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Counties in Kansas by establishment entry rate

Hodgeman County had the highest establishment entry rate of 100 counties in 2016, at 12.5%. Gray County had the lowest, at 3%. The median was 7.033% and the figure for Kansas was 8.822%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.5Hodgeman County
Lowest3Gray County
Median7.033100 counties
Kansas8.822History

Map of counties, 2016

Allen County: 8.108 %Anderson County: 5.602 %Atchison County: 8.12 %Barber County: 5.641 %Barton County: 6.013 %Bourbon County: 7.553 %Brown County: 6.719 %Butler County: 9.308 %Chase County: 5.042 %Cherokee County: 7.012 %Cheyenne County: 9.626 %Clark County: 9.091 %Clay County: 6.773 %Cloud County: 5.753 %Coffey County: 6.497 %Comanche County: 7.519 %Cowley County: 6.484 %Crawford County: 10.792 %Decatur County: 6.122 %Dickinson County: 5.476 %Doniphan County: 8.362 %Douglas County: 8.836 %Edwards County: 8.046 %Elk County: 6.4 %Ellis County: 5.766 %Ellsworth County: 7.407 %Finney County: 7.075 %Ford County: 5.801 %Franklin County: 7.628 %Geary County: 8.872 %Gove County: 3.39 %Graham County: 9.375 %Grant County: 5.446 %Gray County: 3 %Greenwood County: 6.647 %Harper County: 6.824 %Harvey County: 7.027 %Haskell County: 10.837 %Hodgeman County: 12.5 %Jackson County: 7.692 %Jefferson County: 11.957 %Jewell County: 5.714 %Johnson County: 10.795 %Kearny County: 10.256 %Kingman County: 10.784 %Kiowa County: 10.405 %Labette County: 5.721 %Leavenworth County: 10.3 %Lincoln County: 4.878 %Linn County: 9.783 %Logan County: 7.583 %Lyon County: 8.429 %McPherson County: 6.459 %Marion County: 4.372 %Marshall County: 8.235 %Meade County: 5.15 %Miami County: 9.219 %Mitchell County: 9.85 %Montgomery County: 6.623 %Morris County: 5.622 %Morton County: 6.78 %Nemaha County: 6.805 %Neosho County: 8.303 %Ness County: 6.767 %Norton County: 11.146 %Osage County: 6.195 %Osborne County: 5.755 %Ottawa County: 5.957 %Pawnee County: 6.164 %Phillips County: 5.455 %Pottawatomie County: 9.403 %Pratt County: 5.307 %Rawlins County: 5.208 %Reno County: 7.038 %Republic County: 7.207 %Rice County: 6.403 %Riley County: 9.349 %Rooks County: 7.182 %Rush County: 6.63 %Russell County: 4.888 %Saline County: 5.866 %Scott County: 6.704 %Sedgwick County: 9.506 %Seward County: 8.068 %Shawnee County: 6.806 %Sheridan County: 9.375 %Sherman County: 5.357 %Smith County: 7.813 %Stafford County: 8.627 %Stanton County: 7.576 %Stevens County: 8.088 %Sumner County: 7.838 %Thomas County: 7.233 %Trego County: 5.645 %Wabaunsee County: 8.765 %Wallace County: 7.692 %Washington County: 6.685 %Wilson County: 6.019 %Woodson County: 5.063 %Wyandotte County: 12.308 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Hodgeman County: 12.5 %Hodgeman County12.5Wyandotte County: 12.308 %Wyandotte County12.308Jefferson County: 11.957 %Jefferson County11.957Norton County: 11.146 %Norton County11.146Haskell County: 10.837 %Haskell County10.837Johnson County: 10.795 %Johnson County10.795Crawford County: 10.792 %Crawford County10.792Kingman County: 10.784 %Kingman County10.784Kiowa County: 10.405 %Kiowa County10.405Leavenworth County: 10.3 %Leavenworth County10.3Kearny County: 10.256 %Kearny County10.256Mitchell County: 9.85 %Mitchell County9.85Linn County: 9.783 %Linn County9.783Cheyenne County: 9.626 %Cheyenne County9.626Sedgwick County: 9.506 %Sedgwick County9.506Pottawatomie County: 9.403 %Pottawatomie County9.403Graham County: 9.375 %Graham County9.375Sheridan County: 9.375 %Sheridan County9.375Riley County: 9.349 %Riley County9.349Butler County: 9.308 %Butler County9.308Miami County: 9.219 %Miami County9.219Clark County: 9.091 %Clark County9.091Geary County: 8.872 %Geary County8.872Douglas County: 8.836 %Douglas County8.836Wabaunsee County: 8.765 %Wabaunsee County8.765Stafford County: 8.627 %Stafford County8.627Lyon County: 8.429 %Lyon County8.429Doniphan County: 8.362 %Doniphan County8.362Neosho County: 8.303 %Neosho County8.303Marshall County: 8.235 %Marshall County8.235Atchison County: 8.12 %Atchison County8.12Allen County: 8.108 %Allen County8.108Stevens County: 8.088 %Stevens County8.088Seward County: 8.068 %Seward County8.068Edwards County: 8.046 %Edwards County8.046Sumner County: 7.838 %Sumner County7.838Smith County: 7.813 %Smith County7.813Jackson County: 7.692 %Jackson County7.692Wallace County: 7.692 %Wallace County7.692Franklin County: 7.628 %Franklin County7.628Hodgeman County: 12.5 %Hodgeman County12.5Wyandotte County: 12.308 %Wyandotte County12.308Jefferson County: 11.957 %Jefferson County11.957Norton County: 11.146 %Norton County11.146Haskell County: 10.837 %Haskell County10.837Johnson County: 10.795 %Johnson County10.795Crawford County: 10.792 %Crawford County10.792Kingman County: 10.784 %Kingman County10.784Kiowa County: 10.405 %Kiowa County10.405Leavenworth County: 10.3 %Leavenworth County10.3Kearny County: 10.256 %Kearny County10.256Mitchell County: 9.85 %Mitchell County9.85Linn County: 9.783 %Linn County9.783Cheyenne County: 9.626 %Cheyenne County9.626Sedgwick County: 9.506 %Sedgwick County9.506Pottawatomie County: 9.403 %Pottawatomie County9.403Graham County: 9.375 %Graham County9.375Sheridan County: 9.375 %Sheridan County9.375Riley County: 9.349 %Riley County9.349Butler County: 9.308 %Butler County9.308Miami County: 9.219 %Miami County9.219Clark County: 9.091 %Clark County9.091Geary County: 8.872 %Geary County8.872Douglas County: 8.836 %Douglas County8.836Wabaunsee County: 8.765 %Wabaunsee County8.765Stafford County: 8.627 %Stafford County8.627Lyon County: 8.429 %Lyon County8.429Doniphan County: 8.362 %Doniphan County8.362Neosho County: 8.303 %Neosho County8.303Marshall County: 8.235 %Marshall County8.235Atchison County: 8.12 %Atchison County8.12Allen County: 8.108 %Allen County8.108Stevens County: 8.088 %Stevens County8.088Seward County: 8.068 %Seward County8.068Edwards County: 8.046 %Edwards County8.046Sumner County: 7.838 %Sumner County7.838Smith County: 7.813 %Smith County7.813Jackson County: 7.692 %Jackson County7.692Wallace County: 7.692 %Wallace County7.692Franklin County: 7.628 %Franklin County7.628
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Hodgeman County12.5n/a
2Wyandotte County12.308+2.98 pts
3Jefferson County11.957+1.99 pts
4Norton County11.146+7.37 pts
5Haskell County10.837+2.92 pts
6Johnson County10.795+0.72 pts
7Crawford County10.792+3.88 pts
8Kingman County10.784+2.33 pts
9Kiowa County10.405+4.45 pts
10Leavenworth County10.3+0.95 pts
11Kearny County10.256+5.16 pts
12Mitchell County9.85+0.01 pts
13Linn County9.783+3.13 pts
14Cheyenne County9.626-2.27 pts
15Sedgwick County9.506+0.81 pts
16Pottawatomie County9.403+0.45 pts
17Graham County9.375+6.3 pts
17Sheridan County9.375+2.04 pts
19Riley County9.349+1.35 pts
20Butler County9.308-0.31 pts
21Miami County9.219+1.98 pts
22Clark County9.091-5.72 pts
23Geary County8.872+0.09 pts
24Douglas County8.836+0.66 pts
25Wabaunsee County8.765+2.39 pts
26Stafford County8.627+0.56 pts
27Lyon County8.429-0.34 pts
28Doniphan County8.362-3.74 pts
29Neosho County8.303+3.28 pts
30Marshall County8.235+2.36 pts
31Atchison County8.12+1.86 pts
32Allen County8.108+0.57 pts
33Stevens County8.088+3.69 pts
34Seward County8.068-0.08 pts
35Edwards County8.046+2.23 pts
36Sumner County7.838-3.71 pts
37Smith County7.813-1.67 pts
38Jackson County7.692-1 pts
38Wallace County7.692-0.23 pts
40Franklin County7.628-0.67 pts
41Logan County7.583-1.2 pts
42Stanton County7.576-0.49 pts
43Bourbon County7.553-0.05 pts
44Comanche County7.519n/a
45Ellsworth County7.407-0.26 pts
46Thomas County7.233+0.61 pts
47Republic County7.207+0.7 pts
48Rooks County7.182+3.95 pts
49Finney County7.075-2.33 pts
50Reno County7.038-0.15 pts
51Harvey County7.027-0.17 pts
52Cherokee County7.012+0.97 pts
53Harper County6.824+0.11 pts
54Shawnee County6.806-0.6 pts
55Nemaha County6.805+0.16 pts
56Morton County6.78-1.51 pts
57Clay County6.773+0.31 pts
58Ness County6.767+1.64 pts
59Brown County6.719+0.77 pts
60Scott County6.704-1.82 pts
61Washington County6.685+1.14 pts
62Greenwood County6.647-0.63 pts
63Rush County6.63+1.17 pts
64Montgomery County6.623+0.88 pts
65Coffey County6.497+0.55 pts
66Cowley County6.484+1.21 pts
67McPherson County6.459-0.42 pts
68Rice County6.403-0.09 pts
69Elk County6.4n/a
70Osage County6.195-3.43 pts
71Pawnee County6.164-1.37 pts
72Decatur County6.122+1.02 pts
73Wilson County6.019-0.71 pts
74Barton County6.013-1.03 pts
75Ottawa County5.957-3.21 pts
76Saline County5.866-0.86 pts
77Ford County5.801+0.71 pts
78Ellis County5.766-2.04 pts
79Osborne County5.755+0.79 pts
80Cloud County5.753-1.59 pts
81Labette County5.721-1.8 pts
82Jewell County5.714+1.66 pts
83Trego County5.645-3.37 pts
84Barber County5.641-1.47 pts
85Morris County5.622+2.47 pts
86Anderson County5.602-2.78 pts
87Dickinson County5.476+0.13 pts
88Phillips County5.455-1.38 pts
89Grant County5.446-1.89 pts
90Sherman County5.357-2.1 pts
91Pratt County5.307-4.12 pts
92Rawlins County5.208+0.03 pts
93Meade County5.15+1.84 pts
94Woodson County5.063-2.48 pts
95Chase County5.042-6.25 pts
96Russell County4.888-1.14 pts
97Lincoln County4.878-4.76 pts
98Marion County4.372+0.78 pts
99Gove County3.39-4.02 pts
100Gray County3-7.71 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. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Hodgeman County, with 12.5% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Gray County, with 3% in 2016.

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. 5 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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