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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Butte County had the highest establishment entry rate of 62 counties in 2020, at 13.962%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.69% and the figure for South Dakota was 8.744%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.962Butte County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median8.6962 counties
South Dakota8.744History

Map of counties, 2020

Aurora County: 6.667 %Beadle County: 7.64 %Bennett County: 9.901 %Bon Homme County: 10.256 %Brookings County: 7.772 %Brown County: 8.527 %Brule County: 4.051 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 13.962 %Campbell County: 10.204 %Charles Mix County: 7.739 %Clark County: 12.727 %Clay County: 6.061 %Codington County: 7.393 %Corson County: 8.219 %Custer County: 10.04 %Davison County: 7.658 %Day County: 12.849 %Deuel County: 10 %Dewey County: 6.522 %Douglas County: 4.42 %Edmunds County: 6.14 %Fall River County: 11.321 %Grant County: 7.266 %Gregory County: 8.982 %Haakon County: 11.765 %Hamlin County: 7.738 %Hand County: 10.909 %Hanson County: 9.091 %Harding County: 9.091 %Hughes County: 9.083 %Hutchinson County: 9.406 %Jackson County: 8.791 %Jerauld County: 9.459 %Jones County: 0 %Kingsbury County: 13.38 %Lake County: 9.077 %Lawrence County: 10.125 %Lincoln County: 10.648 %Lyman County: 11.29 %McCook County: 8.589 %Marshall County: 5.109 %Meade County: 9.417 %Miner County: 5.839 %Minnehaha County: 8.35 %Moody County: 6.873 %Oglala Lakota County: 9.302 %Pennington County: 9.314 %Perkins County: 5.025 %Potter County: 5.464 %Roberts County: 7.071 %Sanborn County: 12 %Spink County: 8 %Stanley County: 8.911 %Sully County: 5.31 %Todd County: 10.714 %Tripp County: 4.624 %Turner County: 10.138 %Union County: 6.459 %Walworth County: 10.39 %Yankton County: 7.515 %Ziebach County: 0 %
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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

Butte County: 13.962 %Butte County13.962Kingsbury County: 13.38 %Kingsbury County13.38Day County: 12.849 %Day County12.849Clark County: 12.727 %Clark County12.727Sanborn County: 12 %Sanborn County12Haakon County: 11.765 %Haakon County11.765Fall River County: 11.321 %Fall River County11.321Lyman County: 11.29 %Lyman County11.29Hand County: 10.909 %Hand County10.909Todd County: 10.714 %Todd County10.714Lincoln County: 10.648 %Lincoln County10.648Walworth County: 10.39 %Walworth County10.39Bon Homme County: 10.256 %Bon Homme County10.256Campbell County: 10.204 %Campbell County10.204Turner County: 10.138 %Turner County10.138Lawrence County: 10.125 %Lawrence County10.125Custer County: 10.04 %Custer County10.04Deuel County: 10 %Deuel County10Bennett County: 9.901 %Bennett County9.901Jerauld County: 9.459 %Jerauld County9.459Meade County: 9.417 %Meade County9.417Hutchinson County: 9.406 %Hutchinson County9.406Pennington County: 9.314 %Pennington County9.314Oglala Lakota County: 9.302 %Oglala Lakota County9.302Hanson County: 9.091 %Hanson County9.091Harding County: 9.091 %Harding County9.091Hughes County: 9.083 %Hughes County9.083Lake County: 9.077 %Lake County9.077Gregory County: 8.982 %Gregory County8.982Stanley County: 8.911 %Stanley County8.911Jackson County: 8.791 %Jackson County8.791McCook County: 8.589 %McCook County8.589Brown County: 8.527 %Brown County8.527Minnehaha County: 8.35 %Minnehaha County8.35Corson County: 8.219 %Corson County8.219Spink County: 8 %Spink County8Brookings County: 7.772 %Brookings County7.772Charles Mix County: 7.739 %Charles Mix County7.739Hamlin County: 7.738 %Hamlin County7.738Davison County: 7.658 %Davison County7.658Butte County: 13.962 %Butte County13.962Kingsbury County: 13.38 %Kingsbury County13.38Day County: 12.849 %Day County12.849Clark County: 12.727 %Clark County12.727Sanborn County: 12 %Sanborn County12Haakon County: 11.765 %Haakon County11.765Fall River County: 11.321 %Fall River County11.321Lyman County: 11.29 %Lyman County11.29Hand County: 10.909 %Hand County10.909Todd County: 10.714 %Todd County10.714Lincoln County: 10.648 %Lincoln County10.648Walworth County: 10.39 %Walworth County10.39Bon Homme County: 10.256 %Bon Homme County10.256Campbell County: 10.204 %Campbell County10.204Turner County: 10.138 %Turner County10.138Lawrence County: 10.125 %Lawrence County10.125Custer County: 10.04 %Custer County10.04Deuel County: 10 %Deuel County10Bennett County: 9.901 %Bennett County9.901Jerauld County: 9.459 %Jerauld County9.459Meade County: 9.417 %Meade County9.417Hutchinson County: 9.406 %Hutchinson County9.406Pennington County: 9.314 %Pennington County9.314Oglala Lakota County: 9.302 %Oglala Lakota County9.302Hanson County: 9.091 %Hanson County9.091Harding County: 9.091 %Harding County9.091Hughes County: 9.083 %Hughes County9.083Lake County: 9.077 %Lake County9.077Gregory County: 8.982 %Gregory County8.982Stanley County: 8.911 %Stanley County8.911Jackson County: 8.791 %Jackson County8.791McCook County: 8.589 %McCook County8.589Brown County: 8.527 %Brown County8.527Minnehaha County: 8.35 %Minnehaha County8.35Corson County: 8.219 %Corson County8.219Spink County: 8 %Spink County8Brookings County: 7.772 %Brookings County7.772Charles Mix County: 7.739 %Charles Mix County7.739Hamlin County: 7.738 %Hamlin County7.738Davison County: 7.658 %Davison County7.658
%. 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
1Butte County13.962+5.79 pts
2Kingsbury County13.38+1.11 pts
3Day County12.849+3.6 pts
4Clark County12.727+1.67 pts
5Sanborn County12+1.69 pts
6Haakon County11.765n/a
7Fall River County11.321+0.99 pts
8Lyman County11.29+3.35 pts
9Hand County10.909+1.61 pts
10Todd County10.714+5.36 pts
11Lincoln County10.648+1.6 pts
12Walworth County10.39+3.08 pts
13Bon Homme County10.256+1.08 pts
14Campbell County10.204+2.12 pts
15Turner County10.138+1.32 pts
16Lawrence County10.125-0.01 pts
17Custer County10.04+0.26 pts
18Deuel County10+3.69 pts
19Bennett County9.901+2.69 pts
20Jerauld County9.459+5.26 pts
21Meade County9.417+0.31 pts
22Hutchinson County9.406+4.03 pts
23Pennington County9.314+0.69 pts
24Oglala Lakota County9.302+3.29 pts
25Hanson County9.091-0.06 pts
25Harding County9.091-5.03 pts
27Hughes County9.083+2.83 pts
28Lake County9.077+1.59 pts
29Gregory County8.982-0.46 pts
30Stanley County8.911+1.88 pts
31Jackson County8.791+2.2 pts
32McCook County8.589-1.23 pts
33Brown County8.527+1.89 pts
34Minnehaha County8.35+0.06 pts
35Corson County8.219n/a
36Spink County8+2.48 pts
37Brookings County7.772+0.06 pts
38Charles Mix County7.739-0.92 pts
39Hamlin County7.738-3.21 pts
40Davison County7.658+1.81 pts
41Beadle County7.64-1.05 pts
42Yankton County7.515+1.94 pts
43Codington County7.393+0.6 pts
44Grant County7.266+0.33 pts
45Roberts County7.071-4.58 pts
46Moody County6.873+0.85 pts
47Aurora County6.667-3.86 pts
48Dewey County6.522+1.09 pts
49Union County6.459-2.71 pts
50Edmunds County6.14-3.55 pts
51Clay County6.061-1.32 pts
52Miner County5.839-1.41 pts
53Potter County5.464-3.14 pts
54Sully County5.31-3.7 pts
55Marshall County5.109-2.22 pts
56Perkins County5.025+0.33 pts
57Tripp County4.624-4.39 pts
58Douglas County4.42-3.32 pts
59Brule County4.051-4.3 pts
60Buffalo County0n/a
60Jones County0-7.41 pts
60Ziebach 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. 4 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Butte County, with 13.962% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Ziebach 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. 4 counties have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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