Data / Rankings / Establishment entry rate / Counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate

Taylor County had the highest establishment entry rate of 99 counties in 2021, at 14.173%. Crawford County had the lowest, at 3.154%. The median was 7.527% and the figure for Iowa was 8.382%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest14.173Taylor County
Lowest3.154Crawford County
Median7.52799 counties
Iowa8.382History

Map of counties, 2021

Adair County: 7.042 %Adams County: 8.421 %Allamakee County: 9.105 %Appanoose County: 9.125 %Audubon County: 8.902 %Benton County: 5.499 %Black Hawk County: 8.301 %Boone County: 8.487 %Bremer County: 6.41 %Buchanan County: 6.495 %Buena Vista County: 4.959 %Butler County: 5.424 %Calhoun County: 7.143 %Carroll County: 6.305 %Cass County: 5.006 %Cedar County: 7.075 %Cerro Gordo County: 7.72 %Cherokee County: 7.121 %Chickasaw County: 6.799 %Clarke County: 4.805 %Clay County: 5.484 %Clayton County: 6.576 %Clinton County: 8.525 %Crawford County: 3.154 %Dallas County: 11.896 %Davis County: 6.173 %Decatur County: 10.487 %Delaware County: 9.677 %Des Moines County: 7.028 %Dickinson County: 8.533 %Dubuque County: 7.656 %Emmet County: 6.324 %Fayette County: 5.998 %Floyd County: 5.382 %Franklin County: 7.527 %Fremont County: 5.921 %Greene County: 5.195 %Grundy County: 8.487 %Guthrie County: 8.417 %Hamilton County: 6.358 %Hancock County: 7.609 %Hardin County: 5.139 %Harrison County: 8.244 %Henry County: 7.825 %Howard County: 5.778 %Humboldt County: 5.396 %Ida County: 6.329 %Iowa County: 8.226 %Jackson County: 5.603 %Jasper County: 8.821 %Jefferson County: 8.577 %Johnson County: 9.623 %Jones County: 6.689 %Keokuk County: 9.896 %Kossuth County: 5.961 %Lee County: 5.795 %Linn County: 8.347 %Louisa County: 9.651 %Lucas County: 8.523 %Lyon County: 9.104 %Madison County: 9.818 %Mahaska County: 8.871 %Marion County: 11.765 %Marshall County: 8.005 %Mills County: 11.978 %Mitchell County: 4.46 %Monona County: 7.692 %Monroe County: 6.769 %Montgomery County: 10.428 %Muscatine County: 6.21 %O'Brien County: 5.447 %Osceola County: 4.932 %Page County: 9.769 %Palo Alto County: 8.092 %Plymouth County: 6.731 %Pocahontas County: 5.805 %Polk County: 10.3 %Pottawattamie County: 8.013 %Poweshiek County: 10.948 %Ringgold County: 10.667 %Sac County: 7.56 %Scott County: 8.325 %Shelby County: 9.014 %Sioux County: 6.914 %Story County: 9.163 %Tama County: 6.606 %Taylor County: 14.173 %Union County: 6.643 %Van Buren County: 9.195 %Wapello County: 6.142 %Warren County: 11.538 %Washington County: 7.319 %Wayne County: 3.361 %Webster County: 7.641 %Winnebago County: 6.03 %Winneshiek County: 6.05 %Woodbury County: 7.192 %Worth County: 7.164 %Wright County: 9.44 %
  • Under 5.8
  • 5.8 to 6.5
  • 6.5 to 7.5
  • 7.5 to 8.4
  • 8.4 to 9.4
  • 9.4 and over
%, 2021. 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, 2021

Taylor County: 14.173 %Taylor County14.173Mills County: 11.978 %Mills County11.978Dallas County: 11.896 %Dallas County11.896Marion County: 11.765 %Marion County11.765Warren County: 11.538 %Warren County11.538Poweshiek County: 10.948 %Poweshiek County10.948Ringgold County: 10.667 %Ringgold County10.667Decatur County: 10.487 %Decatur County10.487Montgomery County: 10.428 %Montgomery County10.428Polk County: 10.3 %Polk County10.3Keokuk County: 9.896 %Keokuk County9.896Madison County: 9.818 %Madison County9.818Page County: 9.769 %Page County9.769Delaware County: 9.677 %Delaware County9.677Louisa County: 9.651 %Louisa County9.651Johnson County: 9.623 %Johnson County9.623Wright County: 9.44 %Wright County9.44Van Buren County: 9.195 %Van Buren County9.195Story County: 9.163 %Story County9.163Appanoose County: 9.125 %Appanoose County9.125Allamakee County: 9.105 %Allamakee County9.105Lyon County: 9.104 %Lyon County9.104Shelby County: 9.014 %Shelby County9.014Audubon County: 8.902 %Audubon County8.902Mahaska County: 8.871 %Mahaska County8.871Jasper County: 8.821 %Jasper County8.821Jefferson County: 8.577 %Jefferson County8.577Dickinson County: 8.533 %Dickinson County8.533Clinton County: 8.525 %Clinton County8.525Lucas County: 8.523 %Lucas County8.523Boone County: 8.487 %Boone County8.487Grundy County: 8.487 %Grundy County8.487Adams County: 8.421 %Adams County8.421Guthrie County: 8.417 %Guthrie County8.417Linn County: 8.347 %Linn County8.347Scott County: 8.325 %Scott County8.325Black Hawk County: 8.301 %Black Hawk County8.301Harrison County: 8.244 %Harrison County8.244Iowa County: 8.226 %Iowa County8.226Palo Alto County: 8.092 %Palo Alto County8.092Taylor County: 14.173 %Taylor County14.173Mills County: 11.978 %Mills County11.978Dallas County: 11.896 %Dallas County11.896Marion County: 11.765 %Marion County11.765Warren County: 11.538 %Warren County11.538Poweshiek County: 10.948 %Poweshiek County10.948Ringgold County: 10.667 %Ringgold County10.667Decatur County: 10.487 %Decatur County10.487Montgomery County: 10.428 %Montgomery County10.428Polk County: 10.3 %Polk County10.3Keokuk County: 9.896 %Keokuk County9.896Madison County: 9.818 %Madison County9.818Page County: 9.769 %Page County9.769Delaware County: 9.677 %Delaware County9.677Louisa County: 9.651 %Louisa County9.651Johnson County: 9.623 %Johnson County9.623Wright County: 9.44 %Wright County9.44Van Buren County: 9.195 %Van Buren County9.195Story County: 9.163 %Story County9.163Appanoose County: 9.125 %Appanoose County9.125Allamakee County: 9.105 %Allamakee County9.105Lyon County: 9.104 %Lyon County9.104Shelby County: 9.014 %Shelby County9.014Audubon County: 8.902 %Audubon County8.902Mahaska County: 8.871 %Mahaska County8.871Jasper County: 8.821 %Jasper County8.821Jefferson County: 8.577 %Jefferson County8.577Dickinson County: 8.533 %Dickinson County8.533Clinton County: 8.525 %Clinton County8.525Lucas County: 8.523 %Lucas County8.523Boone County: 8.487 %Boone County8.487Grundy County: 8.487 %Grundy County8.487Adams County: 8.421 %Adams County8.421Guthrie County: 8.417 %Guthrie County8.417Linn County: 8.347 %Linn County8.347Scott County: 8.325 %Scott County8.325Black Hawk County: 8.301 %Black Hawk County8.301Harrison County: 8.244 %Harrison County8.244Iowa County: 8.226 %Iowa County8.226Palo Alto County: 8.092 %Palo Alto County8.092
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Taylor County14.173+2.88 pts
2Mills County11.978+0.69 pts
3Dallas County11.896+0.21 pts
4Marion County11.765+3.56 pts
5Warren County11.538+1.29 pts
6Poweshiek County10.948+1.96 pts
7Ringgold County10.667+5.43 pts
8Decatur County10.487+6.01 pts
9Montgomery County10.428+5.93 pts
10Polk County10.3+0.88 pts
11Keokuk County9.896+4.23 pts
12Madison County9.818-1.28 pts
13Page County9.769+2.87 pts
14Delaware County9.677+1.11 pts
15Louisa County9.651-1.79 pts
16Johnson County9.623+1.55 pts
17Wright County9.44+1.83 pts
18Van Buren County9.195+2.53 pts
19Story County9.163+2.15 pts
20Appanoose County9.125+0.19 pts
21Allamakee County9.105+3.63 pts
22Lyon County9.104+1.97 pts
23Shelby County9.014+1.05 pts
24Audubon County8.902-1.78 pts
25Mahaska County8.871+2.65 pts
26Jasper County8.821+0.72 pts
27Jefferson County8.577+2.21 pts
28Dickinson County8.533-0.87 pts
29Clinton County8.525+0.75 pts
30Lucas County8.523-1.08 pts
31Boone County8.487+0.9 pts
31Grundy County8.487-0.97 pts
33Adams County8.421+2.23 pts
34Guthrie County8.417-1.64 pts
35Linn County8.347+1.5 pts
36Scott County8.325+0.44 pts
37Black Hawk County8.301+1.4 pts
38Harrison County8.244+2.52 pts
39Iowa County8.226+1.34 pts
40Palo Alto County8.092+2.44 pts
41Pottawattamie County8.013-0.99 pts
42Marshall County8.005+2.32 pts
43Henry County7.825+0.32 pts
44Cerro Gordo County7.72+1.81 pts
45Monona County7.692+1.91 pts
46Dubuque County7.656+0.36 pts
47Webster County7.641+1.42 pts
48Hancock County7.609+0.76 pts
49Sac County7.56+3.18 pts
50Franklin County7.527+4.05 pts
51Washington County7.319+0.75 pts
52Woodbury County7.192-0.13 pts
53Worth County7.164+0.19 pts
54Calhoun County7.143+1.65 pts
55Cherokee County7.1210 pts
56Cedar County7.0750 pts
57Adair County7.042+0.39 pts
58Des Moines County7.028+1.8 pts
59Sioux County6.914-0.02 pts
60Chickasaw County6.799-0.52 pts
61Monroe County6.769-3.56 pts
62Plymouth County6.731+0.98 pts
63Jones County6.689-0.2 pts
64Union County6.643+2.19 pts
65Tama County6.606+0.43 pts
66Clayton County6.576+0.14 pts
67Buchanan County6.495-2.02 pts
68Bremer County6.41-1.25 pts
69Hamilton County6.358+1.56 pts
70Ida County6.329+0.5 pts
71Emmet County6.324+0.89 pts
72Carroll County6.305+1.44 pts
73Muscatine County6.21-1.16 pts
74Davis County6.173-2.44 pts
75Wapello County6.142+0.71 pts
76Winneshiek County6.05-0.54 pts
77Winnebago County6.03+0.07 pts
78Fayette County5.998-2.6 pts
79Kossuth County5.961-1.19 pts
80Fremont County5.921-12.38 pts
81Pocahontas County5.805-2.75 pts
82Lee County5.795-0.28 pts
83Howard County5.778+0.14 pts
84Jackson County5.603+0.11 pts
85Benton County5.499-0.1 pts
86Clay County5.484+0.96 pts
87O'Brien County5.447+0.33 pts
88Butler County5.424-1.93 pts
89Humboldt County5.396-5.31 pts
90Floyd County5.382-0.14 pts
91Greene County5.195+0.62 pts
92Hardin County5.139+0.56 pts
93Cass County5.006-0.45 pts
94Buena Vista County4.959+1.15 pts
95Osceola County4.932-5.56 pts
96Clarke County4.805+2.39 pts
97Mitchell County4.46-0.95 pts
98Wayne County3.361-0.62 pts
99Crawford County3.154-7.08 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. 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2021. 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=2021. 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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2021. 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=2021.

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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_iowa_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2021}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/iowa-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2021
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/iowa-counties?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/iowa-counties?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"establishment_entry_rate","level":"province","within":"Iowa","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=establishment_entry_rate&level=province&within=Iowa&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Taylor County, with 14.173% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Crawford County, with 3.154% in 2021.

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.

Establishment entry rate: other rankings

Counties in Iowa: more rankings