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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Sterling County had the highest job destruction rate of 252 counties in 2016, at 82.449%. Franklin County had the lowest, at 2.911%. The median was 13.349% and the figure for Texas was 12.121%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest82.449Sterling County
Lowest2.911Franklin County
Median13.349252 counties
Texas12.121History

Map of counties, 2016

Anderson County: 15.348 %Andrews County: 25.192 %Angelina County: 12.213 %Aransas County: 14.1 %Archer County: 26.942 %Armstrong County: 23.746 %Atascosa County: 28.033 %Austin County: 13.588 %Bailey County: 8.649 %Bandera County: 10.085 %Bastrop County: 9.186 %Baylor County: 4.864 %Bee County: 18.891 %Bell County: 9.629 %Bexar County: 9.58 %Blanco County: 11.676 %Borden County: 9.639 %Bosque County: 10.188 %Bowie County: 9.395 %Brazoria County: 14.744 %Brazos County: 10.202 %Brewster County: 11.99 %Briscoe County: 29.661 %Brooks County: 21.346 %Brown County: 9.22 %Burleson County: 17.029 %Burnet County: 12.258 %Caldwell County: 13.068 %Calhoun County: 11.322 %Callahan County: 12.976 %Cameron County: 11.135 %Camp County: 9.465 %Carson County: 10.058 %Cass County: 13.303 %Castro County: 9.701 %Chambers County: 13.818 %Cherokee County: 6.821 %Childress County: 13.012 %Clay County: 16.415 %Cochran County: 17.811 %Coke County: 10.832 %Coleman County: 13.615 %Collin County: 12.031 %Collingsworth County: 20 %Colorado County: 18.105 %Comal County: 10.438 %Comanche County: 8.698 %Concho County: 7.916 %Cooke County: 19.223 %Coryell County: 8.052 %Cottle County: 25.911 %Crane County: 25.012 %Crockett County: 34.523 %Crosby County: 15.347 %Culberson County: 7.212 %Dallam County: 14.475 %Dallas County: 11.082 %Dawson County: 16.929 %Deaf Smith County: 7.692 %Delta County: 5.048 %Denton County: 12.202 %DeWitt County: 22.01 %Dickens County: 11.6 %Dimmit County: 44.093 %Donley County: 27.243 %Duval County: 22.348 %Eastland County: 18.763 %Ector County: 22.805 %Edwards County: 5.666 %Ellis County: 8.767 %El Paso County: 10.493 %Erath County: 13.817 %Falls County: 13.503 %Fannin County: 7.648 %Fayette County: 10.386 %Fisher County: 10.261 %Floyd County: 12.783 %Foard County: 40.138 %Fort Bend County: 13.145 %Franklin County: 2.911 %Freestone County: 23.181 %Frio County: 28.63 %Gaines County: 14.688 %Galveston County: 9.652 %Garza County: 12.234 %Gillespie County: 8.028 %Glasscock County: 32.287 %Goliad County: 13.024 %Gonzales County: 15.489 %Gray County: 20.708 %Grayson County: 13.596 %Gregg County: 15.301 %Grimes County: 21.226 %Guadalupe County: 9.991 %Hale County: 7.193 %Hall County: 26.094 %Hamilton County: 14.963 %Hansford County: 13.373 %Hardeman County: 16.705 %Hardin County: 14.281 %Harris County: 13.579 %Harrison County: 16.288 %Hartley County: 10.952 %Haskell County: 10.564 %Hays County: 7.738 %Hemphill County: 27.584 %Henderson County: 13.116 %Hidalgo County: 10.549 %Hill County: 8.589 %Hockley County: 26.367 %Hood County: 14.43 %Hopkins County: 10.803 %Houston County: 21.609 %Howard County: 20.129 %Hudspeth County: 6.49 %Hunt County: 7.95 %Hutchinson County: 13.946 %Irion County: 33.251 %Jack County: 25.819 %Jackson County: 19.483 %Jasper County: 12.266 %Jeff Davis County: 11.036 %Jefferson County: 12.544 %Jim Hogg County: 10.092 %Jim Wells County: 29.945 %Johnson County: 16.112 %Jones County: 15.476 %Karnes County: 24.903 %Kaufman County: 11.132 %Kendall County: 9.325 %Kenedy County: 20.87 %Kent County: 16.08 %Kerr County: 10.706 %Kimble County: 6.129 %Kinney County: 9.779 %Kleberg County: 13.13 %Knox County: 15.793 %Lamar County: 10.353 %Lamb County: 12.117 %Lampasas County: 16.789 %La Salle County: 28.861 %Lavaca County: 8.687 %Lee County: 8.962 %Leon County: 17.469 %Liberty County: 13.863 %Limestone County: 11.567 %Lipscomb County: 15.242 %Live Oak County: 25.508 %Llano County: 16.619 %Lubbock County: 10.695 %Lynn County: 8.55 %McCulloch County: 24.535 %McLennan County: 8.204 %McMullen County: 30.048 %Madison County: 11.19 %Marion County: 15.202 %Martin County: 25.143 %Mason County: 17.754 %Matagorda County: 11.984 %Maverick County: 8.755 %Medina County: 15.534 %Menard County: 15.584 %Midland County: 23.33 %Milam County: 9.716 %Mills County: 11.353 %Mitchell County: 24.365 %Montague County: 19.124 %Montgomery County: 12.414 %Moore County: 8.621 %Morris County: 17.959 %Motley County: 7.45 %Nacogdoches County: 7.667 %Navarro County: 11.367 %Newton County: 19.743 %Nolan County: 11.301 %Nueces County: 13.317 %Ochiltree County: 17.189 %Oldham County: 8.13 %Orange County: 15.441 %Palo Pinto County: 18.738 %Panola County: 20.295 %Parker County: 15.738 %Parmer County: 6.715 %Pecos County: 18.708 %Polk County: 11.951 %Potter County: 11.356 %Presidio County: 12.984 %Rains County: 13.773 %Randall County: 11.302 %Reagan County: 26.307 %Real County: 7.889 %Red River County: 15.919 %Reeves County: 23.516 %Refugio County: 27.724 %Roberts County: 16.058 %Robertson County: 17.866 %Rockwall County: 10.086 %Runnels County: 9.546 %Rusk County: 17.391 %Sabine County: 11.005 %San Augustine County: 10.268 %San Jacinto County: 24.064 %San Patricio County: 15.516 %San Saba County: 21.218 %Schleicher County: 22.925 %Scurry County: 20.714 %Shackelford County: 26.146 %Shelby County: 13.467 %Sherman County: 8.786 %Smith County: 10.493 %Somervell County: 7.593 %Starr County: 11.334 %Stephens County: 18.75 %Sterling County: 82.449 %Stonewall County: 9.894 %Sutton County: 21.184 %Swisher County: 6.871 %Tarrant County: 10.871 %Taylor County: 11.327 %Terrell County: 8.13 %Terry County: 12.381 %Throckmorton County: 13.767 %Titus County: 9.001 %Tom Green County: 13.413 %Travis County: 11.27 %Trinity County: 13.591 %Tyler County: 20.218 %Upshur County: 10.404 %Upton County: 31.808 %Uvalde County: 13.326 %Val Verde County: 13.096 %Van Zandt County: 13.94 %Victoria County: 15.449 %Walker County: 12.475 %Waller County: 18.075 %Ward County: 15.869 %Washington County: 13.138 %Webb County: 9.925 %Wharton County: 10.72 %Wheeler County: 21.957 %Wichita County: 10.206 %Wilbarger County: 10.786 %Willacy County: 31.669 %Williamson County: 10.298 %Wilson County: 14.637 %Winkler County: 14.853 %Wise County: 19.369 %Wood County: 8.538 %Yoakum County: 15.935 %Young County: 19.168 %Zapata County: 26.348 %Zavala County: 12.011 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Sterling County: 82.449 %Sterling County82.449Dimmit County: 44.093 %Dimmit County44.093Foard County: 40.138 %Foard County40.138Crockett County: 34.523 %Crockett County34.523Irion County: 33.251 %Irion County33.251Glasscock County: 32.287 %Glasscock County32.287Upton County: 31.808 %Upton County31.808Willacy County: 31.669 %Willacy County31.669McMullen County: 30.048 %McMullen County30.048Jim Wells County: 29.945 %Jim Wells County29.945Briscoe County: 29.661 %Briscoe County29.661La Salle County: 28.861 %La Salle County28.861Frio County: 28.63 %Frio County28.63Atascosa County: 28.033 %Atascosa County28.033Refugio County: 27.724 %Refugio County27.724Hemphill County: 27.584 %Hemphill County27.584Donley County: 27.243 %Donley County27.243Archer County: 26.942 %Archer County26.942Hockley County: 26.367 %Hockley County26.367Zapata County: 26.348 %Zapata County26.348Reagan County: 26.307 %Reagan County26.307Shackelford County: 26.146 %Shackelford County26.146Hall County: 26.094 %Hall County26.094Cottle County: 25.911 %Cottle County25.911Jack County: 25.819 %Jack County25.819Live Oak County: 25.508 %Live Oak County25.508Andrews County: 25.192 %Andrews County25.192Martin County: 25.143 %Martin County25.143Crane County: 25.012 %Crane County25.012Karnes County: 24.903 %Karnes County24.903McCulloch County: 24.535 %McCulloch County24.535Mitchell County: 24.365 %Mitchell County24.365San Jacinto County: 24.064 %San Jacinto County24.064Armstrong County: 23.746 %Armstrong County23.746Reeves County: 23.516 %Reeves County23.516Midland County: 23.33 %Midland County23.33Freestone County: 23.181 %Freestone County23.181Schleicher County: 22.925 %Schleicher County22.925Ector County: 22.805 %Ector County22.805Duval County: 22.348 %Duval County22.348Sterling County: 82.449 %Sterling County82.449Dimmit County: 44.093 %Dimmit County44.093Foard County: 40.138 %Foard County40.138Crockett County: 34.523 %Crockett County34.523Irion County: 33.251 %Irion County33.251Glasscock County: 32.287 %Glasscock County32.287Upton County: 31.808 %Upton County31.808Willacy County: 31.669 %Willacy County31.669McMullen County: 30.048 %McMullen County30.048Jim Wells County: 29.945 %Jim Wells County29.945Briscoe County: 29.661 %Briscoe County29.661La Salle County: 28.861 %La Salle County28.861Frio County: 28.63 %Frio County28.63Atascosa County: 28.033 %Atascosa County28.033Refugio County: 27.724 %Refugio County27.724Hemphill County: 27.584 %Hemphill County27.584Donley County: 27.243 %Donley County27.243Archer County: 26.942 %Archer County26.942Hockley County: 26.367 %Hockley County26.367Zapata County: 26.348 %Zapata County26.348Reagan County: 26.307 %Reagan County26.307Shackelford County: 26.146 %Shackelford County26.146Hall County: 26.094 %Hall County26.094Cottle County: 25.911 %Cottle County25.911Jack County: 25.819 %Jack County25.819Live Oak County: 25.508 %Live Oak County25.508Andrews County: 25.192 %Andrews County25.192Martin County: 25.143 %Martin County25.143Crane County: 25.012 %Crane County25.012Karnes County: 24.903 %Karnes County24.903McCulloch County: 24.535 %McCulloch County24.535Mitchell County: 24.365 %Mitchell County24.365San Jacinto County: 24.064 %San Jacinto County24.064Armstrong County: 23.746 %Armstrong County23.746Reeves County: 23.516 %Reeves County23.516Midland County: 23.33 %Midland County23.33Freestone County: 23.181 %Freestone County23.181Schleicher County: 22.925 %Schleicher County22.925Ector County: 22.805 %Ector County22.805Duval County: 22.348 %Duval County22.348
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Sterling County82.449+67.69 pts
2Dimmit County44.093+27.66 pts
3Foard County40.138+28.55 pts
4Crockett County34.523+20.41 pts
5Irion County33.251+13.79 pts
6Glasscock County32.287-4.5 pts
7Upton County31.808+26.13 pts
8Willacy County31.669+21.33 pts
9McMullen County30.048+15.3 pts
10Jim Wells County29.945+16.82 pts
11Briscoe County29.661+9.3 pts
12La Salle County28.861+12.25 pts
13Frio County28.63+12.33 pts
14Atascosa County28.033+13.26 pts
15Refugio County27.724+15.86 pts
16Hemphill County27.584+8.87 pts
17Donley County27.243+8.19 pts
18Archer County26.942-6.29 pts
19Hockley County26.367+12.1 pts
20Zapata County26.348-2.34 pts
21Reagan County26.307+8.41 pts
22Shackelford County26.146+12.95 pts
23Hall County26.094+16.87 pts
24Cottle County25.911+19.8 pts
25Jack County25.819+3.02 pts
26Live Oak County25.508+1.08 pts
27Andrews County25.192+10.11 pts
28Martin County25.143+17 pts
29Crane County25.012+2.96 pts
30Karnes County24.903+6.46 pts
31McCulloch County24.535+8.61 pts
32Mitchell County24.365+0.91 pts
33San Jacinto County24.064+14.44 pts
34Armstrong County23.746+9.64 pts
35Reeves County23.516+12.35 pts
36Midland County23.33+7.68 pts
37Freestone County23.181+8.95 pts
38Schleicher County22.925-9.47 pts
39Ector County22.805+8.08 pts
40Duval County22.348-0.86 pts
41DeWitt County22.01+7.61 pts
42Wheeler County21.957-0.14 pts
43Houston County21.609+11.29 pts
44Brooks County21.346+1.06 pts
45Grimes County21.226+10.98 pts
46San Saba County21.218+12.86 pts
47Sutton County21.184-5.93 pts
48Kenedy County20.87+12.12 pts
49Scurry County20.714+5.41 pts
50Gray County20.708+9.07 pts
51Panola County20.295-1.44 pts
52Tyler County20.218+10.49 pts
53Howard County20.129+3.34 pts
54Collingsworth County20+11.04 pts
55Newton County19.743+10 pts
56Jackson County19.483+12.57 pts
57Wise County19.369+5.36 pts
58Cooke County19.223+6.44 pts
59Young County19.168+8.24 pts
60Montague County19.124-1.37 pts
61Bee County18.891+4.12 pts
62Eastland County18.763+0.42 pts
63Stephens County18.75+6.67 pts
64Palo Pinto County18.738+3.35 pts
65Pecos County18.708+5.81 pts
66Colorado County18.105-3.59 pts
67Waller County18.075+8.6 pts
68Morris County17.959+0.36 pts
69Robertson County17.866+5.53 pts
70Cochran County17.811+3.15 pts
71Mason County17.754-9.16 pts
72Leon County17.469+7.9 pts
73Rusk County17.391+4 pts
74Ochiltree County17.189+2.7 pts
75Burleson County17.029+5.1 pts
76Dawson County16.929+1.99 pts
77Lampasas County16.789+5.84 pts
78Hardeman County16.705+8.36 pts
79Llano County16.619+1.28 pts
80Clay County16.415-6.15 pts
81Harrison County16.288+5.08 pts
82Johnson County16.112+3.34 pts
83Kent County16.08+7.21 pts
84Roberts County16.058-21.09 pts
85Yoakum County15.935+3.73 pts
86Red River County15.919+7.41 pts
87Ward County15.869+5.58 pts
88Knox County15.793+5.94 pts
89Parker County15.738+2.43 pts
90Menard County15.584-3.44 pts
91Medina County15.534+2.65 pts
92San Patricio County15.516-1.92 pts
93Gonzales County15.489+5.71 pts
94Jones County15.476-4.53 pts
95Victoria County15.449+5.22 pts
96Orange County15.441+6.48 pts
97Anderson County15.348+3.4 pts
98Crosby County15.347+4.72 pts
99Gregg County15.301+5.2 pts
100Lipscomb County15.242+8.38 pts
101Marion County15.202+2.96 pts
102Hamilton County14.963+1.96 pts
103Winkler County14.853+2.1 pts
104Brazoria County14.744+3.5 pts
105Gaines County14.688+2.66 pts
106Wilson County14.637+2.18 pts
107Dallam County14.475+0.43 pts
108Hood County14.43+3.94 pts
109Hardin County14.281+3.26 pts
110Aransas County14.1-0.83 pts
111Hutchinson County13.946+1.49 pts
112Van Zandt County13.94+1.02 pts
113Liberty County13.863+0.31 pts
114Chambers County13.818+4.33 pts
115Erath County13.817+3.07 pts
116Rains County13.773+0.38 pts
117Throckmorton County13.767-12.97 pts
118Coleman County13.615-3.8 pts
119Grayson County13.596+1.25 pts
120Trinity County13.591+3.31 pts
121Austin County13.588+3.71 pts
122Harris County13.579+1.33 pts
123Falls County13.503+2.59 pts
124Shelby County13.467+1.36 pts
125Tom Green County13.413+1.17 pts
126Hansford County13.373+5.86 pts
127Uvalde County13.326+3.38 pts
128Nueces County13.317+1.95 pts
129Cass County13.303+1.34 pts
130Fort Bend County13.145+2.01 pts
131Washington County13.138+1.85 pts
132Kleberg County13.13-2.1 pts
133Henderson County13.116+1.14 pts
134Val Verde County13.096+4.3 pts
135Caldwell County13.068+3.1 pts
136Goliad County13.024+0.12 pts
137Childress County13.012+1.43 pts
138Presidio County12.984-0.14 pts
139Callahan County12.976-2.76 pts
140Floyd County12.783+1.63 pts
141Jefferson County12.544+1.38 pts
142Walker County12.475+2.39 pts
143Montgomery County12.414+0.45 pts
144Terry County12.381+2.36 pts
145Jasper County12.266+1.18 pts
146Burnet County12.258-0.55 pts
147Garza County12.234+0.94 pts
148Angelina County12.213+2.64 pts
149Denton County12.202-0.31 pts
150Lamb County12.117-19.47 pts
151Collin County12.031+1.69 pts
152Zavala County12.011-7.01 pts
153Brewster County11.99+4.1 pts
154Matagorda County11.984+0.74 pts
155Polk County11.951+1.94 pts
156Blanco County11.676+1.56 pts
157Dickens County11.6+1.14 pts
158Limestone County11.567-0.6 pts
159Navarro County11.367-2.28 pts
160Potter County11.356+0.57 pts
161Mills County11.353-5.97 pts
162Starr County11.334+4.36 pts
163Taylor County11.327+0.41 pts
164Calhoun County11.322+5.56 pts
165Randall County11.302-1.29 pts
166Nolan County11.301+2.71 pts
167Travis County11.27-1.01 pts
168Madison County11.19+2.22 pts
169Cameron County11.135+0.01 pts
170Kaufman County11.132-1.3 pts
171Dallas County11.082-0.7 pts
172Jeff Davis County11.036-7.84 pts
173Sabine County11.005+2.09 pts
174Hartley County10.952+3.52 pts
175Tarrant County10.871-2.02 pts
176Coke County10.832-5.36 pts
177Hopkins County10.803-0.22 pts
178Wilbarger County10.786+0.73 pts
179Wharton County10.72+1.83 pts
180Kerr County10.706+2.46 pts
181Lubbock County10.695+0.65 pts
182Haskell County10.564-10.02 pts
183Hidalgo County10.549-0.58 pts
184El Paso County10.493+0.14 pts
184Smith County10.493-0.2 pts
186Comal County10.438-4.8 pts
187Upshur County10.404-1.29 pts
188Fayette County10.386-4.88 pts
189Lamar County10.353+0.75 pts
190Williamson County10.298-6.08 pts
191San Augustine County10.268-0.04 pts
192Fisher County10.261+5.04 pts
193Wichita County10.206-1.11 pts
194Brazos County10.202-0.46 pts
195Bosque County10.188-0.83 pts
196Jim Hogg County10.092-27.16 pts
197Rockwall County10.086-0.81 pts
198Bandera County10.085-0.55 pts
199Carson County10.058-3.84 pts
200Guadalupe County9.991+0.14 pts
201Webb County9.925+0.09 pts
202Stonewall County9.894-0.29 pts
203Kinney County9.779+3.55 pts
204Milam County9.716-3.41 pts
205Castro County9.701-7.12 pts
206Galveston County9.652+0.43 pts
207Borden County9.639+2.23 pts
208Bell County9.629-0.63 pts
209Bexar County9.58-1.25 pts
210Runnels County9.546-2.15 pts
211Camp County9.465-3.21 pts
212Bowie County9.395-6.71 pts
213Kendall County9.325-4.68 pts
214Brown County9.22-0.41 pts
215Bastrop County9.186-1.11 pts
216Titus County9.001-7.53 pts
217Lee County8.962+2.72 pts
218Sherman County8.786-3.73 pts
219Ellis County8.767-0 pts
220Maverick County8.755-2.36 pts
221Comanche County8.698-1.79 pts
222Lavaca County8.687-1.93 pts
223Bailey County8.649-2.79 pts
224Moore County8.621+2.06 pts
225Hill County8.589-10.35 pts
226Lynn County8.55-0.92 pts
227Wood County8.538-1.12 pts
228McLennan County8.204-3.17 pts
229Oldham County8.13-0.22 pts
229Terrell County8.13+3.09 pts
231Coryell County8.052-1.17 pts
232Gillespie County8.028-0.97 pts
233Hunt County7.95+0.69 pts
234Concho County7.916-4.35 pts
235Real County7.889-9.01 pts
236Hays County7.738-2.22 pts
237Deaf Smith County7.6920 pts
238Nacogdoches County7.667-8.18 pts
239Fannin County7.648-6.09 pts
240Somervell County7.593-7.19 pts
241Motley County7.45-17.03 pts
242Culberson County7.212-17.04 pts
243Hale County7.193-3.31 pts
244Swisher County6.871-7.54 pts
245Cherokee County6.821-8.06 pts
246Parmer County6.715+1.8 pts
247Hudspeth County6.49-6.29 pts
248Kimble County6.129-8.98 pts
249Edwards County5.666-9.54 pts
250Delta County5.048-6.69 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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2016,
  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, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Sterling County, with 82.449% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Franklin County, with 2.911% in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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