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Counties in South Dakota by establishment entry rate

Mellette County had the highest establishment entry rate of 61 counties in 2022, at 22.727%. Miner County had the lowest, at 4.58%. The median was 9.346% and the figure for South Dakota was 9.936%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.727Mellette County
Lowest4.58Miner County
Median9.34661 counties
South Dakota9.936History

Map of counties, 2022

Aurora County: 8.392 %Beadle County: 6.113 %Bennett County: 5.66 %Bon Homme County: 10.932 %Brookings County: 8.65 %Brown County: 8.395 %Brule County: 7.053 %Butte County: 15.909 %Charles Mix County: 8.219 %Clark County: 8 %Clay County: 9.107 %Codington County: 10.421 %Corson County: 7.692 %Custer County: 18.54 %Davison County: 5.61 %Day County: 9.043 %Deuel County: 13.675 %Dewey County: 14.815 %Douglas County: 4.651 %Edmunds County: 11.765 %Fall River County: 11.17 %Faulk County: 10 %Grant County: 9.449 %Gregory County: 9.259 %Haakon County: 11.034 %Hamlin County: 9.659 %Hand County: 6.25 %Hanson County: 9.032 %Harding County: 12.195 %Hughes County: 7.075 %Hutchinson County: 8.879 %Jackson County: 8.696 %Jerauld County: 5.839 %Jones County: 10.256 %Kingsbury County: 6.579 %Lake County: 5.669 %Lawrence County: 12.025 %Lincoln County: 12.554 %Lyman County: 11.511 %McCook County: 9.009 %Marshall County: 8.271 %Meade County: 10.3 %Mellette County: 22.727 %Miner County: 4.58 %Minnehaha County: 9.475 %Moody County: 9.459 %Oglala Lakota County: 17.391 %Pennington County: 11.166 %Perkins County: 11.765 %Potter County: 6.63 %Roberts County: 9.744 %Sanborn County: 9.346 %Spink County: 10.857 %Stanley County: 8.738 %Sully County: 15.789 %Todd County: 10.345 %Tripp County: 10.682 %Turner County: 9.111 %Union County: 10.01 %Walworth County: 6.4 %Yankton County: 6.642 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Mellette County: 22.727 %Mellette County22.727Custer County: 18.54 %Custer County18.54Oglala Lakota County: 17.391 %Oglala Lakota County17.391Butte County: 15.909 %Butte County15.909Sully County: 15.789 %Sully County15.789Dewey County: 14.815 %Dewey County14.815Deuel County: 13.675 %Deuel County13.675Lincoln County: 12.554 %Lincoln County12.554Harding County: 12.195 %Harding County12.195Lawrence County: 12.025 %Lawrence County12.025Edmunds County: 11.765 %Edmunds County11.765Perkins County: 11.765 %Perkins County11.765Lyman County: 11.511 %Lyman County11.511Fall River County: 11.17 %Fall River County11.17Pennington County: 11.166 %Pennington County11.166Haakon County: 11.034 %Haakon County11.034Bon Homme County: 10.932 %Bon Homme County10.932Spink County: 10.857 %Spink County10.857Tripp County: 10.682 %Tripp County10.682Codington County: 10.421 %Codington County10.421Todd County: 10.345 %Todd County10.345Meade County: 10.3 %Meade County10.3Jones County: 10.256 %Jones County10.256Union County: 10.01 %Union County10.01Faulk County: 10 %Faulk County10Roberts County: 9.744 %Roberts County9.744Hamlin County: 9.659 %Hamlin County9.659Minnehaha County: 9.475 %Minnehaha County9.475Moody County: 9.459 %Moody County9.459Grant County: 9.449 %Grant County9.449Sanborn County: 9.346 %Sanborn County9.346Gregory County: 9.259 %Gregory County9.259Turner County: 9.111 %Turner County9.111Clay County: 9.107 %Clay County9.107Day County: 9.043 %Day County9.043Hanson County: 9.032 %Hanson County9.032McCook County: 9.009 %McCook County9.009Hutchinson County: 8.879 %Hutchinson County8.879Stanley County: 8.738 %Stanley County8.738Jackson County: 8.696 %Jackson County8.696Mellette County: 22.727 %Mellette County22.727Custer County: 18.54 %Custer County18.54Oglala Lakota County: 17.391 %Oglala Lakota County17.391Butte County: 15.909 %Butte County15.909Sully County: 15.789 %Sully County15.789Dewey County: 14.815 %Dewey County14.815Deuel County: 13.675 %Deuel County13.675Lincoln County: 12.554 %Lincoln County12.554Harding County: 12.195 %Harding County12.195Lawrence County: 12.025 %Lawrence County12.025Edmunds County: 11.765 %Edmunds County11.765Perkins County: 11.765 %Perkins County11.765Lyman County: 11.511 %Lyman County11.511Fall River County: 11.17 %Fall River County11.17Pennington County: 11.166 %Pennington County11.166Haakon County: 11.034 %Haakon County11.034Bon Homme County: 10.932 %Bon Homme County10.932Spink County: 10.857 %Spink County10.857Tripp County: 10.682 %Tripp County10.682Codington County: 10.421 %Codington County10.421Todd County: 10.345 %Todd County10.345Meade County: 10.3 %Meade County10.3Jones County: 10.256 %Jones County10.256Union County: 10.01 %Union County10.01Faulk County: 10 %Faulk County10Roberts County: 9.744 %Roberts County9.744Hamlin County: 9.659 %Hamlin County9.659Minnehaha County: 9.475 %Minnehaha County9.475Moody County: 9.459 %Moody County9.459Grant County: 9.449 %Grant County9.449Sanborn County: 9.346 %Sanborn County9.346Gregory County: 9.259 %Gregory County9.259Turner County: 9.111 %Turner County9.111Clay County: 9.107 %Clay County9.107Day County: 9.043 %Day County9.043Hanson County: 9.032 %Hanson County9.032McCook County: 9.009 %McCook County9.009Hutchinson County: 8.879 %Hutchinson County8.879Stanley County: 8.738 %Stanley County8.738Jackson County: 8.696 %Jackson County8.696
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Mellette County22.727n/a
2Custer County18.54+6.04 pts
3Oglala Lakota County17.391+5.18 pts
4Butte County15.909+2.42 pts
5Sully County15.789n/a
6Dewey County14.815n/a
7Deuel County13.675+4.86 pts
8Lincoln County12.554+1.39 pts
9Harding County12.195n/a
10Lawrence County12.025+1.79 pts
11Edmunds County11.765+8.13 pts
11Perkins County11.765+0.6 pts
13Lyman County11.511-3.76 pts
14Fall River County11.17-0.03 pts
15Pennington County11.166+1.45 pts
16Haakon County11.034+7.09 pts
17Bon Homme County10.932+5.77 pts
18Spink County10.857+1.22 pts
19Tripp County10.682+4.64 pts
20Codington County10.421+0.89 pts
21Todd County10.345+1.5 pts
22Meade County10.3-1.75 pts
23Jones County10.2560 pts
24Union County10.01+0.86 pts
25Faulk County10n/a
26Roberts County9.744+2.03 pts
27Hamlin County9.659+0.16 pts
28Minnehaha County9.475+0.96 pts
29Moody County9.459-0.26 pts
30Grant County9.449+2.11 pts
31Sanborn County9.346-3.99 pts
32Gregory County9.259+3.05 pts
33Turner County9.111-2.07 pts
34Clay County9.107+0.44 pts
35Day County9.043+0.39 pts
36Hanson County9.032+1.29 pts
37McCook County9.009-0.19 pts
38Hutchinson County8.879+0.59 pts
39Stanley County8.738-0.04 pts
40Jackson County8.6960 pts
41Brookings County8.65-1.15 pts
42Brown County8.395+2.48 pts
43Aurora County8.392+1.54 pts
44Marshall County8.271+0.86 pts
45Charles Mix County8.219+1.38 pts
46Clark County8+1.67 pts
47Corson County7.692-2.7 pts
48Hughes County7.075-0.67 pts
49Brule County7.053-0.7 pts
50Yankton County6.642-3.09 pts
51Potter County6.63-1.11 pts
52Kingsbury County6.579-4.23 pts
53Walworth County6.4+0.12 pts
54Hand County6.25-1.79 pts
55Beadle County6.113-1.62 pts
56Jerauld County5.839+1.73 pts
57Lake County5.669-1.65 pts
58Bennett County5.66-4.14 pts
59Davison County5.61+0.5 pts
60Douglas County4.651n/a
61Miner County4.58-4.24 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 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Mellette County, with 22.727% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Miner County, with 4.58% in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.

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