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Counties in Utah by job destruction rate

Piute County had the highest job destruction rate of 29 counties in 2015, at 27.815%. Beaver County had the lowest, at 5.613%. The median was 10.79% and the figure for Utah was 11.008%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest27.815Piute County
Lowest5.613Beaver County
Median10.7929 counties
Utah11.008History

Map of counties, 2015

Beaver County: 5.613 %Box Elder County: 10.461 %Cache County: 8.133 %Carbon County: 13.65 %Daggett County: 24.599 %Davis County: 10.723 %Duchesne County: 25.965 %Emery County: 18.28 %Garfield County: 11.919 %Grand County: 10.735 %Iron County: 9.764 %Juab County: 10.007 %Kane County: 7.767 %Millard County: 8.511 %Morgan County: 11.156 %Piute County: 27.815 %Rich County: 11.523 %Salt Lake County: 10.848 %San Juan County: 12.778 %Sanpete County: 8.971 %Sevier County: 7.88 %Summit County: 8.081 %Tooele County: 18.092 %Uintah County: 19.31 %Utah County: 10.79 %Wasatch County: 12.555 %Washington County: 10.501 %Wayne County: 9.732 %Weber County: 12.343 %
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%, 2015. 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.

All counties, 2015

Piute County: 27.815 %Piute County27.815Duchesne County: 25.965 %Duchesne County25.965Daggett County: 24.599 %Daggett County24.599Uintah County: 19.31 %Uintah County19.31Emery County: 18.28 %Emery County18.28Tooele County: 18.092 %Tooele County18.092Carbon County: 13.65 %Carbon County13.65San Juan County: 12.778 %San Juan County12.778Wasatch County: 12.555 %Wasatch County12.555Weber County: 12.343 %Weber County12.343Garfield County: 11.919 %Garfield County11.919Rich County: 11.523 %Rich County11.523Morgan County: 11.156 %Morgan County11.156Salt Lake County: 10.848 %Salt Lake County10.848Utah County: 10.79 %Utah County10.79Grand County: 10.735 %Grand County10.735Davis County: 10.723 %Davis County10.723Washington County: 10.501 %Washington County10.501Box Elder County: 10.461 %Box Elder County10.461Juab County: 10.007 %Juab County10.007Iron County: 9.764 %Iron County9.764Wayne County: 9.732 %Wayne County9.732Sanpete County: 8.971 %Sanpete County8.971Millard County: 8.511 %Millard County8.511Cache County: 8.133 %Cache County8.133Summit County: 8.081 %Summit County8.081Sevier County: 7.88 %Sevier County7.88Kane County: 7.767 %Kane County7.767Beaver County: 5.613 %Beaver County5.613Piute County: 27.815 %Piute County27.815Duchesne County: 25.965 %Duchesne County25.965Daggett County: 24.599 %Daggett County24.599Uintah County: 19.31 %Uintah County19.31Emery County: 18.28 %Emery County18.28Tooele County: 18.092 %Tooele County18.092Carbon County: 13.65 %Carbon County13.65San Juan County: 12.778 %San Juan County12.778Wasatch County: 12.555 %Wasatch County12.555Weber County: 12.343 %Weber County12.343Garfield County: 11.919 %Garfield County11.919Rich County: 11.523 %Rich County11.523Morgan County: 11.156 %Morgan County11.156Salt Lake County: 10.848 %Salt Lake County10.848Utah County: 10.79 %Utah County10.79Grand County: 10.735 %Grand County10.735Davis County: 10.723 %Davis County10.723Washington County: 10.501 %Washington County10.501Box Elder County: 10.461 %Box Elder County10.461Juab County: 10.007 %Juab County10.007Iron County: 9.764 %Iron County9.764Wayne County: 9.732 %Wayne County9.732Sanpete County: 8.971 %Sanpete County8.971Millard County: 8.511 %Millard County8.511Cache County: 8.133 %Cache County8.133Summit County: 8.081 %Summit County8.081Sevier County: 7.88 %Sevier County7.88Kane County: 7.767 %Kane County7.767Beaver County: 5.613 %Beaver County5.613
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Piute County27.815+17.88 pts
2Duchesne County25.965+10.6 pts
3Daggett County24.599+1.48 pts
4Uintah County19.31+7.6 pts
5Emery County18.28+4.44 pts
6Tooele County18.092+5.32 pts
7Carbon County13.65+2.16 pts
8San Juan County12.778+0.01 pts
9Wasatch County12.555-0.88 pts
10Weber County12.343+0.42 pts
11Garfield County11.919+0.71 pts
12Rich County11.523-0.77 pts
13Morgan County11.156-4.14 pts
14Salt Lake County10.848-0.11 pts
15Utah County10.79+0.02 pts
16Grand County10.735+1.04 pts
17Davis County10.723-1.51 pts
18Washington County10.501-1.51 pts
19Box Elder County10.461+3.12 pts
20Juab County10.007-1.91 pts
21Iron County9.764-3.69 pts
22Wayne County9.732-35.04 pts
23Sanpete County8.971-1.84 pts
24Millard County8.511+0.37 pts
25Cache County8.133-1.32 pts
26Summit County8.081-8.55 pts
27Sevier County7.88+1.14 pts
28Kane County7.767-0.87 pts
29Beaver County5.613-4.41 pts

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Utah by job destruction rate, 2015) [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 Utah by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/utah-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Utah by job destruction rate, 2015. 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/utah-counties?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Utah by job destruction rate, 2015 [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/utah-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Piute County, with 27.815% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Beaver County, with 5.613% in 2015.

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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.

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