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Employer firms in Sterling County

Employer firms in Sterling County was 36 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 7.7% from 2022. That is the 237th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

2023, count36
Change on 2022-7.7%
Rank237th of 253Counties in Texas ranked
Series high482014
Series low212008

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Employer firms in Sterling County, 1978 to 2023

2030405019781985199219992006201320231978: 23 count1979: 27 count1980: 29 count1981: 33 count1982: 32 count1983: 32 count1984: 32 count1985: 33 count1986: 30 count1987: 26 count1988: 28 count1989: 31 count1990: 35 count1991: 34 count1992: 29 count1993: 27 count1994: 27 count1995: 33 count1996: 34 count1997: 39 count1998: 39 count1999: 31 count2000: 30 count2001: 32 count2002: 30 count2003: 31 count2004: 29 count2005: 30 count2006: 29 count2007: 26 count2008: 21 count2009: 21 count2010: 27 count2011: 28 count2012: 31 count2013: 33 count2014: 48 count2015: 48 count2016: 47 count2017: 45 count2018: 43 count2019: 41 count2020: 42 count2021: 41 count2022: 39 count2023: 36 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
202336
202239
202141
202042
201941
201843
201745
201647
201548
201448
201333
201231
201128
201027
200921
200821
200726
200629
200530
200429
200331
200230
200132
200030
199931
199839
199739
199634
199533
199427
199327
199229
199134
199035
198931
198828
198726
198630
198533
198432
198332
198232
198133
198029
197927
197823

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2023
Sterling County36
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, Sterling 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, Sterling 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/sterling-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, Sterling 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/sterling-county-texas.

Harvard

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

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_sterling_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Sterling 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/sterling-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 Sterling County?

Employer firms in Sterling County was 36 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 7.7% from 2022. That is the 237th 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 Sterling County?

48 in 2014, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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