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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Harding County had the highest establishment entry rate of 61 counties in 2019, at 14.118%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.171% and the figure for South Dakota was 8.184%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.118Harding County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median8.17161 counties
South Dakota8.184History

Map of counties, 2019

Aurora County: 10.526 %Beadle County: 8.687 %Bennett County: 7.207 %Bon Homme County: 9.18 %Brookings County: 7.711 %Brown County: 6.641 %Brule County: 8.354 %Butte County: 8.171 %Campbell County: 8.081 %Charles Mix County: 8.66 %Clark County: 11.06 %Clay County: 7.381 %Codington County: 6.797 %Custer County: 9.776 %Davison County: 5.847 %Day County: 9.249 %Deuel County: 6.306 %Dewey County: 5.435 %Douglas County: 7.735 %Edmunds County: 9.692 %Fall River County: 10.326 %Faulk County: 6.154 %Grant County: 6.936 %Gregory County: 9.44 %Hamlin County: 10.951 %Hand County: 9.302 %Hanson County: 9.15 %Harding County: 14.118 %Hughes County: 6.255 %Hutchinson County: 5.379 %Jackson County: 6.593 %Jerauld County: 4.196 %Jones County: 7.407 %Kingsbury County: 12.274 %Lake County: 7.485 %Lawrence County: 10.133 %Lincoln County: 9.044 %Lyman County: 7.937 %McCook County: 9.816 %McPherson County: 8.403 %Marshall County: 7.326 %Meade County: 9.111 %Miner County: 7.246 %Minnehaha County: 8.29 %Moody County: 6.02 %Oglala Lakota County: 6.015 %Pennington County: 8.625 %Perkins County: 4.695 %Potter County: 8.602 %Roberts County: 11.646 %Sanborn County: 10.309 %Spink County: 5.521 %Stanley County: 7.035 %Sully County: 9.009 %Todd County: 5.357 %Tripp County: 9.014 %Turner County: 8.817 %Union County: 9.17 %Walworth County: 7.311 %Yankton County: 5.576 %Ziebach County: 0 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Harding County: 14.118 %Harding County14.118Kingsbury County: 12.274 %Kingsbury County12.274Roberts County: 11.646 %Roberts County11.646Clark County: 11.06 %Clark County11.06Hamlin County: 10.951 %Hamlin County10.951Aurora County: 10.526 %Aurora County10.526Fall River County: 10.326 %Fall River County10.326Sanborn County: 10.309 %Sanborn County10.309Lawrence County: 10.133 %Lawrence County10.133McCook County: 9.816 %McCook County9.816Custer County: 9.776 %Custer County9.776Edmunds County: 9.692 %Edmunds County9.692Gregory County: 9.44 %Gregory County9.44Hand County: 9.302 %Hand County9.302Day County: 9.249 %Day County9.249Bon Homme County: 9.18 %Bon Homme County9.18Union County: 9.17 %Union County9.17Hanson County: 9.15 %Hanson County9.15Meade County: 9.111 %Meade County9.111Lincoln County: 9.044 %Lincoln County9.044Tripp County: 9.014 %Tripp County9.014Sully County: 9.009 %Sully County9.009Turner County: 8.817 %Turner County8.817Beadle County: 8.687 %Beadle County8.687Charles Mix County: 8.66 %Charles Mix County8.66Pennington County: 8.625 %Pennington County8.625Potter County: 8.602 %Potter County8.602McPherson County: 8.403 %McPherson County8.403Brule County: 8.354 %Brule County8.354Minnehaha County: 8.29 %Minnehaha County8.29Butte County: 8.171 %Butte County8.171Campbell County: 8.081 %Campbell County8.081Lyman County: 7.937 %Lyman County7.937Douglas County: 7.735 %Douglas County7.735Brookings County: 7.711 %Brookings County7.711Lake County: 7.485 %Lake County7.485Jones County: 7.407 %Jones County7.407Clay County: 7.381 %Clay County7.381Marshall County: 7.326 %Marshall County7.326Walworth County: 7.311 %Walworth County7.311Harding County: 14.118 %Harding County14.118Kingsbury County: 12.274 %Kingsbury County12.274Roberts County: 11.646 %Roberts County11.646Clark County: 11.06 %Clark County11.06Hamlin County: 10.951 %Hamlin County10.951Aurora County: 10.526 %Aurora County10.526Fall River County: 10.326 %Fall River County10.326Sanborn County: 10.309 %Sanborn County10.309Lawrence County: 10.133 %Lawrence County10.133McCook County: 9.816 %McCook County9.816Custer County: 9.776 %Custer County9.776Edmunds County: 9.692 %Edmunds County9.692Gregory County: 9.44 %Gregory County9.44Hand County: 9.302 %Hand County9.302Day County: 9.249 %Day County9.249Bon Homme County: 9.18 %Bon Homme County9.18Union County: 9.17 %Union County9.17Hanson County: 9.15 %Hanson County9.15Meade County: 9.111 %Meade County9.111Lincoln County: 9.044 %Lincoln County9.044Tripp County: 9.014 %Tripp County9.014Sully County: 9.009 %Sully County9.009Turner County: 8.817 %Turner County8.817Beadle County: 8.687 %Beadle County8.687Charles Mix County: 8.66 %Charles Mix County8.66Pennington County: 8.625 %Pennington County8.625Potter County: 8.602 %Potter County8.602McPherson County: 8.403 %McPherson County8.403Brule County: 8.354 %Brule County8.354Minnehaha County: 8.29 %Minnehaha County8.29Butte County: 8.171 %Butte County8.171Campbell County: 8.081 %Campbell County8.081Lyman County: 7.937 %Lyman County7.937Douglas County: 7.735 %Douglas County7.735Brookings County: 7.711 %Brookings County7.711Lake County: 7.485 %Lake County7.485Jones County: 7.407 %Jones County7.407Clay County: 7.381 %Clay County7.381Marshall County: 7.326 %Marshall County7.326Walworth County: 7.311 %Walworth County7.311
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Harding County14.118+4.24 pts
2Kingsbury County12.274+7.29 pts
3Roberts County11.646+1.9 pts
4Clark County11.06-1.32 pts
5Hamlin County10.951-0.85 pts
6Aurora County10.526+3.81 pts
7Fall River County10.326-1.6 pts
8Sanborn County10.309-2.19 pts
9Lawrence County10.133-0.06 pts
10McCook County9.816+3.85 pts
11Custer County9.776-2.78 pts
12Edmunds County9.692-0.09 pts
13Gregory County9.44+1.61 pts
14Hand County9.302+2.03 pts
15Day County9.249+0.53 pts
16Bon Homme County9.18+1.87 pts
17Union County9.17+0.19 pts
18Hanson County9.15-0.06 pts
19Meade County9.111-1.24 pts
20Lincoln County9.044-2.44 pts
21Tripp County9.014+4.48 pts
22Sully County9.009-2.64 pts
23Turner County8.817-2.17 pts
24Beadle County8.687+4.79 pts
25Charles Mix County8.66+1.63 pts
26Pennington County8.625-0.5 pts
27Potter County8.602-1.18 pts
28McPherson County8.403+3.44 pts
29Brule County8.354+2.54 pts
30Minnehaha County8.29+0.01 pts
31Butte County8.171+1.57 pts
32Campbell County8.0810 pts
33Lyman County7.937+3.32 pts
34Douglas County7.735+2.15 pts
35Brookings County7.711+0.88 pts
36Lake County7.485-2.38 pts
37Jones County7.407-0.29 pts
38Clay County7.381+0.66 pts
39Marshall County7.326-1.01 pts
40Walworth County7.311-0.44 pts
41Miner County7.246+2.96 pts
42Bennett County7.207+2.17 pts
43Stanley County7.035-3.91 pts
44Grant County6.936-0.43 pts
45Codington County6.797-0.12 pts
46Brown County6.641+0.91 pts
47Jackson County6.593+0.07 pts
48Deuel County6.306-4.6 pts
49Hughes County6.255-0.8 pts
50Faulk County6.154-3.37 pts
51Moody County6.02+0.02 pts
52Oglala Lakota County6.015-5.92 pts
53Davison County5.847+0.46 pts
54Yankton County5.576-0.58 pts
55Spink County5.521-3.68 pts
56Dewey County5.435-1.02 pts
57Hutchinson County5.379-0.81 pts
58Todd County5.357-1.72 pts
59Perkins County4.695+2.03 pts
60Jerauld County4.196-7.15 pts
61Ziebach 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. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Harding County, with 14.118% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Ziebach County, with 0% in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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