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Counties in Nebraska by establishment entry rate

Sioux County had the highest establishment entry rate of 82 counties in 2015, at 26.087%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.133% and the figure for Nebraska was 8.55%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest26.087Sioux County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median7.13382 counties
Nebraska8.55History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 6.924 %Antelope County: 7.059 %Boone County: 6.799 %Box Butte County: 7.746 %Boyd County: 4.959 %Brown County: 11.067 %Buffalo County: 8.852 %Burt County: 9.444 %Butler County: 6.486 %Cass County: 11.17 %Cedar County: 8.148 %Chase County: 8.759 %Cherry County: 13.033 %Cheyenne County: 8.945 %Clay County: 5.602 %Colfax County: 5.821 %Cuming County: 5.271 %Custer County: 9.73 %Dakota County: 5.012 %Dawes County: 7.828 %Dawson County: 6.588 %Deuel County: 7.207 %Dixon County: 6.122 %Dodge County: 7.208 %Douglas County: 9.357 %Dundy County: 11.009 %Fillmore County: 5.556 %Franklin County: 5.634 %Frontier County: 6.4 %Furnas County: 9.22 %Gage County: 9.744 %Garden County: 17.778 %Garfield County: 7.778 %Gosper County: 6.957 %Greeley County: 5 %Hall County: 7.044 %Hamilton County: 13.406 %Harlan County: 6.667 %Holt County: 6.194 %Howard County: 8.247 %Jefferson County: 6.278 %Johnson County: 5.357 %Kearney County: 2.374 %Keith County: 7.443 %Keya Paha County: 19.512 %Kimball County: 6.278 %Knox County: 8.602 %Lancaster County: 8.273 %Lincoln County: 5.339 %Logan County: 0 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 6.465 %Merrick County: 8.597 %Morrill County: 11.055 %Nance County: 8.649 %Nemaha County: 6.471 %Nuckolls County: 6.707 %Otoe County: 7.619 %Pawnee County: 5 %Perkins County: 10.213 %Phelps County: 3.816 %Pierce County: 10.396 %Platte County: 7.343 %Polk County: 6.429 %Red Willow County: 4.688 %Richardson County: 6.982 %Saline County: 6.148 %Sarpy County: 10.94 %Saunders County: 10.58 %Scotts Bluff County: 8.824 %Seward County: 11.836 %Sheridan County: 6.02 %Sherman County: 6.803 %Sioux County: 26.087 %Stanton County: 8.29 %Thayer County: 4.167 %Thurston County: 5.405 %Valley County: 6.748 %Washington County: 9.785 %Wayne County: 5.817 %Webster County: 9.467 %York County: 8.211 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Sioux County: 26.087 %Sioux County26.087Keya Paha County: 19.512 %Keya Paha County19.512Garden County: 17.778 %Garden County17.778Hamilton County: 13.406 %Hamilton County13.406Cherry County: 13.033 %Cherry County13.033Seward County: 11.836 %Seward County11.836Cass County: 11.17 %Cass County11.17Brown County: 11.067 %Brown County11.067Morrill County: 11.055 %Morrill County11.055Dundy County: 11.009 %Dundy County11.009Sarpy County: 10.94 %Sarpy County10.94Saunders County: 10.58 %Saunders County10.58Pierce County: 10.396 %Pierce County10.396Perkins County: 10.213 %Perkins County10.213Washington County: 9.785 %Washington County9.785Gage County: 9.744 %Gage County9.744Custer County: 9.73 %Custer County9.73Webster County: 9.467 %Webster County9.467Burt County: 9.444 %Burt County9.444Douglas County: 9.357 %Douglas County9.357Furnas County: 9.22 %Furnas County9.22Cheyenne County: 8.945 %Cheyenne County8.945Buffalo County: 8.852 %Buffalo County8.852Scotts Bluff County: 8.824 %Scotts Bluff County8.824Chase County: 8.759 %Chase County8.759Nance County: 8.649 %Nance County8.649Knox County: 8.602 %Knox County8.602Merrick County: 8.597 %Merrick County8.597Stanton County: 8.29 %Stanton County8.29Lancaster County: 8.273 %Lancaster County8.273Howard County: 8.247 %Howard County8.247York County: 8.211 %York County8.211Cedar County: 8.148 %Cedar County8.148Dawes County: 7.828 %Dawes County7.828Garfield County: 7.778 %Garfield County7.778Box Butte County: 7.746 %Box Butte County7.746Otoe County: 7.619 %Otoe County7.619Keith County: 7.443 %Keith County7.443Platte County: 7.343 %Platte County7.343Dodge County: 7.208 %Dodge County7.208Sioux County: 26.087 %Sioux County26.087Keya Paha County: 19.512 %Keya Paha County19.512Garden County: 17.778 %Garden County17.778Hamilton County: 13.406 %Hamilton County13.406Cherry County: 13.033 %Cherry County13.033Seward County: 11.836 %Seward County11.836Cass County: 11.17 %Cass County11.17Brown County: 11.067 %Brown County11.067Morrill County: 11.055 %Morrill County11.055Dundy County: 11.009 %Dundy County11.009Sarpy County: 10.94 %Sarpy County10.94Saunders County: 10.58 %Saunders County10.58Pierce County: 10.396 %Pierce County10.396Perkins County: 10.213 %Perkins County10.213Washington County: 9.785 %Washington County9.785Gage County: 9.744 %Gage County9.744Custer County: 9.73 %Custer County9.73Webster County: 9.467 %Webster County9.467Burt County: 9.444 %Burt County9.444Douglas County: 9.357 %Douglas County9.357Furnas County: 9.22 %Furnas County9.22Cheyenne County: 8.945 %Cheyenne County8.945Buffalo County: 8.852 %Buffalo County8.852Scotts Bluff County: 8.824 %Scotts Bluff County8.824Chase County: 8.759 %Chase County8.759Nance County: 8.649 %Nance County8.649Knox County: 8.602 %Knox County8.602Merrick County: 8.597 %Merrick County8.597Stanton County: 8.29 %Stanton County8.29Lancaster County: 8.273 %Lancaster County8.273Howard County: 8.247 %Howard County8.247York County: 8.211 %York County8.211Cedar County: 8.148 %Cedar County8.148Dawes County: 7.828 %Dawes County7.828Garfield County: 7.778 %Garfield County7.778Box Butte County: 7.746 %Box Butte County7.746Otoe County: 7.619 %Otoe County7.619Keith County: 7.443 %Keith County7.443Platte County: 7.343 %Platte County7.343Dodge County: 7.208 %Dodge County7.208
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Sioux County26.087n/a
2Keya Paha County19.512n/a
3Garden County17.778+8.79 pts
4Hamilton County13.406+7.03 pts
5Cherry County13.033+6.97 pts
6Seward County11.836+3.82 pts
7Cass County11.17+2.25 pts
8Brown County11.067+3.54 pts
9Morrill County11.055+4.93 pts
10Dundy County11.009n/a
11Sarpy County10.94-1.02 pts
12Saunders County10.58+1.39 pts
13Pierce County10.396+2.82 pts
14Perkins County10.213-2.77 pts
15Washington County9.785+0.22 pts
16Gage County9.744+1.87 pts
17Custer County9.73+1.95 pts
18Webster County9.467+3.37 pts
19Burt County9.444+1.04 pts
20Douglas County9.357-0.43 pts
21Furnas County9.22+0.74 pts
22Cheyenne County8.945+1 pts
23Buffalo County8.852+0.49 pts
24Scotts Bluff County8.824+3.1 pts
25Chase County8.759-0.26 pts
26Nance County8.649+3.36 pts
27Knox County8.602+4.38 pts
28Merrick County8.597-0.1 pts
29Stanton County8.29-2.13 pts
30Lancaster County8.273-0.24 pts
31Howard County8.247+1.77 pts
32York County8.211+2.27 pts
33Cedar County8.148+1.37 pts
34Dawes County7.828-0.92 pts
35Garfield County7.778+2.16 pts
36Box Butte County7.746+3.14 pts
37Otoe County7.619-0.2 pts
38Keith County7.443+1.33 pts
39Platte County7.343+2.28 pts
40Dodge County7.208+1.5 pts
41Deuel County7.207-3.8 pts
42Antelope County7.059-2.21 pts
43Hall County7.044+1.09 pts
44Richardson County6.982-0.13 pts
45Gosper County6.957n/a
46Adams County6.924+2.02 pts
47Sherman County6.803-3.06 pts
48Boone County6.799-0.22 pts
49Valley County6.748-0.66 pts
50Nuckolls County6.707-1.32 pts
51Harlan County6.667-1.06 pts
52Dawson County6.588+0.76 pts
53Butler County6.486-0.5 pts
54Nemaha County6.471-2.86 pts
55Madison County6.465+1.51 pts
56Polk County6.429+1.41 pts
57Frontier County6.4+1.82 pts
58Jefferson County6.278+0.91 pts
58Kimball County6.278-0.74 pts
60Holt County6.194+0.76 pts
61Saline County6.148-3.83 pts
62Dixon County6.122-0.74 pts
63Sheridan County6.02+0.04 pts
64Colfax County5.821+0.85 pts
65Wayne County5.817+0.51 pts
66Franklin County5.634-1.56 pts
67Clay County5.602-4.17 pts
68Fillmore County5.556-1.44 pts
69Thurston County5.405-7.75 pts
70Johnson County5.357-0.95 pts
71Lincoln County5.339-1.58 pts
72Cuming County5.271-0.03 pts
73Dakota County5.012-0.49 pts
74Greeley County5-3.55 pts
74Pawnee County5+0.04 pts
76Boyd County4.959+4.96 pts
77Red Willow County4.688-1.71 pts
78Thayer County4.167-0.53 pts
79Phelps County3.816-2.54 pts
80Kearney County2.374-3.46 pts
81Logan County0-15.38 pts
81McPherson County00 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. 11 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Nebraska by establishment entry rate, 2015) [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 Nebraska by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2015. 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 Nebraska by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2015.

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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 Nebraska by establishment entry rate, 2015 [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/nebraska-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Sioux County, with 26.087% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

McPherson County, with 0% in 2015.

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. 11 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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