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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

La Salle County had the highest job destruction rate of 253 counties in 2017, at 77.338%. Edwards County had the lowest, at 3.553%. The median was 12.875% and the figure for Texas was 13.589%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest77.338La Salle County
Lowest3.553Edwards County
Median12.875253 counties
Texas13.589History

Map of counties, 2017

Anderson County: 10.667 %Andrews County: 14.993 %Angelina County: 12.113 %Aransas County: 13.278 %Archer County: 11.623 %Armstrong County: 17.091 %Atascosa County: 13.792 %Austin County: 8.918 %Bailey County: 19.096 %Bandera County: 12.316 %Bastrop County: 14.39 %Baylor County: 21.504 %Bee County: 14.327 %Bell County: 11.018 %Bexar County: 13.175 %Blanco County: 13.64 %Borden County: 12.371 %Bosque County: 10.791 %Bowie County: 11.644 %Brazoria County: 12.666 %Brazos County: 11.241 %Brewster County: 12.05 %Briscoe County: 11.715 %Brooks County: 6.281 %Brown County: 10.982 %Burleson County: 11.481 %Burnet County: 16.285 %Caldwell County: 24.414 %Calhoun County: 14.687 %Callahan County: 15.133 %Cameron County: 13.774 %Camp County: 12.154 %Carson County: 20.374 %Cass County: 20.414 %Castro County: 12.029 %Chambers County: 9.613 %Cherokee County: 9.398 %Childress County: 12.656 %Clay County: 17.994 %Cochran County: 10.227 %Coke County: 20.285 %Coleman County: 11.668 %Collin County: 12.27 %Collingsworth County: 12.463 %Colorado County: 13.886 %Comal County: 14.546 %Comanche County: 10.531 %Concho County: 6.742 %Cooke County: 9.147 %Coryell County: 13.18 %Cottle County: 5.645 %Crane County: 20.783 %Crockett County: 12.032 %Crosby County: 9.677 %Culberson County: 15.498 %Dallam County: 12.913 %Dallas County: 12.662 %Dawson County: 15.086 %Deaf Smith County: 8.343 %Delta County: 14.888 %Denton County: 13.09 %DeWitt County: 16.159 %Dickens County: 17.048 %Dimmit County: 23.087 %Donley County: 20.46 %Duval County: 27.814 %Eastland County: 8.444 %Ector County: 14.374 %Edwards County: 3.553 %Ellis County: 12.38 %El Paso County: 14.434 %Erath County: 12.875 %Falls County: 18.02 %Fannin County: 9.739 %Fayette County: 10.537 %Fisher County: 13.145 %Floyd County: 11.053 %Foard County: 6.691 %Fort Bend County: 14.519 %Franklin County: 4.192 %Freestone County: 18.703 %Frio County: 18.308 %Gaines County: 10.104 %Galveston County: 11.769 %Garza County: 12.661 %Gillespie County: 9.372 %Glasscock County: 18.527 %Goliad County: 10.589 %Gonzales County: 14.895 %Gray County: 14.34 %Grayson County: 9.188 %Gregg County: 13.573 %Grimes County: 14.721 %Guadalupe County: 11.974 %Hale County: 9.105 %Hall County: 50.598 %Hamilton County: 13.095 %Hansford County: 12.517 %Hardeman County: 6.065 %Hardin County: 14.351 %Harris County: 14.62 %Harrison County: 12.94 %Hartley County: 20.645 %Haskell County: 10.582 %Hays County: 31.259 %Hemphill County: 13.773 %Henderson County: 11.099 %Hidalgo County: 12.181 %Hill County: 12.713 %Hockley County: 11.2 %Hood County: 19.767 %Hopkins County: 20.502 %Houston County: 10.355 %Howard County: 17.616 %Hudspeth County: 6.935 %Hunt County: 7.478 %Hutchinson County: 12.031 %Irion County: 31.809 %Jack County: 20.149 %Jackson County: 7.975 %Jasper County: 11.229 %Jeff Davis County: 11.538 %Jefferson County: 13.603 %Jim Hogg County: 5.645 %Jim Wells County: 13.602 %Johnson County: 12.665 %Jones County: 21.223 %Karnes County: 14.842 %Kaufman County: 10.096 %Kendall County: 11.115 %Kenedy County: 10.366 %Kent County: 14.583 %Kerr County: 12.266 %Kimble County: 19.058 %Kinney County: 6.884 %Kleberg County: 19.8 %Knox County: 14.484 %Lamar County: 9.588 %Lamb County: 12.208 %Lampasas County: 8.828 %La Salle County: 77.338 %Lavaca County: 13.405 %Lee County: 13.798 %Leon County: 17.657 %Liberty County: 12.493 %Limestone County: 7.558 %Lipscomb County: 5.922 %Live Oak County: 19.603 %Llano County: 15.124 %Loving County: 4.878 %Lubbock County: 12.326 %Lynn County: 10.237 %McCulloch County: 8.684 %McLennan County: 13.056 %McMullen County: 27.724 %Madison County: 18.406 %Marion County: 17.817 %Martin County: 9.082 %Mason County: 13.262 %Matagorda County: 12.013 %Maverick County: 10.331 %Medina County: 12.919 %Menard County: 14.404 %Midland County: 15.187 %Milam County: 9.983 %Mills County: 9.698 %Mitchell County: 20.745 %Montague County: 21.858 %Montgomery County: 14.385 %Moore County: 8.736 %Morris County: 12.761 %Motley County: 10.326 %Nacogdoches County: 11.178 %Navarro County: 9.927 %Newton County: 16.368 %Nolan County: 10.692 %Nueces County: 16.817 %Ochiltree County: 13.768 %Oldham County: 5.621 %Orange County: 15.235 %Palo Pinto County: 15.859 %Panola County: 20.637 %Parker County: 15.196 %Parmer County: 5.454 %Pecos County: 18.347 %Polk County: 11.536 %Potter County: 11.958 %Presidio County: 13.131 %Rains County: 14.082 %Randall County: 12.372 %Reagan County: 19.325 %Real County: 20.264 %Red River County: 10.06 %Reeves County: 11.618 %Refugio County: 14.505 %Roberts County: 10.398 %Robertson County: 11.839 %Rockwall County: 12.538 %Runnels County: 13.229 %Rusk County: 14.804 %Sabine County: 16.334 %San Augustine County: 14.883 %San Jacinto County: 21.68 %San Patricio County: 14.092 %San Saba County: 10.081 %Schleicher County: 11.134 %Scurry County: 19.822 %Shackelford County: 12.781 %Shelby County: 10.094 %Sherman County: 23.178 %Smith County: 14.294 %Somervell County: 12.513 %Starr County: 12.424 %Stephens County: 12.95 %Sterling County: 19.243 %Stonewall County: 7.298 %Sutton County: 13.866 %Swisher County: 12.48 %Tarrant County: 12.008 %Taylor County: 13.475 %Terrell County: 10.687 %Terry County: 23.663 %Throckmorton County: 16.165 %Titus County: 10.706 %Tom Green County: 12.187 %Travis County: 13.209 %Trinity County: 15.089 %Tyler County: 14.685 %Upshur County: 17.497 %Upton County: 6.81 %Uvalde County: 14.879 %Val Verde County: 10.392 %Van Zandt County: 11.849 %Victoria County: 14.846 %Walker County: 10.227 %Waller County: 9.396 %Ward County: 9.46 %Washington County: 14.341 %Webb County: 11.53 %Wharton County: 13.187 %Wheeler County: 21.406 %Wichita County: 12.783 %Wilbarger County: 12.393 %Willacy County: 10.118 %Williamson County: 11.52 %Wilson County: 11.769 %Winkler County: 20.806 %Wise County: 14.167 %Wood County: 14.216 %Yoakum County: 13.812 %Young County: 11.142 %Zapata County: 17.415 %Zavala County: 20.097 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

La Salle County: 77.338 %La Salle County77.338Hall County: 50.598 %Hall County50.598Irion County: 31.809 %Irion County31.809Hays County: 31.259 %Hays County31.259Duval County: 27.814 %Duval County27.814McMullen County: 27.724 %McMullen County27.724Caldwell County: 24.414 %Caldwell County24.414Terry County: 23.663 %Terry County23.663Sherman County: 23.178 %Sherman County23.178Dimmit County: 23.087 %Dimmit County23.087Montague County: 21.858 %Montague County21.858San Jacinto County: 21.68 %San Jacinto County21.68Baylor County: 21.504 %Baylor County21.504Wheeler County: 21.406 %Wheeler County21.406Jones County: 21.223 %Jones County21.223Winkler County: 20.806 %Winkler County20.806Crane County: 20.783 %Crane County20.783Mitchell County: 20.745 %Mitchell County20.745Hartley County: 20.645 %Hartley County20.645Panola County: 20.637 %Panola County20.637Hopkins County: 20.502 %Hopkins County20.502Donley County: 20.46 %Donley County20.46Cass County: 20.414 %Cass County20.414Carson County: 20.374 %Carson County20.374Coke County: 20.285 %Coke County20.285Real County: 20.264 %Real County20.264Jack County: 20.149 %Jack County20.149Zavala County: 20.097 %Zavala County20.097Scurry County: 19.822 %Scurry County19.822Kleberg County: 19.8 %Kleberg County19.8Hood County: 19.767 %Hood County19.767Live Oak County: 19.603 %Live Oak County19.603Reagan County: 19.325 %Reagan County19.325Sterling County: 19.243 %Sterling County19.243Bailey County: 19.096 %Bailey County19.096Kimble County: 19.058 %Kimble County19.058Freestone County: 18.703 %Freestone County18.703Glasscock County: 18.527 %Glasscock County18.527Madison County: 18.406 %Madison County18.406Pecos County: 18.347 %Pecos County18.347La Salle County: 77.338 %La Salle County77.338Hall County: 50.598 %Hall County50.598Irion County: 31.809 %Irion County31.809Hays County: 31.259 %Hays County31.259Duval County: 27.814 %Duval County27.814McMullen County: 27.724 %McMullen County27.724Caldwell County: 24.414 %Caldwell County24.414Terry County: 23.663 %Terry County23.663Sherman County: 23.178 %Sherman County23.178Dimmit County: 23.087 %Dimmit County23.087Montague County: 21.858 %Montague County21.858San Jacinto County: 21.68 %San Jacinto County21.68Baylor County: 21.504 %Baylor County21.504Wheeler County: 21.406 %Wheeler County21.406Jones County: 21.223 %Jones County21.223Winkler County: 20.806 %Winkler County20.806Crane County: 20.783 %Crane County20.783Mitchell County: 20.745 %Mitchell County20.745Hartley County: 20.645 %Hartley County20.645Panola County: 20.637 %Panola County20.637Hopkins County: 20.502 %Hopkins County20.502Donley County: 20.46 %Donley County20.46Cass County: 20.414 %Cass County20.414Carson County: 20.374 %Carson County20.374Coke County: 20.285 %Coke County20.285Real County: 20.264 %Real County20.264Jack County: 20.149 %Jack County20.149Zavala County: 20.097 %Zavala County20.097Scurry County: 19.822 %Scurry County19.822Kleberg County: 19.8 %Kleberg County19.8Hood County: 19.767 %Hood County19.767Live Oak County: 19.603 %Live Oak County19.603Reagan County: 19.325 %Reagan County19.325Sterling County: 19.243 %Sterling County19.243Bailey County: 19.096 %Bailey County19.096Kimble County: 19.058 %Kimble County19.058Freestone County: 18.703 %Freestone County18.703Glasscock County: 18.527 %Glasscock County18.527Madison County: 18.406 %Madison County18.406Pecos County: 18.347 %Pecos County18.347
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1La Salle County77.338+48.48 pts
2Hall County50.598+24.5 pts
3Irion County31.809-1.44 pts
4Hays County31.259+23.52 pts
5Duval County27.814+5.47 pts
6McMullen County27.724-2.32 pts
7Caldwell County24.414+11.35 pts
8Terry County23.663+11.28 pts
9Sherman County23.178+14.39 pts
10Dimmit County23.087-21.01 pts
11Montague County21.858+2.73 pts
12San Jacinto County21.68-2.38 pts
13Baylor County21.504+16.64 pts
14Wheeler County21.406-0.55 pts
15Jones County21.223+5.75 pts
16Winkler County20.806+5.95 pts
17Crane County20.783-4.23 pts
18Mitchell County20.745-3.62 pts
19Hartley County20.645+9.69 pts
20Panola County20.637+0.34 pts
21Hopkins County20.502+9.7 pts
22Donley County20.46-6.78 pts
23Cass County20.414+7.11 pts
24Carson County20.374+10.32 pts
25Coke County20.285+9.45 pts
26Real County20.264+12.38 pts
27Jack County20.149-5.67 pts
28Zavala County20.097+8.09 pts
29Scurry County19.822-0.89 pts
30Kleberg County19.8+6.67 pts
31Hood County19.767+5.34 pts
32Live Oak County19.603-5.9 pts
33Reagan County19.325-6.98 pts
34Sterling County19.243-63.21 pts
35Bailey County19.096+10.45 pts
36Kimble County19.058+12.93 pts
37Freestone County18.703-4.48 pts
38Glasscock County18.527-13.76 pts
39Madison County18.406+7.22 pts
40Pecos County18.347-0.36 pts
41Frio County18.308-10.32 pts
42Falls County18.02+4.52 pts
43Clay County17.994+1.58 pts
44Marion County17.817+2.62 pts
45Leon County17.657+0.19 pts
46Howard County17.616-2.51 pts
47Upshur County17.497+7.09 pts
48Zapata County17.415-8.93 pts
49Armstrong County17.091-6.65 pts
50Dickens County17.048+5.45 pts
51Nueces County16.817+3.5 pts
52Newton County16.368-3.38 pts
53Sabine County16.334+5.33 pts
54Burnet County16.285+4.03 pts
55Throckmorton County16.165+2.4 pts
56DeWitt County16.159-5.85 pts
57Palo Pinto County15.859-2.88 pts
58Culberson County15.498+8.29 pts
59Orange County15.235-0.21 pts
60Parker County15.196-0.54 pts
61Midland County15.187-8.14 pts
62Callahan County15.133+2.16 pts
63Llano County15.124-1.49 pts
64Trinity County15.089+1.5 pts
65Dawson County15.086-1.84 pts
66Andrews County14.993-10.2 pts
67Gonzales County14.895-0.59 pts
68Delta County14.888+9.84 pts
69San Augustine County14.883+4.61 pts
70Uvalde County14.879+1.55 pts
71Victoria County14.846-0.6 pts
72Karnes County14.842-10.06 pts
73Rusk County14.804-2.59 pts
74Grimes County14.721-6.5 pts
75Calhoun County14.687+3.37 pts
76Tyler County14.685-5.53 pts
77Harris County14.62+1.04 pts
78Kent County14.583-1.5 pts
79Comal County14.546+4.11 pts
80Fort Bend County14.519+1.37 pts
81Refugio County14.505-13.22 pts
82Knox County14.484-1.31 pts
83El Paso County14.434+3.94 pts
84Menard County14.404-1.18 pts
85Bastrop County14.39+5.2 pts
86Montgomery County14.385+1.97 pts
87Ector County14.374-8.43 pts
88Hardin County14.351+0.07 pts
89Washington County14.341+1.2 pts
90Gray County14.34-6.37 pts
91Bee County14.327-4.56 pts
92Smith County14.294+3.8 pts
93Wood County14.216+5.68 pts
94Wise County14.167-5.2 pts
95San Patricio County14.092-1.42 pts
96Rains County14.082+0.31 pts
97Colorado County13.886-4.22 pts
98Sutton County13.866-7.32 pts
99Yoakum County13.812-2.12 pts
100Lee County13.798+4.84 pts
101Atascosa County13.792-14.24 pts
102Cameron County13.774+2.64 pts
103Hemphill County13.773-13.81 pts
104Ochiltree County13.768-3.42 pts
105Blanco County13.64+1.96 pts
106Jefferson County13.603+1.06 pts
107Jim Wells County13.602-16.34 pts
108Gregg County13.573-1.73 pts
109Taylor County13.475+2.15 pts
110Lavaca County13.405+4.72 pts
111Aransas County13.278-0.82 pts
112Mason County13.262-4.49 pts
113Runnels County13.229+3.68 pts
114Travis County13.209+1.94 pts
115Wharton County13.187+2.47 pts
116Coryell County13.18+5.13 pts
117Bexar County13.175+3.6 pts
118Fisher County13.145+2.88 pts
119Presidio County13.131+0.15 pts
120Hamilton County13.095-1.87 pts
121Denton County13.09+0.89 pts
122McLennan County13.056+4.85 pts
123Stephens County12.95-5.8 pts
124Harrison County12.94-3.35 pts
125Medina County12.919-2.62 pts
126Dallam County12.913-1.56 pts
127Erath County12.875-0.94 pts
128Wichita County12.783+2.58 pts
129Shackelford County12.781-13.37 pts
130Morris County12.761-5.2 pts
131Hill County12.713+4.12 pts
132Brazoria County12.666-2.08 pts
133Johnson County12.665-3.45 pts
134Dallas County12.662+1.58 pts
135Garza County12.661+0.43 pts
136Childress County12.656-0.36 pts
137Rockwall County12.538+2.45 pts
138Hansford County12.517-0.86 pts
139Somervell County12.513+4.92 pts
140Liberty County12.493-1.37 pts
141Swisher County12.48+5.61 pts
142Collingsworth County12.463-7.54 pts
143Starr County12.424+1.09 pts
144Wilbarger County12.393+1.61 pts
145Ellis County12.38+3.61 pts
146Randall County12.372+1.07 pts
147Borden County12.371+2.73 pts
148Lubbock County12.326+1.63 pts
149Bandera County12.316+2.23 pts
150Collin County12.27+0.24 pts
151Kerr County12.266+1.56 pts
152Lamb County12.208+0.09 pts
153Tom Green County12.187-1.23 pts
154Hidalgo County12.181+1.63 pts
155Camp County12.154+2.69 pts
156Angelina County12.113-0.1 pts
157Brewster County12.05+0.06 pts
158Crockett County12.032-22.49 pts
159Hutchinson County12.031-1.91 pts
160Castro County12.029+2.33 pts
161Matagorda County12.013+0.03 pts
162Tarrant County12.008+1.14 pts
163Guadalupe County11.974+1.98 pts
164Potter County11.958+0.6 pts
165Van Zandt County11.849-2.09 pts
166Robertson County11.839-6.03 pts
167Galveston County11.769+2.12 pts
167Wilson County11.769-2.87 pts
169Briscoe County11.715-17.95 pts
170Coleman County11.668-1.95 pts
171Bowie County11.644+2.25 pts
172Archer County11.623-15.32 pts
173Reeves County11.618-11.9 pts
174Jeff Davis County11.538+0.5 pts
175Polk County11.536-0.42 pts
176Webb County11.53+1.6 pts
177Williamson County11.52+1.22 pts
178Burleson County11.481-5.55 pts
179Brazos County11.241+1.04 pts
180Jasper County11.229-1.04 pts
181Hockley County11.2-15.17 pts
182Nacogdoches County11.178+3.51 pts
183Young County11.142-8.03 pts
184Schleicher County11.134-11.79 pts
185Kendall County11.115+1.79 pts
186Henderson County11.099-2.02 pts
187Floyd County11.053-1.73 pts
188Bell County11.018+1.39 pts
189Brown County10.982+1.76 pts
190Bosque County10.791+0.6 pts
191Titus County10.706+1.71 pts
192Nolan County10.692-0.61 pts
193Terrell County10.687+2.56 pts
194Anderson County10.667-4.68 pts
195Goliad County10.589-2.43 pts
196Haskell County10.582+0.02 pts
197Fayette County10.537+0.15 pts
198Comanche County10.531+1.83 pts
199Roberts County10.398-5.66 pts
200Val Verde County10.392-2.7 pts
201Kenedy County10.366-10.5 pts
202Houston County10.355-11.25 pts
203Maverick County10.331+1.58 pts
204Motley County10.326+2.88 pts
205Lynn County10.237+1.69 pts
206Cochran County10.227-7.58 pts
206Walker County10.227-2.25 pts
208Willacy County10.118-21.55 pts
209Gaines County10.104-4.58 pts
210Kaufman County10.096-1.04 pts
211Shelby County10.094-3.37 pts
212San Saba County10.081-11.14 pts
213Red River County10.06-5.86 pts
214Milam County9.983+0.27 pts
215Navarro County9.927-1.44 pts
216Fannin County9.739+2.09 pts
217Mills County9.698-1.65 pts
218Crosby County9.677-5.67 pts
219Chambers County9.613-4.21 pts
220Lamar County9.588-0.77 pts
221Ward County9.46-6.41 pts
222Cherokee County9.398+2.58 pts
223Waller County9.396-8.68 pts
224Gillespie County9.372+1.34 pts
225Grayson County9.188-4.41 pts
226Cooke County9.147-10.08 pts
227Hale County9.105+1.91 pts
228Martin County9.082-16.06 pts
229Austin County8.918-4.67 pts
230Lampasas County8.828-7.96 pts
231Moore County8.736+0.12 pts
232McCulloch County8.684-15.85 pts
233Eastland County8.444-10.32 pts
234Deaf Smith County8.343+0.65 pts
235Jackson County7.975-11.51 pts
236Limestone County7.558-4.01 pts
237Hunt County7.478-0.47 pts
238Stonewall County7.298-2.6 pts
239Hudspeth County6.935+0.44 pts
240Kinney County6.884-2.89 pts
241Upton County6.81-25 pts
242Concho County6.742-1.17 pts
243Foard County6.691-33.45 pts
244Brooks County6.281-15.07 pts
245Hardeman County6.065-10.64 pts
246Lipscomb County5.922-9.32 pts
247Cottle County5.645-20.27 pts
247Jim Hogg County5.645-4.45 pts
249Oldham County5.621-2.51 pts
250Parmer County5.454-1.26 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. 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2017,
  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, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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
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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

La Salle County, with 77.338% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Edwards County, with 3.553% in 2017.

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.

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