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Counties in Nebraska by establishment entry rate

Pawnee County had the highest establishment entry rate of 82 counties in 2020, at 19.512%. Sioux County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 6.752% and the figure for Nebraska was 8.004%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.512Pawnee County
Lowest0Sioux County
Median6.75282 counties
Nebraska8.004History

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 5.111 %Antelope County: 5.985 %Boone County: 5.952 %Box Butte County: 8.24 %Boyd County: 6.723 %Brown County: 6.977 %Buffalo County: 6.748 %Burt County: 6.25 %Butler County: 2.681 %Cass County: 11.251 %Cedar County: 5.629 %Chase County: 8.362 %Cherry County: 6.829 %Cheyenne County: 6.615 %Clay County: 6.667 %Colfax County: 7.083 %Cuming County: 4.568 %Custer County: 9.38 %Dakota County: 8.805 %Dawes County: 6.222 %Dawson County: 7.337 %Deuel County: 6.186 %Dixon County: 14.925 %Dodge County: 5.586 %Douglas County: 9.113 %Dundy County: 9.346 %Fillmore County: 3.423 %Franklin County: 5.926 %Frontier County: 6.107 %Furnas County: 7.407 %Gage County: 6.527 %Garfield County: 5.263 %Greeley County: 10.769 %Hall County: 7.259 %Hamilton County: 7.216 %Harlan County: 6.283 %Hayes County: 18.75 %Hitchcock County: 6.349 %Holt County: 7.547 %Howard County: 5.573 %Jefferson County: 5.607 %Johnson County: 5.742 %Kearney County: 8.383 %Keith County: 10.299 %Keya Paha County: 0 %Kimball County: 8.85 %Knox County: 8.352 %Lancaster County: 7.885 %Lincoln County: 5.326 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 5.394 %Merrick County: 4.922 %Morrill County: 12.371 %Nance County: 9.756 %Nemaha County: 5.438 %Nuckolls County: 2.632 %Otoe County: 5.176 %Pawnee County: 19.512 %Perkins County: 8.696 %Phelps County: 5.651 %Pierce County: 8.592 %Platte County: 6.105 %Polk County: 7.968 %Red Willow County: 8.044 %Richardson County: 4.237 %Rock County: 7.595 %Saline County: 6.093 %Sarpy County: 10.423 %Saunders County: 10.473 %Scotts Bluff County: 7.176 %Seward County: 8.333 %Sheridan County: 5.818 %Sherman County: 5.517 %Sioux County: 0 %Stanton County: 7.487 %Thayer County: 7.937 %Thurston County: 9.205 %Valley County: 6.607 %Washington County: 8.495 %Wayne County: 6.757 %Webster County: 4.848 %York County: 7.66 %
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%, 2020. 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, 2020

Pawnee County: 19.512 %Pawnee County19.512Hayes County: 18.75 %Hayes County18.75Dixon County: 14.925 %Dixon County14.925Morrill County: 12.371 %Morrill County12.371Cass County: 11.251 %Cass County11.251Greeley County: 10.769 %Greeley County10.769Saunders County: 10.473 %Saunders County10.473Sarpy County: 10.423 %Sarpy County10.423Keith County: 10.299 %Keith County10.299Nance County: 9.756 %Nance County9.756Custer County: 9.38 %Custer County9.38Dundy County: 9.346 %Dundy County9.346Thurston County: 9.205 %Thurston County9.205Douglas County: 9.113 %Douglas County9.113Kimball County: 8.85 %Kimball County8.85Dakota County: 8.805 %Dakota County8.805Perkins County: 8.696 %Perkins County8.696Pierce County: 8.592 %Pierce County8.592Washington County: 8.495 %Washington County8.495Kearney County: 8.383 %Kearney County8.383Chase County: 8.362 %Chase County8.362Knox County: 8.352 %Knox County8.352Seward County: 8.333 %Seward County8.333Box Butte County: 8.24 %Box Butte County8.24Red Willow County: 8.044 %Red Willow County8.044Polk County: 7.968 %Polk County7.968Thayer County: 7.937 %Thayer County7.937Lancaster County: 7.885 %Lancaster County7.885York County: 7.66 %York County7.66Rock County: 7.595 %Rock County7.595Holt County: 7.547 %Holt County7.547Stanton County: 7.487 %Stanton County7.487Furnas County: 7.407 %Furnas County7.407Dawson County: 7.337 %Dawson County7.337Hall County: 7.259 %Hall County7.259Hamilton County: 7.216 %Hamilton County7.216Scotts Bluff County: 7.176 %Scotts Bluff County7.176Colfax County: 7.083 %Colfax County7.083Brown County: 6.977 %Brown County6.977Cherry County: 6.829 %Cherry County6.829Pawnee County: 19.512 %Pawnee County19.512Hayes County: 18.75 %Hayes County18.75Dixon County: 14.925 %Dixon County14.925Morrill County: 12.371 %Morrill County12.371Cass County: 11.251 %Cass County11.251Greeley County: 10.769 %Greeley County10.769Saunders County: 10.473 %Saunders County10.473Sarpy County: 10.423 %Sarpy County10.423Keith County: 10.299 %Keith County10.299Nance County: 9.756 %Nance County9.756Custer County: 9.38 %Custer County9.38Dundy County: 9.346 %Dundy County9.346Thurston County: 9.205 %Thurston County9.205Douglas County: 9.113 %Douglas County9.113Kimball County: 8.85 %Kimball County8.85Dakota County: 8.805 %Dakota County8.805Perkins County: 8.696 %Perkins County8.696Pierce County: 8.592 %Pierce County8.592Washington County: 8.495 %Washington County8.495Kearney County: 8.383 %Kearney County8.383Chase County: 8.362 %Chase County8.362Knox County: 8.352 %Knox County8.352Seward County: 8.333 %Seward County8.333Box Butte County: 8.24 %Box Butte County8.24Red Willow County: 8.044 %Red Willow County8.044Polk County: 7.968 %Polk County7.968Thayer County: 7.937 %Thayer County7.937Lancaster County: 7.885 %Lancaster County7.885York County: 7.66 %York County7.66Rock County: 7.595 %Rock County7.595Holt County: 7.547 %Holt County7.547Stanton County: 7.487 %Stanton County7.487Furnas County: 7.407 %Furnas County7.407Dawson County: 7.337 %Dawson County7.337Hall County: 7.259 %Hall County7.259Hamilton County: 7.216 %Hamilton County7.216Scotts Bluff County: 7.176 %Scotts Bluff County7.176Colfax County: 7.083 %Colfax County7.083Brown County: 6.977 %Brown County6.977Cherry County: 6.829 %Cherry County6.829
%. 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

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Pawnee County19.512+7.34 pts
2Hayes County18.75n/a
3Dixon County14.925+6.72 pts
4Morrill County12.371+0.28 pts
5Cass County11.251+2.46 pts
6Greeley County10.769+3.13 pts
7Saunders County10.473+3.44 pts
8Sarpy County10.423+1.37 pts
9Keith County10.299+2.38 pts
10Nance County9.756+6.1 pts
11Custer County9.38+3.45 pts
12Dundy County9.346+1.73 pts
13Thurston County9.205+5.86 pts
14Douglas County9.113-0.08 pts
15Kimball County8.85-10.33 pts
16Dakota County8.805+2.57 pts
17Perkins County8.696+2.69 pts
18Pierce County8.592+4.35 pts
19Washington County8.495-0.16 pts
20Kearney County8.383+3.66 pts
21Chase County8.362+1.84 pts
22Knox County8.352+3.07 pts
23Seward County8.333+1.32 pts
24Box Butte County8.24-0.63 pts
25Red Willow County8.044+0.61 pts
26Polk County7.968+4.86 pts
27Thayer County7.937+5.83 pts
28Lancaster County7.885-0.33 pts
29York County7.66+0.53 pts
30Rock County7.595+0.37 pts
31Holt County7.547+1.42 pts
32Stanton County7.487+1.2 pts
33Furnas County7.407+2.26 pts
34Dawson County7.337+1.3 pts
35Hall County7.259+0.48 pts
36Hamilton County7.216-0.77 pts
37Scotts Bluff County7.176+0.46 pts
38Colfax County7.083+3.76 pts
39Brown County6.977+1.61 pts
40Cherry County6.829+2.53 pts
41Wayne County6.757-1.88 pts
42Buffalo County6.748-1.18 pts
43Boyd County6.723+0.32 pts
44Clay County6.667-1 pts
45Cheyenne County6.615-0.55 pts
46Valley County6.607+1.2 pts
47Gage County6.527+1.03 pts
48Hitchcock County6.3490 pts
49Harlan County6.283-0.58 pts
50Burt County6.25+1.21 pts
51Dawes County6.222+1.11 pts
52Deuel County6.186n/a
53Frontier County6.107-3.12 pts
54Platte County6.105+1 pts
55Saline County6.093-3 pts
56Antelope County5.985-3.56 pts
57Boone County5.952-0.46 pts
58Franklin County5.926-4.68 pts
59Sheridan County5.818+0.16 pts
60Johnson County5.742+0.03 pts
61Phelps County5.651-1.27 pts
62Cedar County5.629+0.82 pts
63Jefferson County5.607+1.95 pts
64Dodge County5.586-0.51 pts
65Howard County5.573-0.49 pts
66Sherman County5.517n/a
67Nemaha County5.438-0.94 pts
68Madison County5.394+0.05 pts
69Lincoln County5.326-0.59 pts
70Garfield County5.263-3.25 pts
71Otoe County5.176+0.37 pts
72Adams County5.111-1.2 pts
73Merrick County4.922-1.82 pts
74Webster County4.848-4.79 pts
75Cuming County4.568-1.44 pts
76Richardson County4.237-2.03 pts
77Fillmore County3.423-2.74 pts
78Butler County2.681-5.7 pts
79Nuckolls County2.632-3.14 pts
80Keya Paha County0n/a
80McPherson County0n/a
80Sioux County0-22.22 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 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Pawnee County, with 19.512% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Sioux County, with 0% in 2020.

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 2020 and are not ranked.

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