Counties in Utah by job destruction rate

Rich County had the highest job destruction rate of 29 counties in 2021, at 35.692%. Millard County had the lowest, at 7.388%. The median was 12.167% and the figure for Utah was 12.227%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest35.692Rich County

Lowest7.388Millard County

Median12.16729 counties

Utah12.227History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 9.6
9.6 to 11
11 to 12
12 to 16
16 and over

%, 2021. 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, 2021

%. 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	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Rich County	35.692	+24.11 pts
2	Piute County	20.253	+4.57 pts
3	Garfield County	19.829	+9.3 pts
4	San Juan County	17.556	+3.69 pts
5	Summit County	17.155	+0.73 pts
6	Iron County	15.898	+5.48 pts
7	Uintah County	15.564	+1.66 pts
8	Salt Lake County	13.636	+2.15 pts
9	Sanpete County	13.555	+0.07 pts
10	Sevier County	13.399	+0.87 pts
11	Grand County	12.96	+1.05 pts
12	Duchesne County	12.463	+2.47 pts
13	Davis County	12.252	+0.79 pts
14	Utah County	12.249	+0.57 pts
15	Carbon County	12.167	-3.14 pts
16	Wasatch County	12.072	-2.65 pts
17	Weber County	11.079	+0.78 pts
18	Washington County	10.85	-0.78 pts
19	Daggett County	10.612	-7.41 pts
20	Wayne County	10.559	-11.78 pts
21	Morgan County	10.328	-13.84 pts
22	Emery County	9.793	+3.15 pts
23	Beaver County	9.639	-7.17 pts
24	Box Elder County	9.423	+0.66 pts
25	Juab County	9.338	-0.35 pts
26	Cache County	8.81	-0.37 pts
27	Kane County	8.313	+1.71 pts
28	Tooele County	7.81	-5.66 pts
29	Millard County	7.388	-1.96 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Rich County, with 35.692% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Millard County, with 7.388% in 2021.

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.