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Counties in Kansas by establishment entry rate

Decatur County had the highest establishment entry rate of 104 counties in 2014, at 16.304%. Stafford County had the lowest, at 3.213%. The median was 7.414% and the figure for Kansas was 8.431%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.304Decatur County
Lowest3.213Stafford County
Median7.414104 counties
Kansas8.431History

Map of counties, 2014

Allen County: 7.82 %Anderson County: 5.556 %Atchison County: 7.613 %Barber County: 4.988 %Barton County: 6.506 %Bourbon County: 6.354 %Brown County: 7.436 %Butler County: 7.979 %Chase County: 7.937 %Chautauqua County: 9.6 %Cherokee County: 6.938 %Cheyenne County: 6.349 %Clark County: 11.429 %Clay County: 7.755 %Cloud County: 9.06 %Coffey County: 5.43 %Comanche County: 8.108 %Cowley County: 6.78 %Crawford County: 7.529 %Decatur County: 16.304 %Dickinson County: 7.078 %Doniphan County: 12.03 %Douglas County: 8.228 %Edwards County: 6.857 %Elk County: 6.25 %Ellis County: 8.7 %Ellsworth County: 5.806 %Finney County: 7.391 %Ford County: 6.815 %Franklin County: 9.351 %Geary County: 9.15 %Gove County: 8.403 %Grant County: 7.748 %Gray County: 5.155 %Greeley County: 14.815 %Greenwood County: 3.54 %Hamilton County: 8.475 %Harper County: 6.17 %Harvey County: 6.061 %Haskell County: 12.308 %Hodgeman County: 11.364 %Jackson County: 6.972 %Jefferson County: 9.455 %Jewell County: 5.161 %Johnson County: 10.732 %Kearny County: 12.821 %Kingman County: 6.452 %Kiowa County: 4.598 %Labette County: 6.164 %Lane County: 10.256 %Leavenworth County: 11.02 %Lincoln County: 9.938 %Linn County: 11.331 %Logan County: 8.955 %Lyon County: 6.435 %McPherson County: 5.195 %Marion County: 6.872 %Marshall County: 6.442 %Meade County: 3.226 %Miami County: 11.756 %Mitchell County: 8.756 %Montgomery County: 5.966 %Morris County: 7.813 %Morton County: 12.371 %Nemaha County: 7.704 %Neosho County: 6.699 %Ness County: 8.922 %Norton County: 5.521 %Osage County: 10.619 %Osborne County: 7.719 %Ottawa County: 12.5 %Pawnee County: 4.667 %Phillips County: 5.023 %Pottawatomie County: 6.994 %Pratt County: 6.818 %Rawlins County: 8.333 %Reno County: 7.457 %Republic County: 5.917 %Rice County: 9.766 %Riley County: 8.894 %Rooks County: 6.933 %Rush County: 7.65 %Russell County: 5.578 %Saline County: 6.41 %Scott County: 6.509 %Sedgwick County: 8.146 %Seward County: 6.032 %Shawnee County: 5.939 %Sheridan County: 5.076 %Sherman County: 3.838 %Smith County: 11.2 %Stafford County: 3.213 %Stanton County: 8.475 %Stevens County: 10.256 %Sumner County: 6.98 %Thomas County: 6.774 %Trego County: 12.121 %Wabaunsee County: 7.004 %Wallace County: 6.061 %Washington County: 6.593 %Wichita County: 4.678 %Wilson County: 3.879 %Woodson County: 10.323 %Wyandotte County: 10.345 %
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%, 2014. 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, 2014

Decatur County: 16.304 %Decatur County16.304Greeley County: 14.815 %Greeley County14.815Kearny County: 12.821 %Kearny County12.821Ottawa County: 12.5 %Ottawa County12.5Morton County: 12.371 %Morton County12.371Haskell County: 12.308 %Haskell County12.308Trego County: 12.121 %Trego County12.121Doniphan County: 12.03 %Doniphan County12.03Miami County: 11.756 %Miami County11.756Clark County: 11.429 %Clark County11.429Hodgeman County: 11.364 %Hodgeman County11.364Linn County: 11.331 %Linn County11.331Smith County: 11.2 %Smith County11.2Leavenworth County: 11.02 %Leavenworth County11.02Johnson County: 10.732 %Johnson County10.732Osage County: 10.619 %Osage County10.619Wyandotte County: 10.345 %Wyandotte County10.345Woodson County: 10.323 %Woodson County10.323Lane County: 10.256 %Lane County10.256Stevens County: 10.256 %Stevens County10.256Lincoln County: 9.938 %Lincoln County9.938Rice County: 9.766 %Rice County9.766Chautauqua County: 9.6 %Chautauqua County9.6Jefferson County: 9.455 %Jefferson County9.455Franklin County: 9.351 %Franklin County9.351Geary County: 9.15 %Geary County9.15Cloud County: 9.06 %Cloud County9.06Logan County: 8.955 %Logan County8.955Ness County: 8.922 %Ness County8.922Riley County: 8.894 %Riley County8.894Mitchell County: 8.756 %Mitchell County8.756Ellis County: 8.7 %Ellis County8.7Hamilton County: 8.475 %Hamilton County8.475Stanton County: 8.475 %Stanton County8.475Gove County: 8.403 %Gove County8.403Rawlins County: 8.333 %Rawlins County8.333Douglas County: 8.228 %Douglas County8.228Sedgwick County: 8.146 %Sedgwick County8.146Comanche County: 8.108 %Comanche County8.108Butler County: 7.979 %Butler County7.979Decatur County: 16.304 %Decatur County16.304Greeley County: 14.815 %Greeley County14.815Kearny County: 12.821 %Kearny County12.821Ottawa County: 12.5 %Ottawa County12.5Morton County: 12.371 %Morton County12.371Haskell County: 12.308 %Haskell County12.308Trego County: 12.121 %Trego County12.121Doniphan County: 12.03 %Doniphan County12.03Miami County: 11.756 %Miami County11.756Clark County: 11.429 %Clark County11.429Hodgeman County: 11.364 %Hodgeman County11.364Linn County: 11.331 %Linn County11.331Smith County: 11.2 %Smith County11.2Leavenworth County: 11.02 %Leavenworth County11.02Johnson County: 10.732 %Johnson County10.732Osage County: 10.619 %Osage County10.619Wyandotte County: 10.345 %Wyandotte County10.345Woodson County: 10.323 %Woodson County10.323Lane County: 10.256 %Lane County10.256Stevens County: 10.256 %Stevens County10.256Lincoln County: 9.938 %Lincoln County9.938Rice County: 9.766 %Rice County9.766Chautauqua County: 9.6 %Chautauqua County9.6Jefferson County: 9.455 %Jefferson County9.455Franklin County: 9.351 %Franklin County9.351Geary County: 9.15 %Geary County9.15Cloud County: 9.06 %Cloud County9.06Logan County: 8.955 %Logan County8.955Ness County: 8.922 %Ness County8.922Riley County: 8.894 %Riley County8.894Mitchell County: 8.756 %Mitchell County8.756Ellis County: 8.7 %Ellis County8.7Hamilton County: 8.475 %Hamilton County8.475Stanton County: 8.475 %Stanton County8.475Gove County: 8.403 %Gove County8.403Rawlins County: 8.333 %Rawlins County8.333Douglas County: 8.228 %Douglas County8.228Sedgwick County: 8.146 %Sedgwick County8.146Comanche County: 8.108 %Comanche County8.108Butler County: 7.979 %Butler County7.979
%. 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

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Decatur County16.304n/a
2Greeley County14.815n/a
3Kearny County12.821+6.24 pts
4Ottawa County12.5+8.4 pts
5Morton County12.371+7.05 pts
6Haskell County12.308+6.22 pts
7Trego County12.121+8.63 pts
8Doniphan County12.03+6.08 pts
9Miami County11.756+5.07 pts
10Clark County11.429+3.95 pts
11Hodgeman County11.364n/a
12Linn County11.331-5.29 pts
13Smith County11.2+3.36 pts
14Leavenworth County11.02-2.06 pts
15Johnson County10.732+0.89 pts
16Osage County10.619+3.59 pts
17Wyandotte County10.345+0.83 pts
18Woodson County10.323+4.03 pts
19Lane County10.256+5.3 pts
19Stevens County10.256+1.86 pts
21Lincoln County9.938+2.58 pts
22Rice County9.766+1.86 pts
23Chautauqua County9.6+3.45 pts
24Jefferson County9.455+0.88 pts
25Franklin County9.351+1.77 pts
26Geary County9.15+1.94 pts
27Cloud County9.06+4.38 pts
28Logan County8.955+3.01 pts
29Ness County8.922+2.08 pts
30Riley County8.894+0.14 pts
31Mitchell County8.756+3.33 pts
32Ellis County8.7+0.79 pts
33Hamilton County8.475n/a
33Stanton County8.475-2.05 pts
35Gove County8.403+0.68 pts
36Rawlins County8.333+0.93 pts
37Douglas County8.228+0.45 pts
38Sedgwick County8.146+0.53 pts
39Comanche County8.108-1.55 pts
40Butler County7.979-0.87 pts
41Chase County7.937+0.42 pts
42Allen County7.82+0.62 pts
43Morris County7.813+0.03 pts
44Clay County7.755+0.82 pts
45Grant County7.748+0.02 pts
46Osborne County7.719+1.43 pts
47Nemaha County7.704+3.76 pts
48Rush County7.65+2.16 pts
49Atchison County7.613-0.59 pts
50Crawford County7.529+1.49 pts
51Reno County7.457+0.69 pts
52Brown County7.436-0.75 pts
53Finney County7.391-0.36 pts
54Dickinson County7.078+0.73 pts
55Wabaunsee County7.004-5.3 pts
56Pottawatomie County6.994+0.25 pts
57Sumner County6.98-4.21 pts
58Jackson County6.972+1 pts
59Cherokee County6.938-0.94 pts
60Rooks County6.933-1.81 pts
61Marion County6.872+1.08 pts
62Edwards County6.857-1.98 pts
63Pratt County6.818-0.12 pts
64Ford County6.815-1.08 pts
65Cowley County6.78-1.27 pts
66Thomas County6.774+1.3 pts
67Neosho County6.699+1 pts
68Washington County6.593-1.6 pts
69Scott County6.509+0.54 pts
70Barton County6.506+1.37 pts
71Kingman County6.452+1.57 pts
72Marshall County6.442+0.25 pts
73Lyon County6.435+0.1 pts
74Saline County6.41-0.41 pts
75Bourbon County6.354-0.55 pts
76Cheyenne County6.349-2.16 pts
77Elk County6.25-0.1 pts
78Harper County6.17-2.57 pts
79Labette County6.164+1.45 pts
80Harvey County6.061-1.52 pts
80Wallace County6.061-2.1 pts
82Seward County6.032+0.01 pts
83Montgomery County5.966+0.58 pts
84Shawnee County5.939-0.25 pts
85Republic County5.917-1.33 pts
86Ellsworth County5.806+2.71 pts
87Russell County5.578+0.4 pts
88Anderson County5.556-3.12 pts
89Norton County5.521+1.21 pts
90Coffey County5.43-1.25 pts
91McPherson County5.195-1.25 pts
92Jewell County5.161-5.44 pts
93Gray County5.155-5.75 pts
94Sheridan County5.076+1.13 pts
95Phillips County5.023-1.38 pts
96Barber County4.988-4.79 pts
97Wichita County4.678+0.11 pts
98Pawnee County4.667-4.37 pts
99Kiowa County4.598-1.02 pts
100Wilson County3.879-4.67 pts
101Sherman County3.838-2.99 pts
102Greenwood County3.54-4.08 pts
103Meade County3.226-0.82 pts
104Stafford County3.213-7.27 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 2014 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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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=2014. 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, 2014. 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=2014.

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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, 2014 [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=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Decatur County, with 16.304% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Stafford County, with 3.213% in 2014.

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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. 1 counties have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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