Counties in Utah by job destruction rate

Uintah County had the highest job destruction rate of 29 counties in 2016, at 29.939%. Daggett County had the lowest, at 4.673%. The median was 10.751% and the figure for Utah was 10.511%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest29.939Uintah County

Lowest4.673Daggett County

Median10.75129 counties

Utah10.511History

Map of counties, 2016

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%, 2016. 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, 2016

%. 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

Rank	Counties	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Uintah County	29.939	+10.63 pts
2	Piute County	28.571	+0.76 pts
3	Duchesne County	27.093	+1.13 pts
4	Emery County	20.033	+1.75 pts
5	Garfield County	19.221	+7.3 pts
6	Carbon County	17.83	+4.18 pts
7	Juab County	17.633	+7.63 pts
8	Rich County	14.93	+3.41 pts
9	Morgan County	14.923	+3.77 pts
10	San Juan County	13.159	+0.38 pts
11	Wasatch County	13.081	+0.53 pts
12	Iron County	11.538	+1.77 pts
13	Davis County	11.196	+0.47 pts
14	Sevier County	10.932	+3.05 pts
15	Salt Lake County	10.751	-0.1 pts
16	Cache County	10.63	+2.5 pts
17	Tooele County	10.497	-7.59 pts
18	Kane County	10.438	+2.67 pts
19	Wayne County	10.229	+0.5 pts
20	Utah County	9.6	-1.19 pts
21	Washington County	9.513	-0.99 pts
22	Weber County	9.459	-2.88 pts
23	Summit County	9.168	+1.09 pts
24	Sanpete County	8.594	-0.38 pts
25	Beaver County	8.252	+2.64 pts
26	Millard County	8.064	-0.45 pts
27	Grand County	7.236	-3.5 pts
28	Box Elder County	5.58	-4.88 pts
29	Daggett County	4.673	-19.93 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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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Uintah County, with 29.939% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Daggett County, with 4.673% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.