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Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate

Baldwin County had the highest establishment entry rate of 66 counties in 2015, at 11.524%. Hale County had the lowest, at 5.538%. The median was 7.802% and the figure for Alabama was 8.491%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.524Baldwin County
Lowest5.538Hale County
Median7.80266 counties
Alabama8.491History

Map of counties, 2015

Autauga County: 9.42 %Baldwin County: 11.524 %Barbour County: 6.047 %Bibb County: 10.208 %Blount County: 8.176 %Butler County: 8.429 %Calhoun County: 7.925 %Chambers County: 9.668 %Cherokee County: 6.815 %Chilton County: 9.986 %Choctaw County: 6.356 %Clarke County: 5.993 %Clay County: 5.618 %Cleburne County: 9.241 %Coffee County: 10.55 %Colbert County: 8.453 %Conecuh County: 8.864 %Coosa County: 6.349 %Covington County: 8.511 %Crenshaw County: 5.744 %Cullman County: 7.589 %Dale County: 7.619 %Dallas County: 7.04 %DeKalb County: 6.822 %Elmore County: 8.075 %Escambia County: 9.289 %Etowah County: 6.756 %Fayette County: 6.702 %Franklin County: 7.755 %Geneva County: 8.032 %Greene County: 7.407 %Hale County: 5.538 %Henry County: 8.633 %Houston County: 7.592 %Jackson County: 7.311 %Jefferson County: 8.367 %Lamar County: 8.243 %Lauderdale County: 7.118 %Lawrence County: 9.043 %Lee County: 11.165 %Limestone County: 10.04 %Lowndes County: 6.897 %Macon County: 7.851 %Madison County: 8.836 %Marengo County: 7.556 %Marion County: 8.183 %Marshall County: 6.73 %Mobile County: 8.896 %Monroe County: 5.946 %Montgomery County: 7.337 %Morgan County: 6.461 %Perry County: 7.08 %Pickens County: 7.615 %Pike County: 7.531 %Randolph County: 7.849 %Russell County: 8.038 %St. Clair County: 9.429 %Shelby County: 9.638 %Sumter County: 7.853 %Talladega County: 7.607 %Tallapoosa County: 8.178 %Tuscaloosa County: 8.261 %Walker County: 7.745 %Washington County: 5.78 %Wilcox County: 5.643 %Winston County: 7.552 %
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%, 2015. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Baldwin County: 11.524 %Baldwin County11.524Lee County: 11.165 %Lee County11.165Coffee County: 10.55 %Coffee County10.55Bibb County: 10.208 %Bibb County10.208Limestone County: 10.04 %Limestone County10.04Chilton County: 9.986 %Chilton County9.986Chambers County: 9.668 %Chambers County9.668Shelby County: 9.638 %Shelby County9.638St. Clair County: 9.429 %St. Clair County9.429Autauga County: 9.42 %Autauga County9.42Escambia County: 9.289 %Escambia County9.289Cleburne County: 9.241 %Cleburne County9.241Lawrence County: 9.043 %Lawrence County9.043Mobile County: 8.896 %Mobile County8.896Conecuh County: 8.864 %Conecuh County8.864Madison County: 8.836 %Madison County8.836Henry County: 8.633 %Henry County8.633Covington County: 8.511 %Covington County8.511Colbert County: 8.453 %Colbert County8.453Butler County: 8.429 %Butler County8.429Jefferson County: 8.367 %Jefferson County8.367Tuscaloosa County: 8.261 %Tuscaloosa County8.261Lamar County: 8.243 %Lamar County8.243Marion County: 8.183 %Marion County8.183Tallapoosa County: 8.178 %Tallapoosa County8.178Blount County: 8.176 %Blount County8.176Elmore County: 8.075 %Elmore County8.075Russell County: 8.038 %Russell County8.038Geneva County: 8.032 %Geneva County8.032Calhoun County: 7.925 %Calhoun County7.925Sumter County: 7.853 %Sumter County7.853Macon County: 7.851 %Macon County7.851Randolph County: 7.849 %Randolph County7.849Franklin County: 7.755 %Franklin County7.755Walker County: 7.745 %Walker County7.745Dale County: 7.619 %Dale County7.619Pickens County: 7.615 %Pickens County7.615Talladega County: 7.607 %Talladega County7.607Houston County: 7.592 %Houston County7.592Cullman County: 7.589 %Cullman County7.589Baldwin County: 11.524 %Baldwin County11.524Lee County: 11.165 %Lee County11.165Coffee County: 10.55 %Coffee County10.55Bibb County: 10.208 %Bibb County10.208Limestone County: 10.04 %Limestone County10.04Chilton County: 9.986 %Chilton County9.986Chambers County: 9.668 %Chambers County9.668Shelby County: 9.638 %Shelby County9.638St. Clair County: 9.429 %St. Clair County9.429Autauga County: 9.42 %Autauga County9.42Escambia County: 9.289 %Escambia County9.289Cleburne County: 9.241 %Cleburne County9.241Lawrence County: 9.043 %Lawrence County9.043Mobile County: 8.896 %Mobile County8.896Conecuh County: 8.864 %Conecuh County8.864Madison County: 8.836 %Madison County8.836Henry County: 8.633 %Henry County8.633Covington County: 8.511 %Covington County8.511Colbert County: 8.453 %Colbert County8.453Butler County: 8.429 %Butler County8.429Jefferson County: 8.367 %Jefferson County8.367Tuscaloosa County: 8.261 %Tuscaloosa County8.261Lamar County: 8.243 %Lamar County8.243Marion County: 8.183 %Marion County8.183Tallapoosa County: 8.178 %Tallapoosa County8.178Blount County: 8.176 %Blount County8.176Elmore County: 8.075 %Elmore County8.075Russell County: 8.038 %Russell County8.038Geneva County: 8.032 %Geneva County8.032Calhoun County: 7.925 %Calhoun County7.925Sumter County: 7.853 %Sumter County7.853Macon County: 7.851 %Macon County7.851Randolph County: 7.849 %Randolph County7.849Franklin County: 7.755 %Franklin County7.755Walker County: 7.745 %Walker County7.745Dale County: 7.619 %Dale County7.619Pickens County: 7.615 %Pickens County7.615Talladega County: 7.607 %Talladega County7.607Houston County: 7.592 %Houston County7.592Cullman County: 7.589 %Cullman County7.589
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Baldwin County11.524+0.94 pts
2Lee County11.165+0.73 pts
3Coffee County10.55+4.16 pts
4Bibb County10.208+3.44 pts
5Limestone County10.04+0.71 pts
6Chilton County9.986+0.7 pts
7Chambers County9.668+2.66 pts
8Shelby County9.638+0.75 pts
9St. Clair County9.429+0.33 pts
10Autauga County9.42+2.44 pts
11Escambia County9.289+4.07 pts
12Cleburne County9.241-5.09 pts
13Lawrence County9.043+4.09 pts
14Mobile County8.896+1.24 pts
15Conecuh County8.864+2.22 pts
16Madison County8.836-0.43 pts
17Henry County8.633+1.45 pts
18Covington County8.511+2.85 pts
19Colbert County8.453+1.13 pts
20Butler County8.429+1.92 pts
21Jefferson County8.367+0.31 pts
22Tuscaloosa County8.261+0.38 pts
23Lamar County8.243+0.82 pts
24Marion County8.183+0.76 pts
25Tallapoosa County8.178+1.67 pts
26Blount County8.176+0.01 pts
27Elmore County8.075-0.6 pts
28Russell County8.038+1.65 pts
29Geneva County8.032-3.84 pts
30Calhoun County7.925-0.08 pts
31Sumter County7.853-0.5 pts
32Macon County7.851+1.51 pts
33Randolph County7.849-0.68 pts
34Franklin County7.755+2.36 pts
35Walker County7.745+0.11 pts
36Dale County7.619+0.65 pts
37Pickens County7.615-4.17 pts
38Talladega County7.607+1.23 pts
39Houston County7.592+1.23 pts
40Cullman County7.589-0.85 pts
41Marengo County7.556+1.62 pts
42Winston County7.552-1.71 pts
43Pike County7.531-0.82 pts
44Greene County7.407-2.27 pts
45Montgomery County7.337-0.03 pts
46Jackson County7.311+0.17 pts
47Lauderdale County7.118-0.23 pts
48Perry County7.08-0.58 pts
49Dallas County7.04+2.25 pts
50Lowndes County6.897-11.66 pts
51DeKalb County6.822-1.03 pts
52Cherokee County6.815-3.26 pts
53Etowah County6.756-0.56 pts
54Marshall County6.73-2.44 pts
55Fayette County6.702+1.76 pts
56Morgan County6.461-0.73 pts
57Choctaw County6.356+0.49 pts
58Coosa County6.349+0.1 pts
59Barbour County6.047+0.35 pts
60Clarke County5.993-3.07 pts
61Monroe County5.946-2.76 pts
62Washington County5.78-1 pts
63Crenshaw County5.744-1.06 pts
64Wilcox County5.643+0.21 pts
65Clay County5.618-3.99 pts
66Hale County5.538-6.88 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2015.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Baldwin County, with 11.524% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Hale County, with 5.538% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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