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Counties in Indiana by establishment entry rate

Brown County had the highest establishment entry rate of 91 counties in 2019, at 12.583%. Blackford County had the lowest, at 3.091%. The median was 7.197% and the figure for Indiana was 7.869%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.583Brown County
Lowest3.091Blackford County
Median7.19791 counties
Indiana7.869History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 4.552 %Allen County: 7.118 %Bartholomew County: 6.825 %Benton County: 3.279 %Blackford County: 3.091 %Boone County: 11.899 %Brown County: 12.583 %Carroll County: 7.799 %Cass County: 5.924 %Clark County: 7.197 %Clay County: 9.242 %Clinton County: 7.143 %Crawford County: 12.048 %Daviess County: 6.166 %Dearborn County: 7.428 %Decatur County: 8.291 %DeKalb County: 5.787 %Delaware County: 6.912 %Dubois County: 6.882 %Elkhart County: 7.006 %Fayette County: 6.289 %Floyd County: 8.767 %Fountain County: 6.981 %Franklin County: 8.364 %Fulton County: 6.755 %Gibson County: 5.008 %Grant County: 7.045 %Greene County: 5.331 %Hamilton County: 10.723 %Hancock County: 8.216 %Harrison County: 7.253 %Hendricks County: 10.013 %Henry County: 7.587 %Howard County: 8.767 %Huntington County: 5.623 %Jackson County: 6.638 %Jasper County: 6.009 %Jay County: 7.813 %Jefferson County: 6.472 %Jennings County: 7.702 %Johnson County: 8.869 %Knox County: 5.439 %Kosciusko County: 7.139 %LaGrange County: 9.488 %Lake County: 8.372 %LaPorte County: 6.158 %Lawrence County: 6.085 %Madison County: 8.516 %Marion County: 8.57 %Marshall County: 7.494 %Martin County: 7.426 %Miami County: 7.978 %Monroe County: 8.253 %Montgomery County: 5.97 %Morgan County: 8.628 %Newton County: 9.442 %Noble County: 6.744 %Orange County: 10.467 %Owen County: 11.704 %Parke County: 8.102 %Perry County: 5.471 %Pike County: 6.077 %Porter County: 8.912 %Posey County: 7.328 %Pulaski County: 6.944 %Putnam County: 7.27 %Randolph County: 6.214 %Ripley County: 6.855 %Rush County: 9.025 %St. Joseph County: 7.511 %Scott County: 6.486 %Shelby County: 6.957 %Spencer County: 7.605 %Starke County: 6.018 %Steuben County: 5.192 %Sullivan County: 7.237 %Switzerland County: 11.336 %Tippecanoe County: 7.564 %Tipton County: 4.902 %Union County: 10.046 %Vanderburgh County: 6.456 %Vermillion County: 6.329 %Vigo County: 5.19 %Wabash County: 6.226 %Warren County: 8.333 %Warrick County: 8.542 %Washington County: 7.601 %Wayne County: 5.836 %Wells County: 6.563 %White County: 6.209 %Whitley County: 7.758 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Brown County: 12.583 %Brown County12.583Crawford County: 12.048 %Crawford County12.048Boone County: 11.899 %Boone County11.899Owen County: 11.704 %Owen County11.704Switzerland County: 11.336 %Switzerland County11.336Hamilton County: 10.723 %Hamilton County10.723Orange County: 10.467 %Orange County10.467Union County: 10.046 %Union County10.046Hendricks County: 10.013 %Hendricks County10.013LaGrange County: 9.488 %LaGrange County9.488Newton County: 9.442 %Newton County9.442Clay County: 9.242 %Clay County9.242Rush County: 9.025 %Rush County9.025Porter County: 8.912 %Porter County8.912Johnson County: 8.869 %Johnson County8.869Floyd County: 8.767 %Floyd County8.767Howard County: 8.767 %Howard County8.767Morgan County: 8.628 %Morgan County8.628Marion County: 8.57 %Marion County8.57Warrick County: 8.542 %Warrick County8.542Madison County: 8.516 %Madison County8.516Lake County: 8.372 %Lake County8.372Franklin County: 8.364 %Franklin County8.364Warren County: 8.333 %Warren County8.333Decatur County: 8.291 %Decatur County8.291Monroe County: 8.253 %Monroe County8.253Hancock County: 8.216 %Hancock County8.216Parke County: 8.102 %Parke County8.102Miami County: 7.978 %Miami County7.978Jay County: 7.813 %Jay County7.813Carroll County: 7.799 %Carroll County7.799Whitley County: 7.758 %Whitley County7.758Jennings County: 7.702 %Jennings County7.702Spencer County: 7.605 %Spencer County7.605Washington County: 7.601 %Washington County7.601Henry County: 7.587 %Henry County7.587Tippecanoe County: 7.564 %Tippecanoe County7.564St. Joseph County: 7.511 %St. Joseph County7.511Marshall County: 7.494 %Marshall County7.494Dearborn County: 7.428 %Dearborn County7.428Brown County: 12.583 %Brown County12.583Crawford County: 12.048 %Crawford County12.048Boone County: 11.899 %Boone County11.899Owen County: 11.704 %Owen County11.704Switzerland County: 11.336 %Switzerland County11.336Hamilton County: 10.723 %Hamilton County10.723Orange County: 10.467 %Orange County10.467Union County: 10.046 %Union County10.046Hendricks County: 10.013 %Hendricks County10.013LaGrange County: 9.488 %LaGrange County9.488Newton County: 9.442 %Newton County9.442Clay County: 9.242 %Clay County9.242Rush County: 9.025 %Rush County9.025Porter County: 8.912 %Porter County8.912Johnson County: 8.869 %Johnson County8.869Floyd County: 8.767 %Floyd County8.767Howard County: 8.767 %Howard County8.767Morgan County: 8.628 %Morgan County8.628Marion County: 8.57 %Marion County8.57Warrick County: 8.542 %Warrick County8.542Madison County: 8.516 %Madison County8.516Lake County: 8.372 %Lake County8.372Franklin County: 8.364 %Franklin County8.364Warren County: 8.333 %Warren County8.333Decatur County: 8.291 %Decatur County8.291Monroe County: 8.253 %Monroe County8.253Hancock County: 8.216 %Hancock County8.216Parke County: 8.102 %Parke County8.102Miami County: 7.978 %Miami County7.978Jay County: 7.813 %Jay County7.813Carroll County: 7.799 %Carroll County7.799Whitley County: 7.758 %Whitley County7.758Jennings County: 7.702 %Jennings County7.702Spencer County: 7.605 %Spencer County7.605Washington County: 7.601 %Washington County7.601Henry County: 7.587 %Henry County7.587Tippecanoe County: 7.564 %Tippecanoe County7.564St. Joseph County: 7.511 %St. Joseph County7.511Marshall County: 7.494 %Marshall County7.494Dearborn County: 7.428 %Dearborn County7.428
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Brown County12.583+1.29 pts
2Crawford County12.048+0.05 pts
3Boone County11.899+2.12 pts
4Owen County11.704+3.59 pts
5Switzerland County11.336+1.29 pts
6Hamilton County10.723-0.23 pts
7Orange County10.467+4.79 pts
8Union County10.046-2.45 pts
9Hendricks County10.013+0.02 pts
10LaGrange County9.488-0.42 pts
11Newton County9.442+1.34 pts
12Clay County9.242+4.55 pts
13Rush County9.025+2.83 pts
14Porter County8.912+0.6 pts
15Johnson County8.869+0.15 pts
16Floyd County8.767+0.33 pts
16Howard County8.767+1.79 pts
18Morgan County8.628-0.55 pts
19Marion County8.57+0.25 pts
20Warrick County8.542+1.94 pts
21Madison County8.516+1.3 pts
22Lake County8.372-0.15 pts
23Franklin County8.364+1.66 pts
24Warren County8.333+5.81 pts
25Decatur County8.291+1.75 pts
26Monroe County8.253-1.99 pts
27Hancock County8.216-0.27 pts
28Parke County8.102-0.97 pts
29Miami County7.978+2.48 pts
30Jay County7.813-5.43 pts
31Carroll County7.799-1.7 pts
32Whitley County7.758+2.21 pts
33Jennings County7.702+0.93 pts
34Spencer County7.605+0.83 pts
35Washington County7.601-1.01 pts
36Henry County7.587+1.72 pts
37Tippecanoe County7.564-0.22 pts
38St. Joseph County7.511-0.19 pts
39Marshall County7.494-0.54 pts
40Dearborn County7.428+0.36 pts
41Martin County7.426-3.57 pts
42Posey County7.328+1.13 pts
43Putnam County7.27+0.99 pts
44Harrison County7.253-0.8 pts
45Sullivan County7.237-2.99 pts
46Clark County7.197-1.44 pts
47Clinton County7.143-1.39 pts
48Kosciusko County7.139+0.64 pts
49Allen County7.118-0.46 pts
50Grant County7.045-0.1 pts
51Elkhart County7.006-0.44 pts
52Fountain County6.981-1.84 pts
53Shelby County6.957+1.06 pts
54Pulaski County6.944-0.82 pts
55Delaware County6.912+0.5 pts
56Dubois County6.882+1.42 pts
57Ripley County6.855-0.4 pts
58Bartholomew County6.825-0.22 pts
59Fulton County6.755-1.24 pts
60Noble County6.744-0.28 pts
61Jackson County6.638-1.21 pts
62Wells County6.563+0.06 pts
63Scott County6.486+0.54 pts
64Jefferson County6.472-0.95 pts
65Vanderburgh County6.456-0.33 pts
66Vermillion County6.329-3.71 pts
67Fayette County6.289+0.38 pts
68Wabash County6.226+0.73 pts
69Randolph County6.214+0.26 pts
70White County6.209-1.7 pts
71Daviess County6.166-0.69 pts
72LaPorte County6.158-1.05 pts
73Lawrence County6.085-3.15 pts
74Pike County6.077+0.66 pts
75Starke County6.018-0.58 pts
76Jasper County6.009-0.22 pts
77Montgomery County5.97+1.14 pts
78Cass County5.924+1.34 pts
79Wayne County5.836-0.26 pts
80DeKalb County5.787-0.46 pts
81Huntington County5.623-1.04 pts
82Perry County5.471-0.54 pts
83Knox County5.439-0.78 pts
84Greene County5.331-3.25 pts
85Steuben County5.192-1.55 pts
86Vigo County5.19-0.76 pts
87Gibson County5.008+0.5 pts
88Tipton County4.902-5.05 pts
89Adams County4.552-1.87 pts
90Benton County3.279-2.55 pts
91Blackford County3.091+0.91 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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Brown County, with 12.583% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Blackford County, with 3.091% in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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