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Counties in Kansas by establishment entry rate

Graham County had the highest establishment entry rate of 103 counties in 2012, at 13.393%. Morris County had the lowest, at 3.03%. The median was 7.512% and the figure for Kansas was 8.349%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.393Graham County
Lowest3.03Morris County
Median7.512103 counties
Kansas8.349History

Map of counties, 2012

Allen County: 5.06 %Anderson County: 9.6 %Atchison County: 6.131 %Barber County: 8.78 %Barton County: 5.534 %Bourbon County: 7.625 %Brown County: 10.101 %Butler County: 7.676 %Chase County: 13.333 %Chautauqua County: 5.882 %Cherokee County: 7.796 %Cheyenne County: 5.435 %Clark County: 7.018 %Clay County: 5.21 %Cloud County: 4.583 %Coffey County: 10.86 %Cowley County: 7.633 %Crawford County: 5.381 %Decatur County: 5.208 %Dickinson County: 6.719 %Doniphan County: 10.036 %Douglas County: 9.63 %Edwards County: 5.291 %Elk County: 7.692 %Ellis County: 8.885 %Ellsworth County: 4.834 %Finney County: 7.516 %Ford County: 5.911 %Franklin County: 10.208 %Geary County: 6.11 %Gove County: 10.526 %Graham County: 13.393 %Grant County: 8.738 %Gray County: 9.424 %Greeley County: 12.5 %Greenwood County: 9.202 %Harper County: 8.466 %Harvey County: 6.46 %Haskell County: 5 %Hodgeman County: 6.452 %Jackson County: 7.983 %Jefferson County: 8.818 %Jewell County: 8 %Johnson County: 10.626 %Kearny County: 10.667 %Kingman County: 6.326 %Kiowa County: 12.865 %Labette County: 6.374 %Lane County: 9.677 %Leavenworth County: 11.217 %Lincoln County: 5.882 %Linn County: 6.607 %Logan County: 7.767 %Lyon County: 8.21 %McPherson County: 8.151 %Marion County: 9.302 %Marshall County: 4.1 %Meade County: 12.195 %Miami County: 10.519 %Mitchell County: 5.74 %Montgomery County: 7.138 %Morris County: 3.03 %Morton County: 8.743 %Nemaha County: 7.738 %Neosho County: 5.293 %Ness County: 7.605 %Norton County: 8.777 %Osage County: 5.603 %Osborne County: 6.36 %Ottawa County: 13.333 %Pawnee County: 8.202 %Phillips County: 7.512 %Pottawatomie County: 6.094 %Pratt County: 5.499 %Rawlins County: 5.263 %Reno County: 8.027 %Republic County: 5.279 %Rice County: 5.803 %Riley County: 7.418 %Rooks County: 6.111 %Rush County: 6.78 %Russell County: 6.814 %Saline County: 6.275 %Scott County: 7.143 %Sedgwick County: 7.982 %Seward County: 5.023 %Shawnee County: 7.718 %Sheridan County: 6.796 %Sherman County: 5.139 %Smith County: 9.195 %Stafford County: 7.347 %Stanton County: 5.217 %Stevens County: 9.412 %Sumner County: 7.838 %Thomas County: 6.041 %Trego County: 4.938 %Wabaunsee County: 5.385 %Wallace County: 8.247 %Washington County: 12.256 %Wichita County: 3.243 %Wilson County: 6.061 %Woodson County: 7.143 %Wyandotte County: 7.575 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Graham County: 13.393 %Graham County13.393Chase County: 13.333 %Chase County13.333Ottawa County: 13.333 %Ottawa County13.333Kiowa County: 12.865 %Kiowa County12.865Greeley County: 12.5 %Greeley County12.5Washington County: 12.256 %Washington County12.256Meade County: 12.195 %Meade County12.195Leavenworth County: 11.217 %Leavenworth County11.217Coffey County: 10.86 %Coffey County10.86Kearny County: 10.667 %Kearny County10.667Johnson County: 10.626 %Johnson County10.626Gove County: 10.526 %Gove County10.526Miami County: 10.519 %Miami County10.519Franklin County: 10.208 %Franklin County10.208Brown County: 10.101 %Brown County10.101Doniphan County: 10.036 %Doniphan County10.036Lane County: 9.677 %Lane County9.677Douglas County: 9.63 %Douglas County9.63Anderson County: 9.6 %Anderson County9.6Gray County: 9.424 %Gray County9.424Stevens County: 9.412 %Stevens County9.412Marion County: 9.302 %Marion County9.302Greenwood County: 9.202 %Greenwood County9.202Smith County: 9.195 %Smith County9.195Ellis County: 8.885 %Ellis County8.885Jefferson County: 8.818 %Jefferson County8.818Barber County: 8.78 %Barber County8.78Norton County: 8.777 %Norton County8.777Morton County: 8.743 %Morton County8.743Grant County: 8.738 %Grant County8.738Harper County: 8.466 %Harper County8.466Wallace County: 8.247 %Wallace County8.247Lyon County: 8.21 %Lyon County8.21Pawnee County: 8.202 %Pawnee County8.202McPherson County: 8.151 %McPherson County8.151Reno County: 8.027 %Reno County8.027Jewell County: 8 %Jewell County8Jackson County: 7.983 %Jackson County7.983Sedgwick County: 7.982 %Sedgwick County7.982Sumner County: 7.838 %Sumner County7.838Graham County: 13.393 %Graham County13.393Chase County: 13.333 %Chase County13.333Ottawa County: 13.333 %Ottawa County13.333Kiowa County: 12.865 %Kiowa County12.865Greeley County: 12.5 %Greeley County12.5Washington County: 12.256 %Washington County12.256Meade County: 12.195 %Meade County12.195Leavenworth County: 11.217 %Leavenworth County11.217Coffey County: 10.86 %Coffey County10.86Kearny County: 10.667 %Kearny County10.667Johnson County: 10.626 %Johnson County10.626Gove County: 10.526 %Gove County10.526Miami County: 10.519 %Miami County10.519Franklin County: 10.208 %Franklin County10.208Brown County: 10.101 %Brown County10.101Doniphan County: 10.036 %Doniphan County10.036Lane County: 9.677 %Lane County9.677Douglas County: 9.63 %Douglas County9.63Anderson County: 9.6 %Anderson County9.6Gray County: 9.424 %Gray County9.424Stevens County: 9.412 %Stevens County9.412Marion County: 9.302 %Marion County9.302Greenwood County: 9.202 %Greenwood County9.202Smith County: 9.195 %Smith County9.195Ellis County: 8.885 %Ellis County8.885Jefferson County: 8.818 %Jefferson County8.818Barber County: 8.78 %Barber County8.78Norton County: 8.777 %Norton County8.777Morton County: 8.743 %Morton County8.743Grant County: 8.738 %Grant County8.738Harper County: 8.466 %Harper County8.466Wallace County: 8.247 %Wallace County8.247Lyon County: 8.21 %Lyon County8.21Pawnee County: 8.202 %Pawnee County8.202McPherson County: 8.151 %McPherson County8.151Reno County: 8.027 %Reno County8.027Jewell County: 8 %Jewell County8Jackson County: 7.983 %Jackson County7.983Sedgwick County: 7.982 %Sedgwick County7.982Sumner County: 7.838 %Sumner County7.838
%. 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
1Graham County13.393+4.34 pts
2Chase County13.333+4.31 pts
2Ottawa County13.333+6.55 pts
4Kiowa County12.865-0.63 pts
5Greeley County12.5n/a
6Washington County12.256+8.89 pts
7Meade County12.195+8.13 pts
8Leavenworth County11.217+1.24 pts
9Coffey County10.86+2.53 pts
10Kearny County10.667+2.67 pts
11Johnson County10.626+0.16 pts
12Gove County10.526+2.53 pts
13Miami County10.519+0.53 pts
14Franklin County10.208+3.17 pts
15Brown County10.101+5.99 pts
16Doniphan County10.036+2.34 pts
17Lane County9.677+3.38 pts
18Douglas County9.63+0.71 pts
19Anderson County9.6+4.92 pts
20Gray County9.424-2.22 pts
21Stevens County9.412+0.89 pts
22Marion County9.302+5.09 pts
23Greenwood County9.202+3.78 pts
24Smith County9.195+1.38 pts
25Ellis County8.885-0.3 pts
26Jefferson County8.818-2.14 pts
27Barber County8.78+1.44 pts
28Norton County8.777+3.06 pts
29Morton County8.743+2.15 pts
30Grant County8.738+0.95 pts
31Harper County8.466+1.48 pts
32Wallace County8.247-10.9 pts
33Lyon County8.21+1.89 pts
34Pawnee County8.202+0.2 pts
35McPherson County8.151+1.62 pts
36Reno County8.027+1.3 pts
37Jewell County8+0.21 pts
38Jackson County7.983-0.35 pts
39Sedgwick County7.982-0.44 pts
40Sumner County7.838-1.06 pts
41Cherokee County7.796-2.31 pts
42Logan County7.767+3.99 pts
43Nemaha County7.738+0.57 pts
44Shawnee County7.718+0.68 pts
45Elk County7.692+0.17 pts
46Butler County7.676-0.21 pts
47Cowley County7.633+1.09 pts
48Bourbon County7.625-0.19 pts
49Ness County7.605+1.68 pts
50Wyandotte County7.575-1.07 pts
51Finney County7.516+0.4 pts
52Phillips County7.512+3.72 pts
53Riley County7.418-1.05 pts
54Stafford County7.347+0.92 pts
55Scott County7.143+1.75 pts
55Woodson County7.143+1.46 pts
57Montgomery County7.138-0.98 pts
58Clark County7.018-7.27 pts
59Russell County6.814+0.84 pts
60Sheridan County6.796-2.11 pts
61Rush County6.78+3.39 pts
62Dickinson County6.719+1.22 pts
63Linn County6.607-1 pts
64Harvey County6.46-0.39 pts
65Hodgeman County6.452-6.88 pts
66Labette County6.374-0.18 pts
67Osborne County6.36+0.61 pts
68Kingman County6.326-0.52 pts
69Saline County6.275-0.23 pts
70Atchison County6.131-2.15 pts
71Rooks County6.111-1.21 pts
72Geary County6.11-1.93 pts
73Pottawatomie County6.094-1.8 pts
74Wilson County6.061-1.36 pts
75Thomas County6.041+1.36 pts
76Ford County5.911-2.04 pts
77Chautauqua County5.882-1.26 pts
77Lincoln County5.882+1.34 pts
79Rice County5.803-2.08 pts
80Mitchell County5.74+0.56 pts
81Osage County5.603-3.02 pts
82Barton County5.534-0.98 pts
83Pratt County5.499-0.18 pts
84Cheyenne County5.435-4.62 pts
85Wabaunsee County5.385-2.19 pts
86Crawford County5.381-1.54 pts
87Neosho County5.293+0.38 pts
88Edwards County5.291-2.96 pts
89Republic County5.279-1.56 pts
90Rawlins County5.263+0.08 pts
91Stanton County5.217n/a
92Clay County5.21-0.57 pts
93Decatur County5.208-3.13 pts
94Sherman County5.139-6.07 pts
95Allen County5.06-3 pts
96Seward County5.023+1.1 pts
97Haskell County5-4.85 pts
98Trego County4.938-3.9 pts
99Ellsworth County4.834-1.79 pts
100Cloud County4.583+0.04 pts
101Marshall County4.1-2.86 pts
102Wichita County3.243-3.07 pts
103Morris County3.03+0.09 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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2012 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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Graham County, with 13.393% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Morris County, with 3.03% in 2012.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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