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Counties in Nebraska by establishment entry rate

Sioux County had the highest establishment entry rate of 77 counties in 2016, at 25%. Hooker County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.547% and the figure for Nebraska was 8.483%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25Sioux County
Lowest0Hooker County
Median7.54777 counties
Nebraska8.483History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 6.767 %Antelope County: 3.73 %Boone County: 5.634 %Box Butte County: 6.349 %Boyd County: 11.475 %Brown County: 3.113 %Buffalo County: 8.26 %Burt County: 7.547 %Butler County: 8.065 %Cass County: 7.876 %Cedar County: 8.029 %Chase County: 10.036 %Cherry County: 7.353 %Cheyenne County: 8.511 %Clay County: 3.977 %Colfax County: 7.692 %Cuming County: 5.547 %Custer County: 4.891 %Dakota County: 5.516 %Dawes County: 6.478 %Dawson County: 8.629 %Dixon County: 10.526 %Dodge County: 7.257 %Douglas County: 9.736 %Dundy County: 8.929 %Fillmore County: 5.568 %Franklin County: 5.479 %Frontier County: 14.063 %Furnas County: 8.997 %Gage County: 4.796 %Garden County: 10.417 %Garfield County: 7.692 %Hall County: 6.337 %Hamilton County: 9.424 %Harlan County: 7.547 %Hitchcock County: 11.2 %Holt County: 10.393 %Hooker County: 0 %Howard County: 7.973 %Jefferson County: 5.74 %Kearney County: 9.496 %Keith County: 7.419 %Kimball County: 5.53 %Knox County: 10.3 %Lancaster County: 8.986 %Lincoln County: 6.815 %Madison County: 5.811 %Merrick County: 5.843 %Morrill County: 8.122 %Nemaha County: 6.49 %Nuckolls County: 5.556 %Otoe County: 6.808 %Pawnee County: 9.836 %Perkins County: 10.213 %Phelps County: 7.278 %Pierce County: 3.382 %Platte County: 8.436 %Polk County: 4.301 %Red Willow County: 7.162 %Richardson County: 8.048 %Rock County: 6.818 %Saline County: 6.872 %Sarpy County: 11.061 %Saunders County: 6.834 %Scotts Bluff County: 6.964 %Seward County: 7.728 %Sheridan County: 8.054 %Sherman County: 9.272 %Sioux County: 25 %Stanton County: 12.06 %Thayer County: 6.25 %Thurston County: 9.346 %Valley County: 4.908 %Washington County: 12.287 %Wayne County: 7.572 %Webster County: 4.598 %York County: 4.228 %
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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

Sioux County: 25 %Sioux County25Frontier County: 14.063 %Frontier County14.063Washington County: 12.287 %Washington County12.287Stanton County: 12.06 %Stanton County12.06Boyd County: 11.475 %Boyd County11.475Hitchcock County: 11.2 %Hitchcock County11.2Sarpy County: 11.061 %Sarpy County11.061Dixon County: 10.526 %Dixon County10.526Garden County: 10.417 %Garden County10.417Holt County: 10.393 %Holt County10.393Knox County: 10.3 %Knox County10.3Perkins County: 10.213 %Perkins County10.213Chase County: 10.036 %Chase County10.036Pawnee County: 9.836 %Pawnee County9.836Douglas County: 9.736 %Douglas County9.736Kearney County: 9.496 %Kearney County9.496Hamilton County: 9.424 %Hamilton County9.424Thurston County: 9.346 %Thurston County9.346Sherman County: 9.272 %Sherman County9.272Furnas County: 8.997 %Furnas County8.997Lancaster County: 8.986 %Lancaster County8.986Dundy County: 8.929 %Dundy County8.929Dawson County: 8.629 %Dawson County8.629Cheyenne County: 8.511 %Cheyenne County8.511Platte County: 8.436 %Platte County8.436Buffalo County: 8.26 %Buffalo County8.26Morrill County: 8.122 %Morrill County8.122Butler County: 8.065 %Butler County8.065Sheridan County: 8.054 %Sheridan County8.054Richardson County: 8.048 %Richardson County8.048Cedar County: 8.029 %Cedar County8.029Howard County: 7.973 %Howard County7.973Cass County: 7.876 %Cass County7.876Seward County: 7.728 %Seward County7.728Colfax County: 7.692 %Colfax County7.692Garfield County: 7.692 %Garfield County7.692Wayne County: 7.572 %Wayne County7.572Burt County: 7.547 %Burt County7.547Harlan County: 7.547 %Harlan County7.547Keith County: 7.419 %Keith County7.419Sioux County: 25 %Sioux County25Frontier County: 14.063 %Frontier County14.063Washington County: 12.287 %Washington County12.287Stanton County: 12.06 %Stanton County12.06Boyd County: 11.475 %Boyd County11.475Hitchcock County: 11.2 %Hitchcock County11.2Sarpy County: 11.061 %Sarpy County11.061Dixon County: 10.526 %Dixon County10.526Garden County: 10.417 %Garden County10.417Holt County: 10.393 %Holt County10.393Knox County: 10.3 %Knox County10.3Perkins County: 10.213 %Perkins County10.213Chase County: 10.036 %Chase County10.036Pawnee County: 9.836 %Pawnee County9.836Douglas County: 9.736 %Douglas County9.736Kearney County: 9.496 %Kearney County9.496Hamilton County: 9.424 %Hamilton County9.424Thurston County: 9.346 %Thurston County9.346Sherman County: 9.272 %Sherman County9.272Furnas County: 8.997 %Furnas County8.997Lancaster County: 8.986 %Lancaster County8.986Dundy County: 8.929 %Dundy County8.929Dawson County: 8.629 %Dawson County8.629Cheyenne County: 8.511 %Cheyenne County8.511Platte County: 8.436 %Platte County8.436Buffalo County: 8.26 %Buffalo County8.26Morrill County: 8.122 %Morrill County8.122Butler County: 8.065 %Butler County8.065Sheridan County: 8.054 %Sheridan County8.054Richardson County: 8.048 %Richardson County8.048Cedar County: 8.029 %Cedar County8.029Howard County: 7.973 %Howard County7.973Cass County: 7.876 %Cass County7.876Seward County: 7.728 %Seward County7.728Colfax County: 7.692 %Colfax County7.692Garfield County: 7.692 %Garfield County7.692Wayne County: 7.572 %Wayne County7.572Burt County: 7.547 %Burt County7.547Harlan County: 7.547 %Harlan County7.547Keith County: 7.419 %Keith County7.419
%. 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
1Sioux County25-1.09 pts
2Frontier County14.063+7.66 pts
3Washington County12.287+2.5 pts
4Stanton County12.06+3.77 pts
5Boyd County11.475+6.52 pts
6Hitchcock County11.2n/a
7Sarpy County11.061+0.12 pts
8Dixon County10.526+4.4 pts
9Garden County10.417-7.36 pts
10Holt County10.393+4.2 pts
11Knox County10.3+1.7 pts
12Perkins County10.2130 pts
13Chase County10.036+1.28 pts
14Pawnee County9.836+4.84 pts
15Douglas County9.736+0.38 pts
16Kearney County9.496+7.12 pts
17Hamilton County9.424-3.98 pts
18Thurston County9.346+3.94 pts
19Sherman County9.272+2.47 pts
20Furnas County8.997-0.22 pts
21Lancaster County8.986+0.71 pts
22Dundy County8.929-2.08 pts
23Dawson County8.629+2.04 pts
24Cheyenne County8.511-0.43 pts
25Platte County8.436+1.09 pts
26Buffalo County8.26-0.59 pts
27Morrill County8.122-2.93 pts
28Butler County8.065+1.58 pts
29Sheridan County8.054+2.03 pts
30Richardson County8.048+1.07 pts
31Cedar County8.029-0.12 pts
32Howard County7.973-0.27 pts
33Cass County7.876-3.29 pts
34Seward County7.728-4.11 pts
35Colfax County7.692+1.87 pts
35Garfield County7.692-0.09 pts
37Wayne County7.572+1.75 pts
38Burt County7.547-1.9 pts
38Harlan County7.547+0.88 pts
40Keith County7.419-0.02 pts
41Cherry County7.353-5.68 pts
42Phelps County7.278+3.46 pts
43Dodge County7.257+0.05 pts
44Red Willow County7.162+2.47 pts
45Scotts Bluff County6.964-1.86 pts
46Saline County6.872+0.72 pts
47Saunders County6.834-3.75 pts
48Rock County6.818n/a
49Lincoln County6.815+1.48 pts
50Otoe County6.808-0.81 pts
51Adams County6.767-0.16 pts
52Nemaha County6.49+0.02 pts
53Dawes County6.478-1.35 pts
54Box Butte County6.349-1.4 pts
55Hall County6.337-0.71 pts
56Thayer County6.25+2.08 pts
57Merrick County5.843-2.75 pts
58Madison County5.811-0.65 pts
59Jefferson County5.74-0.54 pts
60Boone County5.634-1.17 pts
61Fillmore County5.568+0.01 pts
62Nuckolls County5.556-1.15 pts
63Cuming County5.547+0.28 pts
64Kimball County5.53-0.75 pts
65Dakota County5.516+0.5 pts
66Franklin County5.479-0.16 pts
67Valley County4.908-1.84 pts
68Custer County4.891-4.84 pts
69Gage County4.796-4.95 pts
70Webster County4.598-4.87 pts
71Polk County4.301-2.13 pts
72York County4.228-3.98 pts
73Clay County3.977-1.63 pts
74Antelope County3.73-3.33 pts
75Pierce County3.382-7.01 pts
76Brown County3.113-7.95 pts
77Hooker County0n/a

Other periods

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. 16 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.

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, 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 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/nebraska-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

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, 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/nebraska-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Sioux County, with 25% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Hooker County, with 0% 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. 16 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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