# Counties in North Dakota by employer firm births, 2015

All 47 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2015, so the places are comparable. 6 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cass County | 308 |
| 2 | Burleigh County | 170 |
| 3 | Williams County | 158 |
| 4 | Ward County | 138 |
| 5 | Stark County | 79 |
| 6 | McKenzie County | 76 |
| 7 | Grand Forks County | 69 |
| 8 | Morton County | 47 |
| 9 | Mountrail County | 45 |
| 10 | Stutsman County | 27 |
| 11 | Barnes County | 21 |
| 11 | Dunn County | 21 |
| 13 | Richland County | 20 |
| 14 | Ramsey County | 17 |
| 15 | Bottineau County | 16 |
| 16 | Walsh County | 14 |
| 17 | Pembina County | 13 |
| 18 | Rolette County | 12 |
| 18 | Wells County | 12 |
| 20 | Mercer County | 11 |
| 21 | Benson County | 10 |
| 21 | Divide County | 10 |
| 21 | McLean County | 10 |
| 21 | Traill County | 10 |
| 25 | Grant County | 9 |
| 26 | Cavalier County | 8 |
| 26 | Dickey County | 8 |
| 26 | Foster County | 8 |
| 26 | Renville County | 8 |
| 30 | LaMoure County | 7 |
| 30 | McHenry County | 7 |
| 30 | Sargent County | 7 |
| 33 | Bowman County | 5 |
| 33 | Emmons County | 5 |
| 33 | Ransom County | 5 |
| 36 | Adams County | 4 |
| 36 | Burke County | 4 |
| 36 | Eddy County | 4 |
| 36 | Golden Valley County | 4 |
| 36 | Kidder County | 4 |
| 36 | Logan County | 4 |
| 36 | McIntosh County | 4 |
| 36 | Nelson County | 4 |
| 36 | Pierce County | 4 |
| 45 | Hettinger County | 3 |
| 45 | Towner County | 3 |
| 47 | Slope County | 0 |