# Counties in Nebraska by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 81 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 12 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Blaine County | 27.273 |
| 2 | Keya Paha County | 19.355 |
| 3 | Greeley County | 16.176 |
| 4 | Burt County | 15.652 |
| 5 | Deuel County | 14.737 |
| 6 | Dawes County | 13.212 |
| 7 | Dixon County | 12.308 |
| 8 | Cass County | 12.008 |
| 9 | Gosper County | 11.538 |
| 10 | Saunders County | 11.006 |
| 11 | Custer County | 10.827 |
| 12 | Nemaha County | 10.726 |
| 13 | Boyd County | 10.714 |
| 14 | Perkins County | 10.619 |
| 15 | Sarpy County | 10.24 |
| 16 | Douglas County | 10.197 |
| 17 | Washington County | 10.184 |
| 18 | Howard County | 9.836 |
| 19 | Rock County | 9.524 |
| 20 | Lancaster County | 9.436 |
| 21 | York County | 9.129 |
| 22 | Phelps County | 9.077 |
| 23 | Brown County | 8.889 |
| 24 | Cedar County | 8.829 |
| 25 | Chase County | 8.511 |
| 26 | Seward County | 8.324 |
| 27 | Dodge County | 8.186 |
| 28 | Furnas County | 8.178 |
| 29 | Gage County | 8.136 |
| 30 | Dakota County | 8.101 |
| 31 | Cheyenne County | 8.061 |
| 32 | Merrick County | 7.981 |
| 33 | Antelope County | 7.98 |
| 34 | Hall County | 7.979 |
| 35 | Red Willow County | 7.923 |
| 36 | Sheridan County | 7.885 |
| 37 | Platte County | 7.825 |
| 38 | Cuming County | 7.783 |
| 38 | Saline County | 7.783 |
| 40 | Holt County | 7.769 |
| 41 | Boone County | 7.715 |
| 42 | Keith County | 7.667 |
| 43 | Dawson County | 7.607 |
| 44 | Hamilton County | 7.547 |
| 45 | Morrill County | 7.477 |
| 46 | Buffalo County | 7.238 |
| 47 | Madison County | 7.112 |
| 48 | Adams County | 7.104 |
| 49 | Butler County | 7.071 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 7.023 |
| 51 | Webster County | 7.018 |
| 52 | Otoe County | 7.009 |
| 53 | Valley County | 6.997 |
| 54 | Sherman County | 6.803 |
| 55 | Thurston County | 6.78 |
| 56 | Thayer County | 6.753 |
| 57 | Richardson County | 6.397 |
| 58 | Clay County | 6.377 |
| 59 | Pawnee County | 6.349 |
| 59 | Stanton County | 6.349 |
| 61 | Wayne County | 6.127 |
| 62 | Cherry County | 5.955 |
| 63 | Jefferson County | 5.811 |
| 64 | Kearney County | 5.797 |
| 65 | Scotts Bluff County | 5.714 |
| 66 | Harlan County | 5.618 |
| 67 | Kimball County | 5.556 |
| 68 | Box Butte County | 5.128 |
| 69 | Johnson County | 5.102 |
| 70 | Polk County | 4.858 |
| 71 | Hitchcock County | 4.8 |
| 72 | Fillmore County | 4.651 |
| 73 | Nuckolls County | 4.56 |
| 74 | Knox County | 4.545 |
| 75 | Colfax County | 4.499 |
| 76 | Garfield County | 4.324 |
| 77 | Pierce County | 2.871 |
| 78 | Arthur County | 0 |
| 78 | Banner County | 0 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 0 |
| 78 | McPherson County | 0 |