown County9.766+0.52 pts
186Concho County9.76+5.89 pts
187Jasper County9.654-3.1 pts
188Midland County9.607+0.24 pts
189Potter County9.339-0.56 pts
190Limestone County9.314-3.72 pts
191Uvalde County9.301-0.06 pts
192Winkler County9.272-0.65 pts
193Harrison County9.271-1.75 pts
194Taylor County9.233-1.84 pts
195Zapata County9.136-1.13 pts
196Kleberg County9.125-5.83 pts
197Hutchinson County9.025+0.23 pts
198Frio County8.942-6.47 pts
199San Patricio County8.913-3.27 pts
200Coleman County8.906-4.82 pts
201Kaufman County8.835-5.1 pts
202Stonewall County8.794-6.5 pts
203Burleson County8.792-2.15 pts
204Edwards County8.739-5.88 pts
205Reeves County8.709-6.44 pts
206Gillespie County8.594-2.47 pts
207Duval County8.59-0.09 pts
208Hartley County8.52-0.35 pts
209Chambers County8.516-10.55 pts
210Terry County8.476-8.02 pts
211Anderson County8.467-3.71 pts
212Gray County8.425-2.19 pts
213DeWitt County8.339-2.07 pts
214Hemphill County8.297-4.86 pts
215Lipscomb County8.048+2.73 pts
216Waller County7.995-3.09 pts
217Hockley County7.973-4.1 pts
218Polk County7.97-1.53 pts
219Fisher County7.805-15.04 pts
220Baylor County7.747-1.74 pts
221Jim Hogg County7.681-0.29 pts
222Parmer County7.557+5.09 pts
223Dimmit County7.495-2.66 pts
224La Salle County7.452+0.74 pts
225Hale County7.4-0.42 pts
226Starr County7.284+1.17 pts
227Grimes County7.205+0.66 pts
228Ochiltree County7.185-4.67 pts
229Fannin County7.114-6.38 pts
230Schleicher County7.082-9.77 pts
231Garza County7.049-0.84 pts
232Runnels County6.813-6.47 pts
233Morris County6.586-0.39 pts
234Titus County6.417-8.28 pts
235Ward County6.185-4.67 pts
236Shackelford County6.178-12.43 pts
237Upton County5.995-6.68 pts
238Delta County5.508-6.88 pts
239Yoakum County5.418-2.99 pts
240Franklin County5.262+1.94 pts
241Martin County5.159-0.84 pts
242Jackson County4.905-4.42 pts
243Zavala County4.373-16.63 pts
244Reagan County4.185-7.8 pts
245Irion County4.014-3.5 pts
246Oldham County3.754-1.74 pts
247Roberts County3.187-0.81 pts
248McMullen County2.863-4.99 pts
249Sterling County1.582-5.05 pts
250Glasscock County1.278-8.48 pts

Showing the top 250 of 252. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2012) [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, 2012. 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?period=2012. 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, 2012. 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?period=2012.

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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, 2012 [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?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2012,
  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, 2012}},
  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?period=2012. 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.},
}
RIS
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PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
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UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Live Oak County, with 48.313% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Kenedy County, with 0% in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 1 counties have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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