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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Clark County had the highest establishment entry rate of 62 counties in 2013, at 15.92%. Stanley County had the lowest, at 2.857%. The median was 8.038% and the figure for South Dakota was 8.253%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15.92Clark County
Lowest2.857Stanley County
Median8.03862 counties
South Dakota8.253History

Map of counties, 2013

Aurora County: 6.061 %Beadle County: 5.803 %Bennett County: 5.128 %Bon Homme County: 7.407 %Brookings County: 8.878 %Brown County: 6.947 %Brule County: 8.955 %Butte County: 9.302 %Campbell County: 11.111 %Charles Mix County: 7.835 %Clark County: 15.92 %Clay County: 8.259 %Codington County: 7.051 %Corson County: 7.595 %Custer County: 7.256 %Davison County: 5 %Day County: 8.669 %Deuel County: 6.278 %Dewey County: 9.626 %Douglas County: 3.279 %Edmunds County: 10.213 %Fall River County: 5.348 %Faulk County: 10.619 %Grant County: 4.715 %Gregory County: 10.21 %Haakon County: 6.289 %Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hand County: 9.091 %Hanson County: 11.429 %Hughes County: 4.845 %Hutchinson County: 6.236 %Jackson County: 10.127 %Jerauld County: 7.092 %Kingsbury County: 8.081 %Lake County: 6.107 %Lawrence County: 8.443 %Lincoln County: 12.276 %Lyman County: 6.202 %McCook County: 9.036 %McPherson County: 7.519 %Marshall County: 8.889 %Meade County: 8.953 %Mellette County: 11.538 %Miner County: 7.519 %Minnehaha County: 8.368 %Moody County: 8.027 %Oglala Lakota County: 7.874 %Pennington County: 9.102 %Perkins County: 7.767 %Potter County: 3 %Roberts County: 6.566 %Sanborn County: 10 %Spink County: 8.05 %Stanley County: 2.857 %Sully County: 7.547 %Todd County: 9.677 %Tripp County: 8.649 %Turner County: 6.818 %Union County: 8.989 %Walworth County: 9.574 %Yankton County: 8.364 %Ziebach County: 12.766 %
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%, 2013. 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, 2013

Clark County: 15.92 %Clark County15.92Ziebach County: 12.766 %Ziebach County12.766Lincoln County: 12.276 %Lincoln County12.276Mellette County: 11.538 %Mellette County11.538Hanson County: 11.429 %Hanson County11.429Campbell County: 11.111 %Campbell County11.111Faulk County: 10.619 %Faulk County10.619Edmunds County: 10.213 %Edmunds County10.213Gregory County: 10.21 %Gregory County10.21Jackson County: 10.127 %Jackson County10.127Sanborn County: 10 %Sanborn County10Todd County: 9.677 %Todd County9.677Dewey County: 9.626 %Dewey County9.626Walworth County: 9.574 %Walworth County9.574Butte County: 9.302 %Butte County9.302Pennington County: 9.102 %Pennington County9.102Hand County: 9.091 %Hand County9.091McCook County: 9.036 %McCook County9.036Union County: 8.989 %Union County8.989Brule County: 8.955 %Brule County8.955Meade County: 8.953 %Meade County8.953Marshall County: 8.889 %Marshall County8.889Brookings County: 8.878 %Brookings County8.878Day County: 8.669 %Day County8.669Tripp County: 8.649 %Tripp County8.649Lawrence County: 8.443 %Lawrence County8.443Minnehaha County: 8.368 %Minnehaha County8.368Yankton County: 8.364 %Yankton County8.364Clay County: 8.259 %Clay County8.259Kingsbury County: 8.081 %Kingsbury County8.081Spink County: 8.05 %Spink County8.05Moody County: 8.027 %Moody County8.027Oglala Lakota County: 7.874 %Oglala Lakota County7.874Charles Mix County: 7.835 %Charles Mix County7.835Perkins County: 7.767 %Perkins County7.767Corson County: 7.595 %Corson County7.595Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hamlin County7.547Sully County: 7.547 %Sully County7.547McPherson County: 7.519 %McPherson County7.519Miner County: 7.519 %Miner County7.519Clark County: 15.92 %Clark County15.92Ziebach County: 12.766 %Ziebach County12.766Lincoln County: 12.276 %Lincoln County12.276Mellette County: 11.538 %Mellette County11.538Hanson County: 11.429 %Hanson County11.429Campbell County: 11.111 %Campbell County11.111Faulk County: 10.619 %Faulk County10.619Edmunds County: 10.213 %Edmunds County10.213Gregory County: 10.21 %Gregory County10.21Jackson County: 10.127 %Jackson County10.127Sanborn County: 10 %Sanborn County10Todd County: 9.677 %Todd County9.677Dewey County: 9.626 %Dewey County9.626Walworth County: 9.574 %Walworth County9.574Butte County: 9.302 %Butte County9.302Pennington County: 9.102 %Pennington County9.102Hand County: 9.091 %Hand County9.091McCook County: 9.036 %McCook County9.036Union County: 8.989 %Union County8.989Brule County: 8.955 %Brule County8.955Meade County: 8.953 %Meade County8.953Marshall County: 8.889 %Marshall County8.889Brookings County: 8.878 %Brookings County8.878Day County: 8.669 %Day County8.669Tripp County: 8.649 %Tripp County8.649Lawrence County: 8.443 %Lawrence County8.443Minnehaha County: 8.368 %Minnehaha County8.368Yankton County: 8.364 %Yankton County8.364Clay County: 8.259 %Clay County8.259Kingsbury County: 8.081 %Kingsbury County8.081Spink County: 8.05 %Spink County8.05Moody County: 8.027 %Moody County8.027Oglala Lakota County: 7.874 %Oglala Lakota County7.874Charles Mix County: 7.835 %Charles Mix County7.835Perkins County: 7.767 %Perkins County7.767Corson County: 7.595 %Corson County7.595Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hamlin County7.547Sully County: 7.547 %Sully County7.547McPherson County: 7.519 %McPherson County7.519Miner County: 7.519 %Miner County7.519
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Clark County15.92+6.96 pts
2Ziebach County12.766n/a
3Lincoln County12.276+0.84 pts
4Mellette County11.538-8.46 pts
5Hanson County11.429-0.88 pts
6Campbell County11.111n/a
7Faulk County10.619+1.69 pts
8Edmunds County10.213-2.89 pts
9Gregory County10.21+3.46 pts
10Jackson County10.127n/a
11Sanborn County10-1.65 pts
12Todd County9.677+1.2 pts
13Dewey County9.626-3.35 pts
14Walworth County9.574+2.03 pts
15Butte County9.302-4.93 pts
16Pennington County9.102-0.02 pts
17Hand County9.091+1.82 pts
18McCook County9.036-0.87 pts
19Union County8.989+0.63 pts
20Brule County8.955+2.32 pts
21Meade County8.953-1.37 pts
22Marshall County8.889+2.22 pts
23Brookings County8.878-0.42 pts
24Day County8.669+1.79 pts
25Tripp County8.649+2.14 pts
26Lawrence County8.443-1.32 pts
27Minnehaha County8.368-0.09 pts
28Yankton County8.364-0.53 pts
29Clay County8.259-2.08 pts
30Kingsbury County8.081-1.89 pts
31Spink County8.05-4.33 pts
32Moody County8.027-0.16 pts
33Oglala Lakota County7.874-3.33 pts
34Charles Mix County7.835+0.05 pts
35Perkins County7.767+3.07 pts
36Corson County7.595+0.09 pts
37Hamlin County7.547-5.44 pts
37Sully County7.547-2.07 pts
39McPherson County7.519-3.5 pts
39Miner County7.519+0.22 pts
41Bon Homme County7.407+0.53 pts
42Custer County7.256-7 pts
43Jerauld County7.092n/a
44Codington County7.051-2.41 pts
45Brown County6.947-1.22 pts
46Turner County6.818+1.03 pts
47Roberts County6.566-3.03 pts
48Haakon County6.289-5.48 pts
49Deuel County6.278-6.45 pts
50Hutchinson County6.236+0.37 pts
51Lyman County6.202n/a
52Lake County6.107-7.14 pts
53Aurora County6.061-3.35 pts
54Beadle County5.803-2.5 pts
55Fall River County5.348-2.33 pts
56Bennett County5.128-5.04 pts
57Davison County5-2.03 pts
58Hughes County4.845-1.93 pts
59Grant County4.715-2.77 pts
60Douglas County3.279-4.37 pts
61Potter County3-7 pts
62Stanley County2.857-3.84 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. 4 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2013 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 South Dakota by establishment entry rate, 2013) [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 South Dakota by establishment entry rate, 2013. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2013. 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 South Dakota by establishment entry rate, 2013. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2013.

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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 South Dakota by establishment entry rate, 2013 [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/south-dakota-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Clark County, with 15.92% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Stanley County, with 2.857% in 2013.

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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. 4 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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