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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Custer County had the highest establishment entry rate of 61 counties in 2016, at 15.111%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.399% and the figure for South Dakota was 8.626%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15.111Custer County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median8.39961 counties
South Dakota8.626History

Map of counties, 2016

Aurora County: 5.298 %Beadle County: 8.671 %Bennett County: 6.504 %Bon Homme County: 2.564 %Brookings County: 8.399 %Brown County: 6.894 %Brule County: 6.983 %Butte County: 7.155 %Campbell County: 12 %Charles Mix County: 7.258 %Clark County: 7.619 %Clay County: 7.03 %Codington County: 7.631 %Custer County: 15.111 %Davison County: 6.37 %Day County: 12.389 %Deuel County: 9.259 %Dewey County: 10.695 %Douglas County: 3.279 %Edmunds County: 5.455 %Fall River County: 10.61 %Faulk County: 14.634 %Grant County: 3.071 %Gregory County: 7.738 %Haakon County: 10.458 %Hamlin County: 7.784 %Hand County: 11.017 %Hanson County: 7.643 %Harding County: 10.811 %Hughes County: 7.481 %Hutchinson County: 7.373 %Hyde County: 7.229 %Jerauld County: 6.202 %Jones County: 7.5 %Kingsbury County: 13.158 %Lake County: 9.712 %Lawrence County: 9.342 %Lincoln County: 12.339 %Lyman County: 8.889 %McCook County: 8.798 %Marshall County: 11.407 %Meade County: 7.903 %Miner County: 5.882 %Minnehaha County: 8.775 %Moody County: 3.871 %Oglala Lakota County: 14.173 %Pennington County: 8.472 %Perkins County: 9.91 %Potter County: 8.743 %Roberts County: 9.16 %Sanborn County: 9.709 %Spink County: 10.029 %Stanley County: 10 %Sully County: 7.619 %Todd County: 8.403 %Tripp County: 8.092 %Turner County: 9.375 %Union County: 7.83 %Walworth County: 7.673 %Yankton County: 8.405 %Ziebach County: 0 %
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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

Custer County: 15.111 %Custer County15.111Faulk County: 14.634 %Faulk County14.634Oglala Lakota County: 14.173 %Oglala Lakota County14.173Kingsbury County: 13.158 %Kingsbury County13.158Day County: 12.389 %Day County12.389Lincoln County: 12.339 %Lincoln County12.339Campbell County: 12 %Campbell County12Marshall County: 11.407 %Marshall County11.407Hand County: 11.017 %Hand County11.017Harding County: 10.811 %Harding County10.811Dewey County: 10.695 %Dewey County10.695Fall River County: 10.61 %Fall River County10.61Haakon County: 10.458 %Haakon County10.458Spink County: 10.029 %Spink County10.029Stanley County: 10 %Stanley County10Perkins County: 9.91 %Perkins County9.91Lake County: 9.712 %Lake County9.712Sanborn County: 9.709 %Sanborn County9.709Turner County: 9.375 %Turner County9.375Lawrence County: 9.342 %Lawrence County9.342Deuel County: 9.259 %Deuel County9.259Roberts County: 9.16 %Roberts County9.16Lyman County: 8.889 %Lyman County8.889McCook County: 8.798 %McCook County8.798Minnehaha County: 8.775 %Minnehaha County8.775Potter County: 8.743 %Potter County8.743Beadle County: 8.671 %Beadle County8.671Pennington County: 8.472 %Pennington County8.472Yankton County: 8.405 %Yankton County8.405Todd County: 8.403 %Todd County8.403Brookings County: 8.399 %Brookings County8.399Tripp County: 8.092 %Tripp County8.092Meade County: 7.903 %Meade County7.903Union County: 7.83 %Union County7.83Hamlin County: 7.784 %Hamlin County7.784Gregory County: 7.738 %Gregory County7.738Walworth County: 7.673 %Walworth County7.673Hanson County: 7.643 %Hanson County7.643Codington County: 7.631 %Codington County7.631Clark County: 7.619 %Clark County7.619Custer County: 15.111 %Custer County15.111Faulk County: 14.634 %Faulk County14.634Oglala Lakota County: 14.173 %Oglala Lakota County14.173Kingsbury County: 13.158 %Kingsbury County13.158Day County: 12.389 %Day County12.389Lincoln County: 12.339 %Lincoln County12.339Campbell County: 12 %Campbell County12Marshall County: 11.407 %Marshall County11.407Hand County: 11.017 %Hand County11.017Harding County: 10.811 %Harding County10.811Dewey County: 10.695 %Dewey County10.695Fall River County: 10.61 %Fall River County10.61Haakon County: 10.458 %Haakon County10.458Spink County: 10.029 %Spink County10.029Stanley County: 10 %Stanley County10Perkins County: 9.91 %Perkins County9.91Lake County: 9.712 %Lake County9.712Sanborn County: 9.709 %Sanborn County9.709Turner County: 9.375 %Turner County9.375Lawrence County: 9.342 %Lawrence County9.342Deuel County: 9.259 %Deuel County9.259Roberts County: 9.16 %Roberts County9.16Lyman County: 8.889 %Lyman County8.889McCook County: 8.798 %McCook County8.798Minnehaha County: 8.775 %Minnehaha County8.775Potter County: 8.743 %Potter County8.743Beadle County: 8.671 %Beadle County8.671Pennington County: 8.472 %Pennington County8.472Yankton County: 8.405 %Yankton County8.405Todd County: 8.403 %Todd County8.403Brookings County: 8.399 %Brookings County8.399Tripp County: 8.092 %Tripp County8.092Meade County: 7.903 %Meade County7.903Union County: 7.83 %Union County7.83Hamlin County: 7.784 %Hamlin County7.784Gregory County: 7.738 %Gregory County7.738Walworth County: 7.673 %Walworth County7.673Hanson County: 7.643 %Hanson County7.643Codington County: 7.631 %Codington County7.631Clark County: 7.619 %Clark County7.619
%. 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
1Custer County15.111+2.64 pts
2Faulk County14.634+6.01 pts
3Oglala Lakota County14.173+4.26 pts
4Kingsbury County13.158+3.92 pts
5Day County12.389+1.41 pts
6Lincoln County12.339+1.89 pts
7Campbell County12-4.84 pts
8Marshall County11.407+3.04 pts
9Hand County11.017+0.4 pts
10Harding County10.811n/a
11Dewey County10.695-1.39 pts
12Fall River County10.61-2.98 pts
13Haakon County10.458n/a
14Spink County10.029+1.67 pts
15Stanley County10+1.96 pts
16Perkins County9.91+4.35 pts
17Lake County9.712+1.7 pts
18Sanborn County9.709-2.54 pts
19Turner County9.375+1.77 pts
20Lawrence County9.342+0.84 pts
21Deuel County9.259-3.53 pts
22Roberts County9.16+0.42 pts
23Lyman County8.889-1.64 pts
24McCook County8.798+2.33 pts
25Minnehaha County8.775+0.28 pts
26Potter County8.743+4.49 pts
27Beadle County8.671+1.05 pts
28Pennington County8.472-0.69 pts
29Yankton County8.405-1.04 pts
30Todd County8.403+3.53 pts
31Brookings County8.399-0.06 pts
32Tripp County8.092+1.29 pts
33Meade County7.903-0.45 pts
34Union County7.83-0.62 pts
35Hamlin County7.784-6.81 pts
36Gregory County7.738-1.33 pts
37Walworth County7.673-0.57 pts
38Hanson County7.643-9.58 pts
39Codington County7.631-0.26 pts
40Clark County7.619-3.17 pts
40Sully County7.619n/a
42Jones County7.5n/a
43Hughes County7.481-0.21 pts
44Hutchinson County7.373+2.28 pts
45Charles Mix County7.258+0.47 pts
46Hyde County7.229-5.12 pts
47Butte County7.155-2.47 pts
48Clay County7.03-0.4 pts
49Brule County6.983-2.49 pts
50Brown County6.894-1.76 pts
51Bennett County6.504-5.46 pts
52Davison County6.37-0.94 pts
53Jerauld County6.202+0.41 pts
54Miner County5.882-7.45 pts
55Edmunds County5.455-0.74 pts
56Aurora County5.298n/a
57Moody County3.871-6.42 pts
58Douglas County3.279n/a
59Grant County3.071-4.24 pts
60Bon Homme County2.564-3.83 pts
61Ziebach County00 pts

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. 5 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2016. 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, 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2016.

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

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Custer County, with 15.111% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Ziebach 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. 5 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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