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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Jim Hogg County had the highest job destruction rate of 252 counties in 2015, at 37.248%. Parmer County had the lowest, at 4.913%. The median was 11.973% and the figure for Texas was 11.782%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest37.248Jim Hogg County
Lowest4.913Parmer County
Median11.973252 counties
Texas11.782History

Map of counties, 2015

Anderson County: 11.953 %Andrews County: 15.086 %Angelina County: 9.572 %Aransas County: 14.929 %Archer County: 33.231 %Armstrong County: 14.107 %Atascosa County: 14.774 %Austin County: 9.878 %Bailey County: 11.437 %Bandera County: 10.639 %Bastrop County: 10.3 %Baylor County: 19.081 %Bee County: 14.774 %Bell County: 10.257 %Bexar County: 10.834 %Blanco County: 10.111 %Borden County: 7.407 %Bosque County: 11.016 %Bowie County: 16.105 %Brazoria County: 11.243 %Brazos County: 10.662 %Brewster County: 7.89 %Briscoe County: 20.364 %Brooks County: 20.29 %Brown County: 9.63 %Burleson County: 11.925 %Burnet County: 12.808 %Caldwell County: 9.966 %Calhoun County: 5.764 %Callahan County: 15.739 %Cameron County: 11.122 %Camp County: 12.673 %Carson County: 13.901 %Cass County: 11.961 %Castro County: 16.821 %Chambers County: 9.486 %Cherokee County: 14.881 %Childress County: 11.581 %Clay County: 22.568 %Cochran County: 14.66 %Coke County: 16.194 %Coleman County: 17.418 %Collin County: 10.342 %Collingsworth County: 8.955 %Colorado County: 21.7 %Comal County: 15.235 %Comanche County: 10.49 %Concho County: 12.269 %Cooke County: 12.785 %Coryell County: 9.218 %Cottle County: 6.107 %Crane County: 22.053 %Crockett County: 14.117 %Crosby County: 10.622 %Culberson County: 24.253 %Dallam County: 14.044 %Dallas County: 11.781 %Dawson County: 14.941 %Deaf Smith County: 7.689 %Delta County: 11.737 %Denton County: 12.514 %DeWitt County: 14.403 %Dickens County: 10.463 %Dimmit County: 16.432 %Donley County: 19.057 %Duval County: 23.205 %Eastland County: 18.339 %Ector County: 14.722 %Edwards County: 15.205 %Ellis County: 8.769 %El Paso County: 10.351 %Erath County: 10.743 %Falls County: 10.916 %Fannin County: 13.738 %Fayette County: 15.264 %Fisher County: 5.222 %Floyd County: 11.155 %Foard County: 11.585 %Fort Bend County: 11.139 %Franklin County: 5.522 %Freestone County: 14.233 %Frio County: 16.298 %Gaines County: 12.027 %Galveston County: 9.223 %Garza County: 11.293 %Gillespie County: 8.999 %Glasscock County: 36.791 %Goliad County: 12.903 %Gonzales County: 9.78 %Gray County: 11.634 %Grayson County: 12.349 %Gregg County: 10.102 %Grimes County: 10.249 %Guadalupe County: 9.849 %Hale County: 10.505 %Hall County: 9.228 %Hamilton County: 13.005 %Hansford County: 7.517 %Hardeman County: 8.346 %Hardin County: 11.018 %Harris County: 12.254 %Harrison County: 11.208 %Hartley County: 7.431 %Haskell County: 20.582 %Hays County: 9.955 %Hemphill County: 18.711 %Henderson County: 11.977 %Hidalgo County: 11.13 %Hill County: 18.94 %Hockley County: 14.267 %Hood County: 10.493 %Hopkins County: 11.027 %Houston County: 10.323 %Howard County: 16.79 %Hudspeth County: 12.785 %Hunt County: 7.262 %Hutchinson County: 12.452 %Irion County: 19.465 %Jack County: 22.795 %Jackson County: 6.912 %Jasper County: 11.09 %Jeff Davis County: 18.878 %Jefferson County: 11.162 %Jim Hogg County: 37.248 %Jim Wells County: 13.122 %Johnson County: 12.767 %Jones County: 20.01 %Karnes County: 18.444 %Kaufman County: 12.429 %Kendall County: 14.007 %Kenedy County: 8.75 %Kent County: 8.867 %Kerr County: 8.242 %Kimble County: 15.11 %Kinney County: 6.226 %Kleberg County: 15.228 %Knox County: 9.853 %Lamar County: 9.603 %Lamb County: 31.583 %Lampasas County: 10.952 %La Salle County: 16.606 %Lavaca County: 10.613 %Lee County: 6.242 %Leon County: 9.572 %Liberty County: 13.55 %Limestone County: 12.167 %Lipscomb County: 6.858 %Live Oak County: 24.425 %Llano County: 15.343 %Lubbock County: 10.047 %Lynn County: 9.471 %McCulloch County: 15.929 %McLennan County: 11.371 %McMullen County: 14.751 %Madison County: 8.97 %Marion County: 12.244 %Martin County: 8.148 %Mason County: 26.91 %Matagorda County: 11.246 %Maverick County: 11.12 %Medina County: 12.885 %Menard County: 19.023 %Midland County: 15.648 %Milam County: 13.127 %Mills County: 17.324 %Mitchell County: 23.457 %Montague County: 20.493 %Montgomery County: 11.968 %Moore County: 6.563 %Morris County: 17.599 %Motley County: 24.478 %Nacogdoches County: 15.843 %Navarro County: 13.646 %Newton County: 9.742 %Nolan County: 8.586 %Nueces County: 11.366 %Ochiltree County: 14.487 %Oldham County: 8.354 %Orange County: 8.962 %Palo Pinto County: 15.391 %Panola County: 21.737 %Parker County: 13.304 %Parmer County: 4.913 %Pecos County: 12.895 %Polk County: 10.008 %Potter County: 10.786 %Presidio County: 13.124 %Rains County: 13.391 %Randall County: 12.595 %Reagan County: 17.896 %Real County: 16.895 %Red River County: 8.512 %Reeves County: 11.166 %Refugio County: 11.866 %Roberts County: 37.143 %Robertson County: 12.333 %Rockwall County: 10.895 %Runnels County: 11.694 %Rusk County: 13.393 %Sabine County: 8.916 %San Augustine County: 10.313 %San Jacinto County: 9.626 %San Patricio County: 17.436 %San Saba County: 8.363 %Schleicher County: 32.4 %Scurry County: 15.299 %Shackelford County: 13.196 %Shelby County: 12.11 %Sherman County: 12.515 %Smith County: 10.694 %Somervell County: 14.779 %Starr County: 6.972 %Stephens County: 12.08 %Sterling County: 14.754 %Stonewall County: 10.185 %Sutton County: 27.112 %Swisher County: 14.407 %Tarrant County: 12.894 %Taylor County: 10.921 %Terrell County: 5.042 %Terry County: 10.022 %Throckmorton County: 26.74 %Titus County: 16.526 %Tom Green County: 12.239 %Travis County: 12.281 %Trinity County: 10.28 %Tyler County: 9.728 %Upshur County: 11.697 %Upton County: 5.683 %Uvalde County: 9.948 %Val Verde County: 8.792 %Van Zandt County: 12.922 %Victoria County: 10.23 %Walker County: 10.088 %Waller County: 9.471 %Ward County: 10.287 %Washington County: 11.293 %Webb County: 9.839 %Wharton County: 8.893 %Wheeler County: 22.099 %Wichita County: 11.313 %Wilbarger County: 10.051 %Willacy County: 10.338 %Williamson County: 16.373 %Wilson County: 12.457 %Winkler County: 12.754 %Wise County: 14.012 %Wood County: 9.66 %Yoakum County: 12.209 %Young County: 10.932 %Zapata County: 28.685 %Zavala County: 19.022 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Jim Hogg County: 37.248 %Jim Hogg County37.248Roberts County: 37.143 %Roberts County37.143Glasscock County: 36.791 %Glasscock County36.791Archer County: 33.231 %Archer County33.231Schleicher County: 32.4 %Schleicher County32.4Lamb County: 31.583 %Lamb County31.583Zapata County: 28.685 %Zapata County28.685Sutton County: 27.112 %Sutton County27.112Mason County: 26.91 %Mason County26.91Throckmorton County: 26.74 %Throckmorton County26.74Motley County: 24.478 %Motley County24.478Live Oak County: 24.425 %Live Oak County24.425Culberson County: 24.253 %Culberson County24.253Mitchell County: 23.457 %Mitchell County23.457Duval County: 23.205 %Duval County23.205Jack County: 22.795 %Jack County22.795Clay County: 22.568 %Clay County22.568Wheeler County: 22.099 %Wheeler County22.099Crane County: 22.053 %Crane County22.053Panola County: 21.737 %Panola County21.737Colorado County: 21.7 %Colorado County21.7Haskell County: 20.582 %Haskell County20.582Montague County: 20.493 %Montague County20.493Briscoe County: 20.364 %Briscoe County20.364Brooks County: 20.29 %Brooks County20.29Jones County: 20.01 %Jones County20.01Irion County: 19.465 %Irion County19.465Baylor County: 19.081 %Baylor County19.081Donley County: 19.057 %Donley County19.057Menard County: 19.023 %Menard County19.023Zavala County: 19.022 %Zavala County19.022Hill County: 18.94 %Hill County18.94Jeff Davis County: 18.878 %Jeff Davis County18.878Hemphill County: 18.711 %Hemphill County18.711Karnes County: 18.444 %Karnes County18.444Eastland County: 18.339 %Eastland County18.339Reagan County: 17.896 %Reagan County17.896Morris County: 17.599 %Morris County17.599San Patricio County: 17.436 %San Patricio County17.436Coleman County: 17.418 %Coleman County17.418Jim Hogg County: 37.248 %Jim Hogg County37.248Roberts County: 37.143 %Roberts County37.143Glasscock County: 36.791 %Glasscock County36.791Archer County: 33.231 %Archer County33.231Schleicher County: 32.4 %Schleicher County32.4Lamb County: 31.583 %Lamb County31.583Zapata County: 28.685 %Zapata County28.685Sutton County: 27.112 %Sutton County27.112Mason County: 26.91 %Mason County26.91Throckmorton County: 26.74 %Throckmorton County26.74Motley County: 24.478 %Motley County24.478Live Oak County: 24.425 %Live Oak County24.425Culberson County: 24.253 %Culberson County24.253Mitchell County: 23.457 %Mitchell County23.457Duval County: 23.205 %Duval County23.205Jack County: 22.795 %Jack County22.795Clay County: 22.568 %Clay County22.568Wheeler County: 22.099 %Wheeler County22.099Crane County: 22.053 %Crane County22.053Panola County: 21.737 %Panola County21.737Colorado County: 21.7 %Colorado County21.7Haskell County: 20.582 %Haskell County20.582Montague County: 20.493 %Montague County20.493Briscoe County: 20.364 %Briscoe County20.364Brooks County: 20.29 %Brooks County20.29Jones County: 20.01 %Jones County20.01Irion County: 19.465 %Irion County19.465Baylor County: 19.081 %Baylor County19.081Donley County: 19.057 %Donley County19.057Menard County: 19.023 %Menard County19.023Zavala County: 19.022 %Zavala County19.022Hill County: 18.94 %Hill County18.94Jeff Davis County: 18.878 %Jeff Davis County18.878Hemphill County: 18.711 %Hemphill County18.711Karnes County: 18.444 %Karnes County18.444Eastland County: 18.339 %Eastland County18.339Reagan County: 17.896 %Reagan County17.896Morris County: 17.599 %Morris County17.599San Patricio County: 17.436 %San Patricio County17.436Coleman County: 17.418 %Coleman County17.418
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Jim Hogg County37.248-17.24 pts
2Roberts County37.143+28.33 pts
3Glasscock County36.791+30.07 pts
4Archer County33.231+16.94 pts
5Schleicher County32.4+20.22 pts
6Lamb County31.583+18.75 pts
7Zapata County28.685+9.02 pts
8Sutton County27.112+8.27 pts
9Mason County26.91+14.92 pts
10Throckmorton County26.74+19.87 pts
11Motley County24.478+20.56 pts
12Live Oak County24.425+4.1 pts
13Culberson County24.253+12.03 pts
14Mitchell County23.457+11.62 pts
15Duval County23.205+13.16 pts
16Jack County22.795+5.92 pts
17Clay County22.568+8.05 pts
18Wheeler County22.099+10.16 pts
19Crane County22.053+14.72 pts
20Panola County21.737+5.55 pts
21Colorado County21.7+8.36 pts
22Haskell County20.582+10.7 pts
23Montague County20.493-1.1 pts
24Briscoe County20.364+16.65 pts
25Brooks County20.29+8.83 pts
26Jones County20.01+7.2 pts
27Irion County19.465+6.35 pts
28Baylor County19.081+12.27 pts
29Donley County19.057+2.51 pts
30Menard County19.023+4.49 pts
31Zavala County19.022-0.83 pts
32Hill County18.94+6.54 pts
33Jeff Davis County18.878+7.13 pts
34Hemphill County18.711+1.8 pts
35Karnes County18.444+9.91 pts
36Eastland County18.339+7.86 pts
37Reagan County17.896+7.87 pts
38Morris County17.599+3.03 pts
39San Patricio County17.436+8.04 pts
40Coleman County17.418+3.15 pts
41Mills County17.324+7.49 pts
42Real County16.895+8.11 pts
43Castro County16.821+2.71 pts
44Howard County16.79+9.19 pts
45La Salle County16.606+6.3 pts
46Titus County16.526+10.24 pts
47Dimmit County16.432-6.05 pts
48Williamson County16.373+1.39 pts
49Frio County16.298+6.36 pts
50Coke County16.194+2.67 pts
51Bowie County16.105+7.64 pts
52McCulloch County15.929+7.19 pts
53Nacogdoches County15.843+3.77 pts
54Callahan County15.739+2.21 pts
55Midland County15.648+3.68 pts
56Palo Pinto County15.391+2.21 pts
57Llano County15.343+3.62 pts
58Scurry County15.299+2 pts
59Fayette County15.264+6.73 pts
60Comal County15.235+2.63 pts
61Kleberg County15.228+1.25 pts
62Edwards County15.205-2.92 pts
63Kimble County15.11+5.63 pts
64Andrews County15.086+3.44 pts
65Dawson County14.941+4.26 pts
66Aransas County14.929+2.61 pts
67Cherokee County14.881+1.39 pts
68Somervell County14.779+8.84 pts
69Atascosa County14.774+0.47 pts
69Bee County14.774-1.09 pts
71Sterling County14.754+0.29 pts
72McMullen County14.751-6.26 pts
73Ector County14.722+2.03 pts
74Cochran County14.66-2.27 pts
75Ochiltree County14.487+5.22 pts
76Swisher County14.407+0.2 pts
77DeWitt County14.403+2.96 pts
78Hockley County14.267-1.72 pts
79Freestone County14.233+2.83 pts
80Crockett County14.117-4.7 pts
81Armstrong County14.107+11.56 pts
82Dallam County14.044+2.7 pts
83Wise County14.012+3.72 pts
84Kendall County14.007+2.2 pts
85Carson County13.901-5.83 pts
86Fannin County13.738+3.28 pts
87Navarro County13.646+2.21 pts
88Liberty County13.55+4.18 pts
89Rusk County13.393+2.82 pts
90Rains County13.391+3.18 pts
91Parker County13.304-0.55 pts
92Shackelford County13.196-5.31 pts
93Milam County13.127-1.16 pts
94Presidio County13.124-2.68 pts
95Jim Wells County13.122-1.41 pts
96Hamilton County13.005-23.91 pts
97Van Zandt County12.922-0.33 pts
98Goliad County12.903+1.66 pts
99Pecos County12.895-18.93 pts
100Tarrant County12.894+1.65 pts
101Medina County12.885+3.68 pts
102Burnet County12.808-0.26 pts
103Cooke County12.785+1.88 pts
103Hudspeth County12.785+7.81 pts
105Johnson County12.767+2.8 pts
106Winkler County12.754+0.68 pts
107Camp County12.673+4.57 pts
108Randall County12.595+0.13 pts
109Sherman County12.515+3.33 pts
110Denton County12.514+0.8 pts
111Wilson County12.457-1.41 pts
112Hutchinson County12.452+6.04 pts
113Kaufman County12.429+1.72 pts
114Grayson County12.349-1.27 pts
115Robertson County12.333+4.74 pts
116Travis County12.281+0.23 pts
117Concho County12.269+4.15 pts
118Harris County12.254+0.2 pts
119Marion County12.244+4.89 pts
120Tom Green County12.239+2.12 pts
121Yoakum County12.209+3.57 pts
122Limestone County12.167-0.35 pts
123Shelby County12.11-6.03 pts
124Stephens County12.08+4.14 pts
125Gaines County12.027+1.04 pts
126Henderson County11.977-2.18 pts
127Montgomery County11.968+1.4 pts
128Cass County11.961+3.51 pts
129Anderson County11.953+0.79 pts
130Burleson County11.925-5.65 pts
131Refugio County11.866+5.15 pts
132Dallas County11.781-1.48 pts
133Delta County11.737+8.13 pts
134Upshur County11.697+2.11 pts
135Runnels County11.694-6.17 pts
136Gray County11.634-0.78 pts
137Foard County11.585-0.33 pts
138Childress County11.581-19.93 pts
139Bailey County11.437+4.25 pts
140McLennan County11.371+0.29 pts
141Nueces County11.366+0.2 pts
142Wichita County11.313+1.44 pts
143Garza County11.293+6.6 pts
143Washington County11.293+2.9 pts
145Matagorda County11.246+2.56 pts
146Brazoria County11.243+1.63 pts
147Harrison County11.208-1.14 pts
148Reeves County11.166-1.74 pts
149Jefferson County11.162-0.6 pts
150Floyd County11.155+1.57 pts
151Fort Bend County11.139-1.38 pts
152Hidalgo County11.13-1.31 pts
153Cameron County11.122-1.3 pts
154Maverick County11.12+1.44 pts
155Jasper County11.09+4 pts
156Hopkins County11.027-0.95 pts
157Hardin County11.018-2.09 pts
158Bosque County11.016-3.59 pts
159Lampasas County10.952+1.22 pts
160Young County10.932+0.51 pts
161Taylor County10.921+0.35 pts
162Falls County10.916-1.05 pts
163Rockwall County10.895-0.24 pts
164Bexar County10.834-0.34 pts
165Potter County10.786+0.65 pts
166Erath County10.743+3.79 pts
167Smith County10.694-0.71 pts
168Brazos County10.662+0.6 pts
169Bandera County10.639-2.34 pts
170Crosby County10.622+0.7 pts
171Lavaca County10.613-0.12 pts
172Hale County10.505-6.01 pts
173Hood County10.493-0.88 pts
174Comanche County10.49+2.35 pts
175Dickens County10.463-0.58 pts
176El Paso County10.351-3.16 pts
177Collin County10.342-3.49 pts
178Willacy County10.338+2.44 pts
179Houston County10.323-1.48 pts
180San Augustine County10.313+0.46 pts
181Bastrop County10.3-0.32 pts
182Ward County10.287+0.94 pts
183Trinity County10.28-5.13 pts
184Bell County10.257-1.75 pts
185Grimes County10.249+0.37 pts
186Victoria County10.23-2.07 pts
187Stonewall County10.185+3.61 pts
188Blanco County10.111+0.57 pts
189Gregg County10.102-0.24 pts
190Walker County10.088+0.58 pts
191Wilbarger County10.051+0.38 pts
192Lubbock County10.047-0.07 pts
193Terry County10.022-0.84 pts
194Polk County10.008+1.13 pts
195Caldwell County9.966-1.11 pts
196Hays County9.955+1.73 pts
197Uvalde County9.948-0.14 pts
198Austin County9.878-0.84 pts
199Knox County9.853-3.61 pts
200Guadalupe County9.849+1.06 pts
201Webb County9.839-1.12 pts
202Gonzales County9.78-1.93 pts
203Newton County9.742-4.91 pts
204Tyler County9.728+1.06 pts
205Wood County9.66-4.41 pts
206Brown County9.63+1.21 pts
207San Jacinto County9.626-4.62 pts
208Lamar County9.603-1.57 pts
209Angelina County9.572+0.06 pts
209Leon County9.572-3.7 pts
211Chambers County9.486-0.64 pts
212Lynn County9.471+1.94 pts
212Waller County9.471-1.55 pts
214Hall County9.228-0.38 pts
215Galveston County9.223-4.55 pts
216Coryell County9.218-2.83 pts
217Gillespie County8.999-1.49 pts
218Madison County8.97+1.68 pts
219Orange County8.962-3.92 pts
220Collingsworth County8.955+5.13 pts
221Sabine County8.916-7.21 pts
222Wharton County8.893-4.48 pts
223Kent County8.867-8.61 pts
224Val Verde County8.792-2.34 pts
225Ellis County8.769-0.37 pts
226Kenedy County8.75+6.24 pts
227Nolan County8.586-2.83 pts
228Red River County8.512-1.52 pts
229San Saba County8.363-0.61 pts
230Oldham County8.354+5.59 pts
231Hardeman County8.346-6.2 pts
232Kerr County8.242-1.43 pts
233Martin County8.148-0.21 pts
234Brewster County7.89-2.12 pts
235Deaf Smith County7.689+0.73 pts
236Hansford County7.517-5.42 pts
237Hartley County7.431-3.95 pts
238Borden County7.407-0.38 pts
239Hunt County7.262-1.51 pts
240Starr County6.972-6.8 pts
241Jackson County6.912+1.27 pts
242Lipscomb County6.858-0.73 pts
243Moore County6.563-5.35 pts
244Lee County6.242-12.78 pts
245Kinney County6.226-2.21 pts
246Cottle County6.107-8.68 pts
247Calhoun County5.764-1.95 pts
248Upton County5.683-0.64 pts
249Franklin County5.522+1.38 pts
250Fisher County5.222-4.19 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 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2015,
  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, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Jim Hogg County, with 37.248% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Parmer County, with 4.913% in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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