# US states by job destruction rate, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Arizona | 12.448 |
| 2 | Colorado | 12.353 |
| 3 | Washington | 12.338 |
| 4 | California | 12.053 |
| 5 | Wyoming | 12.01 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 12.002 |
| 7 | Oregon | 11.737 |
| 8 | Nevada | 11.736 |
| 9 | Georgia | 11.659 |
| 10 | Maryland | 11.617 |
| 11 | Idaho | 11.43 |
| 12 | Texas | 11.425 |
| 13 | Utah | 11.268 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 11.204 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 11.187 |
| 16 | Florida | 11.144 |
| 17 | Kansas | 11.132 |
| 18 | Montana | 11.043 |
| 19 | Virginia | 11.011 |
| 20 | Indiana | 11.006 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 11.003 |
| 22 | Delaware | 10.97 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 10.969 |
| 24 | Michigan | 10.821 |
| 25 | North Dakota | 10.819 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 10.791 |
| 27 | Alaska | 10.78 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 10.768 |
| 29 | Illinois | 10.704 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 10.703 |
| 31 | Ohio | 10.696 |
| 32 | New York | 10.641 |
| 33 | West Virginia | 10.565 |
| 34 | Rhode Island | 10.508 |
| 35 | Missouri | 10.487 |
| 36 | North Carolina | 10.416 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 10.32 |
| 38 | Minnesota | 10.079 |
| 39 | Louisiana | 10.057 |
| 40 | Iowa | 10.038 |
| 41 | Pennsylvania | 10.013 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 10.008 |
| 43 | Alabama | 9.987 |
| 44 | Vermont | 9.874 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 9.85 |
| 46 | Maine | 9.794 |
| 47 | Nebraska | 9.759 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 9.716 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 9.515 |
| 50 | New Hampshire | 9.391 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 9.388 |