Data / Employer firms / Davison County

Employer firms in Davison County

Employer firms in Davison County was 610 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.3% from 2022. That is the 9th highest of 66 counties in 2023.

2023, count610
Change on 2022+2.3%
Rank9th of 66Counties in South Dakota ranked
Series high6602005
Series low5291987

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Davison County, 1978 to 2023

50055060065070019781985199219992006201320231978: 544 count1979: 551 count1980: 552 count1981: 552 count1982: 535 count1983: 537 count1984: 541 count1985: 539 count1986: 536 count1987: 529 count1988: 540 count1989: 555 count1990: 557 count1991: 569 count1992: 571 count1993: 582 count1994: 594 count1995: 599 count1996: 627 count1997: 632 count1998: 639 count1999: 631 count2000: 635 count2001: 627 count2002: 638 count2003: 648 count2004: 652 count2005: 660 count2006: 649 count2007: 648 count2008: 643 count2009: 637 count2010: 636 count2011: 639 count2012: 647 count2013: 634 count2014: 623 count2015: 635 count2016: 624 count2017: 622 count2018: 621 count2019: 615 count2020: 609 count2021: 605 count2022: 596 count2023: 610 count50055060065070019781994201020231978: 544 count1979: 551 count1980: 552 count1981: 552 count1982: 535 count1983: 537 count1984: 541 count1985: 539 count1986: 536 count1987: 529 count1988: 540 count1989: 555 count1990: 557 count1991: 569 count1992: 571 count1993: 582 count1994: 594 count1995: 599 count1996: 627 count1997: 632 count1998: 639 count1999: 631 count2000: 635 count2001: 627 count2002: 638 count2003: 648 count2004: 652 count2005: 660 count2006: 649 count2007: 648 count2008: 643 count2009: 637 count2010: 636 count2011: 639 count2012: 647 count2013: 634 count2014: 623 count2015: 635 count2016: 624 count2017: 622 count2018: 621 count2019: 615 count2020: 609 count2021: 605 count2022: 596 count2023: 610 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
2023610
2022596
2021605
2020609
2019615
2018621
2017622
2016624
2015635
2014623
2013634
2012647
2011639
2010636
2009637
2008643
2007648
2006649
2005660
2004652
2003648
2002638
2001627
2000635
1999631
1998639
1997632
1996627
1995599
1994594
1993582
1992571
1991569
1990557
1989555
1988540
1987529
1986536
1985539
1984541
1983537
1982535
1981552
1980552
1979551
1978544

Compared with South Dakota and United States

Place2023
Davison County610
South Dakota21,106
United States5,593,727

Davison County compared with nearby places

Aurora County: 64 countBeadle County: 475 countBennett County: 53 countBon Homme County: 147 countBrookings County: 813 countBrown County: 1,052 countBrule County: 191 countBuffalo County: 10 countButte County: 323 countCampbell County: 45 countCharles Mix County: 245 countClark County: 108 countClay County: 261 countCodington County: 997 countCorson County: 35 countCuster County: 249 countDavison County: 610 countDay County: 175 countDeuel County: 115 countDewey County: 97 countDouglas County: 81 countEdmunds County: 103 countFall River County: 178 countFaulk County: 53 countGrant County: 239 countGregory County: 155 countHaakon County: 65 countHamlin County: 173 countHand County: 111 countHanson County: 77 countHarding County: 35 countHughes County: 540 countHutchinson County: 205 countHyde County: 36 countJackson County: 48 countJerauld County: 62 countJones County: 36 countKingsbury County: 149 countLake County: 289 countLawrence County: 1,040 countLincoln County: 1,846 countLyman County: 65 countMcCook County: 161 countMcPherson County: 56 countMarshall County: 120 countMeade County: 694 countMellette County: 22 countMiner County: 62 countMinnehaha County: 4,724 countMoody County: 143 countOglala Lakota County: 67 countPennington County: 3,201 countPerkins County: 94 countPotter County: 81 countRoberts County: 185 countSanborn County: 49 countSpink County: 169 countStanley County: 99 countSully County: 58 countTodd County: 52 countTripp County: 162 countTurner County: 208 countUnion County: 456 countWalworth County: 170 countYankton County: 599 countZiebach County: 15 count
  • Under 50
  • 50 to 80
  • 80 to 150
  • 150 to 190
  • 190 to 490
  • 490 and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Davison County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023. 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/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_davison_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Davison County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/davison-county-south-dakota.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Davison County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-46035"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-46035

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Davison County?

Employer firms in Davison County was 610 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.3% from 2022. That is the 9th highest of 66 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Davison County?

660 in 2005, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Davison County

All statistics for Davison County | Davison County in figures