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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Loving County had the highest job destruction rate of 253 counties in 2018, at 66.667%. Franklin County had the lowest, at 3.461%. The median was 11.275% and the figure for Texas was 12.024%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest66.667Loving County
Lowest3.461Franklin County
Median11.275253 counties
Texas12.024History

Map of counties, 2018

Anderson County: 9.639 %Andrews County: 10.268 %Angelina County: 9.112 %Aransas County: 27.501 %Archer County: 13.339 %Armstrong County: 9.756 %Atascosa County: 9.81 %Austin County: 9.808 %Bailey County: 11.73 %Bandera County: 20.768 %Bastrop County: 12.046 %Baylor County: 18.017 %Bee County: 12.584 %Bell County: 13.259 %Bexar County: 11.524 %Blanco County: 13.956 %Borden County: 43.396 %Bosque County: 9.472 %Bowie County: 11.812 %Brazoria County: 11.411 %Brazos County: 12.037 %Brewster County: 9.551 %Briscoe County: 10.631 %Brooks County: 9.153 %Brown County: 10.285 %Burleson County: 9.605 %Burnet County: 12.513 %Caldwell County: 12.016 %Calhoun County: 10.13 %Callahan County: 15.57 %Cameron County: 12.418 %Camp County: 12.441 %Carson County: 12.153 %Cass County: 8.308 %Castro County: 11.139 %Chambers County: 10.441 %Cherokee County: 12.794 %Childress County: 9.032 %Clay County: 10.88 %Cochran County: 21.223 %Coke County: 19.784 %Coleman County: 10.548 %Collin County: 11.208 %Collingsworth County: 8.047 %Colorado County: 9.309 %Comal County: 10.725 %Comanche County: 6.005 %Concho County: 58.555 %Cooke County: 9.239 %Coryell County: 9.615 %Cottle County: 6.691 %Crane County: 14.417 %Crockett County: 8.897 %Crosby County: 10.834 %Culberson County: 16.178 %Dallam County: 10.277 %Dallas County: 12.549 %Dawson County: 14.605 %Deaf Smith County: 8.852 %Delta County: 60.586 %Denton County: 13.307 %DeWitt County: 7.409 %Dickens County: 19.658 %Dimmit County: 8.18 %Donley County: 18.059 %Duval County: 24.067 %Eastland County: 6.66 %Ector County: 11.312 %Edwards County: 10.072 %Ellis County: 10.642 %El Paso County: 11.941 %Erath County: 10.606 %Falls County: 9.864 %Fannin County: 8.14 %Fayette County: 11.43 %Fisher County: 7.958 %Floyd County: 12.387 %Foard County: 5.614 %Fort Bend County: 13.133 %Franklin County: 3.461 %Freestone County: 23.969 %Frio County: 16.612 %Gaines County: 13.229 %Galveston County: 11.756 %Garza County: 9.758 %Gillespie County: 10.994 %Glasscock County: 16.777 %Goliad County: 7.295 %Gonzales County: 7.995 %Gray County: 10.318 %Grayson County: 9.387 %Gregg County: 10.551 %Grimes County: 8.863 %Guadalupe County: 9.237 %Hale County: 8.85 %Hall County: 8.095 %Hamilton County: 10.388 %Hansford County: 9.321 %Hardeman County: 9.392 %Hardin County: 13.372 %Harris County: 12.497 %Harrison County: 9.422 %Hartley County: 8.266 %Haskell County: 30.973 %Hays County: 9.193 %Hemphill County: 15.728 %Henderson County: 10.87 %Hidalgo County: 11.334 %Hill County: 9.385 %Hockley County: 9.864 %Hood County: 11.476 %Hopkins County: 14.537 %Houston County: 22.942 %Howard County: 13.096 %Hudspeth County: 42.674 %Hunt County: 9.939 %Hutchinson County: 8.47 %Irion County: 7.659 %Jack County: 27.826 %Jackson County: 5.782 %Jasper County: 8.117 %Jeff Davis County: 6.147 %Jefferson County: 12.649 %Jim Hogg County: 5.817 %Jim Wells County: 15.673 %Johnson County: 9.873 %Jones County: 16.341 %Karnes County: 6.937 %Kaufman County: 10.552 %Kendall County: 12.058 %Kenedy County: 19.269 %Kent County: 13.904 %Kerr County: 11.718 %Kimble County: 12.207 %Kinney County: 5.719 %Kleberg County: 8.976 %Knox County: 8.811 %Lamar County: 10.789 %Lamb County: 18.849 %Lampasas County: 10.04 %La Salle County: 19.571 %Lavaca County: 6.94 %Lee County: 7.033 %Leon County: 11.955 %Liberty County: 14.067 %Limestone County: 10.59 %Lipscomb County: 7.466 %Live Oak County: 13.478 %Llano County: 14.267 %Loving County: 66.667 %Lubbock County: 10.635 %Lynn County: 8.458 %McCulloch County: 9.778 %McLennan County: 9.453 %McMullen County: 20.081 %Madison County: 11.781 %Marion County: 12.012 %Martin County: 12.102 %Mason County: 16.636 %Matagorda County: 10.125 %Maverick County: 9.137 %Medina County: 13.446 %Menard County: 8.763 %Midland County: 11.066 %Milam County: 19.159 %Mills County: 8.948 %Mitchell County: 11.275 %Montague County: 17.756 %Montgomery County: 13.676 %Moore County: 7.236 %Morris County: 13.695 %Motley County: 16.715 %Nacogdoches County: 9.926 %Navarro County: 10.163 %Newton County: 14.708 %Nolan County: 8.442 %Nueces County: 13.374 %Ochiltree County: 11.573 %Oldham County: 18.519 %Orange County: 12.921 %Palo Pinto County: 13.291 %Panola County: 10.128 %Parker County: 12.041 %Parmer County: 5.488 %Pecos County: 16.408 %Polk County: 10.439 %Potter County: 10.717 %Presidio County: 23.961 %Rains County: 11.28 %Randall County: 14.348 %Reagan County: 8.981 %Real County: 15.709 %Red River County: 26.219 %Reeves County: 13.928 %Refugio County: 12.118 %Roberts County: 3.9 %Robertson County: 19.207 %Rockwall County: 11.358 %Runnels County: 13.776 %Rusk County: 15.037 %Sabine County: 10.559 %San Augustine County: 5.544 %San Jacinto County: 13.504 %San Patricio County: 12.561 %San Saba County: 16.107 %Schleicher County: 8.863 %Scurry County: 13.525 %Shackelford County: 16.392 %Shelby County: 10.151 %Sherman County: 5.549 %Smith County: 11.551 %Somervell County: 12.267 %Starr County: 8.274 %Stephens County: 15.237 %Sterling County: 11.055 %Stonewall County: 12.168 %Sutton County: 18.706 %Swisher County: 12.393 %Tarrant County: 11.309 %Taylor County: 9.63 %Terrell County: 20.741 %Terry County: 12.397 %Throckmorton County: 9.908 %Titus County: 10.988 %Tom Green County: 9.78 %Travis County: 11.963 %Trinity County: 9.286 %Tyler County: 16.501 %Upshur County: 9.636 %Upton County: 7.404 %Uvalde County: 9.612 %Val Verde County: 8.103 %Van Zandt County: 13.096 %Victoria County: 11.447 %Walker County: 11.436 %Waller County: 11.193 %Ward County: 8.777 %Washington County: 9.033 %Webb County: 10.961 %Wharton County: 9.151 %Wheeler County: 11.072 %Wichita County: 12.224 %Wilbarger County: 12.137 %Willacy County: 15.706 %Williamson County: 10.432 %Wilson County: 13.673 %Winkler County: 8.252 %Wise County: 13.668 %Wood County: 17.175 %Yoakum County: 12.716 %Young County: 10.722 %Zapata County: 9.678 %Zavala County: 19.942 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Loving County: 66.667 %Loving County66.667Delta County: 60.586 %Delta County60.586Concho County: 58.555 %Concho County58.555Borden County: 43.396 %Borden County43.396Hudspeth County: 42.674 %Hudspeth County42.674Haskell County: 30.973 %Haskell County30.973Jack County: 27.826 %Jack County27.826Aransas County: 27.501 %Aransas County27.501Red River County: 26.219 %Red River County26.219Duval County: 24.067 %Duval County24.067Freestone County: 23.969 %Freestone County23.969Presidio County: 23.961 %Presidio County23.961Houston County: 22.942 %Houston County22.942Cochran County: 21.223 %Cochran County21.223Bandera County: 20.768 %Bandera County20.768Terrell County: 20.741 %Terrell County20.741McMullen County: 20.081 %McMullen County20.081Zavala County: 19.942 %Zavala County19.942Coke County: 19.784 %Coke County19.784Dickens County: 19.658 %Dickens County19.658La Salle County: 19.571 %La Salle County19.571Kenedy County: 19.269 %Kenedy County19.269Robertson County: 19.207 %Robertson County19.207Milam County: 19.159 %Milam County19.159Lamb County: 18.849 %Lamb County18.849Sutton County: 18.706 %Sutton County18.706Oldham County: 18.519 %Oldham County18.519Donley County: 18.059 %Donley County18.059Baylor County: 18.017 %Baylor County18.017Montague County: 17.756 %Montague County17.756Wood County: 17.175 %Wood County17.175Glasscock County: 16.777 %Glasscock County16.777Motley County: 16.715 %Motley County16.715Mason County: 16.636 %Mason County16.636Frio County: 16.612 %Frio County16.612Tyler County: 16.501 %Tyler County16.501Pecos County: 16.408 %Pecos County16.408Shackelford County: 16.392 %Shackelford County16.392Jones County: 16.341 %Jones County16.341Culberson County: 16.178 %Culberson County16.178Loving County: 66.667 %Loving County66.667Delta County: 60.586 %Delta County60.586Concho County: 58.555 %Concho County58.555Borden County: 43.396 %Borden County43.396Hudspeth County: 42.674 %Hudspeth County42.674Haskell County: 30.973 %Haskell County30.973Jack County: 27.826 %Jack County27.826Aransas County: 27.501 %Aransas County27.501Red River County: 26.219 %Red River County26.219Duval County: 24.067 %Duval County24.067Freestone County: 23.969 %Freestone County23.969Presidio County: 23.961 %Presidio County23.961Houston County: 22.942 %Houston County22.942Cochran County: 21.223 %Cochran County21.223Bandera County: 20.768 %Bandera County20.768Terrell County: 20.741 %Terrell County20.741McMullen County: 20.081 %McMullen County20.081Zavala County: 19.942 %Zavala County19.942Coke County: 19.784 %Coke County19.784Dickens County: 19.658 %Dickens County19.658La Salle County: 19.571 %La Salle County19.571Kenedy County: 19.269 %Kenedy County19.269Robertson County: 19.207 %Robertson County19.207Milam County: 19.159 %Milam County19.159Lamb County: 18.849 %Lamb County18.849Sutton County: 18.706 %Sutton County18.706Oldham County: 18.519 %Oldham County18.519Donley County: 18.059 %Donley County18.059Baylor County: 18.017 %Baylor County18.017Montague County: 17.756 %Montague County17.756Wood County: 17.175 %Wood County17.175Glasscock County: 16.777 %Glasscock County16.777Motley County: 16.715 %Motley County16.715Mason County: 16.636 %Mason County16.636Frio County: 16.612 %Frio County16.612Tyler County: 16.501 %Tyler County16.501Pecos County: 16.408 %Pecos County16.408Shackelford County: 16.392 %Shackelford County16.392Jones County: 16.341 %Jones County16.341Culberson County: 16.178 %Culberson County16.178
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Loving County66.667+61.79 pts
2Delta County60.586+45.7 pts
3Concho County58.555+51.81 pts
4Borden County43.396+31.02 pts
5Hudspeth County42.674+35.74 pts
6Haskell County30.973+20.39 pts
7Jack County27.826+7.68 pts
8Aransas County27.501+14.22 pts
9Red River County26.219+16.16 pts
10Duval County24.067-3.75 pts
11Freestone County23.969+5.27 pts
12Presidio County23.961+10.83 pts
13Houston County22.942+12.59 pts
14Cochran County21.223+11 pts
15Bandera County20.768+8.45 pts
16Terrell County20.741+10.05 pts
17McMullen County20.081-7.64 pts
18Zavala County19.942-0.16 pts
19Coke County19.784-0.5 pts
20Dickens County19.658+2.61 pts
21La Salle County19.571-57.77 pts
22Kenedy County19.269+8.9 pts
23Robertson County19.207+7.37 pts
24Milam County19.159+9.18 pts
25Lamb County18.849+6.64 pts
26Sutton County18.706+4.84 pts
27Oldham County18.519+12.9 pts
28Donley County18.059-2.4 pts
29Baylor County18.017-3.49 pts
30Montague County17.756-4.1 pts
31Wood County17.175+2.96 pts
32Glasscock County16.777-1.75 pts
33Motley County16.715+6.39 pts
34Mason County16.636+3.37 pts
35Frio County16.612-1.7 pts
36Tyler County16.501+1.82 pts
37Pecos County16.408-1.94 pts
38Shackelford County16.392+3.61 pts
39Jones County16.341-4.88 pts
40Culberson County16.178+0.68 pts
41San Saba County16.107+6.03 pts
42Hemphill County15.728+1.96 pts
43Real County15.709-4.55 pts
44Willacy County15.706+5.59 pts
45Jim Wells County15.673+2.07 pts
46Callahan County15.57+0.44 pts
47Stephens County15.237+2.29 pts
48Rusk County15.037+0.23 pts
49Newton County14.708-1.66 pts
50Dawson County14.605-0.48 pts
51Hopkins County14.537-5.96 pts
52Crane County14.417-6.37 pts
53Randall County14.348+1.98 pts
54Llano County14.267-0.86 pts
55Liberty County14.067+1.57 pts
56Blanco County13.956+0.32 pts
57Reeves County13.928+2.31 pts
58Kent County13.904-0.68 pts
59Runnels County13.776+0.55 pts
60Morris County13.695+0.93 pts
61Montgomery County13.676-0.71 pts
62Wilson County13.673+1.9 pts
63Wise County13.668-0.5 pts
64Scurry County13.525-6.3 pts
65San Jacinto County13.504-8.18 pts
66Live Oak County13.478-6.13 pts
67Medina County13.446+0.53 pts
68Nueces County13.374-3.44 pts
69Hardin County13.372-0.98 pts
70Archer County13.339+1.72 pts
71Denton County13.307+0.22 pts
72Palo Pinto County13.291-2.57 pts
73Bell County13.259+2.24 pts
74Gaines County13.229+3.13 pts
75Fort Bend County13.133-1.39 pts
76Howard County13.096-4.52 pts
76Van Zandt County13.096+1.25 pts
78Orange County12.921-2.31 pts
79Cherokee County12.794+3.4 pts
80Yoakum County12.716-1.1 pts
81Jefferson County12.649-0.95 pts
82Bee County12.584-1.74 pts
83San Patricio County12.561-1.53 pts
84Dallas County12.549-0.11 pts
85Burnet County12.513-3.77 pts
86Harris County12.497-2.12 pts
87Camp County12.441+0.29 pts
88Cameron County12.418-1.36 pts
89Terry County12.397-11.27 pts
90Swisher County12.393-0.09 pts
91Floyd County12.387+1.33 pts
92Somervell County12.267-0.25 pts
93Wichita County12.224-0.56 pts
94Kimble County12.207-6.85 pts
95Stonewall County12.168+4.87 pts
96Carson County12.153-8.22 pts
97Wilbarger County12.137-0.26 pts
98Refugio County12.118-2.39 pts
99Martin County12.102+3.02 pts
100Kendall County12.058+0.94 pts
101Bastrop County12.046-2.34 pts
102Parker County12.041-3.15 pts
103Brazos County12.037+0.8 pts
104Caldwell County12.016-12.4 pts
105Marion County12.012-5.8 pts
106Travis County11.963-1.25 pts
107Leon County11.955-5.7 pts
108El Paso County11.941-2.49 pts
109Bowie County11.812+0.17 pts
110Madison County11.781-6.62 pts
111Galveston County11.756-0.01 pts
112Bailey County11.73-7.37 pts
113Kerr County11.718-0.55 pts
114Ochiltree County11.573-2.2 pts
115Smith County11.551-2.74 pts
116Bexar County11.524-1.65 pts
117Hood County11.476-8.29 pts
118Victoria County11.447-3.4 pts
119Walker County11.436+1.21 pts
120Fayette County11.43+0.89 pts
121Brazoria County11.411-1.26 pts
122Rockwall County11.358-1.18 pts
123Hidalgo County11.334-0.85 pts
124Ector County11.312-3.06 pts
125Tarrant County11.309-0.7 pts
126Rains County11.28-2.8 pts
127Mitchell County11.275-9.47 pts
128Collin County11.208-1.06 pts
129Waller County11.193+1.8 pts
130Castro County11.139-0.89 pts
131Wheeler County11.072-10.33 pts
132Midland County11.066-4.12 pts
133Sterling County11.055-8.19 pts
134Gillespie County10.994+1.62 pts
135Titus County10.988+0.28 pts
136Webb County10.961-0.57 pts
137Clay County10.88-7.11 pts
138Henderson County10.87-0.23 pts
139Crosby County10.834+1.16 pts
140Lamar County10.789+1.2 pts
141Comal County10.725-3.82 pts
142Young County10.722-0.42 pts
143Potter County10.717-1.24 pts
144Ellis County10.642-1.74 pts
145Lubbock County10.635-1.69 pts
146Briscoe County10.631-1.08 pts
147Erath County10.606-2.27 pts
148Limestone County10.59+3.03 pts
149Sabine County10.559-5.78 pts
150Kaufman County10.552+0.46 pts
151Gregg County10.551-3.02 pts
152Coleman County10.548-1.12 pts
153Chambers County10.441+0.83 pts
154Polk County10.439-1.1 pts
155Williamson County10.432-1.09 pts
156Hamilton County10.388-2.71 pts
157Gray County10.318-4.02 pts
158Brown County10.285-0.7 pts
159Dallam County10.277-2.64 pts
160Andrews County10.268-4.72 pts
161Navarro County10.163+0.24 pts
162Shelby County10.151+0.06 pts
163Calhoun County10.13-4.56 pts
164Panola County10.128-10.51 pts
165Matagorda County10.125-1.89 pts
166Edwards County10.072+6.52 pts
167Lampasas County10.04+1.21 pts
168Hunt County9.939+2.46 pts
169Nacogdoches County9.926-1.25 pts
170Throckmorton County9.908-6.26 pts
171Johnson County9.873-2.79 pts
172Falls County9.864-8.16 pts
172Hockley County9.864-1.34 pts
174Atascosa County9.81-3.98 pts
175Austin County9.808+0.89 pts
176Tom Green County9.78-2.41 pts
177McCulloch County9.778+1.09 pts
178Garza County9.758-2.9 pts
179Armstrong County9.756-7.34 pts
180Zapata County9.678-7.74 pts
181Anderson County9.639-1.03 pts
182Upshur County9.636-7.86 pts
183Taylor County9.63-3.84 pts
184Coryell County9.615-3.56 pts
185Uvalde County9.612-5.27 pts
186Burleson County9.605-1.88 pts
187Brewster County9.551-2.5 pts
188Bosque County9.472-1.32 pts
189McLennan County9.453-3.6 pts
190Harrison County9.422-3.52 pts
191Hardeman County9.392+3.33 pts
192Grayson County9.387+0.2 pts
193Hill County9.385-3.33 pts
194Hansford County9.321-3.2 pts
195Colorado County9.309-4.58 pts
196Trinity County9.286-5.8 pts
197Cooke County9.239+0.09 pts
198Guadalupe County9.237-2.74 pts
199Hays County9.193-22.07 pts
200Brooks County9.153+2.87 pts
201Wharton County9.151-4.04 pts
202Maverick County9.137-1.19 pts
203Angelina County9.112-3 pts
204Washington County9.033-5.31 pts
205Childress County9.032-3.62 pts
206Reagan County8.981-10.34 pts
207Kleberg County8.976-10.82 pts
208Mills County8.948-0.75 pts
209Crockett County8.897-3.13 pts
210Grimes County8.863-5.86 pts
210Schleicher County8.863-2.27 pts
212Deaf Smith County8.852+0.51 pts
213Hale County8.85-0.26 pts
214Knox County8.811-5.67 pts
215Ward County8.777-0.68 pts
216Menard County8.763-5.64 pts
217Hutchinson County8.47-3.56 pts
218Lynn County8.458-1.78 pts
219Nolan County8.442-2.25 pts
220Cass County8.308-12.11 pts
221Starr County8.274-4.15 pts
222Hartley County8.266-12.38 pts
223Winkler County8.252-12.55 pts
224Dimmit County8.18-14.91 pts
225Fannin County8.14-1.6 pts
226Jasper County8.117-3.11 pts
227Val Verde County8.103-2.29 pts
228Hall County8.095-42.5 pts
229Collingsworth County8.047-4.42 pts
230Gonzales County7.995-6.9 pts
231Fisher County7.958-5.19 pts
232Irion County7.659-24.15 pts
233Lipscomb County7.466+1.54 pts
234DeWitt County7.409-8.75 pts
235Upton County7.404+0.59 pts
236Goliad County7.295-3.29 pts
237Moore County7.236-1.5 pts
238Lee County7.033-6.76 pts
239Lavaca County6.94-6.46 pts
240Karnes County6.937-7.91 pts
241Cottle County6.691+1.05 pts
242Eastland County6.66-1.78 pts
243Jeff Davis County6.147-5.39 pts
244Comanche County6.005-4.53 pts
245Jim Hogg County5.817+0.17 pts
246Jackson County5.782-2.19 pts
247Kinney County5.719-1.17 pts
248Foard County5.614-1.08 pts
249Sherman County5.549-17.63 pts
250San Augustine County5.544-9.34 pts

Showing the top 250 of 253. 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. 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2018,
  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, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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?

Loving County, with 66.667% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Franklin County, with 3.461% in 2018.

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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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