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Counties in Minnesota by establishment entry rate

Cook County had the highest establishment entry rate of 86 counties in 2018, at 13.823%. Wilkin County had the lowest, at 2.12%. The median was 6.651% and the figure for Minnesota was 7.929%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.823Cook County
Lowest2.12Wilkin County
Median6.65186 counties
Minnesota7.929History

Map of counties, 2018

Aitkin County: 6.358 %Anoka County: 9.076 %Becker County: 7.282 %Beltrami County: 8.449 %Benton County: 6.82 %Big Stone County: 3.571 %Blue Earth County: 7.205 %Brown County: 6.502 %Carlton County: 6.43 %Carver County: 8.135 %Cass County: 8.186 %Chippewa County: 4.372 %Chisago County: 9.369 %Clay County: 7.731 %Clearwater County: 8.74 %Cook County: 13.823 %Cottonwood County: 8.791 %Crow Wing County: 7.143 %Dakota County: 8.277 %Dodge County: 9.444 %Douglas County: 5.873 %Faribault County: 7.438 %Fillmore County: 4.845 %Freeborn County: 6.263 %Goodhue County: 6.014 %Grant County: 4.432 %Hennepin County: 8.731 %Houston County: 5.825 %Hubbard County: 10.06 %Isanti County: 9.336 %Itasca County: 7.939 %Jackson County: 5.981 %Kanabec County: 10.586 %Kandiyohi County: 6.282 %Kittson County: 8.627 %Koochiching County: 5.594 %Lac qui Parle County: 4.457 %Lake County: 5.576 %Lake of the Woods County: 10.638 %Le Sueur County: 5.817 %Lincoln County: 4.384 %Lyon County: 9.381 %McLeod County: 5.892 %Mahnomen County: 7.292 %Marshall County: 5.742 %Martin County: 6.503 %Meeker County: 9.246 %Mille Lacs County: 8.293 %Morrison County: 8.617 %Mower County: 5.699 %Murray County: 3.846 %Nicollet County: 7.948 %Nobles County: 8.212 %Norman County: 5.505 %Olmsted County: 7.541 %Otter Tail County: 6 %Pennington County: 7.205 %Pine County: 6.54 %Pipestone County: 5.537 %Polk County: 5.275 %Pope County: 6.538 %Ramsey County: 8.021 %Redwood County: 7.4 %Renville County: 6.413 %Rice County: 5.88 %Rock County: 7.782 %Roseau County: 6.761 %St. Louis County: 6.116 %Scott County: 9.491 %Sherburne County: 9.015 %Sibley County: 9.888 %Stearns County: 6.459 %Steele County: 6.351 %Stevens County: 6.071 %Swift County: 3.971 %Todd County: 6.126 %Traverse County: 5.581 %Wabasha County: 6.504 %Wadena County: 8.779 %Waseca County: 5.577 %Washington County: 9.12 %Watonwan County: 5.185 %Wilkin County: 2.12 %Winona County: 6.373 %Wright County: 8.389 %Yellow Medicine County: 8.606 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Cook County: 13.823 %Cook County13.823Lake of the Woods County: 10.638 %Lake of the Woods County10.638Kanabec County: 10.586 %Kanabec County10.586Hubbard County: 10.06 %Hubbard County10.06Sibley County: 9.888 %Sibley County9.888Scott County: 9.491 %Scott County9.491Dodge County: 9.444 %Dodge County9.444Lyon County: 9.381 %Lyon County9.381Chisago County: 9.369 %Chisago County9.369Isanti County: 9.336 %Isanti County9.336Meeker County: 9.246 %Meeker County9.246Washington County: 9.12 %Washington County9.12Anoka County: 9.076 %Anoka County9.076Sherburne County: 9.015 %Sherburne County9.015Cottonwood County: 8.791 %Cottonwood County8.791Wadena County: 8.779 %Wadena County8.779Clearwater County: 8.74 %Clearwater County8.74Hennepin County: 8.731 %Hennepin County8.731Kittson County: 8.627 %Kittson County8.627Morrison County: 8.617 %Morrison County8.617Yellow Medicine County: 8.606 %Yellow Medicine County8.606Beltrami County: 8.449 %Beltrami County8.449Wright County: 8.389 %Wright County8.389Mille Lacs County: 8.293 %Mille Lacs County8.293Dakota County: 8.277 %Dakota County8.277Nobles County: 8.212 %Nobles County8.212Cass County: 8.186 %Cass County8.186Carver County: 8.135 %Carver County8.135Ramsey County: 8.021 %Ramsey County8.021Nicollet County: 7.948 %Nicollet County7.948Itasca County: 7.939 %Itasca County7.939Rock County: 7.782 %Rock County7.782Clay County: 7.731 %Clay County7.731Olmsted County: 7.541 %Olmsted County7.541Faribault County: 7.438 %Faribault County7.438Redwood County: 7.4 %Redwood County7.4Mahnomen County: 7.292 %Mahnomen County7.292Becker County: 7.282 %Becker County7.282Blue Earth County: 7.205 %Blue Earth County7.205Pennington County: 7.205 %Pennington County7.205Cook County: 13.823 %Cook County13.823Lake of the Woods County: 10.638 %Lake of the Woods County10.638Kanabec County: 10.586 %Kanabec County10.586Hubbard County: 10.06 %Hubbard County10.06Sibley County: 9.888 %Sibley County9.888Scott County: 9.491 %Scott County9.491Dodge County: 9.444 %Dodge County9.444Lyon County: 9.381 %Lyon County9.381Chisago County: 9.369 %Chisago County9.369Isanti County: 9.336 %Isanti County9.336Meeker County: 9.246 %Meeker County9.246Washington County: 9.12 %Washington County9.12Anoka County: 9.076 %Anoka County9.076Sherburne County: 9.015 %Sherburne County9.015Cottonwood County: 8.791 %Cottonwood County8.791Wadena County: 8.779 %Wadena County8.779Clearwater County: 8.74 %Clearwater County8.74Hennepin County: 8.731 %Hennepin County8.731Kittson County: 8.627 %Kittson County8.627Morrison County: 8.617 %Morrison County8.617Yellow Medicine County: 8.606 %Yellow Medicine County8.606Beltrami County: 8.449 %Beltrami County8.449Wright County: 8.389 %Wright County8.389Mille Lacs County: 8.293 %Mille Lacs County8.293Dakota County: 8.277 %Dakota County8.277Nobles County: 8.212 %Nobles County8.212Cass County: 8.186 %Cass County8.186Carver County: 8.135 %Carver County8.135Ramsey County: 8.021 %Ramsey County8.021Nicollet County: 7.948 %Nicollet County7.948Itasca County: 7.939 %Itasca County7.939Rock County: 7.782 %Rock County7.782Clay County: 7.731 %Clay County7.731Olmsted County: 7.541 %Olmsted County7.541Faribault County: 7.438 %Faribault County7.438Redwood County: 7.4 %Redwood County7.4Mahnomen County: 7.292 %Mahnomen County7.292Becker County: 7.282 %Becker County7.282Blue Earth County: 7.205 %Blue Earth County7.205Pennington County: 7.205 %Pennington County7.205
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Cook County13.823+4 pts
2Lake of the Woods County10.638+3.6 pts
3Kanabec County10.586+4.57 pts
4Hubbard County10.06+2.13 pts
5Sibley County9.888+2.5 pts
6Scott County9.491-0.67 pts
7Dodge County9.444+0.58 pts
8Lyon County9.381+0.82 pts
9Chisago County9.369+0.96 pts
10Isanti County9.336+1.04 pts
11Meeker County9.246+0.4 pts
12Washington County9.12-0.57 pts
13Anoka County9.076-0.39 pts
14Sherburne County9.015+0.41 pts
15Cottonwood County8.791+1.73 pts
16Wadena County8.779+2.15 pts
17Clearwater County8.74-0.07 pts
18Hennepin County8.731-1.11 pts
19Kittson County8.627+3.87 pts
20Morrison County8.617+1.93 pts
21Yellow Medicine County8.606+3.18 pts
22Beltrami County8.449+0.53 pts
23Wright County8.389-1.17 pts
24Mille Lacs County8.293+0.45 pts
25Dakota County8.277-0.65 pts
26Nobles County8.212+4.24 pts
27Cass County8.186-2.9 pts
28Carver County8.135-1.25 pts
29Ramsey County8.021-0.46 pts
30Nicollet County7.948-1.56 pts
31Itasca County7.939-0.08 pts
32Rock County7.782+1.4 pts
33Clay County7.731-0.88 pts
34Olmsted County7.541-0.13 pts
35Faribault County7.438+1.79 pts
36Redwood County7.4-0.29 pts
37Mahnomen County7.292+1.2 pts
38Becker County7.282+0.87 pts
39Blue Earth County7.205+0.03 pts
39Pennington County7.205-0.14 pts
41Crow Wing County7.143-1.08 pts
42Benton County6.82-1.2 pts
43Roseau County6.761-0.27 pts
44Pine County6.54-2.86 pts
45Pope County6.538+1.49 pts
46Wabasha County6.504-0.93 pts
47Martin County6.503+0.58 pts
48Brown County6.502-0.44 pts
49Stearns County6.459-1.26 pts
50Carlton County6.43+0.26 pts
51Renville County6.413-1.07 pts
52Winona County6.373-0.75 pts
53Aitkin County6.358-1.05 pts
54Steele County6.351+0.35 pts
55Kandiyohi County6.282-0.38 pts
56Freeborn County6.263+1 pts
57Todd County6.126-2.41 pts
58St. Louis County6.116-0.27 pts
59Stevens County6.071+0.67 pts
60Goodhue County6.014-1.86 pts
61Otter Tail County6-3.02 pts
62Jackson County5.981-0.61 pts
63McLeod County5.892+0.79 pts
64Rice County5.88-1.36 pts
65Douglas County5.873-2.76 pts
66Houston County5.825-1.26 pts
67Le Sueur County5.817-3.16 pts
68Marshall County5.742-0.26 pts
69Mower County5.699+0.8 pts
70Koochiching County5.594-0.21 pts
71Traverse County5.581-1.69 pts
72Waseca County5.577-2.73 pts
73Lake County5.576-1.92 pts
74Pipestone County5.537-4 pts
75Norman County5.505+0.71 pts
76Polk County5.275-0.63 pts
77Watonwan County5.185-2.51 pts
78Fillmore County4.845-1.8 pts
79Lac qui Parle County4.457-0.37 pts
80Grant County4.432-1.98 pts
81Lincoln County4.384-2.49 pts
82Chippewa County4.372-4.41 pts
83Swift County3.971-2.42 pts
84Murray County3.846-2.95 pts
85Big Stone County3.571-4.69 pts
86Wilkin County2.12-4.71 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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 Minnesota by establishment entry rate, 2018) [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 Minnesota by establishment entry rate, 2018. 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/minnesota-counties?period=2018. 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 Minnesota by establishment entry rate, 2018. 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/minnesota-counties?period=2018.

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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 Minnesota by establishment entry rate, 2018 [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/minnesota-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Cook County, with 13.823% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Wilkin County, with 2.12% in 2018.

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. 1 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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