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Counties in Texas by job destruction rate

Motley County had the highest job destruction rate of 253 counties in 2022, at 35.115%. Borden County had the lowest, at 2.247%. The median was 11.333% and the figure for Texas was 11.35%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest35.115Motley County
Lowest2.247Borden County
Median11.333253 counties
Texas11.35History

Map of counties, 2022

Anderson County: 10.826 %Andrews County: 10.14 %Angelina County: 10.996 %Aransas County: 11.94 %Archer County: 12.516 %Armstrong County: 33.636 %Atascosa County: 9.338 %Austin County: 9.682 %Bailey County: 8.869 %Bandera County: 10.031 %Bastrop County: 10.744 %Baylor County: 8.259 %Bee County: 9.071 %Bell County: 14.177 %Bexar County: 11.661 %Blanco County: 15.802 %Borden County: 2.247 %Bosque County: 16.622 %Bowie County: 14.5 %Brazoria County: 10.9 %Brazos County: 10.363 %Brewster County: 11.735 %Briscoe County: 5.263 %Brooks County: 8.083 %Brown County: 8.52 %Burleson County: 12.327 %Burnet County: 11.72 %Caldwell County: 10.416 %Calhoun County: 11.354 %Callahan County: 8.851 %Cameron County: 10.919 %Camp County: 16.692 %Carson County: 10.721 %Cass County: 9.189 %Castro County: 8.659 %Chambers County: 24.427 %Cherokee County: 14.501 %Childress County: 6.526 %Clay County: 9.489 %Cochran County: 18.818 %Coke County: 21.074 %Coleman County: 12.5 %Collin County: 10.989 %Collingsworth County: 4.57 %Colorado County: 12.463 %Comal County: 10.285 %Comanche County: 19.432 %Concho County: 21.49 %Cooke County: 9.279 %Coryell County: 9.296 %Cottle County: 5.952 %Crane County: 17.601 %Crockett County: 19.432 %Crosby County: 4.224 %Culberson County: 5.091 %Dallam County: 14.402 %Dallas County: 11.637 %Dawson County: 20.157 %Deaf Smith County: 7.202 %Delta County: 10.795 %Denton County: 12.163 %DeWitt County: 10.349 %Dickens County: 9.852 %Dimmit County: 9.513 %Donley County: 9.436 %Duval County: 7.347 %Eastland County: 9.745 %Ector County: 12.415 %Edwards County: 23.913 %Ellis County: 12.6 %El Paso County: 12.213 %Erath County: 11.498 %Falls County: 8.445 %Fannin County: 17.855 %Fayette County: 9.904 %Fisher County: 8.451 %Floyd County: 7.804 %Foard County: 12.465 %Fort Bend County: 11.92 %Franklin County: 8.88 %Freestone County: 17.529 %Frio County: 12.919 %Gaines County: 14.536 %Galveston County: 11.504 %Garza County: 9.555 %Gillespie County: 10.447 %Glasscock County: 7.966 %Goliad County: 13.098 %Gonzales County: 11.71 %Gray County: 12.156 %Grayson County: 12.554 %Gregg County: 10.84 %Grimes County: 9.251 %Guadalupe County: 8.257 %Hale County: 10.453 %Hall County: 6.691 %Hamilton County: 21.12 %Hansford County: 12.287 %Hardeman County: 5.978 %Hardin County: 12.479 %Harris County: 11.374 %Harrison County: 10.992 %Hartley County: 5.261 %Haskell County: 21.053 %Hays County: 10.656 %Hemphill County: 11.032 %Henderson County: 9.949 %Hidalgo County: 8.976 %Hill County: 15.073 %Hockley County: 8.391 %Hood County: 12.339 %Hopkins County: 10.558 %Houston County: 11.051 %Howard County: 15.095 %Hudspeth County: 27.423 %Hunt County: 19.471 %Hutchinson County: 8.46 %Irion County: 28.837 %Jack County: 10.088 %Jackson County: 18.415 %Jasper County: 12.662 %Jeff Davis County: 9.302 %Jefferson County: 11.119 %Jim Hogg County: 4.758 %Jim Wells County: 11.333 %Johnson County: 11.582 %Jones County: 15.928 %Karnes County: 14.785 %Kaufman County: 11.013 %Kendall County: 11.429 %Kenedy County: 4.557 %Kent County: 28.571 %Kerr County: 9.48 %Kimble County: 18.493 %Kinney County: 6.208 %Kleberg County: 8.85 %Knox County: 8.387 %Lamar County: 8.924 %Lamb County: 6.458 %Lampasas County: 23.262 %La Salle County: 16.985 %Lavaca County: 14.808 %Lee County: 22.286 %Leon County: 11.154 %Liberty County: 12.457 %Limestone County: 10.564 %Lipscomb County: 8.464 %Live Oak County: 19.668 %Llano County: 13.953 %Loving County: 16.637 %Lubbock County: 12.674 %Lynn County: 13.225 %McCulloch County: 11.001 %McLennan County: 11.81 %McMullen County: 18.531 %Madison County: 14.51 %Marion County: 11.553 %Martin County: 10.9 %Mason County: 11.293 %Matagorda County: 15.506 %Maverick County: 10.2 %Medina County: 11.867 %Menard County: 6.813 %Midland County: 14.434 %Milam County: 12.908 %Mills County: 11.623 %Mitchell County: 12.823 %Montague County: 13.551 %Montgomery County: 10.341 %Moore County: 8.059 %Morris County: 14.429 %Motley County: 35.115 %Nacogdoches County: 14.026 %Navarro County: 11.804 %Newton County: 21.52 %Nolan County: 11.655 %Nueces County: 10.977 %Ochiltree County: 15.229 %Oldham County: 7.326 %Orange County: 10.965 %Palo Pinto County: 9.788 %Panola County: 11.997 %Parker County: 11.696 %Parmer County: 6.12 %Pecos County: 13.095 %Polk County: 12.865 %Potter County: 9.439 %Presidio County: 12.761 %Rains County: 17.452 %Randall County: 12.134 %Reagan County: 14.751 %Real County: 15.62 %Red River County: 12.446 %Reeves County: 12.98 %Refugio County: 12.865 %Roberts County: 26.316 %Robertson County: 15.665 %Rockwall County: 12.017 %Runnels County: 13.219 %Rusk County: 10.072 %Sabine County: 14.668 %San Augustine County: 21.092 %San Jacinto County: 19.633 %San Patricio County: 14.436 %San Saba County: 19.292 %Schleicher County: 5.73 %Scurry County: 10.639 %Shackelford County: 10.589 %Shelby County: 18.757 %Sherman County: 9.611 %Smith County: 10.374 %Somervell County: 8.005 %Starr County: 10.041 %Stephens County: 8.998 %Sterling County: 10.256 %Stonewall County: 3.653 %Sutton County: 13.532 %Swisher County: 15.744 %Tarrant County: 11.436 %Taylor County: 8.454 %Terrell County: 11.215 %Terry County: 24.354 %Throckmorton County: 14.493 %Titus County: 10.847 %Tom Green County: 10.164 %Travis County: 11.486 %Trinity County: 9.756 %Tyler County: 9.581 %Upshur County: 10.303 %Upton County: 9.679 %Uvalde County: 9.984 %Val Verde County: 8.707 %Van Zandt County: 10.523 %Victoria County: 10.19 %Walker County: 12.402 %Waller County: 8.151 %Ward County: 11.541 %Washington County: 8.05 %Webb County: 10.244 %Wharton County: 10.525 %Wheeler County: 22.757 %Wichita County: 9.995 %Wilbarger County: 4.901 %Willacy County: 7.501 %Williamson County: 12.149 %Wilson County: 12.725 %Winkler County: 16.558 %Wise County: 10.66 %Wood County: 11.175 %Yoakum County: 12.716 %Young County: 11.253 %Zapata County: 9.576 %Zavala County: 22.734 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Motley County: 35.115 %Motley County35.115Armstrong County: 33.636 %Armstrong County33.636Irion County: 28.837 %Irion County28.837Kent County: 28.571 %Kent County28.571Hudspeth County: 27.423 %Hudspeth County27.423Roberts County: 26.316 %Roberts County26.316Chambers County: 24.427 %Chambers County24.427Terry County: 24.354 %Terry County24.354Edwards County: 23.913 %Edwards County23.913Lampasas County: 23.262 %Lampasas County23.262Wheeler County: 22.757 %Wheeler County22.757Zavala County: 22.734 %Zavala County22.734Lee County: 22.286 %Lee County22.286Newton County: 21.52 %Newton County21.52Concho County: 21.49 %Concho County21.49Hamilton County: 21.12 %Hamilton County21.12San Augustine County: 21.092 %San Augustine County21.092Coke County: 21.074 %Coke County21.074Haskell County: 21.053 %Haskell County21.053Dawson County: 20.157 %Dawson County20.157Live Oak County: 19.668 %Live Oak County19.668San Jacinto County: 19.633 %San Jacinto County19.633Hunt County: 19.471 %Hunt County19.471Comanche County: 19.432 %Comanche County19.432Crockett County: 19.432 %Crockett County19.432San Saba County: 19.292 %San Saba County19.292Cochran County: 18.818 %Cochran County18.818Shelby County: 18.757 %Shelby County18.757McMullen County: 18.531 %McMullen County18.531Kimble County: 18.493 %Kimble County18.493Jackson County: 18.415 %Jackson County18.415Fannin County: 17.855 %Fannin County17.855Crane County: 17.601 %Crane County17.601Freestone County: 17.529 %Freestone County17.529Rains County: 17.452 %Rains County17.452La Salle County: 16.985 %La Salle County16.985Camp County: 16.692 %Camp County16.692Loving County: 16.637 %Loving County16.637Bosque County: 16.622 %Bosque County16.622Winkler County: 16.558 %Winkler County16.558Motley County: 35.115 %Motley County35.115Armstrong County: 33.636 %Armstrong County33.636Irion County: 28.837 %Irion County28.837Kent County: 28.571 %Kent County28.571Hudspeth County: 27.423 %Hudspeth County27.423Roberts County: 26.316 %Roberts County26.316Chambers County: 24.427 %Chambers County24.427Terry County: 24.354 %Terry County24.354Edwards County: 23.913 %Edwards County23.913Lampasas County: 23.262 %Lampasas County23.262Wheeler County: 22.757 %Wheeler County22.757Zavala County: 22.734 %Zavala County22.734Lee County: 22.286 %Lee County22.286Newton County: 21.52 %Newton County21.52Concho County: 21.49 %Concho County21.49Hamilton County: 21.12 %Hamilton County21.12San Augustine County: 21.092 %San Augustine County21.092Coke County: 21.074 %Coke County21.074Haskell County: 21.053 %Haskell County21.053Dawson County: 20.157 %Dawson County20.157Live Oak County: 19.668 %Live Oak County19.668San Jacinto County: 19.633 %San Jacinto County19.633Hunt County: 19.471 %Hunt County19.471Comanche County: 19.432 %Comanche County19.432Crockett County: 19.432 %Crockett County19.432San Saba County: 19.292 %San Saba County19.292Cochran County: 18.818 %Cochran County18.818Shelby County: 18.757 %Shelby County18.757McMullen County: 18.531 %McMullen County18.531Kimble County: 18.493 %Kimble County18.493Jackson County: 18.415 %Jackson County18.415Fannin County: 17.855 %Fannin County17.855Crane County: 17.601 %Crane County17.601Freestone County: 17.529 %Freestone County17.529Rains County: 17.452 %Rains County17.452La Salle County: 16.985 %La Salle County16.985Camp County: 16.692 %Camp County16.692Loving County: 16.637 %Loving County16.637Bosque County: 16.622 %Bosque County16.622Winkler County: 16.558 %Winkler County16.558
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Motley County35.115+23.18 pts
2Armstrong County33.636+15.28 pts
3Irion County28.837+5.7 pts
4Kent County28.571+18.78 pts
5Hudspeth County27.423+17.04 pts
6Roberts County26.316+2.18 pts
7Chambers County24.427+13.14 pts
8Terry County24.354+6.8 pts
9Edwards County23.913+9.69 pts
10Lampasas County23.262+10.69 pts
11Wheeler County22.757+7.63 pts
12Zavala County22.734+11.91 pts
13Lee County22.286-5 pts
14Newton County21.52+6.04 pts
15Concho County21.49+8.66 pts
16Hamilton County21.12+9.89 pts
17San Augustine County21.092+3.25 pts
18Coke County21.074-6.23 pts
19Haskell County21.053+10.1 pts
20Dawson County20.157+6.25 pts
21Live Oak County19.668-7.06 pts
22San Jacinto County19.633+6.55 pts
23Hunt County19.471+9.84 pts
24Comanche County19.432+10.77 pts
24Crockett County19.432-13.29 pts
26San Saba County19.292+1.45 pts
27Cochran County18.818+10.36 pts
28Shelby County18.757+9.47 pts
29McMullen County18.531-5.44 pts
30Kimble County18.493+1.48 pts
31Jackson County18.415-12.09 pts
32Fannin County17.855+4.02 pts
33Crane County17.601-13.28 pts
34Freestone County17.529+3.39 pts
35Rains County17.452+7.58 pts
36La Salle County16.985-6.83 pts
37Camp County16.692+6.62 pts
38Loving County16.637-66.66 pts
39Bosque County16.622+1.33 pts
40Winkler County16.558-17.44 pts
41Jones County15.928+2.72 pts
42Blanco County15.802+2.45 pts
43Swisher County15.744+6.88 pts
44Robertson County15.665+7.2 pts
45Real County15.62-24.26 pts
46Matagorda County15.506+4.32 pts
47Ochiltree County15.229+0.26 pts
48Howard County15.095-0.95 pts
49Hill County15.073+2.33 pts
50Lavaca County14.808+6.06 pts
51Karnes County14.785-16.54 pts
52Reagan County14.751-17.59 pts
53Sabine County14.668+5.71 pts
54Gaines County14.536-12.65 pts
55Madison County14.51+0.89 pts
56Cherokee County14.501-0.92 pts
57Bowie County14.5+2.41 pts
58Throckmorton County14.493-1.34 pts
59San Patricio County14.436+0.16 pts
60Midland County14.434-12.66 pts
61Morris County14.429-16.99 pts
62Dallam County14.402+4.25 pts
63Bell County14.177+2.96 pts
64Nacogdoches County14.026-0.64 pts
65Llano County13.953+4.02 pts
66Montague County13.551-3.35 pts
67Sutton County13.532-5.63 pts
68Lynn County13.225+5.89 pts
69Runnels County13.219+1.25 pts
70Goliad County13.098+1.19 pts
71Pecos County13.095-5.3 pts
72Reeves County12.98-26.17 pts
73Frio County12.919-10.9 pts
74Milam County12.908+0.77 pts
75Polk County12.865+1.92 pts
75Refugio County12.865-13.16 pts
77Mitchell County12.823-0.88 pts
78Presidio County12.761-7.52 pts
79Wilson County12.725-3.8 pts
80Yoakum County12.716-13.44 pts
81Lubbock County12.674+0.08 pts
82Jasper County12.662+1.18 pts
83Ellis County12.6+1.08 pts
84Grayson County12.554-0.04 pts
85Archer County12.516-3.68 pts
86Coleman County12.5+1.89 pts
87Hardin County12.479-0.24 pts
88Foard County12.465+4.57 pts
89Colorado County12.463-6.62 pts
90Liberty County12.457-12.11 pts
91Red River County12.446-0.37 pts
92Ector County12.415-13.01 pts
93Walker County12.402-1.39 pts
94Hood County12.339-2.67 pts
95Burleson County12.327-2.56 pts
96Hansford County12.287+0.52 pts
97El Paso County12.213-3.6 pts
98Denton County12.163-2.28 pts
99Gray County12.156-4.12 pts
100Williamson County12.149-3.71 pts
101Randall County12.134-0.65 pts
102Rockwall County12.017-2.8 pts
103Panola County11.997-5.75 pts
104Aransas County11.94-4.27 pts
105Fort Bend County11.92-5.53 pts
106Medina County11.867-2.72 pts
107McLennan County11.81-1.41 pts
108Navarro County11.804-1.1 pts
109Brewster County11.735-6.24 pts
110Burnet County11.72-3.35 pts
111Gonzales County11.71+1.24 pts
112Parker County11.696-4.85 pts
113Bexar County11.661-3.34 pts
114Nolan County11.655-15.04 pts
115Dallas County11.637-4.03 pts
116Mills County11.623+4.08 pts
117Johnson County11.582-2.81 pts
118Marion County11.553+0.06 pts
119Ward County11.541-47.32 pts
120Galveston County11.504-5.52 pts
121Erath County11.498+0.58 pts
122Travis County11.486-6.66 pts
123Tarrant County11.436-4.12 pts
124Kendall County11.429-4.54 pts
125Harris County11.374-6.07 pts
126Calhoun County11.354-3.31 pts
127Jim Wells County11.333-5.82 pts
128Mason County11.293-6.14 pts
129Young County11.253+1.23 pts
130Terrell County11.215-18.09 pts
131Wood County11.175-5.03 pts
132Leon County11.154-2.91 pts
133Jefferson County11.119-5.71 pts
134Houston County11.051-1.03 pts
135Hemphill County11.032-5.38 pts
136Kaufman County11.013-1.7 pts
137McCulloch County11.001-0.08 pts
138Angelina County10.996-1.54 pts
139Harrison County10.992-6.26 pts
140Collin County10.989-4.68 pts
141Nueces County10.977-6.03 pts
142Orange County10.965-5.86 pts
143Cameron County10.919-2.93 pts
144Brazoria County10.9-3.79 pts
144Martin County10.9-4.35 pts
146Titus County10.847-4.89 pts
147Gregg County10.84-4.43 pts
148Anderson County10.826-0.33 pts
149Delta County10.795-14.35 pts
150Bastrop County10.744-6.02 pts
151Carson County10.721+0.08 pts
152Wise County10.66-3.13 pts
153Hays County10.656-4.52 pts
154Scurry County10.639-7.21 pts
155Shackelford County10.589-4.12 pts
156Limestone County10.564-8.03 pts
157Hopkins County10.558+0.12 pts
158Wharton County10.525-5.81 pts
159Van Zandt County10.523-5.04 pts
160Hale County10.453-4.05 pts
161Gillespie County10.447-4.97 pts
162Caldwell County10.416-5.65 pts
163Smith County10.374-5.36 pts
164Brazos County10.363-3.5 pts
165DeWitt County10.349-8.88 pts
166Montgomery County10.341-6.29 pts
167Upshur County10.303-4.4 pts
168Comal County10.285-4.79 pts
169Sterling County10.256-4.2 pts
170Webb County10.244-5.26 pts
171Maverick County10.2-5.44 pts
172Victoria County10.19-6.35 pts
173Tom Green County10.164-3.6 pts
174Andrews County10.14-11.07 pts
175Jack County10.088-12.91 pts
176Rusk County10.072-14.36 pts
177Starr County10.041-3.9 pts
178Bandera County10.031-12.14 pts
179Wichita County9.995-4.33 pts
180Uvalde County9.984-3.76 pts
181Henderson County9.949-3.04 pts
182Fayette County9.904-3.52 pts
183Dickens County9.852-6.25 pts
184Palo Pinto County9.788-6.13 pts
185Trinity County9.756-7.39 pts
186Eastland County9.745-7.77 pts
187Austin County9.682-1.13 pts
188Upton County9.679-12.21 pts
189Sherman County9.611-4.27 pts
190Tyler County9.581-1.56 pts
191Zapata County9.576-11.33 pts
192Garza County9.555-7.46 pts
193Dimmit County9.513-22.1 pts
194Clay County9.489-0.04 pts
195Kerr County9.48-7.14 pts
196Potter County9.439-1.53 pts
197Donley County9.436-8.58 pts
198Atascosa County9.338-13.08 pts
199Jeff Davis County9.302-14.13 pts
200Coryell County9.296-3.47 pts
201Cooke County9.279-10.79 pts
202Grimes County9.251-11.29 pts
203Cass County9.189-3.02 pts
204Bee County9.071-5.1 pts
205Stephens County8.998-3.2 pts
206Hidalgo County8.976-5.58 pts
207Lamar County8.924-1.23 pts
208Franklin County8.88+3.8 pts
209Bailey County8.869+2.41 pts
210Callahan County8.851-1.67 pts
211Kleberg County8.85-6.57 pts
212Val Verde County8.707-5.75 pts
213Castro County8.659-5.86 pts
214Brown County8.52-0.57 pts
215Lipscomb County8.464-8.24 pts
216Hutchinson County8.46-1.57 pts
217Taylor County8.454-5.51 pts
218Fisher County8.451+3.6 pts
219Falls County8.445-8.41 pts
220Hockley County8.391-12.58 pts
221Knox County8.387-0.65 pts
222Baylor County8.259-5.85 pts
223Guadalupe County8.257-1.57 pts
224Waller County8.151-3.88 pts
225Brooks County8.083-8.17 pts
226Moore County8.059-0.43 pts
227Washington County8.05-4.26 pts
228Somervell County8.005-4.06 pts
229Glasscock County7.966-2.06 pts
230Floyd County7.804-8.53 pts
231Willacy County7.501-0.18 pts
232Duval County7.347-12.24 pts
233Oldham County7.326-4.54 pts
234Deaf Smith County7.202-4.25 pts
235Menard County6.813-15.67 pts
236Hall County6.691-9.16 pts
237Childress County6.526-5.61 pts
238Lamb County6.458-9.82 pts
239Kinney County6.208-31.29 pts
240Parmer County6.12+1.7 pts
241Hardeman County5.978-9.55 pts
242Cottle County5.952-0.65 pts
243Schleicher County5.73-23.63 pts
244Briscoe County5.263-3.3 pts
245Hartley County5.261-4.73 pts
246Culberson County5.091+0.44 pts
247Wilbarger County4.901-3.95 pts
248Jim Hogg County4.758-5.09 pts
249Collingsworth County4.57-8.85 pts
250Kenedy County4.557+3.95 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2022,
  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, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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.},
}
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PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Motley County, with 35.115% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Borden County, with 2.247% in 2022.

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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