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Counties in Indiana by establishment entry rate

Crawford County had the highest establishment entry rate of 91 counties in 2016, at 17.5%. Jay County had the lowest, at 4.172%. The median was 7.666% and the figure for Indiana was 8.54%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17.5Crawford County
Lowest4.172Jay County
Median7.66691 counties
Indiana8.54History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 7.363 %Allen County: 7.473 %Bartholomew County: 7.988 %Benton County: 6.875 %Blackford County: 6.074 %Boone County: 9.101 %Brown County: 10.114 %Carroll County: 9.158 %Cass County: 5.814 %Clark County: 8.403 %Clay County: 7.666 %Clinton County: 7.225 %Crawford County: 17.5 %Daviess County: 7.305 %Dearborn County: 7.982 %Decatur County: 4.857 %DeKalb County: 6.601 %Delaware County: 7.64 %Dubois County: 5.572 %Elkhart County: 6.678 %Fayette County: 6.683 %Floyd County: 9.162 %Fountain County: 5.954 %Franklin County: 9.181 %Fulton County: 6.49 %Gibson County: 8.495 %Grant County: 6.155 %Greene County: 7.641 %Hamilton County: 12.006 %Hancock County: 10.235 %Harrison County: 9.098 %Hendricks County: 11.715 %Henry County: 9.623 %Howard County: 7.368 %Huntington County: 5.987 %Jackson County: 6.311 %Jasper County: 8.029 %Jay County: 4.172 %Jefferson County: 6.747 %Jennings County: 7.474 %Johnson County: 8.841 %Knox County: 6.305 %Kosciusko County: 7.572 %LaGrange County: 9.109 %Lake County: 8.346 %LaPorte County: 6.986 %Lawrence County: 10.157 %Madison County: 8.746 %Marion County: 9.676 %Marshall County: 7.296 %Martin County: 5.759 %Miami County: 9.533 %Monroe County: 10.152 %Montgomery County: 7.156 %Morgan County: 10.147 %Newton County: 8.12 %Noble County: 5.665 %Orange County: 7.703 %Owen County: 10.929 %Parke County: 8.333 %Perry County: 6.627 %Pike County: 7.487 %Porter County: 9.204 %Posey County: 10.278 %Pulaski County: 6.36 %Putnam County: 9.419 %Randolph County: 7.103 %Ripley County: 7.888 %Rush County: 6.176 %St. Joseph County: 7.787 %Scott County: 6.383 %Shelby County: 8.146 %Spencer County: 6.045 %Starke County: 6.294 %Steuben County: 7.491 %Sullivan County: 5.388 %Switzerland County: 10 %Tippecanoe County: 10.291 %Tipton County: 9.54 %Union County: 9.615 %Vanderburgh County: 7.94 %Vermillion County: 8.18 %Vigo County: 5.898 %Wabash County: 5.882 %Warren County: 8.98 %Warrick County: 9.399 %Washington County: 8.333 %Wayne County: 6.216 %Wells County: 5.506 %White County: 7.713 %Whitley County: 7.494 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Crawford County: 17.5 %Crawford County17.5Hamilton County: 12.006 %Hamilton County12.006Hendricks County: 11.715 %Hendricks County11.715Owen County: 10.929 %Owen County10.929Tippecanoe County: 10.291 %Tippecanoe County10.291Posey County: 10.278 %Posey County10.278Hancock County: 10.235 %Hancock County10.235Lawrence County: 10.157 %Lawrence County10.157Monroe County: 10.152 %Monroe County10.152Morgan County: 10.147 %Morgan County10.147Brown County: 10.114 %Brown County10.114Switzerland County: 10 %Switzerland County10Marion County: 9.676 %Marion County9.676Henry County: 9.623 %Henry County9.623Union County: 9.615 %Union County9.615Tipton County: 9.54 %Tipton County9.54Miami County: 9.533 %Miami County9.533Putnam County: 9.419 %Putnam County9.419Warrick County: 9.399 %Warrick County9.399Porter County: 9.204 %Porter County9.204Franklin County: 9.181 %Franklin County9.181Floyd County: 9.162 %Floyd County9.162Carroll County: 9.158 %Carroll County9.158LaGrange County: 9.109 %LaGrange County9.109Boone County: 9.101 %Boone County9.101Harrison County: 9.098 %Harrison County9.098Warren County: 8.98 %Warren County8.98Johnson County: 8.841 %Johnson County8.841Madison County: 8.746 %Madison County8.746Gibson County: 8.495 %Gibson County8.495Clark County: 8.403 %Clark County8.403Lake County: 8.346 %Lake County8.346Parke County: 8.333 %Parke County8.333Washington County: 8.333 %Washington County8.333Vermillion County: 8.18 %Vermillion County8.18Shelby County: 8.146 %Shelby County8.146Newton County: 8.12 %Newton County8.12Jasper County: 8.029 %Jasper County8.029Bartholomew County: 7.988 %Bartholomew County7.988Dearborn County: 7.982 %Dearborn County7.982Crawford County: 17.5 %Crawford County17.5Hamilton County: 12.006 %Hamilton County12.006Hendricks County: 11.715 %Hendricks County11.715Owen County: 10.929 %Owen County10.929Tippecanoe County: 10.291 %Tippecanoe County10.291Posey County: 10.278 %Posey County10.278Hancock County: 10.235 %Hancock County10.235Lawrence County: 10.157 %Lawrence County10.157Monroe County: 10.152 %Monroe County10.152Morgan County: 10.147 %Morgan County10.147Brown County: 10.114 %Brown County10.114Switzerland County: 10 %Switzerland County10Marion County: 9.676 %Marion County9.676Henry County: 9.623 %Henry County9.623Union County: 9.615 %Union County9.615Tipton County: 9.54 %Tipton County9.54Miami County: 9.533 %Miami County9.533Putnam County: 9.419 %Putnam County9.419Warrick County: 9.399 %Warrick County9.399Porter County: 9.204 %Porter County9.204Franklin County: 9.181 %Franklin County9.181Floyd County: 9.162 %Floyd County9.162Carroll County: 9.158 %Carroll County9.158LaGrange County: 9.109 %LaGrange County9.109Boone County: 9.101 %Boone County9.101Harrison County: 9.098 %Harrison County9.098Warren County: 8.98 %Warren County8.98Johnson County: 8.841 %Johnson County8.841Madison County: 8.746 %Madison County8.746Gibson County: 8.495 %Gibson County8.495Clark County: 8.403 %Clark County8.403Lake County: 8.346 %Lake County8.346Parke County: 8.333 %Parke County8.333Washington County: 8.333 %Washington County8.333Vermillion County: 8.18 %Vermillion County8.18Shelby County: 8.146 %Shelby County8.146Newton County: 8.12 %Newton County8.12Jasper County: 8.029 %Jasper County8.029Bartholomew County: 7.988 %Bartholomew County7.988Dearborn County: 7.982 %Dearborn County7.982
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Crawford County17.5+8.65 pts
2Hamilton County12.006+0.01 pts
3Hendricks County11.715+0.77 pts
4Owen County10.929+0.28 pts
5Tippecanoe County10.291+1.58 pts
6Posey County10.278+3.03 pts
7Hancock County10.235+1.27 pts
8Lawrence County10.157+0.19 pts
9Monroe County10.152+0.65 pts
10Morgan County10.147+0.55 pts
11Brown County10.114-3.17 pts
12Switzerland County10+0.79 pts
13Marion County9.676+0.01 pts
14Henry County9.623+1.73 pts
15Union County9.615+3.73 pts
16Tipton County9.54-2.47 pts
17Miami County9.533+2.67 pts
18Putnam County9.419-0.26 pts
19Warrick County9.399-0.24 pts
20Porter County9.204+0.36 pts
21Franklin County9.181+1.54 pts
22Floyd County9.162+1.99 pts
23Carroll County9.158+1.47 pts
24LaGrange County9.109+2.13 pts
25Boone County9.101-3.08 pts
26Harrison County9.098-1.77 pts
27Warren County8.98-2.79 pts
28Johnson County8.841-0.64 pts
29Madison County8.746+0.21 pts
30Gibson County8.495+1.88 pts
31Clark County8.403-0.28 pts
32Lake County8.346-0.49 pts
33Parke County8.333+1.27 pts
33Washington County8.333-2.3 pts
35Vermillion County8.18+0.82 pts
36Shelby County8.146-0.05 pts
37Newton County8.12-0.72 pts
38Jasper County8.029-0.97 pts
39Bartholomew County7.988+0.81 pts
40Dearborn County7.982+1.42 pts
41Vanderburgh County7.94+0.81 pts
42Ripley County7.888+1.33 pts
43St. Joseph County7.787+0.89 pts
44White County7.713-0.97 pts
45Orange County7.703-0.39 pts
46Clay County7.666-2.11 pts
47Greene County7.641-3.28 pts
48Delaware County7.64-2.7 pts
49Kosciusko County7.572-0.27 pts
50Whitley County7.494+0.1 pts
51Steuben County7.491+0.63 pts
52Pike County7.487+1.62 pts
53Jennings County7.474-0.86 pts
54Allen County7.473-0.74 pts
55Howard County7.368-0.34 pts
56Adams County7.363+1.82 pts
57Daviess County7.305-0.47 pts
58Marshall County7.296+0.95 pts
59Clinton County7.225-3.24 pts
60Montgomery County7.156+0.58 pts
61Randolph County7.103-2.79 pts
62LaPorte County6.986-0.52 pts
63Benton County6.875+1.34 pts
64Jefferson County6.747+2.11 pts
65Fayette County6.683+0.64 pts
66Elkhart County6.678-1.64 pts
67Perry County6.627+2.77 pts
68DeKalb County6.601-0.38 pts
69Fulton County6.49+1.31 pts
70Scott County6.383-2.07 pts
71Pulaski County6.36-0.29 pts
72Jackson County6.311-1.41 pts
73Knox County6.305-1.53 pts
74Starke County6.294-0.94 pts
75Wayne County6.216+0.34 pts
76Rush County6.176-0.26 pts
77Grant County6.155-0 pts
78Blackford County6.074-6.03 pts
79Spencer County6.045-2.43 pts
80Huntington County5.987+0.43 pts
81Fountain County5.954-0.64 pts
82Vigo County5.898-0.75 pts
83Wabash County5.882-0.91 pts
84Cass County5.814+0.94 pts
85Martin County5.759-7.07 pts
86Noble County5.665-1.59 pts
87Dubois County5.572-0.89 pts
88Wells County5.506-2.81 pts
89Sullivan County5.388-4.72 pts
90Decatur County4.857-2.3 pts
91Jay County4.172-0.52 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 2016 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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2016) [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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2016. 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/indiana-counties?period=2016. 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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2016. 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/indiana-counties?period=2016.

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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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2016 [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/indiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Crawford County, with 17.5% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Jay County, with 4.172% in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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