Counties in Utah by job destruction rate

Morgan County had the highest job destruction rate of 29 counties in 2020, at 24.17%. Kane County had the lowest, at 6.607%. The median was 11.681% and the figure for Utah was 11.384%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest24.17Morgan County

Lowest6.607Kane County

Median11.68129 counties

Utah11.384History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 9.9
9.9 to 12
12 to 13
13 to 15
15 and over

%, 2020. 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, 2020

%. 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	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Morgan County	24.17	+10.12 pts
2	Wayne County	22.343	+12.08 pts
3	Daggett County	18.018	+7.64 pts
4	Beaver County	16.807	+3.3 pts
5	Summit County	16.43	+6.37 pts
6	Piute County	15.686	-1.31 pts
7	Carbon County	15.306	+5.14 pts
8	Wasatch County	14.721	+1.26 pts
9	Uintah County	13.902	+3.72 pts
10	San Juan County	13.863	+5.71 pts
11	Sanpete County	13.485	+0.95 pts
12	Tooele County	13.467	+5.28 pts
13	Sevier County	12.532	+2.26 pts
14	Grand County	11.906	+0.99 pts
15	Utah County	11.681	+0.49 pts
16	Washington County	11.629	+1.22 pts
17	Rich County	11.584	+1.66 pts
18	Salt Lake County	11.481	+1.69 pts
19	Davis County	11.46	-1.86 pts
20	Garfield County	10.529	+2.45 pts
21	Iron County	10.414	+2.15 pts
22	Weber County	10.296	-0.8 pts
23	Duchesne County	9.988	-0.08 pts
24	Juab County	9.684	-1.69 pts
25	Millard County	9.344	-4.48 pts
26	Cache County	9.182	-1.08 pts
27	Box Elder County	8.767	+1.04 pts
28	Emery County	6.641	-0.28 pts
29	Kane County	6.607	-8 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Morgan County, with 24.17% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Kane County, with 6.607% in 2020.

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.