# Counties in Wyoming by job destruction rate, 2023

All 23 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/wyoming-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Niobrara County | 19.971 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 16.262 |
| 3 | Big Horn County | 15.173 |
| 4 | Sheridan County | 15.114 |
| 5 | Sublette County | 14.808 |
| 6 | Goshen County | 14.73 |
| 7 | Hot Springs County | 14.593 |
| 8 | Washakie County | 14.576 |
| 9 | Converse County | 14.449 |
| 10 | Fremont County | 13.687 |
| 11 | Weston County | 13.066 |
| 12 | Natrona County | 12.582 |
| 13 | Teton County | 12.074 |
| 14 | Platte County | 11.861 |
| 15 | Carbon County | 11.775 |
| 16 | Albany County | 11.632 |
| 17 | Crook County | 11.627 |
| 18 | Park County | 11.52 |
| 19 | Laramie County | 11.198 |
| 20 | Johnson County | 11.118 |
| 21 | Uinta County | 9.845 |
| 22 | Campbell County | 9.528 |
| 23 | Sweetwater County | 9.519 |