# Counties in Wisconsin by job destruction rate, 2023

All 72 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/wisconsin-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bayfield County | 29.203 |
| 2 | Crawford County | 17.11 |
| 3 | Pierce County | 16.54 |
| 4 | Columbia County | 15.326 |
| 5 | Oconto County | 15.275 |
| 6 | Florence County | 13.889 |
| 7 | Forest County | 13.848 |
| 8 | Vilas County | 13.683 |
| 9 | Dodge County | 13.043 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 13.02 |
| 11 | Burnett County | 12.998 |
| 12 | Waupaca County | 12.449 |
| 13 | Douglas County | 12.242 |
| 14 | Washburn County | 12.074 |
| 15 | Wood County | 12.023 |
| 16 | Eau Claire County | 11.887 |
| 17 | Calumet County | 11.786 |
| 18 | St. Croix County | 11.675 |
| 19 | Milwaukee County | 11.656 |
| 20 | Manitowoc County | 11.569 |
| 21 | Marinette County | 11.285 |
| 22 | Waushara County | 11.222 |
| 23 | Chippewa County | 11.193 |
| 24 | Brown County | 11.142 |
| 25 | Trempealeau County | 10.944 |
| 26 | Sheboygan County | 10.921 |
| 27 | Sauk County | 10.902 |
| 28 | Kewaunee County | 10.814 |
| 29 | Jackson County | 10.793 |
| 30 | Dunn County | 10.788 |
| 31 | Polk County | 10.718 |
| 32 | Racine County | 10.677 |
| 33 | Waukesha County | 10.626 |
| 34 | Kenosha County | 10.62 |
| 35 | Green Lake County | 10.477 |
| 36 | Buffalo County | 10.45 |
| 37 | Price County | 10.433 |
| 38 | Dane County | 10.407 |
| 39 | Ashland County | 10.393 |
| 40 | Washington County | 10.268 |
| 41 | Rock County | 10.065 |
| 42 | Sawyer County | 10.023 |
| 43 | Door County | 10.008 |
| 44 | Fond du Lac County | 9.788 |
| 45 | Winnebago County | 9.773 |
| 46 | Shawano County | 9.73 |
| 47 | Outagamie County | 9.591 |
| 48 | Juneau County | 9.539 |
| 49 | Ozaukee County | 9.335 |
| 50 | Langlade County | 9.269 |
| 51 | Oneida County | 9.254 |
| 52 | Green County | 9.2 |
| 53 | Marathon County | 8.961 |
| 54 | Iron County | 8.732 |
| 55 | Walworth County | 8.587 |
| 56 | Rusk County | 8.495 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 8.441 |
| 58 | Clark County | 8.372 |
| 59 | La Crosse County | 8.368 |
| 60 | Barron County | 8.246 |
| 61 | Grant County | 8.053 |
| 62 | Portage County | 8.007 |
| 63 | Vernon County | 7.927 |
| 64 | Richland County | 7.857 |
| 65 | Adams County | 7.642 |
| 66 | Monroe County | 7.508 |
| 67 | Pepin County | 7.343 |
| 68 | Lafayette County | 6.387 |
| 69 | Taylor County | 6.254 |
| 70 | Marquette County | 6.218 |
| 71 | Iowa County | 6.142 |
| 72 | Menominee County | 5.143 |