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Employer firms in Hartley County

Employer firms in Hartley County was 115 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.5% from 2022. That is the 196th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

2023, count115
Change on 2022+6.5%
Rank196th of 253Counties in Texas ranked
Series high1152023
Series low501981

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Employer firms in Hartley County, 1978 to 2023

40608010012019781985199219992006201320231978: 55 count1979: 56 count1980: 53 count1981: 50 count1982: 52 count1983: 57 count1984: 58 count1985: 57 count1986: 56 count1987: 57 count1988: 57 count1989: 57 count1990: 58 count1991: 60 count1992: 60 count1993: 65 count1994: 67 count1995: 70 count1996: 71 count1997: 76 count1998: 80 count1999: 80 count2000: 80 count2001: 84 count2002: 91 count2003: 85 count2004: 87 count2005: 82 count2006: 88 count2007: 90 count2008: 91 count2009: 90 count2010: 95 count2011: 105 count2012: 111 count2013: 108 count2014: 107 count2015: 111 count2016: 112 count2017: 108 count2018: 110 count2019: 106 count2020: 107 count2021: 102 count2022: 108 count2023: 115 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
2023115
2022108
2021102
2020107
2019106
2018110
2017108
2016112
2015111
2014107
2013108
2012111
2011105
201095
200990
200891
200790
200688
200582
200487
200385
200291
200184
200080
199980
199880
199776
199671
199570
199467
199365
199260
199160
199058
198957
198857
198757
198656
198557
198458
198357
198252
198150
198053
197956
197855

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2023
Hartley County115
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, Hartley 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, Hartley 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/hartley-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, Hartley 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/hartley-county-texas.

Harvard

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

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_hartley_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Hartley 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/hartley-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 Hartley County?

Employer firms in Hartley County was 115 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.5% from 2022. That is the 196th 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 Hartley County?

115 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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