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US counties by job destruction rate

Edwards County had the highest job destruction rate of 3141 counties in 2013, at 90.75%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 10.982% and the figure for the United States was 11.443%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest90.75Edwards County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median10.9823141 counties
United States11.443History

Map of counties, 2013

%, 2013. 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, 2013

Edwards County: 90.75 %Edwards County90.75Wheeler County: 55.462 %Wheeler County55.462Treutlen County: 55.367 %Treutlen County55.367Van Buren County: 43.323 %Van Buren County43.323Coke County: 41.379 %Coke County41.379Bertie County: 40.763 %Bertie County40.763Bleckley County: 40.761 %Bleckley County40.761Wirt County: 40.166 %Wirt County40.166Sherman County: 40.143 %Sherman County40.143Clay County: 38.4 %Clay County38.4Johnson County: 36.424 %Johnson County36.424Claiborne County: 35.537 %Claiborne County35.537Aurora County: 35.489 %Aurora County35.489Denali Borough: 35.115 %Denali Borough35.115Big Stone County: 35.065 %Big Stone County35.065Windsor County: 33.819 %Windsor County33.819Greer County: 32.429 %Greer County32.429Daggett County: 31.638 %Daggett County31.638Wibaux County: 31.122 %Wibaux County31.122Jack County: 31.102 %Jack County31.102Todd County: 30.988 %Todd County30.988Clay County: 29.791 %Clay County29.791Sevier County: 29.216 %Sevier County29.216Menifee County: 29.017 %Menifee County29.017Morrill County: 28.884 %Morrill County28.884Schuyler County: 28.571 %Schuyler County28.571Logan County: 27.957 %Logan County27.957Crockett County: 27.839 %Crockett County27.839Camas County: 27.586 %Camas County27.586Bath County: 27.542 %Bath County27.542Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 27.523 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area27.523Real County: 27.502 %Real County27.502Doddridge County: 27.483 %Doddridge County27.483Wise County: 27.336 %Wise County27.336Martin County: 27.216 %Martin County27.216Marquette County: 27.081 %Marquette County27.081Kusilvak Census Area: 26.697 %Kusilvak Census Area26.697Wabaunsee County: 26.498 %Wabaunsee County26.498Motley County: 26.241 %Motley County26.241Zapata County: 25.876 %Zapata County25.876Edwards County: 90.75 %Edwards County90.75Wheeler County: 55.462 %Wheeler County55.462Treutlen County: 55.367 %Treutlen County55.367Van Buren County: 43.323 %Van Buren County43.323Coke County: 41.379 %Coke County41.379Bertie County: 40.763 %Bertie County40.763Bleckley County: 40.761 %Bleckley County40.761Wirt County: 40.166 %Wirt County40.166Sherman County: 40.143 %Sherman County40.143Clay County: 38.4 %Clay County38.4Johnson County: 36.424 %Johnson County36.424Claiborne County: 35.537 %Claiborne County35.537Aurora County: 35.489 %Aurora County35.489Denali Borough: 35.115 %Denali Borough35.115Big Stone County: 35.065 %Big Stone County35.065Windsor County: 33.819 %Windsor County33.819Greer County: 32.429 %Greer County32.429Daggett County: 31.638 %Daggett County31.638Wibaux County: 31.122 %Wibaux County31.122Jack County: 31.102 %Jack County31.102Todd County: 30.988 %Todd County30.988Clay County: 29.791 %Clay County29.791Sevier County: 29.216 %Sevier County29.216Menifee County: 29.017 %Menifee County29.017Morrill County: 28.884 %Morrill County28.884Schuyler County: 28.571 %Schuyler County28.571Logan County: 27.957 %Logan County27.957Crockett County: 27.839 %Crockett County27.839Camas County: 27.586 %Camas County27.586Bath County: 27.542 %Bath County27.542Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 27.523 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area27.523Real County: 27.502 %Real County27.502Doddridge County: 27.483 %Doddridge County27.483Wise County: 27.336 %Wise County27.336Martin County: 27.216 %Martin County27.216Marquette County: 27.081 %Marquette County27.081Kusilvak Census Area: 26.697 %Kusilvak Census Area26.697Wabaunsee County: 26.498 %Wabaunsee County26.498Motley County: 26.241 %Motley County26.241Zapata County: 25.876 %Zapata County25.876
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Edwards County90.75+82.01 pts
2Wheeler County55.462+48.85 pts
3Treutlen County55.367+34.19 pts
4Van Buren County43.323+38.45 pts
5Coke County41.379+27.24 pts
6Bertie County40.763+26.18 pts
7Bleckley County40.761+22.62 pts
8Wirt County40.166+21.95 pts
9Sherman County40.143+25.23 pts
10Clay County38.4+19.39 pts
11Johnson County36.424+20.13 pts
12Claiborne County35.537+27.18 pts
13Aurora County35.489+31.24 pts
14Denali Borough35.115+17.9 pts
15Big Stone County35.065+27.78 pts
16Windsor County33.819+26.78 pts
17Greer County32.429+25.73 pts
18Daggett County31.638+14.2 pts
19Wibaux County31.122+22.28 pts
20Jack County31.102+20.75 pts
21Todd County30.988+25.22 pts
22Clay County29.791+21.97 pts
23Sevier County29.216+21.31 pts
24Menifee County29.017+17.73 pts
25Morrill County28.884+14.93 pts
26Schuyler County28.571+8.18 pts
27Logan County27.957+7.02 pts
28Crockett County27.839+15.9 pts
29Camas County27.586+23.33 pts
30Bath County27.542+18.7 pts
31Hoonah-Angoon Census Area27.523+13.39 pts
32Real County27.502+12.75 pts
33Doddridge County27.483+13.92 pts
34Wise County27.336+17.63 pts
35Martin County27.216+14.49 pts
36Marquette County27.081+15.11 pts
37Kusilvak Census Area26.697+13.98 pts
38Wabaunsee County26.498+16.27 pts
39Motley County26.241-15.38 pts
40Zapata County25.876+16.74 pts
41Olmsted County25.801+19.69 pts
42Taliaferro County25.581+12.38 pts
43Custer County25.397+10.51 pts
44Hale County25.134+17.73 pts
45Hempstead County24.781+14.49 pts
46Sublette County24.316+4.65 pts
47Lafayette County24.222+0.57 pts
48McCook County24.162+18.13 pts
49Dewey County24.014+10.93 pts
50Grand Isle County23.988+12.46 pts
51DeKalb County23.855+16.46 pts
52Sierra County23.821+2.87 pts
53Hamilton County23.709+10.94 pts
54Caroline County23.609+11.22 pts
55Lincoln County23.476-0.59 pts
56Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area23.417+2.21 pts
57Cheyenne County23.398+8.96 pts
58Panola County23.362+4.37 pts
59Brewster County23.335+9.49 pts
60Choctaw County23.305+12.8 pts
61Petroleum County23.256-10.08 pts
62Wilcox County23.194+1.8 pts
63Elliott County23.165+14.06 pts
64Grant County23.112+15.34 pts
65Bowman County23.111+15.9 pts
66Greene County23.086+12.57 pts
67Lunenburg County22.909+14.03 pts
68Blaine County22.857+22.86 pts
68Terrell County22.857+11.88 pts
70Grant County22.826+8.01 pts
71Ohio County22.798+14.52 pts
72Robertson County22.703+16.72 pts
73Wilkin County22.499+16.05 pts
74Treasure County22.222-2.39 pts
75Ozark County22.089+10.76 pts
76Clay County22.052+10.49 pts
77Goliad County21.988+11.76 pts
78White Pine County21.917+12.68 pts
79Towns County21.89+8.27 pts
80San Juan County21.834+7.08 pts
81Johnston County21.821+13.87 pts
82Owsley County21.818+5.82 pts
83Webster County21.802+10.63 pts
84Valencia County21.793+8.86 pts
85Indiana County21.765+10.9 pts
86Wahkiakum County21.734+8.02 pts
87Washington County21.625+12.75 pts
88Carson County21.603+7.17 pts
89Garfield County21.542+9.74 pts
89Scott County21.542+9.89 pts
91Nodaway County21.376+9.72 pts
92Tyrrell County21.359+9.58 pts
93Piatt County21.349+9.1 pts
94Jones County21.168+6.59 pts
95Calhoun County21.141+8.36 pts
96Willacy County21.127+9.27 pts
97Hayes County21.053+7.46 pts
98Poquoson city21.038+9.15 pts
99Hubbard County21.013+10.48 pts
100Mathews County20.959+8.95 pts
101Skagway Municipality20.952+6.64 pts
102Potter County20.861+12.7 pts
103Carbon County20.839-3.98 pts
104Yoakum County20.775+15.36 pts
105De Soto Parish20.762+9.64 pts
106Mountrail County20.697+11.83 pts
107Clay County20.696+5.46 pts
108Humphreys County20.658+0.51 pts
109Burke County20.522+8.28 pts
110Dolores County20.408+9.81 pts
111Clark County20.382+10.8 pts
112Fayette County20.375+6.11 pts
113Schoolcraft County20.355+10.22 pts
114Merrick County20.327+9.73 pts
115San Saba County20.274+6.54 pts
116Logan County20.249+10.83 pts
117Keya Paha County20.225-4.77 pts
118Mecosta County20.21+11.06 pts
119Greensville County20.185+5.68 pts
120Anderson County20.179+2.3 pts
121Henderson County20.171+7.78 pts
122Crockett County20.145+13.61 pts
123Falls Church city20.11+8.73 pts
124Perquimans County20.007+7.5 pts
125Saluda County19.987+13.42 pts
126Columbia County19.975+9.71 pts
127Reeves County19.918+11.21 pts
128Starke County19.891+3.81 pts
129Tyler County19.889+15.65 pts
130Garfield County19.878+3.66 pts
131Ellsworth County19.859+10.3 pts
132Woodson County19.802+1.2 pts
133Jackson County19.795+10.19 pts
134Howard County19.661+4.98 pts
135Ouray County19.616-0.62 pts
136Lincoln County19.531+7.02 pts
137Trumbull County19.519+11.07 pts
138Sullivan County19.501+11.11 pts
139Woods County19.433+11.28 pts
140Pulaski County19.426-51.75 pts
141Putnam County19.417+3.09 pts
142Buchanan County19.406+9.92 pts
143Pembina County19.367+5.23 pts
144Coleman County19.319+10.41 pts
145Norman County19.314+6.17 pts
146Northampton County19.295+6.76 pts
147Dickenson County19.214-6.23 pts
148Floyd County19.197+4.55 pts
149Elbert County19.092+11.04 pts
150Delaware County19.029+10.71 pts
151Muskogee County19.005+6.95 pts
152Montgomery County18.971+9.01 pts
153Crowley County18.94+7.92 pts
154Frio County18.893+9.95 pts
155Hidalgo County18.88+6.9 pts
156Waseca County18.856+9.26 pts
157Divide County18.851+12.66 pts
158Mercer County18.821+3.74 pts
159Kimball County18.806+11.51 pts
160Park County18.758-2.02 pts
161Briscoe County18.75-9.82 pts
162Brunswick County18.733+6.58 pts
163Copper River Census Area18.716+7.49 pts
164Duval County18.69+10.1 pts
165Sioux County18.667+2.88 pts
166Matagorda County18.644+8.44 pts
167Franklin County18.637+9.38 pts
167Luna County18.637+5 pts
169Chautauqua County18.614+8.28 pts
170Worth County18.576+6.36 pts
171Putnam County18.548+12.97 pts
172Nash County18.507+7.25 pts
173Gem County18.49+0.18 pts
174Newton County18.441+9.54 pts
175Taylor County18.388+8.6 pts
176Pleasants County18.363+4.89 pts
177Manassas Park city18.338+5.02 pts
177San Jacinto County18.338+0.52 pts
179Barnwell County18.322+5.01 pts
180Montgomery County18.276+2.59 pts
181Greene County18.256+4.16 pts
182Piscataquis County18.245+9.22 pts
183McDowell County18.22+8.13 pts
184Madison County18.167-1.97 pts
185Gentry County18.156+4.11 pts
186Clay County18.131+8.68 pts
187Las Animas County18.13+5.34 pts
188Yakutat City and Borough18.125-3.59 pts
189Yellow Medicine County18.122+7.65 pts
190Lincoln County18.039+10.1 pts
191Lamar County18.019+6.88 pts
192Pierce County18.01+0.71 pts
193Nicholas County17.998+5.08 pts
194Quitman County17.967+13.55 pts
195Delaware County17.941+9.31 pts
196Johnson County17.905+3.09 pts
197Franklin County17.901+6.36 pts
198Colfax County17.896+2.5 pts
199Lee County17.859+8.35 pts
200Calhoun County17.841+5.19 pts
201Morgan County17.819+7.86 pts
202Turner County17.8+2.28 pts
203Fremont County17.774+0.79 pts
204Harlan County17.726+2.54 pts
205Gulf County17.682+2.1 pts
206Todd County17.681+8.06 pts
207Wright County17.634+8.63 pts
208Seminole County17.615+9.76 pts
209Crawford County17.614-0.94 pts
210New Kent County17.611+5.12 pts
211Westmoreland County17.54-3.01 pts
212Susquehanna County17.514+0.74 pts
213Gray County17.495+9.07 pts
214Mingo County17.489+1.53 pts
215Jefferson County17.484+10.59 pts
215Madison County17.484+4.72 pts
217Newton County17.442+6.93 pts
218Ochiltree County17.432+10.25 pts
219Massac County17.306-6.75 pts
220Tripp County17.298+7.86 pts
221Knox County17.297+1.82 pts
222Wallowa County17.246+0.67 pts
223Gregory County17.231+6.8 pts
224Cass County17.226+6.81 pts
225Carroll County17.213+6.86 pts
226Custer County17.201-1.53 pts
227Berrien County17.193+4.53 pts
228Vernon Parish17.176+2.65 pts
229Keith County17.158+4.22 pts
230Essex County17.138+5.9 pts
231Murray County17.128+3.8 pts
232Holmes County17.122+0.79 pts
233Hardy County17.104+6.46 pts
234Echols County17.1-1.47 pts
235Pennington County17.099+12.1 pts
236Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area17.098+5.73 pts
237Obion County17.074-5.64 pts
238Powell County17.023-1.16 pts
239Lincoln County17.011+7.88 pts
240Prentiss County17.009+8.07 pts
241Fremont County16.986+5.03 pts
242Knox County16.978+6.02 pts
243Baca County16.962-0.64 pts
244Pickett County16.96+4.16 pts
245Bradford County16.948+4.08 pts
246Hamilton County16.933-9.69 pts
247Independence County16.928+7.6 pts
248Alexander County16.905+5.43 pts
249Douglas County16.898+6.2 pts
250Sanborn County16.882-0.95 pts

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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 2013 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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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Edwards County, with 90.75% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

McPherson County, with 0% in 2013.

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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. 1 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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