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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Edwards County had the highest job destruction rate of 252 counties in 2013, at 90.75%. Franklin County had the lowest, at 2.76%. The median was 11.4% and the figure for Texas was 12.081%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest90.75Edwards County
Lowest2.76Franklin County
Median11.4252 counties
Texas12.081History

Map of counties, 2013

Anderson County: 11.13 %Andrews County: 14.847 %Angelina County: 14.516 %Aransas County: 11.12 %Archer County: 7.899 %Armstrong County: 7.249 %Atascosa County: 10.901 %Austin County: 15.37 %Bailey County: 11.457 %Bandera County: 9.831 %Bastrop County: 13.957 %Baylor County: 15.344 %Bee County: 11.077 %Bell County: 10.863 %Bexar County: 11.99 %Blanco County: 10.543 %Borden County: 8.219 %Bosque County: 11.444 %Bowie County: 10.681 %Brazoria County: 8.711 %Brazos County: 10.114 %Brewster County: 23.335 %Briscoe County: 18.75 %Brooks County: 13.503 %Brown County: 9.48 %Burleson County: 13.964 %Burnet County: 10.507 %Caldwell County: 9.3 %Calhoun County: 8.416 %Callahan County: 11.935 %Cameron County: 15.342 %Camp County: 11.036 %Carson County: 21.603 %Cass County: 14.138 %Castro County: 9.001 %Chambers County: 6.378 %Cherokee County: 9.059 %Childress County: 10.087 %Clay County: 12.474 %Cochran County: 15.878 %Coke County: 41.379 %Coleman County: 19.319 %Collin County: 13.183 %Collingsworth County: 7.547 %Colorado County: 12.283 %Comal County: 12.219 %Comanche County: 9.004 %Concho County: 5.803 %Cooke County: 12.273 %Coryell County: 9.193 %Cottle County: 11.719 %Crane County: 5.318 %Crockett County: 27.839 %Crosby County: 11.442 %Culberson County: 14.483 %Dallam County: 13.404 %Dallas County: 12.418 %Dawson County: 7.223 %Deaf Smith County: 8.854 %Delta County: 5.336 %Denton County: 13.569 %DeWitt County: 12.678 %Dickens County: 15.17 %Dimmit County: 13.339 %Donley County: 12.474 %Duval County: 18.69 %Eastland County: 15.165 %Ector County: 10.398 %Edwards County: 90.75 %Ellis County: 8.618 %El Paso County: 14.249 %Erath County: 11.881 %Falls County: 10.982 %Fannin County: 10.582 %Fayette County: 11.114 %Fisher County: 4.194 %Floyd County: 7.538 %Foard County: 8.027 %Fort Bend County: 10.414 %Franklin County: 2.76 %Freestone County: 12.513 %Frio County: 18.893 %Gaines County: 12.383 %Galveston County: 10.377 %Garza County: 5.066 %Gillespie County: 11.026 %Glasscock County: 5.797 %Goliad County: 21.988 %Gonzales County: 9.413 %Gray County: 17.495 %Grayson County: 10.744 %Gregg County: 12.396 %Grimes County: 11.412 %Guadalupe County: 11.278 %Hale County: 25.134 %Hall County: 9.674 %Hamilton County: 23.709 %Hansford County: 8.975 %Hardeman County: 15.491 %Hardin County: 14.082 %Harris County: 12.067 %Harrison County: 12.146 %Hartley County: 8.983 %Haskell County: 9.829 %Hays County: 9.191 %Hemphill County: 16.705 %Henderson County: 11.717 %Hidalgo County: 12.606 %Hill County: 8.232 %Hockley County: 11.897 %Hood County: 14.65 %Hopkins County: 11.35 %Houston County: 12.023 %Howard County: 19.661 %Hudspeth County: 10.2 %Hunt County: 9.558 %Hutchinson County: 11.146 %Irion County: 4.394 %Jack County: 31.102 %Jackson County: 7.087 %Jasper County: 11.521 %Jeff Davis County: 13.316 %Jefferson County: 13.647 %Jim Hogg County: 9.253 %Jim Wells County: 16.656 %Johnson County: 13.268 %Jones County: 21.168 %Karnes County: 9.757 %Kaufman County: 9.406 %Kendall County: 12.606 %Kenedy County: 11.399 %Kent County: 13.065 %Kerr County: 11.074 %Kimble County: 8.574 %Kinney County: 5.626 %Kleberg County: 9.473 %Knox County: 17.297 %Lamar County: 18.019 %Lamb County: 12.469 %Lampasas County: 10.659 %La Salle County: 15.2 %Lavaca County: 11.798 %Lee County: 8.113 %Leon County: 12.347 %Liberty County: 11.203 %Limestone County: 8.241 %Lipscomb County: 11.465 %Live Oak County: 8.983 %Llano County: 12.756 %Lubbock County: 11.4 %Lynn County: 9.763 %McCulloch County: 11.663 %McLennan County: 10.3 %McMullen County: 11.159 %Madison County: 7.524 %Marion County: 7.754 %Martin County: 6.825 %Mason County: 8.779 %Matagorda County: 18.644 %Maverick County: 15.549 %Medina County: 10.572 %Menard County: 11.511 %Midland County: 13.201 %Milam County: 14.015 %Mills County: 9.286 %Mitchell County: 10.316 %Montague County: 9.016 %Montgomery County: 10.95 %Moore County: 7.433 %Morris County: 9.64 %Motley County: 26.241 %Nacogdoches County: 11.519 %Navarro County: 9.515 %Newton County: 16.028 %Nolan County: 9.302 %Nueces County: 11.326 %Ochiltree County: 17.432 %Oldham County: 11.744 %Orange County: 12.892 %Palo Pinto County: 15.055 %Panola County: 23.362 %Parker County: 13.716 %Parmer County: 5.955 %Pecos County: 14.734 %Polk County: 10.514 %Potter County: 12.303 %Presidio County: 15.925 %Rains County: 10.06 %Randall County: 12.625 %Reagan County: 11.479 %Real County: 27.502 %Red River County: 16.338 %Reeves County: 19.918 %Refugio County: 8.916 %Roberts County: 9.22 %Robertson County: 7.57 %Rockwall County: 12.732 %Runnels County: 11.384 %Rusk County: 11.102 %Sabine County: 10.301 %San Augustine County: 14.34 %San Jacinto County: 18.338 %San Patricio County: 9.467 %San Saba County: 20.274 %Schleicher County: 5.616 %Scurry County: 9.97 %Shackelford County: 15.401 %Shelby County: 16.731 %Sherman County: 40.143 %Smith County: 9.576 %Somervell County: 11.029 %Starr County: 9.14 %Stephens County: 14.237 %Sterling County: 3.684 %Stonewall County: 5.935 %Sutton County: 12.164 %Swisher County: 8.8 %Tarrant County: 11.216 %Taylor County: 11.012 %Terrell County: 22.857 %Terry County: 10.537 %Throckmorton County: 11.976 %Titus County: 11.139 %Tom Green County: 8.889 %Travis County: 12.544 %Trinity County: 10.304 %Tyler County: 9.056 %Upshur County: 12.592 %Upton County: 4.303 %Uvalde County: 13.2 %Val Verde County: 13.018 %Van Zandt County: 13.13 %Victoria County: 10.394 %Walker County: 13.324 %Waller County: 8.684 %Ward County: 9.23 %Washington County: 9.804 %Webb County: 11.992 %Wharton County: 13.779 %Wheeler County: 11.868 %Wichita County: 9.938 %Wilbarger County: 9.284 %Willacy County: 21.127 %Williamson County: 9.789 %Wilson County: 12.469 %Winkler County: 7.806 %Wise County: 10.766 %Wood County: 13.062 %Yoakum County: 20.775 %Young County: 8.556 %Zapata County: 25.876 %Zavala County: 10.732 %
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%, 2013. 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, 2013

Edwards County: 90.75 %Edwards County90.75Coke County: 41.379 %Coke County41.379Sherman County: 40.143 %Sherman County40.143Jack County: 31.102 %Jack County31.102Crockett County: 27.839 %Crockett County27.839Real County: 27.502 %Real County27.502Motley County: 26.241 %Motley County26.241Zapata County: 25.876 %Zapata County25.876Hale County: 25.134 %Hale County25.134Hamilton County: 23.709 %Hamilton County23.709Panola County: 23.362 %Panola County23.362Brewster County: 23.335 %Brewster County23.335Terrell County: 22.857 %Terrell County22.857Goliad County: 21.988 %Goliad County21.988Carson County: 21.603 %Carson County21.603Jones County: 21.168 %Jones County21.168Willacy County: 21.127 %Willacy County21.127Yoakum County: 20.775 %Yoakum County20.775San Saba County: 20.274 %San Saba County20.274Reeves County: 19.918 %Reeves County19.918Howard County: 19.661 %Howard County19.661Coleman County: 19.319 %Coleman County19.319Frio County: 18.893 %Frio County18.893Briscoe County: 18.75 %Briscoe County18.75Duval County: 18.69 %Duval County18.69Matagorda County: 18.644 %Matagorda County18.644San Jacinto County: 18.338 %San Jacinto County18.338Lamar County: 18.019 %Lamar County18.019Gray County: 17.495 %Gray County17.495Ochiltree County: 17.432 %Ochiltree County17.432Knox County: 17.297 %Knox County17.297Shelby County: 16.731 %Shelby County16.731Hemphill County: 16.705 %Hemphill County16.705Jim Wells County: 16.656 %Jim Wells County16.656Red River County: 16.338 %Red River County16.338Newton County: 16.028 %Newton County16.028Presidio County: 15.925 %Presidio County15.925Cochran County: 15.878 %Cochran County15.878Maverick County: 15.549 %Maverick County15.549Hardeman County: 15.491 %Hardeman County15.491Edwards County: 90.75 %Edwards County90.75Coke County: 41.379 %Coke County41.379Sherman County: 40.143 %Sherman County40.143Jack County: 31.102 %Jack County31.102Crockett County: 27.839 %Crockett County27.839Real County: 27.502 %Real County27.502Motley County: 26.241 %Motley County26.241Zapata County: 25.876 %Zapata County25.876Hale County: 25.134 %Hale County25.134Hamilton County: 23.709 %Hamilton County23.709Panola County: 23.362 %Panola County23.362Brewster County: 23.335 %Brewster County23.335Terrell County: 22.857 %Terrell County22.857Goliad County: 21.988 %Goliad County21.988Carson County: 21.603 %Carson County21.603Jones County: 21.168 %Jones County21.168Willacy County: 21.127 %Willacy County21.127Yoakum County: 20.775 %Yoakum County20.775San Saba County: 20.274 %San Saba County20.274Reeves County: 19.918 %Reeves County19.918Howard County: 19.661 %Howard County19.661Coleman County: 19.319 %Coleman County19.319Frio County: 18.893 %Frio County18.893Briscoe County: 18.75 %Briscoe County18.75Duval County: 18.69 %Duval County18.69Matagorda County: 18.644 %Matagorda County18.644San Jacinto County: 18.338 %San Jacinto County18.338Lamar County: 18.019 %Lamar County18.019Gray County: 17.495 %Gray County17.495Ochiltree County: 17.432 %Ochiltree County17.432Knox County: 17.297 %Knox County17.297Shelby County: 16.731 %Shelby County16.731Hemphill County: 16.705 %Hemphill County16.705Jim Wells County: 16.656 %Jim Wells County16.656Red River County: 16.338 %Red River County16.338Newton County: 16.028 %Newton County16.028Presidio County: 15.925 %Presidio County15.925Cochran County: 15.878 %Cochran County15.878Maverick County: 15.549 %Maverick County15.549Hardeman County: 15.491 %Hardeman County15.491
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Edwards County90.75+82.01 pts
2Coke County41.379+27.24 pts
3Sherman County40.143+25.23 pts
4Jack County31.102+20.75 pts
5Crockett County27.839+15.9 pts
6Real County27.502+12.75 pts
7Motley County26.241-15.38 pts
8Zapata County25.876+16.74 pts
9Hale County25.134+17.73 pts
10Hamilton County23.709+10.94 pts
11Panola County23.362+4.37 pts
12Brewster County23.335+9.49 pts
13Terrell County22.857+11.88 pts
14Goliad County21.988+11.76 pts
15Carson County21.603+7.17 pts
16Jones County21.168+6.59 pts
17Willacy County21.127+9.27 pts
18Yoakum County20.775+15.36 pts
19San Saba County20.274+6.54 pts
20Reeves County19.918+11.21 pts
21Howard County19.661+4.98 pts
22Coleman County19.319+10.41 pts
23Frio County18.893+9.95 pts
24Briscoe County18.75-9.82 pts
25Duval County18.69+10.1 pts
26Matagorda County18.644+8.44 pts
27San Jacinto County18.338+0.52 pts
28Lamar County18.019+6.88 pts
29Gray County17.495+9.07 pts
30Ochiltree County17.432+10.25 pts
31Knox County17.297+1.82 pts
32Shelby County16.731+4.1 pts
33Hemphill County16.705+8.41 pts
34Jim Wells County16.656+5.17 pts
35Red River County16.338+2.45 pts
36Newton County16.028-0.91 pts
37Presidio County15.925+0.95 pts
38Cochran County15.878+0.02 pts
39Maverick County15.549+5.3 pts
40Hardeman County15.491-1.22 pts
41Shackelford County15.401+9.22 pts
42Austin County15.37+4.31 pts
43Baylor County15.344+7.6 pts
44Cameron County15.342+4.35 pts
45La Salle County15.2+7.75 pts
46Dickens County15.17+1.59 pts
47Eastland County15.165-1.42 pts
48Palo Pinto County15.055+3.86 pts
49Andrews County14.847-1.96 pts
50Pecos County14.734-0.64 pts
51Hood County14.65-0.92 pts
52Angelina County14.516+4.34 pts
53Culberson County14.483-8.4 pts
54San Augustine County14.34-3.14 pts
55El Paso County14.249+2.31 pts
56Stephens County14.237+4.44 pts
57Cass County14.138+1.52 pts
58Hardin County14.082+1.96 pts
59Milam County14.015+1.94 pts
60Burleson County13.964+5.17 pts
61Bastrop County13.957+3.59 pts
62Wharton County13.779+1.92 pts
63Parker County13.716-0.47 pts
64Jefferson County13.647+0.33 pts
65Denton County13.569+1.37 pts
66Brooks County13.503+0.82 pts
67Dallam County13.404-11.05 pts
68Dimmit County13.339+5.84 pts
69Walker County13.324+0.32 pts
70Jeff Davis County13.316-0.86 pts
71Johnson County13.268+1.58 pts
72Midland County13.201+3.59 pts
73Uvalde County13.2+3.9 pts
74Collin County13.183-3.12 pts
75Van Zandt County13.13+0.43 pts
76Kent County13.065-16.4 pts
77Wood County13.062-0.42 pts
78Val Verde County13.018+0.36 pts
79Orange County12.892+1.04 pts
80Llano County12.756-2.16 pts
81Rockwall County12.732-0.45 pts
82DeWitt County12.678+4.34 pts
83Randall County12.625+1.47 pts
84Hidalgo County12.606+1.05 pts
84Kendall County12.606-0.08 pts
86Upshur County12.592+2.44 pts
87Travis County12.544+0.28 pts
88Freestone County12.513+1.56 pts
89Clay County12.474-14.49 pts
89Donley County12.474-9.73 pts
91Lamb County12.469+1.6 pts
91Wilson County12.469+1.98 pts
93Dallas County12.418-0.09 pts
94Gregg County12.396+1.27 pts
95Gaines County12.383-2.75 pts
96Leon County12.347+1.22 pts
97Potter County12.303+2.96 pts
98Colorado County12.283-5.27 pts
99Cooke County12.273-1.61 pts
100Comal County12.219+1.66 pts
101Sutton County12.164-10.68 pts
102Harrison County12.146+2.88 pts
103Harris County12.067+0.37 pts
104Houston County12.023+0.62 pts
105Webb County11.992+0.58 pts
106Bexar County11.99-0.79 pts
107Throckmorton County11.976-3.79 pts
108Callahan County11.935-3.17 pts
109Hockley County11.897+3.92 pts
110Erath County11.881-4.25 pts
111Wheeler County11.868-7.01 pts
112Lavaca County11.798-3.46 pts
113Oldham County11.744+7.99 pts
114Cottle County11.719-6.6 pts
115Henderson County11.717-1.11 pts
116McCulloch County11.663-0.98 pts
117Jasper County11.521+1.87 pts
118Nacogdoches County11.519-3.4 pts
119Menard County11.511+1.43 pts
120Reagan County11.479+7.29 pts
121Lipscomb County11.465+3.42 pts
122Bailey County11.457-1.79 pts
123Bosque County11.444-2.68 pts
124Crosby County11.442-1.78 pts
125Grimes County11.412+4.21 pts
126Lubbock County11.4-0.68 pts
127Kenedy County11.399+11.4 pts
128Runnels County11.384+4.57 pts
129Hopkins County11.35+0.26 pts
130Nueces County11.326+1.18 pts
131Guadalupe County11.278+0.64 pts
132Tarrant County11.216-0.83 pts
133Liberty County11.203-3.04 pts
134McMullen County11.159+8.3 pts
135Hutchinson County11.146+2.12 pts
136Titus County11.139+4.72 pts
137Anderson County11.13+2.66 pts
138Aransas County11.12-6.26 pts
139Fayette County11.114-1.1 pts
140Rusk County11.102-2.62 pts
141Bee County11.077-1.27 pts
142Kerr County11.074+0.39 pts
143Camp County11.036-13.61 pts
144Somervell County11.029-5.65 pts
145Gillespie County11.026+2.43 pts
146Taylor County11.012+1.78 pts
147Falls County10.982-3.88 pts
148Montgomery County10.95-0.73 pts
149Atascosa County10.901-1.6 pts
150Bell County10.863-2.83 pts
151Wise County10.766-1.55 pts
152Grayson County10.744-2.05 pts
153Zavala County10.732+6.36 pts
154Bowie County10.681-0.5 pts
155Lampasas County10.659-3.1 pts
156Fannin County10.582+3.47 pts
157Medina County10.572-0.41 pts
158Blanco County10.543-2.71 pts
159Terry County10.537+2.06 pts
160Polk County10.514+2.54 pts
161Burnet County10.507-3.73 pts
162Fort Bend County10.414-0.79 pts
163Ector County10.398-0.5 pts
164Victoria County10.394-3.45 pts
165Galveston County10.377-1.36 pts
166Mitchell County10.316-1.24 pts
167Trinity County10.304-1.75 pts
168Sabine County10.301-1.95 pts
169McLennan County10.3-2.12 pts
170Hudspeth County10.2-8.41 pts
171Brazos County10.114-1.5 pts
172Childress County10.087-8.53 pts
173Rains County10.06-2.41 pts
174Scurry County9.97-7.88 pts
175Wichita County9.938-0.4 pts
176Bandera County9.831-1.46 pts
177Haskell County9.829-0.8 pts
178Washington County9.804-2.31 pts
179Williamson County9.789-0.32 pts
180Lynn County9.763-6.35 pts
181Karnes County9.757-0.24 pts
182Hall County9.674-8.43 pts
183Morris County9.64+3.05 pts
184Smith County9.576-2.29 pts
185Hunt County9.558-0.4 pts
186Navarro County9.515-0.77 pts
187Brown County9.48-0.29 pts
188Kleberg County9.473+0.35 pts
189San Patricio County9.467+0.55 pts
190Gonzales County9.413-0.38 pts
191Kaufman County9.406+0.57 pts
192Nolan County9.302-1.31 pts
193Caldwell County9.3-1.39 pts
194Mills County9.286-12.66 pts
195Wilbarger County9.284-1.78 pts
196Jim Hogg County9.253+1.57 pts
197Ward County9.23+3.05 pts
198Roberts County9.22+6.03 pts
199Coryell County9.193-4.11 pts
200Hays County9.191-0.74 pts
201Starr County9.14+1.86 pts
202Cherokee County9.059-2.25 pts
203Tyler County9.056-8 pts
204Montague County9.016-4.95 pts
205Comanche County9.004-7.79 pts
206Castro County9.001-2.81 pts
207Hartley County8.983+0.46 pts
207Live Oak County8.983-39.33 pts
209Hansford County8.975-1.09 pts
210Refugio County8.916-1.6 pts
211Tom Green County8.889-1.81 pts
212Deaf Smith County8.854-2.06 pts
213Swisher County8.8-8.89 pts
214Mason County8.779-6.36 pts
215Brazoria County8.711-1.58 pts
216Waller County8.684+0.69 pts
217Ellis County8.618-2.57 pts
218Kimble County8.574-7.73 pts
219Young County8.556-2.15 pts
220Calhoun County8.416-6.36 pts
221Limestone County8.241-1.07 pts
222Hill County8.232-4.13 pts
223Borden County8.219+8.22 pts
224Lee County8.113-2.15 pts
225Foard County8.027-3.38 pts
226Archer County7.899-5.74 pts
227Winkler County7.806-1.47 pts
228Marion County7.754-9.13 pts
229Robertson County7.57-7.44 pts
230Collingsworth County7.547-7.05 pts
231Floyd County7.538-6.89 pts
232Madison County7.524-2.93 pts
233Moore County7.433-4.71 pts
234Armstrong County7.249-7.58 pts
235Dawson County7.223-4.92 pts
236Jackson County7.087+2.18 pts
237Martin County6.825+1.67 pts
238Chambers County6.378-2.14 pts
239Parmer County5.955-1.6 pts
240Stonewall County5.935-2.86 pts
241Concho County5.803-3.96 pts
242Glasscock County5.797+4.52 pts
243Kinney County5.626-5.05 pts
244Schleicher County5.616-1.47 pts
245Delta County5.336-0.17 pts
246Crane County5.318-8.9 pts
247Garza County5.066-1.98 pts
248Irion County4.394+0.38 pts
249Upton County4.303-1.69 pts
250Fisher County4.194-3.61 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 2013 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, 2013) [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, 2013. 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=2013. 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, 2013. 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=2013.

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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, 2013 [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=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2013,
  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, 2013}},
  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=2013. 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
DB  - Invokely
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?

Edwards County, with 90.75% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Franklin County, with 2.76% in 2013.

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 2013 and are not ranked.

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