Counties in Utah by job destruction rate

Garfield County had the highest job destruction rate of 29 counties in 2017, at 29.994%. Box Elder County had the lowest, at 7.498%. The median was 12.409% and the figure for Utah was 11.21%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest29.994Garfield County

Lowest7.498Box Elder County

Median12.40929 counties

Utah11.21History

Map of counties, 2017

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%, 2017. 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, 2017

%. 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	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Garfield County	29.994	+10.77 pts
2	Piute County	29.008	+0.44 pts
3	Beaver County	25.136	+16.88 pts
4	Daggett County	23.387	+18.71 pts
5	Wasatch County	17.872	+4.79 pts
6	Uintah County	17.631	-12.31 pts
7	Morgan County	16.622	+1.7 pts
8	Wayne County	16.212	+5.98 pts
9	Duchesne County	15.312	-11.78 pts
10	Washington County	13.859	+4.35 pts
11	San Juan County	13.397	+0.24 pts
12	Summit County	13.073	+3.91 pts
13	Grand County	13.059	+5.82 pts
14	Carbon County	12.781	-5.05 pts
15	Tooele County	12.409	+1.91 pts
16	Millard County	12.135	+4.07 pts
17	Sanpete County	12.018	+3.42 pts
18	Salt Lake County	11.465	+0.71 pts
19	Kane County	11.262	+0.82 pts
20	Utah County	11.256	+1.66 pts
21	Davis County	10.742	-0.45 pts
22	Weber County	10.712	+1.25 pts
23	Cache County	10.661	+0.03 pts
24	Sevier County	10.362	-0.57 pts
25	Emery County	10.326	-9.71 pts
26	Juab County	10.237	-7.4 pts
27	Rich County	10.047	-4.88 pts
28	Iron County	9.724	-1.81 pts
29	Box Elder County	7.498	+1.92 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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Utah by job destruction rate, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Garfield County, with 29.994% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Box Elder County, with 7.498% in 2017.

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.