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US counties by establishment entry rate

Sterling County had the highest establishment entry rate of 3093 counties in 2014, at 40%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.235% and the figure for the United States was 9.906%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest40Sterling County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median8.2353093 counties
United States9.906History

Map of counties, 2014

%, 2014. 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, 2014

Sterling County: 40 %Sterling County40McMullen County: 31.25 %McMullen County31.25McKenzie County: 28.571 %McKenzie County28.571Clark County: 25 %Clark County25Dunn County: 23.569 %Dunn County23.569Washington County: 23.515 %Washington County23.515Sherman County: 23.404 %Sherman County23.404Irion County: 23.301 %Irion County23.301Chugach Census Area: 21.811 %Chugach Census Area21.811Judith Basin County: 21.739 %Judith Basin County21.739Rich County: 20.741 %Rich County20.741Bath County: 20.635 %Bath County20.635Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 20.619 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619Reeves County: 20.283 %Reeves County20.283Winkler County: 20.061 %Winkler County20.061Hinsdale County: 20 %Hinsdale County20Pershing County: 20 %Pershing County20Mountrail County: 19.843 %Mountrail County19.843La Salle County: 19.763 %La Salle County19.763Glades County: 19.459 %Glades County19.459Issaquena County: 19.355 %Issaquena County19.355Ripley County: 19.106 %Ripley County19.106Hancock County: 19.048 %Hancock County19.048Owsley County: 19.048 %Owsley County19.048Iron County: 18.985 %Iron County18.985Denali Borough: 18.803 %Denali Borough18.803McCreary County: 18.77 %McCreary County18.77Armstrong County: 18.75 %Armstrong County18.75Doddridge County: 18.705 %Doddridge County18.705Harding County: 18.667 %Harding County18.667Lowndes County: 18.557 %Lowndes County18.557St. Louis city: 18.455 %St. Louis city18.455Granite County: 18.286 %Granite County18.286Breathitt County: 18.182 %Breathitt County18.182Daggett County: 18.182 %Daggett County18.182Glascock County: 18.182 %Glascock County18.182Prairie County: 18.182 %Prairie County18.182Dent County: 18.102 %Dent County18.102Divide County: 18 %Divide County18Williams County: 17.881 %Williams County17.881Sterling County: 40 %Sterling County40McMullen County: 31.25 %McMullen County31.25McKenzie County: 28.571 %McKenzie County28.571Clark County: 25 %Clark County25Dunn County: 23.569 %Dunn County23.569Washington County: 23.515 %Washington County23.515Sherman County: 23.404 %Sherman County23.404Irion County: 23.301 %Irion County23.301Chugach Census Area: 21.811 %Chugach Census Area21.811Judith Basin County: 21.739 %Judith Basin County21.739Rich County: 20.741 %Rich County20.741Bath County: 20.635 %Bath County20.635Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 20.619 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619Reeves County: 20.283 %Reeves County20.283Winkler County: 20.061 %Winkler County20.061Hinsdale County: 20 %Hinsdale County20Pershing County: 20 %Pershing County20Mountrail County: 19.843 %Mountrail County19.843La Salle County: 19.763 %La Salle County19.763Glades County: 19.459 %Glades County19.459Issaquena County: 19.355 %Issaquena County19.355Ripley County: 19.106 %Ripley County19.106Hancock County: 19.048 %Hancock County19.048Owsley County: 19.048 %Owsley County19.048Iron County: 18.985 %Iron County18.985Denali Borough: 18.803 %Denali Borough18.803McCreary County: 18.77 %McCreary County18.77Armstrong County: 18.75 %Armstrong County18.75Doddridge County: 18.705 %Doddridge County18.705Harding County: 18.667 %Harding County18.667Lowndes County: 18.557 %Lowndes County18.557St. Louis city: 18.455 %St. Louis city18.455Granite County: 18.286 %Granite County18.286Breathitt County: 18.182 %Breathitt County18.182Daggett County: 18.182 %Daggett County18.182Glascock County: 18.182 %Glascock County18.182Prairie County: 18.182 %Prairie County18.182Dent County: 18.102 %Dent County18.102Divide County: 18 %Divide County18Williams County: 17.881 %Williams County17.881
%. 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

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Sterling County40+25.07 pts
2McMullen County31.25-4.75 pts
3McKenzie County28.571+1.54 pts
4Clark County25+25 pts
5Dunn County23.569-0.28 pts
6Washington County23.515-1.89 pts
7Sherman County23.404n/a
8Irion County23.301+8.56 pts
9Chugach Census Area21.811+3.46 pts
10Judith Basin County21.739+9.97 pts
11Rich County20.741+11.65 pts
12Bath County20.635+10.51 pts
13Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20.619+10.41 pts
14Reeves County20.283+0.96 pts
15Winkler County20.061+8.65 pts
16Hinsdale County20+6.14 pts
16Pershing County20+7.93 pts
18Mountrail County19.843-4.71 pts
19La Salle County19.763+4.65 pts
20Glades County19.459+14.02 pts
21Issaquena County19.355n/a
22Ripley County19.106-1.24 pts
23Hancock County19.048+9.67 pts
23Owsley County19.048+8.79 pts
25Iron County18.985-0.18 pts
26Denali Borough18.803+7.42 pts
27McCreary County18.77+8.39 pts
28Armstrong County18.75n/a
29Doddridge County18.705+12.82 pts
30Harding County18.667n/a
31Lowndes County18.557+15.46 pts
32St. Louis city18.455+3.22 pts
33Granite County18.286+1.62 pts
34Breathitt County18.182+4.71 pts
34Daggett County18.182n/a
34Glascock County18.182-1.82 pts
34Prairie County18.182+9.09 pts
38Dent County18.102+3.59 pts
39Divide County18+3.26 pts
40Williams County17.881-1.71 pts
41Owyhee County17.869+5.1 pts
42Gilpin County17.797+9.25 pts
43Elliott County17.778+5.43 pts
44Shannon County17.625+5.28 pts
45Lanier County17.617+12.18 pts
46Coke County17.544+12.33 pts
47Echols County17.391n/a
47Keweenaw County17.391+8.82 pts
49Karnes County17.376+0.39 pts
50Elbert County17.284+3.38 pts
51Skamania County16.993+3.61 pts
52Hardin County16.981+11.21 pts
53Wasatch County16.89+0.61 pts
54Harris County16.839+5.04 pts
55Sheridan County16.438n/a
56King and Queen County16.425+4.37 pts
57Gilchrist County16.377+4.29 pts
58Decatur County16.304n/a
59McCone County16.162+7.91 pts
60Teton County16.115-0.71 pts
61Park County16.109+0.8 pts
62Schley County16.071n/a
63Garfield County16.034-2.07 pts
64Breckinridge County16+8.49 pts
65Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15.827+3.33 pts
66Columbia County15.789+3.72 pts
66Taliaferro County15.789n/a
68Sumter County15.619+1.7 pts
69Lake County15.616+5.15 pts
70Walton County15.493+2.1 pts
71Andrews County15.385+2.58 pts
71Logan County15.385-5.89 pts
73Holt County15.319+7.56 pts
74Greenlee County15.294+4.11 pts
75Bristol Bay Borough15.238+9.52 pts
76Reynolds County15.172-19.34 pts
77Utah County15.169+0.76 pts
78Kiowa County15.152n/a
79Fort Bend County15.135+0.78 pts
80Atascosa County15.121-0.49 pts
81Dimmit County15.068-1.2 pts
82Clear Creek County15.038+2.59 pts
83Osceola County15.015-0.6 pts
84Douglas County14.976+0.4 pts
85Flagler County14.898+0.24 pts
86Magoffin County14.839+3.96 pts
87Greeley County14.815n/a
88Schleicher County14.737n/a
89Coal County14.724+5.92 pts
90Jones County14.719+10.6 pts
91Choctaw County14.717+5.12 pts
92Reagan County14.655+3.39 pts
93Morgan County14.634+6.1 pts
94Klickitat County14.624+0.79 pts
95Collin County14.551+0.56 pts
96Live Oak County14.539-0.9 pts
97Rowan County14.474+5.37 pts
98Valley County14.398+2.38 pts
99Kane County14.385-3.01 pts
100Cleburne County14.334+8.84 pts
101Oregon County14.324+2.88 pts
102Wilson County14.224-3.02 pts
103Cherokee County14.185+1.41 pts
104Zavala County14.151+2.67 pts
105Clark County14.125+0.87 pts
105Summit County14.125+1.58 pts
107Lemhi County14.085+5.8 pts
108Loudoun County14.047+0.45 pts
109Jack County14.044-0.21 pts
110Forsyth County14.03+0.2 pts
111Rockwall County13.922+1.07 pts
112Kings County13.911-0.13 pts
113Copper River Census Area13.904+2.91 pts
114Gulf County13.9+2.44 pts
115Madison County13.861+2.22 pts
116Cleveland County13.836+8.68 pts
117Duchesne County13.823-0.73 pts
118Jackson County13.793n/a
119Graham County13.768+7.95 pts
120Bledsoe County13.761+3.76 pts
121Miami-Dade County13.729-0.03 pts
121Wayne County13.729-2.06 pts
123Jefferson County13.71-1.42 pts
124Routt County13.704+2.57 pts
125Van Buren County13.699n/a
126Leslie County13.659+7.78 pts
127Stark County13.649+0.54 pts
128Atoka County13.646+1.73 pts
129Teller County13.628+2.93 pts
130Lyon County13.569+0.31 pts
131Cottle County13.559n/a
132Edmonson County13.514+3.33 pts
133Floyd County13.51+5.28 pts
134Ward County13.499+3.82 pts
135Burke County13.497-9.58 pts
136Orange County13.486+0.31 pts
137Palm Beach County13.48+0.45 pts
138Carroll County13.472+7.12 pts
139Bonner County13.471+1.23 pts
140Menifee County13.462n/a
141Paulding County13.459-0.04 pts
142Denton County13.442+0.36 pts
143Hamilton County13.423+1.38 pts
144Sheridan County13.419-3.57 pts
145Douglas County13.411+7.68 pts
146St. Johns County13.389-0.55 pts
147Weld County13.384+1.3 pts
148Queens County13.35-0.49 pts
149Douglas County13.343+0.97 pts
150Midland County13.341+4.35 pts
151Glasscock County13.333-1.3 pts
151Greensville County13.333+5.05 pts
151Jeff Davis County13.333n/a
151Pushmataha County13.333+1.21 pts
151Quitman County13.333n/a
156Tooele County13.267-0.23 pts
157Lake County13.253+3.13 pts
158Bowman County13.245+5.66 pts
159Washington County13.23-1.24 pts
160Switzerland County13.223+3.31 pts
161Meade County13.213-0.02 pts
162Wirt County13.208+6 pts
163Williamson County13.19+0.04 pts
164Craig County13.187+6.59 pts
165Manatee County13.159+0.69 pts
166Thurston County13.158+6.91 pts
167Jasper County13.129+3.96 pts
168Sweet Grass County13.127+4.63 pts
169Dixie County13.125+5.98 pts
170Waldo County13.123+3.6 pts
171Wallowa County13.121+3.17 pts
172Barrow County13.11+2.56 pts
173Collier County13.106+0.23 pts
174Travis County13.088-0.03 pts
175Upshur County13.084+5.12 pts
176St. Francois County13.074+1.96 pts
177Clay County13.057+0.96 pts
178Kendall County13.042+1.9 pts
179Schuyler County13.03+4.68 pts
180Montgomery County13.022-0.29 pts
181Catahoula Parish13.018+3.32 pts
182Mora County12.987n/a
182Perkins County12.987+7.77 pts
184Jackson County12.941+2.15 pts
185Dallam County12.938+5.8 pts
186Broward County12.911-0.4 pts
187Fannin County12.909+2.51 pts
188Seminole County12.894+0.66 pts
189McCurtain County12.891+3.28 pts
190Sandoval County12.88+2.2 pts
191Boise County12.851-2.85 pts
192Deschutes County12.824-0.01 pts
193Custer County12.821+4.66 pts
193Grant County12.821+2.15 pts
193Kearny County12.821+6.24 pts
196Lee County12.81-0.18 pts
197Kaufman County12.796+2.23 pts
198Madison County12.781+2.48 pts
199San Juan County12.766+6.64 pts
199Throckmorton County12.766+6.02 pts
201Lake County12.747+0.4 pts
202Gallatin County12.746+0.51 pts
203Zapata County12.739+1.44 pts
204Grainger County12.723+2.85 pts
205LaSalle Parish12.703+1.74 pts
206Garrard County12.698+0.16 pts
206Kinney County12.698-3.17 pts
208Iron County12.689+0.92 pts
209Butte County12.676+3.37 pts
210Rains County12.667+1.02 pts
211Denver County12.659+0.61 pts
212Custer County12.648+3.24 pts
213Green County12.632+7.67 pts
214Pender County12.615+1.39 pts
215Taylor County12.598+2.72 pts
216Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.589+0.16 pts
217Broomfield County12.551+0.12 pts
218Crawford County12.539-1.81 pts
219Ward County12.537+0.09 pts
220Archer County12.536+4.4 pts
221DeKalb County12.533+0.47 pts
222Ouray County12.529+0.38 pts
223Christian County12.513+0.5 pts
224Richland County12.512-0.22 pts
225Jackson County12.5+2.37 pts
225Ottawa County12.5+8.4 pts
225Platte County12.5+6 pts
225Pleasants County12.5+7.33 pts
225Sioux County12.5n/a
225Wayne County12.5+1.65 pts
225Wrangell City and Borough12.5-4.4 pts
232Hillsborough County12.493-0.36 pts
233Lincoln County12.488+1.77 pts
234Butler County12.465+1.32 pts
235Caroline County12.463+1.75 pts
236Fremont County12.457+4.24 pts
237Carter County12.45+3.03 pts
238Hale County12.422+4.17 pts
238Lunenburg County12.422+0.62 pts
240St. Lucie County12.42-1.52 pts
241Dooly County12.414+3.42 pts
242Gwinnett County12.394+0.09 pts
243Morton County12.371+7.05 pts
244Wheeler County12.36+0.26 pts
245Prince William County12.355+0.39 pts
246Casey County12.352-3.03 pts
247Davis County12.342+0.05 pts
248Logan County12.337-0.08 pts
249Ravalli County12.336+0.41 pts
250Jefferson County12.334+1.49 pts

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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. 50 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US counties by establishment entry rate, 2014. 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/us-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Sterling County, with 40% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Ziebach County, with 0% in 2014.

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