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Employer firms in Dickens County

Employer firms in Dickens County was 33 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.5% from 2022. That is the 239th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

2023, count33
Change on 2022+6.5%
Rank239th of 253Counties in Texas ranked
Series high711980
Series low302021

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Employer firms in Dickens County, 1978 to 2023

30405060708019781985199219992006201320231978: 65 count1979: 68 count1980: 71 count1981: 68 count1982: 64 count1983: 62 count1984: 56 count1985: 53 count1986: 53 count1987: 54 count1988: 54 count1989: 50 count1990: 50 count1991: 47 count1992: 51 count1993: 51 count1994: 49 count1995: 48 count1996: 44 count1997: 49 count1998: 52 count1999: 47 count2000: 48 count2001: 48 count2002: 40 count2003: 44 count2004: 42 count2005: 41 count2006: 38 count2007: 38 count2008: 45 count2009: 42 count2010: 43 count2011: 41 count2012: 39 count2013: 38 count2014: 41 count2015: 37 count2016: 39 count2017: 37 count2018: 35 count2019: 37 count2020: 36 count2021: 30 count2022: 31 count2023: 33 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
202333
202231
202130
202036
201937
201835
201737
201639
201537
201441
201338
201239
201141
201043
200942
200845
200738
200638
200541
200442
200344
200240
200148
200048
199947
199852
199749
199644
199548
199449
199351
199251
199147
199050
198950
198854
198754
198653
198553
198456
198362
198264
198168
198071
197968
197865

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2023
Dickens County33
Texas448,396
United States5,593,727

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.

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Dickens 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, Dickens 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/dickens-county-texas. 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, Dickens 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/dickens-county-texas.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Dickens 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/dickens-county-texas (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_dickens_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Dickens 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/dickens-county-texas. 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.},
}
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What is the employer firms in Dickens County?

Employer firms in Dickens County was 33 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.5% from 2022. That is the 239th highest of 253 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 Dickens County?

71 in 1980, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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