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Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate

Jefferson County had the highest establishment entry rate of 99 counties in 2012, at 14.653%. Pocahontas County had the lowest, at 3.922%. The median was 7.464% and the figure for Iowa was 7.794%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.653Jefferson County
Lowest3.922Pocahontas County
Median7.46499 counties
Iowa7.794History

Map of counties, 2012

Adair County: 7.595 %Adams County: 4.739 %Allamakee County: 7.242 %Appanoose County: 5.676 %Audubon County: 8.537 %Benton County: 9.339 %Black Hawk County: 7.395 %Boone County: 5.613 %Bremer County: 6.975 %Buchanan County: 8 %Buena Vista County: 4.339 %Butler County: 5.145 %Calhoun County: 5.063 %Carroll County: 6.475 %Cass County: 7.883 %Cedar County: 8.343 %Cerro Gordo County: 7.464 %Cherokee County: 6.14 %Chickasaw County: 8.451 %Clarke County: 6.145 %Clay County: 5.952 %Clayton County: 9.283 %Clinton County: 6.701 %Crawford County: 10.182 %Dallas County: 11.723 %Davis County: 8.638 %Decatur County: 5.166 %Delaware County: 9.031 %Des Moines County: 6.489 %Dickinson County: 10.736 %Dubuque County: 7.585 %Emmet County: 7.119 %Fayette County: 5.637 %Floyd County: 6.51 %Franklin County: 7.154 %Fremont County: 12.121 %Greene County: 8.23 %Grundy County: 7.117 %Guthrie County: 7.874 %Hamilton County: 7.806 %Hancock County: 7.895 %Hardin County: 8.591 %Harrison County: 9.174 %Henry County: 8.984 %Howard County: 4.246 %Humboldt County: 5.461 %Ida County: 6.224 %Iowa County: 7.491 %Jackson County: 7.629 %Jasper County: 5.047 %Jefferson County: 14.653 %Johnson County: 7.801 %Jones County: 7.726 %Keokuk County: 7.963 %Kossuth County: 7.258 %Lee County: 7.925 %Linn County: 7.581 %Louisa County: 8.219 %Lucas County: 9.552 %Lyon County: 6.553 %Madison County: 7.692 %Mahaska County: 6.829 %Marion County: 7.861 %Marshall County: 8.021 %Mills County: 8.425 %Mitchell County: 7.225 %Monona County: 7.24 %Monroe County: 10.951 %Montgomery County: 4.762 %Muscatine County: 7.052 %O'Brien County: 4.485 %Osceola County: 5.488 %Page County: 5.27 %Palo Alto County: 5.354 %Plymouth County: 5.49 %Pocahontas County: 3.922 %Polk County: 8.923 %Pottawattamie County: 8.107 %Poweshiek County: 8.835 %Ringgold County: 5.085 %Sac County: 6.483 %Scott County: 8.23 %Shelby County: 8.378 %Sioux County: 6.193 %Story County: 7.869 %Tama County: 7.529 %Taylor County: 7.407 %Union County: 6.289 %Van Buren County: 11.47 %Wapello County: 6.638 %Warren County: 9.696 %Washington County: 6.477 %Wayne County: 6.618 %Webster County: 7.688 %Winnebago County: 6.731 %Winneshiek County: 5.815 %Woodbury County: 7.078 %Worth County: 8.563 %Wright County: 10.256 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Jefferson County: 14.653 %Jefferson County14.653Fremont County: 12.121 %Fremont County12.121Dallas County: 11.723 %Dallas County11.723Van Buren County: 11.47 %Van Buren County11.47Monroe County: 10.951 %Monroe County10.951Dickinson County: 10.736 %Dickinson County10.736Wright County: 10.256 %Wright County10.256Crawford County: 10.182 %Crawford County10.182Warren County: 9.696 %Warren County9.696Lucas County: 9.552 %Lucas County9.552Benton County: 9.339 %Benton County9.339Clayton County: 9.283 %Clayton County9.283Harrison County: 9.174 %Harrison County9.174Delaware County: 9.031 %Delaware County9.031Henry County: 8.984 %Henry County8.984Polk County: 8.923 %Polk County8.923Poweshiek County: 8.835 %Poweshiek County8.835Davis County: 8.638 %Davis County8.638Hardin County: 8.591 %Hardin County8.591Worth County: 8.563 %Worth County8.563Audubon County: 8.537 %Audubon County8.537Chickasaw County: 8.451 %Chickasaw County8.451Mills County: 8.425 %Mills County8.425Shelby County: 8.378 %Shelby County8.378Cedar County: 8.343 %Cedar County8.343Greene County: 8.23 %Greene County8.23Scott County: 8.23 %Scott County8.23Louisa County: 8.219 %Louisa County8.219Pottawattamie County: 8.107 %Pottawattamie County8.107Marshall County: 8.021 %Marshall County8.021Buchanan County: 8 %Buchanan County8Keokuk County: 7.963 %Keokuk County7.963Lee County: 7.925 %Lee County7.925Hancock County: 7.895 %Hancock County7.895Cass County: 7.883 %Cass County7.883Guthrie County: 7.874 %Guthrie County7.874Story County: 7.869 %Story County7.869Marion County: 7.861 %Marion County7.861Hamilton County: 7.806 %Hamilton County7.806Johnson County: 7.801 %Johnson County7.801Jefferson County: 14.653 %Jefferson County14.653Fremont County: 12.121 %Fremont County12.121Dallas County: 11.723 %Dallas County11.723Van Buren County: 11.47 %Van Buren County11.47Monroe County: 10.951 %Monroe County10.951Dickinson County: 10.736 %Dickinson County10.736Wright County: 10.256 %Wright County10.256Crawford County: 10.182 %Crawford County10.182Warren County: 9.696 %Warren County9.696Lucas County: 9.552 %Lucas County9.552Benton County: 9.339 %Benton County9.339Clayton County: 9.283 %Clayton County9.283Harrison County: 9.174 %Harrison County9.174Delaware County: 9.031 %Delaware County9.031Henry County: 8.984 %Henry County8.984Polk County: 8.923 %Polk County8.923Poweshiek County: 8.835 %Poweshiek County8.835Davis County: 8.638 %Davis County8.638Hardin County: 8.591 %Hardin County8.591Worth County: 8.563 %Worth County8.563Audubon County: 8.537 %Audubon County8.537Chickasaw County: 8.451 %Chickasaw County8.451Mills County: 8.425 %Mills County8.425Shelby County: 8.378 %Shelby County8.378Cedar County: 8.343 %Cedar County8.343Greene County: 8.23 %Greene County8.23Scott County: 8.23 %Scott County8.23Louisa County: 8.219 %Louisa County8.219Pottawattamie County: 8.107 %Pottawattamie County8.107Marshall County: 8.021 %Marshall County8.021Buchanan County: 8 %Buchanan County8Keokuk County: 7.963 %Keokuk County7.963Lee County: 7.925 %Lee County7.925Hancock County: 7.895 %Hancock County7.895Cass County: 7.883 %Cass County7.883Guthrie County: 7.874 %Guthrie County7.874Story County: 7.869 %Story County7.869Marion County: 7.861 %Marion County7.861Hamilton County: 7.806 %Hamilton County7.806Johnson County: 7.801 %Johnson County7.801
%. 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

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Jefferson County14.653+6.95 pts
2Fremont County12.121+6.14 pts
3Dallas County11.723+1.26 pts
4Van Buren County11.47+7.9 pts
5Monroe County10.951+4.59 pts
6Dickinson County10.736+3.58 pts
7Wright County10.256+5.1 pts
8Crawford County10.182+3.08 pts
9Warren County9.696-0.02 pts
10Lucas County9.552+3.14 pts
11Benton County9.339+3.02 pts
12Clayton County9.283+4.67 pts
13Harrison County9.174+2.64 pts
14Delaware County9.031+0.56 pts
15Henry County8.984+2.48 pts
16Polk County8.9230 pts
17Poweshiek County8.835+2.31 pts
18Davis County8.638-1.13 pts
19Hardin County8.591+2.73 pts
20Worth County8.563+2.39 pts
21Audubon County8.537+1.91 pts
22Chickasaw County8.451+1.63 pts
23Mills County8.425-1.19 pts
24Shelby County8.378+0.46 pts
25Cedar County8.343+1.09 pts
26Greene County8.23+4.53 pts
26Scott County8.23+1.42 pts
28Louisa County8.219+2.17 pts
29Pottawattamie County8.107-1.81 pts
30Marshall County8.021+1.44 pts
31Buchanan County8+0.91 pts
32Keokuk County7.963+3.76 pts
33Lee County7.925+0.63 pts
34Hancock County7.895-0.25 pts
35Cass County7.883+1.07 pts
36Guthrie County7.874-2.19 pts
37Story County7.869-0.14 pts
38Marion County7.861-1.38 pts
39Hamilton County7.806+0.82 pts
40Johnson County7.801-1.17 pts
41Jones County7.726+0.65 pts
42Madison County7.692-1.22 pts
43Webster County7.688+0.44 pts
44Jackson County7.629+1.3 pts
45Adair County7.595+1.95 pts
46Dubuque County7.585+0.97 pts
47Linn County7.581+0.24 pts
48Tama County7.529+2.1 pts
49Iowa County7.491-0.31 pts
50Cerro Gordo County7.464+1.69 pts
51Taylor County7.407+2.55 pts
52Black Hawk County7.395-0.33 pts
53Kossuth County7.258+3.28 pts
54Allamakee County7.242-2.66 pts
55Monona County7.24+0.19 pts
56Mitchell County7.225+0.32 pts
57Franklin County7.154-0.38 pts
58Emmet County7.119+0.02 pts
59Grundy County7.117-1.22 pts
60Woodbury County7.078-0.49 pts
61Muscatine County7.052+0.12 pts
62Bremer County6.975+1.73 pts
63Mahaska County6.829+0.09 pts
64Winnebago County6.731-1.05 pts
65Clinton County6.701-0.36 pts
66Wapello County6.638+0.43 pts
67Wayne County6.618+0.96 pts
68Lyon County6.553-1.54 pts
69Floyd County6.51+1.56 pts
70Des Moines County6.489+0.11 pts
71Sac County6.483-0.31 pts
72Washington County6.477+0.04 pts
73Carroll County6.475+0.38 pts
74Union County6.289-0.94 pts
75Ida County6.224+0.09 pts
76Sioux County6.193+0.33 pts
77Clarke County6.145-0.49 pts
78Cherokee County6.14+0.88 pts
79Clay County5.952+0.4 pts
80Winneshiek County5.815-1.04 pts
81Appanoose County5.676+0.88 pts
82Fayette County5.637-0.48 pts
83Boone County5.613-1.6 pts
84Plymouth County5.49-2.3 pts
85Osceola County5.488-0.96 pts
86Humboldt County5.461+0.43 pts
87Palo Alto County5.354-0.33 pts
88Page County5.27-1.23 pts
89Decatur County5.166-2.78 pts
90Butler County5.145-3.04 pts
91Ringgold County5.085-4.4 pts
92Calhoun County5.063-3.21 pts
93Jasper County5.047-4.78 pts
94Montgomery County4.762-2.61 pts
95Adams County4.739-2.88 pts
96O'Brien County4.485-0.52 pts
97Buena Vista County4.339-1.3 pts
98Howard County4.246-2.45 pts
99Pocahontas County3.922-1.77 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. 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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2012) [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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2012. 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/iowa-counties?period=2012. 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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2012. 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/iowa-counties?period=2012.

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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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2012 [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/iowa-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Jefferson County, with 14.653% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Pocahontas County, with 3.922% in 2012.

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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.

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