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Counties in Illinois by establishment entry rate

Cumberland County had the highest establishment entry rate of 101 counties in 2017, at 12.338%. Hardin County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 6.952% and the figure for Illinois was 9.039%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.338Cumberland County
Lowest0Hardin County
Median6.952101 counties
Illinois9.039History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 5.833 %Alexander County: 8.235 %Bond County: 9.622 %Boone County: 7.432 %Brown County: 5.025 %Bureau County: 7.062 %Calhoun County: 7.092 %Carroll County: 5.61 %Cass County: 3.687 %Champaign County: 7.255 %Christian County: 6.292 %Clark County: 6.931 %Clay County: 7.953 %Clinton County: 6.827 %Coles County: 6.682 %Cook County: 10.045 %Crawford County: 6.242 %Cumberland County: 12.338 %DeKalb County: 8.52 %De Witt County: 10.511 %Douglas County: 7.526 %DuPage County: 9.47 %Edgar County: 5.68 %Edwards County: 4.494 %Effingham County: 5.893 %Fayette County: 9.17 %Ford County: 6.667 %Franklin County: 6.792 %Fulton County: 7.35 %Gallatin County: 5.556 %Greene County: 3.526 %Grundy County: 9.065 %Hamilton County: 6.316 %Hancock County: 6.223 %Hardin County: 0 %Henderson County: 10.377 %Henry County: 7.445 %Iroquois County: 4.708 %Jackson County: 7.82 %Jasper County: 10.294 %Jefferson County: 6.402 %Jersey County: 9.043 %Jo Daviess County: 6.552 %Johnson County: 5.59 %Kane County: 9.504 %Kankakee County: 7.905 %Kendall County: 11.821 %Knox County: 4.681 %Lake County: 9.76 %LaSalle County: 6.5 %Lawrence County: 6.25 %Lee County: 5.904 %Livingston County: 5.941 %Logan County: 5.581 %McDonough County: 7.443 %McHenry County: 9.889 %McLean County: 7.513 %Macon County: 7.01 %Macoupin County: 6.539 %Madison County: 6.818 %Marion County: 5.496 %Marshall County: 10.924 %Mason County: 6.911 %Massac County: 10.575 %Menard County: 6.952 %Mercer County: 6.598 %Monroe County: 8.552 %Montgomery County: 5.397 %Morgan County: 7.093 %Moultrie County: 8.189 %Ogle County: 7.877 %Peoria County: 6.35 %Perry County: 5.34 %Piatt County: 6.757 %Pike County: 6.97 %Pulaski County: 5.988 %Putnam County: 7.93 %Randolph County: 7.258 %Richland County: 6.308 %Rock Island County: 6.066 %St. Clair County: 7.906 %Saline County: 6.877 %Sangamon County: 7.223 %Schuyler County: 10.646 %Scott County: 8.108 %Shelby County: 8.978 %Stark County: 4.608 %Stephenson County: 5.901 %Tazewell County: 6.991 %Union County: 6.926 %Vermilion County: 6.364 %Wabash County: 7.968 %Warren County: 9.027 %Washington County: 4.604 %Wayne County: 6.506 %White County: 6.638 %Whiteside County: 5.819 %Will County: 10.383 %Williamson County: 7.06 %Winnebago County: 7.216 %Woodford County: 7.966 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Cumberland County: 12.338 %Cumberland County12.338Kendall County: 11.821 %Kendall County11.821Marshall County: 10.924 %Marshall County10.924Schuyler County: 10.646 %Schuyler County10.646Massac County: 10.575 %Massac County10.575De Witt County: 10.511 %De Witt County10.511Will County: 10.383 %Will County10.383Henderson County: 10.377 %Henderson County10.377Jasper County: 10.294 %Jasper County10.294Cook County: 10.045 %Cook County10.045McHenry County: 9.889 %McHenry County9.889Lake County: 9.76 %Lake County9.76Bond County: 9.622 %Bond County9.622Kane County: 9.504 %Kane County9.504DuPage County: 9.47 %DuPage County9.47Fayette County: 9.17 %Fayette County9.17Grundy County: 9.065 %Grundy County9.065Jersey County: 9.043 %Jersey County9.043Warren County: 9.027 %Warren County9.027Shelby County: 8.978 %Shelby County8.978Monroe County: 8.552 %Monroe County8.552DeKalb County: 8.52 %DeKalb County8.52Alexander County: 8.235 %Alexander County8.235Moultrie County: 8.189 %Moultrie County8.189Scott County: 8.108 %Scott County8.108Wabash County: 7.968 %Wabash County7.968Woodford County: 7.966 %Woodford County7.966Clay County: 7.953 %Clay County7.953Putnam County: 7.93 %Putnam County7.93St. Clair County: 7.906 %St. Clair County7.906Kankakee County: 7.905 %Kankakee County7.905Ogle County: 7.877 %Ogle County7.877Jackson County: 7.82 %Jackson County7.82Douglas County: 7.526 %Douglas County7.526McLean County: 7.513 %McLean County7.513Henry County: 7.445 %Henry County7.445McDonough County: 7.443 %McDonough County7.443Boone County: 7.432 %Boone County7.432Fulton County: 7.35 %Fulton County7.35Randolph County: 7.258 %Randolph County7.258Cumberland County: 12.338 %Cumberland County12.338Kendall County: 11.821 %Kendall County11.821Marshall County: 10.924 %Marshall County10.924Schuyler County: 10.646 %Schuyler County10.646Massac County: 10.575 %Massac County10.575De Witt County: 10.511 %De Witt County10.511Will County: 10.383 %Will County10.383Henderson County: 10.377 %Henderson County10.377Jasper County: 10.294 %Jasper County10.294Cook County: 10.045 %Cook County10.045McHenry County: 9.889 %McHenry County9.889Lake County: 9.76 %Lake County9.76Bond County: 9.622 %Bond County9.622Kane County: 9.504 %Kane County9.504DuPage County: 9.47 %DuPage County9.47Fayette County: 9.17 %Fayette County9.17Grundy County: 9.065 %Grundy County9.065Jersey County: 9.043 %Jersey County9.043Warren County: 9.027 %Warren County9.027Shelby County: 8.978 %Shelby County8.978Monroe County: 8.552 %Monroe County8.552DeKalb County: 8.52 %DeKalb County8.52Alexander County: 8.235 %Alexander County8.235Moultrie County: 8.189 %Moultrie County8.189Scott County: 8.108 %Scott County8.108Wabash County: 7.968 %Wabash County7.968Woodford County: 7.966 %Woodford County7.966Clay County: 7.953 %Clay County7.953Putnam County: 7.93 %Putnam County7.93St. Clair County: 7.906 %St. Clair County7.906Kankakee County: 7.905 %Kankakee County7.905Ogle County: 7.877 %Ogle County7.877Jackson County: 7.82 %Jackson County7.82Douglas County: 7.526 %Douglas County7.526McLean County: 7.513 %McLean County7.513Henry County: 7.445 %Henry County7.445McDonough County: 7.443 %McDonough County7.443Boone County: 7.432 %Boone County7.432Fulton County: 7.35 %Fulton County7.35Randolph County: 7.258 %Randolph County7.258
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Cumberland County12.338+6.61 pts
2Kendall County11.821-0.6 pts
3Marshall County10.924+5.17 pts
4Schuyler County10.646-0.89 pts
5Massac County10.575+3.45 pts
6De Witt County10.511+4.76 pts
7Will County10.383-0.41 pts
8Henderson County10.377+3.71 pts
9Jasper County10.294+2.35 pts
10Cook County10.045-0.52 pts
11McHenry County9.889-0.91 pts
12Lake County9.76-0.41 pts
13Bond County9.622+0.85 pts
14Kane County9.504-0.53 pts
15DuPage County9.47-0.7 pts
16Fayette County9.17+1.21 pts
17Grundy County9.065-0.67 pts
18Jersey County9.043+0.15 pts
19Warren County9.027+0.44 pts
20Shelby County8.978+3.72 pts
21Monroe County8.552-0.05 pts
22DeKalb County8.52+0.59 pts
23Alexander County8.235+3.5 pts
24Moultrie County8.189+2.26 pts
25Scott County8.108+0.16 pts
26Wabash County7.968-1.25 pts
27Woodford County7.966+1.06 pts
28Clay County7.953-1.11 pts
29Putnam County7.93+1.12 pts
30St. Clair County7.906+0.33 pts
31Kankakee County7.905+1.82 pts
32Ogle County7.877-0.86 pts
33Jackson County7.82+0.19 pts
34Douglas County7.526+0.17 pts
35McLean County7.513-0.42 pts
36Henry County7.445-0.19 pts
37McDonough County7.443+1.58 pts
38Boone County7.432-3.29 pts
39Fulton County7.35-0.45 pts
40Randolph County7.258+1 pts
41Champaign County7.255-0.72 pts
42Sangamon County7.223-0.33 pts
43Winnebago County7.216-0.43 pts
44Morgan County7.093+1.93 pts
45Calhoun County7.092n/a
46Bureau County7.062-2.06 pts
47Williamson County7.06-0.84 pts
48Macon County7.01+0.65 pts
49Tazewell County6.991-1.27 pts
50Pike County6.97-1.11 pts
51Menard County6.952-8.1 pts
52Clark County6.931-0.2 pts
53Union County6.926-0.58 pts
54Mason County6.911-0.7 pts
55Saline County6.877-1.32 pts
56Clinton County6.827-0.88 pts
57Madison County6.818-1.01 pts
58Franklin County6.792-0.83 pts
59Piatt County6.757-1.03 pts
60Coles County6.682-0.73 pts
61Ford County6.667+2.24 pts
62White County6.638-0.8 pts
63Mercer County6.598-2.87 pts
64Jo Daviess County6.552+0.22 pts
65Macoupin County6.539-0.54 pts
66Wayne County6.506-1.07 pts
67LaSalle County6.5-0.2 pts
68Jefferson County6.402+0.12 pts
69Vermilion County6.364-0.04 pts
70Peoria County6.35-0.52 pts
71Hamilton County6.316-4.65 pts
72Richland County6.308-0.25 pts
73Christian County6.292-0.17 pts
74Lawrence County6.25-1.52 pts
75Crawford County6.242-0.8 pts
76Hancock County6.223+0.04 pts
77Rock Island County6.066+0.3 pts
78Pulaski County5.988-2.2 pts
79Livingston County5.941+0.27 pts
80Lee County5.904+0.59 pts
81Stephenson County5.901-1.16 pts
82Effingham County5.893-1.51 pts
83Adams County5.833-1.32 pts
84Whiteside County5.819-1.27 pts
85Edgar County5.68-3.04 pts
86Carroll County5.61-1.68 pts
87Johnson County5.59-2.56 pts
88Logan County5.581-1.16 pts
89Gallatin County5.556-4.44 pts
90Marion County5.496-1.71 pts
91Montgomery County5.397-1.4 pts
92Perry County5.34+0.68 pts
93Brown County5.025+0.1 pts
94Iroquois County4.708-3.56 pts
95Knox County4.681-2.04 pts
96Stark County4.608-9.09 pts
97Washington County4.604-1.89 pts
98Edwards County4.494-0.73 pts
99Cass County3.687-6.43 pts
100Greene County3.526-2.59 pts
101Hardin County0-5.31 pts

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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 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2017) [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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2017. 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/illinois-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2017 [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/illinois-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Cumberland County, with 12.338% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Hardin County, with 0% in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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