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Counties in Nebraska by establishment entry rate

Arthur County had the highest establishment entry rate of 84 counties in 2018, at 33.333%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 6.521% and the figure for Nebraska was 7.698%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest33.333Arthur County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median6.52184 counties
Nebraska7.698History

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 6.077 %Antelope County: 7.426 %Arthur County: 33.333 %Banner County: 0 %Boone County: 4.571 %Box Butte County: 5.829 %Boyd County: 11.765 %Brown County: 4.528 %Buffalo County: 7.697 %Burt County: 3.836 %Butler County: 7.292 %Cass County: 9.636 %Cedar County: 5.195 %Chase County: 8.209 %Cherry County: 7.547 %Cheyenne County: 6.897 %Clay County: 5.42 %Colfax County: 2.828 %Cuming County: 7.477 %Custer County: 6.069 %Dakota County: 4.848 %Dawes County: 9.11 %Dawson County: 5.516 %Dixon County: 9.375 %Dodge County: 6.515 %Douglas County: 8.839 %Dundy County: 7.767 %Fillmore County: 6.573 %Franklin County: 12.403 %Frontier County: 7.692 %Furnas County: 3.559 %Gage County: 4.731 %Garden County: 8.421 %Garfield County: 7.609 %Gosper County: 5.882 %Grant County: 0 %Greeley County: 9.6 %Hall County: 6.428 %Hamilton County: 9.171 %Harlan County: 3.704 %Hayes County: 25 %Hitchcock County: 8 %Holt County: 7.398 %Hooker County: 14.286 %Howard County: 9.404 %Jefferson County: 5.369 %Johnson County: 3.81 %Kearney County: 3.458 %Keith County: 6.349 %Kimball County: 6.481 %Knox County: 8.715 %Lancaster County: 8.747 %Lincoln County: 7.522 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 4.433 %Merrick County: 7.816 %Morrill County: 5.348 %Nance County: 12.195 %Nemaha County: 7.471 %Nuckolls County: 5.112 %Otoe County: 8.955 %Pawnee County: 5.042 %Perkins County: 6.838 %Phelps County: 4.355 %Pierce County: 6.527 %Platte County: 6.367 %Polk County: 5.948 %Red Willow County: 6.003 %Richardson County: 3.666 %Saline County: 6.239 %Sarpy County: 8.633 %Saunders County: 7.371 %Scotts Bluff County: 6.914 %Seward County: 6.697 %Sheridan County: 8.191 %Sherman County: 3.871 %Stanton County: 4.188 %Thayer County: 5.141 %Thurston County: 9.402 %Valley County: 6.548 %Washington County: 6.381 %Wayne County: 4.505 %Webster County: 5.882 %York County: 4.338 %
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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

Arthur County: 33.333 %Arthur County33.333Hayes County: 25 %Hayes County25Hooker County: 14.286 %Hooker County14.286Franklin County: 12.403 %Franklin County12.403Nance County: 12.195 %Nance County12.195Boyd County: 11.765 %Boyd County11.765Cass County: 9.636 %Cass County9.636Greeley County: 9.6 %Greeley County9.6Howard County: 9.404 %Howard County9.404Thurston County: 9.402 %Thurston County9.402Dixon County: 9.375 %Dixon County9.375Hamilton County: 9.171 %Hamilton County9.171Dawes County: 9.11 %Dawes County9.11Otoe County: 8.955 %Otoe County8.955Douglas County: 8.839 %Douglas County8.839Lancaster County: 8.747 %Lancaster County8.747Knox County: 8.715 %Knox County8.715Sarpy County: 8.633 %Sarpy County8.633Garden County: 8.421 %Garden County8.421Chase County: 8.209 %Chase County8.209Sheridan County: 8.191 %Sheridan County8.191Hitchcock County: 8 %Hitchcock County8Merrick County: 7.816 %Merrick County7.816Dundy County: 7.767 %Dundy County7.767Buffalo County: 7.697 %Buffalo County7.697Frontier County: 7.692 %Frontier County7.692Garfield County: 7.609 %Garfield County7.609Cherry County: 7.547 %Cherry County7.547Lincoln County: 7.522 %Lincoln County7.522Cuming County: 7.477 %Cuming County7.477Nemaha County: 7.471 %Nemaha County7.471Antelope County: 7.426 %Antelope County7.426Holt County: 7.398 %Holt County7.398Saunders County: 7.371 %Saunders County7.371Butler County: 7.292 %Butler County7.292Scotts Bluff County: 6.914 %Scotts Bluff County6.914Cheyenne County: 6.897 %Cheyenne County6.897Perkins County: 6.838 %Perkins County6.838Seward County: 6.697 %Seward County6.697Fillmore County: 6.573 %Fillmore County6.573Arthur County: 33.333 %Arthur County33.333Hayes County: 25 %Hayes County25Hooker County: 14.286 %Hooker County14.286Franklin County: 12.403 %Franklin County12.403Nance County: 12.195 %Nance County12.195Boyd County: 11.765 %Boyd County11.765Cass County: 9.636 %Cass County9.636Greeley County: 9.6 %Greeley County9.6Howard County: 9.404 %Howard County9.404Thurston County: 9.402 %Thurston County9.402Dixon County: 9.375 %Dixon County9.375Hamilton County: 9.171 %Hamilton County9.171Dawes County: 9.11 %Dawes County9.11Otoe County: 8.955 %Otoe County8.955Douglas County: 8.839 %Douglas County8.839Lancaster County: 8.747 %Lancaster County8.747Knox County: 8.715 %Knox County8.715Sarpy County: 8.633 %Sarpy County8.633Garden County: 8.421 %Garden County8.421Chase County: 8.209 %Chase County8.209Sheridan County: 8.191 %Sheridan County8.191Hitchcock County: 8 %Hitchcock County8Merrick County: 7.816 %Merrick County7.816Dundy County: 7.767 %Dundy County7.767Buffalo County: 7.697 %Buffalo County7.697Frontier County: 7.692 %Frontier County7.692Garfield County: 7.609 %Garfield County7.609Cherry County: 7.547 %Cherry County7.547Lincoln County: 7.522 %Lincoln County7.522Cuming County: 7.477 %Cuming County7.477Nemaha County: 7.471 %Nemaha County7.471Antelope County: 7.426 %Antelope County7.426Holt County: 7.398 %Holt County7.398Saunders County: 7.371 %Saunders County7.371Butler County: 7.292 %Butler County7.292Scotts Bluff County: 6.914 %Scotts Bluff County6.914Cheyenne County: 6.897 %Cheyenne County6.897Perkins County: 6.838 %Perkins County6.838Seward County: 6.697 %Seward County6.697Fillmore County: 6.573 %Fillmore County6.573
%. 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
1Arthur County33.333+33.33 pts
2Hayes County25n/a
3Hooker County14.286-8.79 pts
4Franklin County12.403+6.61 pts
5Nance County12.195+4.92 pts
6Boyd County11.765n/a
7Cass County9.636-0.85 pts
8Greeley County9.6+4.6 pts
9Howard County9.404-2.25 pts
10Thurston County9.402+0.39 pts
11Dixon County9.375+2.04 pts
12Hamilton County9.171+3.53 pts
13Dawes County9.11-0.89 pts
14Otoe County8.955+1.5 pts
15Douglas County8.839-0.78 pts
16Lancaster County8.747+1.19 pts
17Knox County8.715+1.42 pts
18Sarpy County8.633-1.2 pts
19Garden County8.421+0.42 pts
20Chase County8.209+3.12 pts
21Sheridan County8.191+0.81 pts
22Hitchcock County8n/a
23Merrick County7.816+0.93 pts
24Dundy County7.767n/a
25Buffalo County7.697-0.43 pts
26Frontier County7.692-7.69 pts
27Garfield County7.609+1.05 pts
28Cherry County7.547-2.02 pts
29Lincoln County7.522+0.11 pts
30Cuming County7.477+1.6 pts
31Nemaha County7.471-0.76 pts
32Antelope County7.426-0.16 pts
33Holt County7.398+2.61 pts
34Saunders County7.371-1.63 pts
35Butler County7.292-1.68 pts
36Scotts Bluff County6.914-2.1 pts
37Cheyenne County6.897+0.15 pts
38Perkins County6.838-2.56 pts
39Seward County6.697-2.55 pts
40Fillmore County6.573+2.39 pts
41Valley County6.548-4.36 pts
42Pierce County6.527-1.57 pts
43Dodge County6.515-0.59 pts
44Kimball County6.481-1.74 pts
45Hall County6.428-2.16 pts
46Washington County6.381-2.35 pts
47Platte County6.367+0.24 pts
48Keith County6.349-1.51 pts
49Saline County6.239-1.01 pts
50Adams County6.077+0.33 pts
51Custer County6.069-1.56 pts
52Red Willow County6.003-1.68 pts
53Polk County5.948-0.62 pts
54Gosper County5.882+0.11 pts
54Webster County5.882-2.12 pts
56Box Butte County5.829-0.96 pts
57Dawson County5.516-0.81 pts
58Clay County5.42-7.39 pts
59Jefferson County5.369+0.11 pts
60Morrill County5.348-0.84 pts
61Cedar County5.195-1.41 pts
62Thayer County5.141-2.57 pts
63Nuckolls County5.112-1.22 pts
64Pawnee County5.042-4.63 pts
65Dakota County4.848-4.22 pts
66Gage County4.731-2.18 pts
67Boone County4.571+0.01 pts
68Brown County4.528-3.9 pts
69Wayne County4.505-0.37 pts
70Madison County4.433-1.97 pts
71Phelps County4.355-2.77 pts
72York County4.338-1.68 pts
73Stanton County4.188-1.84 pts
74Sherman County3.871-2.58 pts
75Burt County3.836-1.46 pts
76Johnson County3.81-2.7 pts
77Harlan County3.704-7.36 pts
78Richardson County3.666-2.29 pts
79Furnas County3.559-4.05 pts
80Kearney County3.458-2.32 pts
81Colfax County2.828-2.31 pts
82Banner County00 pts
82Grant County0n/a
82McPherson 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. 9 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.

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, 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Arthur County, with 33.333% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

McPherson County, with 0% 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. 9 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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