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Counties in Vermont by job destruction rate

Essex County had the highest job destruction rate of 14 counties in 2022, at 14.952%. Orleans County had the lowest, at 7.97%. The median was 9.193% and the figure for Vermont was 9.362%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.952Essex County
Lowest7.97Orleans County
Median9.19314 counties
Vermont9.362History

Map of counties, 2022

Addison County: 8.65 %Bennington County: 9.474 %Caledonia County: 9.024 %Chittenden County: 9.362 %Essex County: 14.952 %Franklin County: 11.875 %Grand Isle County: 11.111 %Lamoille County: 8.422 %Orange County: 8.813 %Orleans County: 7.97 %Rutland County: 8.057 %Washington County: 8.807 %Windham County: 9.725 %Windsor County: 11.242 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Essex County: 14.952 %Essex County14.952Franklin County: 11.875 %Franklin County11.875Windsor County: 11.242 %Windsor County11.242Grand Isle County: 11.111 %Grand Isle County11.111Windham County: 9.725 %Windham County9.725Bennington County: 9.474 %Bennington County9.474Chittenden County: 9.362 %Chittenden County9.362Caledonia County: 9.024 %Caledonia County9.024Orange County: 8.813 %Orange County8.813Washington County: 8.807 %Washington County8.807Addison County: 8.65 %Addison County8.65Lamoille County: 8.422 %Lamoille County8.422Rutland County: 8.057 %Rutland County8.057Orleans County: 7.97 %Orleans County7.97Essex County: 14.952 %Essex County14.952Franklin County: 11.875 %Franklin County11.875Windsor County: 11.242 %Windsor County11.242Grand Isle County: 11.111 %Grand Isle County11.111Windham County: 9.725 %Windham County9.725Bennington County: 9.474 %Bennington County9.474Chittenden County: 9.362 %Chittenden County9.362Caledonia County: 9.024 %Caledonia County9.024Orange County: 8.813 %Orange County8.813Washington County: 8.807 %Washington County8.807Addison County: 8.65 %Addison County8.65Lamoille County: 8.422 %Lamoille County8.422Rutland County: 8.057 %Rutland County8.057Orleans County: 7.97 %Orleans County7.97
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Essex County14.952+0.54 pts
2Franklin County11.875-0.97 pts
3Windsor County11.242-4.85 pts
4Grand Isle County11.111-6.81 pts
5Windham County9.725-8.8 pts
6Bennington County9.474-10.17 pts
7Chittenden County9.362-7.01 pts
8Caledonia County9.024-3.74 pts
9Orange County8.813-6.9 pts
10Washington County8.807-7.97 pts
11Addison County8.65-7.85 pts
12Lamoille County8.422-11.02 pts
13Rutland County8.057-10.57 pts
14Orleans County7.97-11.36 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 Vermont by job destruction rate, 2022) [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 Vermont by job destruction rate, 2022. 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/vermont-counties?period=2022. 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 Vermont by job destruction rate, 2022. 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/vermont-counties?period=2022.

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 Vermont by job destruction rate, 2022 [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/vermont-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Essex County, with 14.952% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Orleans County, with 7.97% in 2022.

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.

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