# Counties in Utah by job destruction rate, 2023

All 29 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_cty.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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/utah-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Piute County | 20.175 |
| 2 | Daggett County | 19.169 |
| 3 | Morgan County | 16.814 |
| 4 | Kane County | 16.778 |
| 5 | Rich County | 15.301 |
| 6 | Wayne County | 14.436 |
| 7 | Grand County | 13.77 |
| 8 | Washington County | 13.62 |
| 9 | Emery County | 13.599 |
| 10 | Wasatch County | 12.978 |
| 11 | Summit County | 12.186 |
| 12 | Utah County | 12.181 |
| 13 | Cache County | 11.573 |
| 14 | Salt Lake County | 11.38 |
| 15 | Garfield County | 11.172 |
| 16 | Juab County | 10.935 |
| 17 | Tooele County | 10.932 |
| 18 | Duchesne County | 10.858 |
| 19 | Iron County | 10.854 |
| 20 | Weber County | 10.677 |
| 21 | Davis County | 10.61 |
| 22 | Sanpete County | 10.417 |
| 23 | Carbon County | 10.048 |
| 24 | Uintah County | 9.997 |
| 25 | Beaver County | 9.565 |
| 26 | Millard County | 9.419 |
| 27 | San Juan County | 8.881 |
| 28 | Sevier County | 7.914 |
| 29 | Box Elder County | 7.34 |