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US counties by job destruction rate

Roberts County had the highest job destruction rate of 3142 counties in 2019, at 63.699%. Menominee County had the lowest, at 1.095%. The median was 9.927% and the figure for the United States was 10.349%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest63.699Roberts County
Lowest1.095Menominee County
Median9.9273142 counties
United States10.349History

Map of counties, 2019

%, 2019. 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, 2019

Roberts County: 63.699 %Roberts County63.699Marion County: 54.889 %Marion County54.889Billings County: 52.789 %Billings County52.789Wrangell City and Borough: 43.429 %Wrangell City and Borough43.429Lee County: 39.479 %Lee County39.479Wheeler County: 37.181 %Wheeler County37.181Delta County: 36.293 %Delta County36.293Brown County: 36.203 %Brown County36.203Briscoe County: 35.962 %Briscoe County35.962Skamania County: 35.86 %Skamania County35.86Jim Hogg County: 35.573 %Jim Hogg County35.573Shackelford County: 34.907 %Shackelford County34.907Elliott County: 34.768 %Elliott County34.768Calhoun County: 34.393 %Calhoun County34.393Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 33.792 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area33.792Wyoming County: 32.795 %Wyoming County32.795Dallas County: 32.677 %Dallas County32.677Pickett County: 31.952 %Pickett County31.952Milam County: 31.69 %Milam County31.69Liberty County: 31.508 %Liberty County31.508Prince George County: 31.15 %Prince George County31.15Fremont County: 30.746 %Fremont County30.746Petroleum County: 30.303 %Petroleum County30.303Skagway Municipality: 30.269 %Skagway Municipality30.269Santa Fe County: 28.589 %Santa Fe County28.589Jones County: 27.371 %Jones County27.371Lowndes County: 27.193 %Lowndes County27.193Beaver County: 27.083 %Beaver County27.083Zapata County: 26.029 %Zapata County26.029Tyrrell County: 25.866 %Tyrrell County25.866Greer County: 25.515 %Greer County25.515Stonewall County: 25.304 %Stonewall County25.304Prairie County: 25.161 %Prairie County25.161Hayes County: 24.742 %Hayes County24.742Cumberland County: 24.439 %Cumberland County24.439Morgan County: 24.427 %Morgan County24.427Quitman County: 24.272 %Quitman County24.272Carroll County: 24.267 %Carroll County24.267Divide County: 24.103 %Divide County24.103Wayne County: 24.102 %Wayne County24.102Roberts County: 63.699 %Roberts County63.699Marion County: 54.889 %Marion County54.889Billings County: 52.789 %Billings County52.789Wrangell City and Borough: 43.429 %Wrangell City and Borough43.429Lee County: 39.479 %Lee County39.479Wheeler County: 37.181 %Wheeler County37.181Delta County: 36.293 %Delta County36.293Brown County: 36.203 %Brown County36.203Briscoe County: 35.962 %Briscoe County35.962Skamania County: 35.86 %Skamania County35.86Jim Hogg County: 35.573 %Jim Hogg County35.573Shackelford County: 34.907 %Shackelford County34.907Elliott County: 34.768 %Elliott County34.768Calhoun County: 34.393 %Calhoun County34.393Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 33.792 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area33.792Wyoming County: 32.795 %Wyoming County32.795Dallas County: 32.677 %Dallas County32.677Pickett County: 31.952 %Pickett County31.952Milam County: 31.69 %Milam County31.69Liberty County: 31.508 %Liberty County31.508Prince George County: 31.15 %Prince George County31.15Fremont County: 30.746 %Fremont County30.746Petroleum County: 30.303 %Petroleum County30.303Skagway Municipality: 30.269 %Skagway Municipality30.269Santa Fe County: 28.589 %Santa Fe County28.589Jones County: 27.371 %Jones County27.371Lowndes County: 27.193 %Lowndes County27.193Beaver County: 27.083 %Beaver County27.083Zapata County: 26.029 %Zapata County26.029Tyrrell County: 25.866 %Tyrrell County25.866Greer County: 25.515 %Greer County25.515Stonewall County: 25.304 %Stonewall County25.304Prairie County: 25.161 %Prairie County25.161Hayes County: 24.742 %Hayes County24.742Cumberland County: 24.439 %Cumberland County24.439Morgan County: 24.427 %Morgan County24.427Quitman County: 24.272 %Quitman County24.272Carroll County: 24.267 %Carroll County24.267Divide County: 24.103 %Divide County24.103Wayne County: 24.102 %Wayne County24.102
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Roberts County63.699+59.8 pts
2Marion County54.889+42.96 pts
3Billings County52.789+48.01 pts
4Wrangell City and Borough43.429+18.16 pts
5Lee County39.479+33.8 pts
6Wheeler County37.181+26.11 pts
7Delta County36.293-24.29 pts
8Brown County36.203+21.61 pts
9Briscoe County35.962+25.33 pts
10Skamania County35.86+15.76 pts
11Jim Hogg County35.573+29.76 pts
12Shackelford County34.907+18.51 pts
13Elliott County34.768+22.54 pts
14Calhoun County34.393+18.91 pts
15Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area33.792+25.9 pts
16Wyoming County32.795+19.04 pts
17Dallas County32.677+3.42 pts
18Pickett County31.952+17.81 pts
19Milam County31.69+12.53 pts
20Liberty County31.508+4.1 pts
21Prince George County31.15+12.91 pts
22Fremont County30.746+25.43 pts
23Petroleum County30.303-11.8 pts
24Skagway Municipality30.269+21.51 pts
25Santa Fe County28.589+16.93 pts
26Jones County27.371+3.64 pts
27Lowndes County27.193+15.63 pts
28Beaver County27.083+17.52 pts
29Zapata County26.029+16.35 pts
30Tyrrell County25.866+17.92 pts
31Greer County25.515-10.7 pts
32Stonewall County25.304+13.14 pts
33Prairie County25.161+10.97 pts
34Hayes County24.742+16.32 pts
35Cumberland County24.439+13.01 pts
36Morgan County24.427+7 pts
37Quitman County24.272+15.85 pts
38Carroll County24.267+15.91 pts
39Divide County24.103+5.37 pts
40Wayne County24.102+14.69 pts
41Grundy County24.004+9.91 pts
42Lincoln County23.7+14.76 pts
43McCulloch County23.569+13.79 pts
44Caribou County23.546+16.09 pts
45Cochran County23.529+2.31 pts
46Jones County23.484+7.14 pts
47Dixie County23.476+3.88 pts
48Archer County23.281+9.94 pts
49Burleson County23.16+13.55 pts
50Esmeralda County22.927+5.91 pts
51Judith Basin County22.812+5.18 pts
52Yakutat City and Borough22.801+19.4 pts
53Gulf County22.382-0.38 pts
54Henderson County22.304+8.47 pts
55North Slope Borough22.226+5.01 pts
56Wood County21.852+12.38 pts
57Livingston County21.829+3.38 pts
58Glacier County21.69+8.05 pts
59Lynn County21.625+13.17 pts
60Lincoln County21.498+14.77 pts
61Chattahoochee County21.478-9.31 pts
62Wheeler County21.451+9.79 pts
63Bristol Bay Borough21.419+8.85 pts
64Fairfield County21.417-2.23 pts
65Throckmorton County21.324+11.42 pts
66Harney County21.24+11.63 pts
67Menard County21.235+12.47 pts
68Washburn County21.144+14.16 pts
69Polk County21.098+11.76 pts
70Owen County21.091-8.51 pts
71Rusk County20.993+13.07 pts
72Chugach Census Area20.869+8.72 pts
73Coke County20.833+1.05 pts
74Delta County20.698+8.42 pts
75Gosper County20.63+6.03 pts
76Towner County20.525+9.67 pts
77Meriwether County20.404+7.84 pts
78Sheridan County20.377+8.01 pts
79Madison County20.341+8.56 pts
80Bay County20.319+8.98 pts
81Grant County20.302+9.04 pts
82Okfuskee County20.176-16.81 pts
83Kent County20.118+6.21 pts
84McIntosh County20.022+4.86 pts
85Fulton County20.012+12.76 pts
86Columbia County19.9+12.14 pts
87Floyd County19.833+7.45 pts
88Linn County19.659+5.69 pts
89Faribault County19.571+9.58 pts
90Herkimer County19.389+9.2 pts
91Glasscock County19.377+2.6 pts
92Campbell County19.359+7.78 pts
93Carter County19.355-6.47 pts
94Forest County19.321+5.14 pts
95Eastland County19.295+12.64 pts
96Calhoun County19.199+12.06 pts
97Carroll County19.144+7.15 pts
98Oldham County19.071+0.55 pts
99Franklin County18.972+7.86 pts
100Cleburne County18.96+3.87 pts
101Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.919+9.49 pts
102Keith County18.892+2.16 pts
103Deuel County18.836+0.92 pts
104Neosho County18.818+1.77 pts
105Caswell County18.779+10.88 pts
106Treutlen County18.775+2.35 pts
107Hughes County18.726+8.33 pts
108Jefferson County18.664+5.11 pts
109Frontier County18.652+7.08 pts
110Thurston County18.623+13.61 pts
111Motley County18.519+1.8 pts
112Boone County18.438+2.86 pts
113Camas County18.402+6.58 pts
114Ballard County18.394+13.37 pts
115Freestone County18.364-5.61 pts
116Schleicher County18.361+9.5 pts
117Vernon County18.311+7.4 pts
118Hopewell city18.127+10.19 pts
119Potter County18.054-23.5 pts
120Putnam County17.94+10.03 pts
121Benton County17.852+5.16 pts
122Ohio County17.815+4.69 pts
123Dawes County17.802+4.39 pts
124Presidio County17.745-6.22 pts
125Ketchikan Gateway Borough17.738+8.71 pts
126Wibaux County17.722-15.04 pts
127Knox County17.704+8.89 pts
128Alfalfa County17.693+1.1 pts
129Park County17.673+2.55 pts
130Bandera County17.631-3.14 pts
131Hooker County17.621+12.43 pts
132Orleans County17.591+4.57 pts
133Magoffin County17.58+6.37 pts
134Shelby County17.537+10.06 pts
135Culpeper County17.522+7.76 pts
136Barber County17.415+8.11 pts
137McMullen County17.411-2.67 pts
138Bethel Census Area17.393+5.28 pts
139Hamilton County17.39+9.01 pts
140Chester County17.385+7.63 pts
141Ottawa County17.321+4.88 pts
142Middlesex County17.317+7.06 pts
143Madison County17.275+7.91 pts
143Mingo County17.275+2.51 pts
145Red Lake County17.244+7.54 pts
146Harlan County17.13+0.96 pts
147Washington Parish17.124+3.85 pts
148Burke County17.118+1.44 pts
149Yadkin County17.11+8.97 pts
150Jefferson County17.088+4.82 pts
151Barton County17.083+6.04 pts
152Robertson County16.997+3.51 pts
153Piute County16.993+7.47 pts
154Johnson County16.985+6.09 pts
155Amite County16.913+9.62 pts
156Hand County16.9+4.11 pts
157Chase County16.879+2.09 pts
158Graham County16.874+5.11 pts
159Monroe County16.831-6.55 pts
160Broadwater County16.788+1.45 pts
160Caldwell County16.788+7.21 pts
162Bayfield County16.781+8.58 pts
163Buncombe County16.779+5.35 pts
164Box Butte County16.753+5.99 pts
165Falls Church city16.682+8.32 pts
166Alexander County16.667-6.49 pts
166San Juan County16.667-5.43 pts
168Crockett County16.644+7.75 pts
169Oconee County16.616+5.61 pts
170Bennett County16.608+8.69 pts
171Benton County16.585+9.7 pts
172Stevens County16.541+3.85 pts
173Golden Valley County16.533+4.79 pts
174Stanley County16.512+1.1 pts
175Jackson County16.467+1.34 pts
175Powell County16.467-2.8 pts
177Oneida County16.436+5.88 pts
178Grant County16.421+1.81 pts
179Lyon County16.414+2.98 pts
180Poquoson city16.401+9.32 pts
181Clinton County16.345+3.88 pts
182Garfield County16.301+5.35 pts
183Andrew County16.299+5.93 pts
184Hickman County16.244+6.26 pts
185Assumption Parish16.232-2.89 pts
186Brown County16.187+5.89 pts
187Cooper County16.178+4.08 pts
188Cloud County16.16+5.7 pts
189Sharp County16.157+4.77 pts
190Jack County16.149-11.68 pts
191Morgan County16.083+1.65 pts
192Adams County16.082+2.33 pts
193Ware County16.008+4.78 pts
194Perry County15.986-1.2 pts
194Wallowa County15.986+2.65 pts
196Jay County15.982+8.32 pts
197Echols County15.966-0.48 pts
198Martin County15.962-11.32 pts
199Klamath County15.961+6.95 pts
200Tate County15.955+6.31 pts
201Quitman County15.953+0.51 pts
202Hardin County15.932+6.74 pts
203Lyman County15.897+3.19 pts
204Coleman County15.895+5.35 pts
205Yazoo County15.89+5.27 pts
206Saguache County15.878+5.46 pts
207Custer County15.871+0.78 pts
208Bland County15.843-0.12 pts
209Jackson County15.836-0.42 pts
210Charlevoix County15.819+8.16 pts
211Kusilvak Census Area15.793+5.49 pts
212Columbia County15.785+4.55 pts
213Nemaha County15.772+2.68 pts
214Sanborn County15.759+3.46 pts
215Cleburne County15.756+3.52 pts
216Boone County15.747+8.28 pts
217Polk County15.697+3.18 pts
218Jackson County15.685+3.57 pts
219Ozark County15.659+4.7 pts
220Coal County15.6+3.51 pts
221Marion County15.581+3.57 pts
222Grant County15.569-3.58 pts
223Pike County15.545+5.16 pts
224Brown County15.517-3.73 pts
225Humboldt County15.504+3.13 pts
226Acadia Parish15.498+6.39 pts
227Colusa County15.494+7.44 pts
228Calhoun County15.489+5.2 pts
229Bourbon County15.483+4.22 pts
230Butler County15.479+4.32 pts
231Logan County15.476+6.2 pts
232Greenbrier County15.475+6.4 pts
233Bowman County15.466+2.16 pts
234Llano County15.448+1.18 pts
235Yoakum County15.416+2.7 pts
236Teton County15.406+0.01 pts
237Douglas County15.385+5.37 pts
238Clay County15.343+2.13 pts
239Lake County15.303+5.35 pts
240Gaines County15.296+2.07 pts
241Berrien County15.278+5.6 pts
242Jackson County15.257+5.68 pts
243Carlisle County15.137-1.21 pts
244Carbon County15.12+3.69 pts
245Holmes County15.118+2.26 pts
246Jackson County15.096-2.11 pts
247McDowell County15.083-16.76 pts
248Fulton County15.08+0.3 pts
249Turner County15.065+2.63 pts
250Warren County15.055+1.77 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.

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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?

Roberts County, with 63.699% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Menominee County, with 1.095% in 2019.

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