# Counties in Washington by job destruction rate, 2023

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Garfield County | 23.315 |
| 2 | Columbia County | 19.227 |
| 3 | Pend Oreille County | 16.206 |
| 4 | Pacific County | 15.68 |
| 5 | Skamania County | 15.187 |
| 6 | San Juan County | 14.639 |
| 7 | Spokane County | 13.484 |
| 8 | Ferry County | 13.205 |
| 9 | Benton County | 13.125 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 13.065 |
| 11 | Snohomish County | 12.902 |
| 12 | King County | 12.773 |
| 13 | Stevens County | 12.645 |
| 14 | Okanogan County | 12.189 |
| 15 | Chelan County | 12.081 |
| 16 | Thurston County | 11.95 |
| 17 | Whitman County | 11.936 |
| 18 | Kitsap County | 11.604 |
| 19 | Pierce County | 11.505 |
| 20 | Grays Harbor County | 11.45 |
| 21 | Island County | 11.395 |
| 22 | Clark County | 11.387 |
| 23 | Wahkiakum County | 11.361 |
| 24 | Yakima County | 11.349 |
| 25 | Grant County | 11.185 |
| 26 | Mason County | 11.07 |
| 27 | Klickitat County | 11.029 |
| 28 | Douglas County | 10.979 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 10.97 |
| 30 | Kittitas County | 10.928 |
| 31 | Clallam County | 10.549 |
| 32 | Cowlitz County | 10.383 |
| 33 | Whatcom County | 10.342 |
| 34 | Skagit County | 10.268 |
| 35 | Asotin County | 10.038 |
| 36 | Lewis County | 9.908 |
| 37 | Walla Walla County | 9.617 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 8.459 |
| 39 | Adams County | 6.014 |