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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Hyde County had the highest establishment entry rate of 63 counties in 2018, at 14.118%. Buffalo County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.692% and the figure for South Dakota was 8.282%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.118Hyde County
Lowest0Buffalo County
Median7.69263 counties
South Dakota8.282History

Map of counties, 2018

Aurora County: 6.711 %Beadle County: 3.895 %Bennett County: 5.042 %Bon Homme County: 7.309 %Brookings County: 6.833 %Brown County: 5.736 %Brule County: 5.811 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 6.597 %Campbell County: 8.081 %Charles Mix County: 7.025 %Clark County: 12.381 %Clay County: 6.726 %Codington County: 6.917 %Custer County: 12.552 %Davison County: 5.385 %Day County: 8.721 %Deuel County: 10.909 %Dewey County: 6.452 %Douglas County: 5.587 %Edmunds County: 9.778 %Fall River County: 11.924 %Faulk County: 9.524 %Grant County: 7.364 %Gregory County: 7.831 %Haakon County: 7.595 %Hamlin County: 11.799 %Hand County: 7.273 %Hanson County: 9.211 %Harding County: 9.877 %Hughes County: 7.055 %Hutchinson County: 6.19 %Hyde County: 14.118 %Jackson County: 6.522 %Jerauld County: 11.348 %Jones County: 7.692 %Kingsbury County: 4.982 %Lake County: 9.865 %Lawrence County: 10.189 %Lincoln County: 11.487 %Lyman County: 4.615 %McCook County: 5.97 %McPherson County: 4.959 %Marshall County: 8.333 %Meade County: 10.353 %Miner County: 4.286 %Minnehaha County: 8.283 %Moody County: 6 %Oglala Lakota County: 11.94 %Pennington County: 9.123 %Perkins County: 2.667 %Potter County: 9.783 %Roberts County: 9.744 %Sanborn County: 12.5 %Spink County: 9.202 %Stanley County: 10.945 %Sully County: 11.65 %Todd County: 7.08 %Tripp County: 4.533 %Turner County: 10.984 %Union County: 8.979 %Walworth County: 7.752 %Yankton County: 6.158 %
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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

Hyde County: 14.118 %Hyde County14.118Custer County: 12.552 %Custer County12.552Sanborn County: 12.5 %Sanborn County12.5Clark County: 12.381 %Clark County12.381Oglala Lakota County: 11.94 %Oglala Lakota County11.94Fall River County: 11.924 %Fall River County11.924Hamlin County: 11.799 %Hamlin County11.799Sully County: 11.65 %Sully County11.65Lincoln County: 11.487 %Lincoln County11.487Jerauld County: 11.348 %Jerauld County11.348Turner County: 10.984 %Turner County10.984Stanley County: 10.945 %Stanley County10.945Deuel County: 10.909 %Deuel County10.909Meade County: 10.353 %Meade County10.353Lawrence County: 10.189 %Lawrence County10.189Harding County: 9.877 %Harding County9.877Lake County: 9.865 %Lake County9.865Potter County: 9.783 %Potter County9.783Edmunds County: 9.778 %Edmunds County9.778Roberts County: 9.744 %Roberts County9.744Faulk County: 9.524 %Faulk County9.524Hanson County: 9.211 %Hanson County9.211Spink County: 9.202 %Spink County9.202Pennington County: 9.123 %Pennington County9.123Union County: 8.979 %Union County8.979Day County: 8.721 %Day County8.721Marshall County: 8.333 %Marshall County8.333Minnehaha County: 8.283 %Minnehaha County8.283Campbell County: 8.081 %Campbell County8.081Gregory County: 7.831 %Gregory County7.831Walworth County: 7.752 %Walworth County7.752Jones County: 7.692 %Jones County7.692Haakon County: 7.595 %Haakon County7.595Grant County: 7.364 %Grant County7.364Bon Homme County: 7.309 %Bon Homme County7.309Hand County: 7.273 %Hand County7.273Todd County: 7.08 %Todd County7.08Hughes County: 7.055 %Hughes County7.055Charles Mix County: 7.025 %Charles Mix County7.025Codington County: 6.917 %Codington County6.917Hyde County: 14.118 %Hyde County14.118Custer County: 12.552 %Custer County12.552Sanborn County: 12.5 %Sanborn County12.5Clark County: 12.381 %Clark County12.381Oglala Lakota County: 11.94 %Oglala Lakota County11.94Fall River County: 11.924 %Fall River County11.924Hamlin County: 11.799 %Hamlin County11.799Sully County: 11.65 %Sully County11.65Lincoln County: 11.487 %Lincoln County11.487Jerauld County: 11.348 %Jerauld County11.348Turner County: 10.984 %Turner County10.984Stanley County: 10.945 %Stanley County10.945Deuel County: 10.909 %Deuel County10.909Meade County: 10.353 %Meade County10.353Lawrence County: 10.189 %Lawrence County10.189Harding County: 9.877 %Harding County9.877Lake County: 9.865 %Lake County9.865Potter County: 9.783 %Potter County9.783Edmunds County: 9.778 %Edmunds County9.778Roberts County: 9.744 %Roberts County9.744Faulk County: 9.524 %Faulk County9.524Hanson County: 9.211 %Hanson County9.211Spink County: 9.202 %Spink County9.202Pennington County: 9.123 %Pennington County9.123Union County: 8.979 %Union County8.979Day County: 8.721 %Day County8.721Marshall County: 8.333 %Marshall County8.333Minnehaha County: 8.283 %Minnehaha County8.283Campbell County: 8.081 %Campbell County8.081Gregory County: 7.831 %Gregory County7.831Walworth County: 7.752 %Walworth County7.752Jones County: 7.692 %Jones County7.692Haakon County: 7.595 %Haakon County7.595Grant County: 7.364 %Grant County7.364Bon Homme County: 7.309 %Bon Homme County7.309Hand County: 7.273 %Hand County7.273Todd County: 7.08 %Todd County7.08Hughes County: 7.055 %Hughes County7.055Charles Mix County: 7.025 %Charles Mix County7.025Codington County: 6.917 %Codington County6.917
%. 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
1Hyde County14.118n/a
2Custer County12.552+0.59 pts
3Sanborn County12.5n/a
4Clark County12.381+3.81 pts
5Oglala Lakota County11.94+5.88 pts
6Fall River County11.924+3.39 pts
7Hamlin County11.799+3.92 pts
8Sully County11.65+11.65 pts
9Lincoln County11.487+0.4 pts
10Jerauld County11.348-6.7 pts
11Turner County10.984+4.75 pts
12Stanley County10.945+6.99 pts
13Deuel County10.909+3.4 pts
14Meade County10.353-1.59 pts
15Lawrence County10.189+2.14 pts
16Harding County9.877-0.51 pts
17Lake County9.865+3.55 pts
18Potter County9.783n/a
19Edmunds County9.778-1.99 pts
20Roberts County9.744+5.2 pts
21Faulk County9.524n/a
22Hanson County9.211-2.63 pts
23Spink County9.202+3.81 pts
24Pennington County9.123+1.49 pts
25Union County8.979-0.72 pts
26Day County8.721+1.23 pts
27Marshall County8.333+3.07 pts
28Minnehaha County8.283+0.09 pts
29Campbell County8.081+2.14 pts
30Gregory County7.831+1.22 pts
31Walworth County7.752+1.1 pts
32Jones County7.692n/a
33Haakon County7.595+1.31 pts
34Grant County7.364-1.11 pts
35Bon Homme County7.309+2.03 pts
36Hand County7.273n/a
37Todd County7.08n/a
38Hughes County7.055-0.5 pts
39Charles Mix County7.025+0.06 pts
40Codington County6.917+0.45 pts
41Brookings County6.833-1.6 pts
42Clay County6.726+0.7 pts
43Aurora County6.711-2.62 pts
44Butte County6.597-1.25 pts
45Jackson County6.522-7.11 pts
46Dewey County6.452-3.12 pts
47Hutchinson County6.19+1.58 pts
48Yankton County6.158+1.29 pts
49Moody County6+0.04 pts
50McCook County5.97-3.94 pts
51Brule County5.811-3.92 pts
52Brown County5.736-2.52 pts
53Douglas County5.587-1.08 pts
54Davison County5.385-1.03 pts
55Bennett County5.042n/a
56Kingsbury County4.982-1.75 pts
57McPherson County4.959n/a
58Lyman County4.615+0.17 pts
59Tripp County4.533-1.68 pts
60Miner County4.286-4.41 pts
61Beadle County3.895-2.96 pts
62Perkins County2.667-2.62 pts
63Buffalo 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. 3 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Hyde County, with 14.118% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Buffalo County, with 0% in 2018.

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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. 3 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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