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US counties by establishment entry rate

Slope County had the highest establishment entry rate of 3078 counties in 2017, at 38.462%. Sully County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8% and the figure for the United States was 9.675%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest38.462Slope County
Lowest0Sully County
Median83078 counties
United States9.675History

Map of counties, 2017

%, 2017. 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, 2017

Slope County: 38.462 %Slope County38.462Daggett County: 29.412 %Daggett County29.412Piute County: 27.778 %Piute County27.778Denali Borough: 26.357 %Denali Borough26.357Harding County: 25 %Harding County25Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 23.214 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area23.214Hooker County: 23.077 %Hooker County23.077Sioux County: 23.077 %Sioux County23.077Logan County: 22.727 %Logan County22.727Wheeler County: 20.69 %Wheeler County20.69Butte County: 20.408 %Butte County20.408Wibaux County: 19.608 %Wibaux County19.608Ripley County: 19.293 %Ripley County19.293Webster County: 19.231 %Webster County19.231Baker County: 18.868 %Baker County18.868Wheeler County: 18.182 %Wheeler County18.182Jerauld County: 18.045 %Jerauld County18.045Skagway Municipality: 17.778 %Skagway Municipality17.778Custer County: 17.391 %Custer County17.391Thomas County: 17.021 %Thomas County17.021Pemiscot County: 16.909 %Pemiscot County16.909Sherman County: 16.822 %Sherman County16.822Hodgeman County: 16.279 %Hodgeman County16.279Terrell County: 16.216 %Terrell County16.216Skamania County: 16 %Skamania County16Morgan County: 15.789 %Morgan County15.789San Juan County: 15.686 %San Juan County15.686Bear Lake County: 15.596 %Bear Lake County15.596Spencer County: 15.55 %Spencer County15.55McDonald County: 15.439 %McDonald County15.439Chase County: 15.385 %Chase County15.385Dolores County: 15.385 %Dolores County15.385Frontier County: 15.385 %Frontier County15.385Osceola County: 15.376 %Osceola County15.376Ferry County: 15.261 %Ferry County15.261Ouray County: 15.213 %Ouray County15.213Fort Bend County: 15.18 %Fort Bend County15.18Denton County: 15.078 %Denton County15.078Dawson County: 14.891 %Dawson County14.891Swain County: 14.851 %Swain County14.851Slope County: 38.462 %Slope County38.462Daggett County: 29.412 %Daggett County29.412Piute County: 27.778 %Piute County27.778Denali Borough: 26.357 %Denali Borough26.357Harding County: 25 %Harding County25Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 23.214 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area23.214Hooker County: 23.077 %Hooker County23.077Sioux County: 23.077 %Sioux County23.077Logan County: 22.727 %Logan County22.727Wheeler County: 20.69 %Wheeler County20.69Butte County: 20.408 %Butte County20.408Wibaux County: 19.608 %Wibaux County19.608Ripley County: 19.293 %Ripley County19.293Webster County: 19.231 %Webster County19.231Baker County: 18.868 %Baker County18.868Wheeler County: 18.182 %Wheeler County18.182Jerauld County: 18.045 %Jerauld County18.045Skagway Municipality: 17.778 %Skagway Municipality17.778Custer County: 17.391 %Custer County17.391Thomas County: 17.021 %Thomas County17.021Pemiscot County: 16.909 %Pemiscot County16.909Sherman County: 16.822 %Sherman County16.822Hodgeman County: 16.279 %Hodgeman County16.279Terrell County: 16.216 %Terrell County16.216Skamania County: 16 %Skamania County16Morgan County: 15.789 %Morgan County15.789San Juan County: 15.686 %San Juan County15.686Bear Lake County: 15.596 %Bear Lake County15.596Spencer County: 15.55 %Spencer County15.55McDonald County: 15.439 %McDonald County15.439Chase County: 15.385 %Chase County15.385Dolores County: 15.385 %Dolores County15.385Frontier County: 15.385 %Frontier County15.385Osceola County: 15.376 %Osceola County15.376Ferry County: 15.261 %Ferry County15.261Ouray County: 15.213 %Ouray County15.213Fort Bend County: 15.18 %Fort Bend County15.18Denton County: 15.078 %Denton County15.078Dawson County: 14.891 %Dawson County14.891Swain County: 14.851 %Swain County14.851
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Slope County38.462n/a
2Daggett County29.412n/a
3Piute County27.778+27.78 pts
4Denali Borough26.357+8.18 pts
5Harding County25n/a
6Hoonah-Angoon Census Area23.214+5.74 pts
7Hooker County23.077+23.08 pts
7Sioux County23.077+10.31 pts
9Logan County22.727n/a
10Wheeler County20.69n/a
11Butte County20.408+12.41 pts
12Wibaux County19.608+19.61 pts
13Ripley County19.293+0.41 pts
14Webster County19.231+6.99 pts
15Baker County18.868+2.2 pts
16Wheeler County18.182+6.42 pts
17Jerauld County18.045+11.84 pts
18Skagway Municipality17.778+1.65 pts
19Custer County17.391+7.47 pts
20Thomas County17.021n/a
21Pemiscot County16.909+5.46 pts
22Sherman County16.822-1.73 pts
23Hodgeman County16.279+3.78 pts
24Terrell County16.216-1.43 pts
25Skamania County16+4.46 pts
26Morgan County15.789-0.99 pts
27San Juan County15.686-3.88 pts
28Bear Lake County15.596+6.94 pts
29Spencer County15.55+5.61 pts
30McDonald County15.439+2.27 pts
31Chase County15.385+10.34 pts
31Dolores County15.385-9.31 pts
31Frontier County15.385+1.32 pts
34Osceola County15.376-0.62 pts
35Ferry County15.261-0.44 pts
36Ouray County15.213+5.26 pts
37Fort Bend County15.18+0.25 pts
38Denton County15.078+0.39 pts
39Dawson County14.891+4.95 pts
40Swain County14.851-0.06 pts
41Lake and Peninsula Borough14.815-9.19 pts
42McKenzie County14.79+3.41 pts
43Garfield County14.634-1.15 pts
44Lake County14.62+4.89 pts
45Jack County14.599+6.94 pts
46Wabaunsee County14.559+5.79 pts
47Utah County14.523+0.49 pts
48Kidder County14.516+6.45 pts
49Copper River Census Area14.508+0.6 pts
50Park County14.444+1.05 pts
51Collin County14.416-0.05 pts
52Bollinger County14.404+4.96 pts
53Rockwall County14.355+1.75 pts
54St. Louis city14.313-2.11 pts
55Dallas County14.312-0.66 pts
56Harris County14.305+3.59 pts
57Iron County14.298+2.28 pts
58Robertson County14.286-6.23 pts
59Carson County14.226-2.89 pts
60LaSalle Parish14.189+6.2 pts
61New Madrid County14.144+0.66 pts
62Clay County14.103+6.56 pts
63Gates County14.097+3.04 pts
64Gaines County14.091+2.7 pts
65Williamson County14.073+0.21 pts
66Essex County13.978+7.63 pts
67Flagler County13.949-0.34 pts
68Smith County13.944+4.54 pts
69Reeves County13.91-0.18 pts
70Polk County13.904+5.88 pts
71Wasatch County13.897-1.37 pts
72Meagher County13.861+1.86 pts
73Douglas County13.853-0.51 pts
73Gilpin County13.853+0.98 pts
75Mercer County13.846+1.15 pts
75Schuyler County13.846+2.65 pts
77Bastrop County13.799-0.51 pts
78Clear Creek County13.781-1.26 pts
79St. Johns County13.7790 pts
80Livingston County13.768+9.32 pts
81Forsyth County13.76+0.1 pts
82Madison County13.729-0.37 pts
83Washington County13.711+0.7 pts
84Walton County13.687-1 pts
85Clay County13.684-1.62 pts
86Custer County13.675+4.66 pts
87Carter County13.665+1.41 pts
88Routt County13.659+1.72 pts
89Jackson County13.636n/a
89Lincoln County13.636-1.81 pts
89Owyhee County13.636+7.14 pts
92Coal County13.58+3.76 pts
93Washington County13.57-0.45 pts
94Eureka County13.559-5.49 pts
95Lafayette County13.542+2.43 pts
96Comal County13.539+0.46 pts
97Lincoln County13.514+2.48 pts
98San Jacinto County13.472+2.16 pts
99Nassau County13.394-0.11 pts
100Madison County13.389+2.59 pts
100Ottawa County13.389+7.43 pts
102Hays County13.344-0.84 pts
103Corson County13.333n/a
103Van Buren County13.333n/a
105Canadian County13.303+2.66 pts
106Henry County13.301+1.4 pts
107Lee County13.298+0.32 pts
108Dixie County13.291+6.26 pts
108Sumter County13.291+1.18 pts
110Kendall County13.277+3.14 pts
111Logan County13.273+1.47 pts
112Madison County13.269+0.38 pts
113Missaukee County13.204+5.62 pts
114Kings County13.202-0.89 pts
115Sullivan County13.198+6.09 pts
116McCone County13.187n/a
117Parker County13.181+0.58 pts
118Garfield County13.149-18.43 pts
119Tyler County13.146-1.63 pts
120Hickory County13.139-5.73 pts
121St. Lucie County13.134-0.01 pts
122Williamson County13.055+0.61 pts
123Grant County13.043+8.75 pts
124Sabine County13.014+1.25 pts
125Boise County12.977+4.35 pts
126Somervell County12.968-0.29 pts
127Miami-Dade County12.948-0.9 pts
128Loudoun County12.936+0.15 pts
129Presidio County12.931+3.45 pts
130Matanuska-Susitna Borough12.93+0.12 pts
131Archuleta County12.918-1.33 pts
132Fremont County12.917+5.95 pts
133Kaufman County12.911+2.37 pts
134Chugach Census Area12.903+2.67 pts
134Granite County12.903+3.01 pts
136Orange County12.888-1.34 pts
137Weld County12.864+0.36 pts
138Adams County12.831+0.18 pts
139Bonner County12.821+0.58 pts
140Johnson County12.817-0.86 pts
141Clay County12.813+8.84 pts
142Manassas Park city12.797+3.59 pts
143Clark County12.771-0.69 pts
144Schleicher County12.766n/a
145Montgomery County12.743-0.58 pts
146Cheyenne County12.727+7.42 pts
147Divide County12.717+3.09 pts
148Queens County12.701-0.54 pts
149Florence County12.683+6.02 pts
149Montgomery County12.683+4.84 pts
151Jefferson County12.679-2.8 pts
152Mecklenburg County12.66+0.47 pts
153Costilla County12.658+4.76 pts
154Palm Beach County12.604-0.43 pts
155Paulding County12.603+0.88 pts
156Mason County12.594+2.96 pts
157Atascosa County12.59+2.08 pts
158Nantucket County12.587+1.35 pts
159Barrow County12.545+1.3 pts
160Elbert County12.524+0.27 pts
161Armstrong County12.5-3.94 pts
161Kinney County12.5+2.5 pts
161Menard County12.5+5.27 pts
161Schley County12.5n/a
165Sanpete County12.484+3.93 pts
166Kingfisher County12.471+5.69 pts
167Crook County12.469+4.93 pts
167Gwinnett County12.469-0.5 pts
167Llano County12.469-1.53 pts
170Cherokee County12.464+1.22 pts
171Shoshone County12.44+2.31 pts
172Pasco County12.426-0.79 pts
173Deschutes County12.425-1.2 pts
174Broomfield County12.421-1.36 pts
175Calhoun County12.403-1.44 pts
176Dunklin County12.389-1.48 pts
176Levy County12.389+2.98 pts
176Travis County12.389-1.21 pts
179Hernando County12.364+0.19 pts
180Putnam County12.36+1.52 pts
181Daviess County12.355+1.46 pts
182Wilson County12.344+1.66 pts
183Cumberland County12.338+6.61 pts
183Rains County12.338+0.46 pts
185Broward County12.319-0.77 pts
186Clark County12.314-0.21 pts
187Hickman County12.308+4.18 pts
187Teton County12.308+0.23 pts
189Teton County12.304-1.01 pts
190Trinity County12.298+0.42 pts
191Canyon County12.297-0.93 pts
192Collier County12.278+0.03 pts
193Goochland County12.277+1.61 pts
194Cache County12.275+0.26 pts
195Burnet County12.273+0.99 pts
196Lancaster County12.272+2.64 pts
197Dinwiddie County12.27+6.68 pts
198Grant County12.257+2.96 pts
199DeSoto County12.245-0.06 pts
200Kootenai County12.244+0.35 pts
201Hoke County12.24-1.01 pts
202Brunswick County12.237-0.07 pts
203Cimarron County12.214+3.19 pts
204Hillsborough County12.203-2.68 pts
205Marion County12.195+0.43 pts
205Mariposa County12.195+0.94 pts
205Rich County12.195+3.39 pts
208Stafford County12.173+0.06 pts
209Upshur County12.148-0.56 pts
210Arapahoe County12.139-0.54 pts
211Larimer County12.132+0.31 pts
212Rockland County12.125-0.03 pts
213Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area12.121+4.19 pts
214Fulton County12.118-0.96 pts
215Denver County12.099-0.73 pts
216Delaware County12.092+1.76 pts
217Mountrail County12.086+0.77 pts
218Johnston County12.083+1.46 pts
219Yamhill County12.061+1.1 pts
220Madison County12.06-3.95 pts
221Charlton County12.057+1.3 pts
222Hudson County12.027-0.31 pts
223Lemhi County12.024+4.87 pts
224Johnston County12.012+4.7 pts
225Union County12.01-0.71 pts
226Haskell County12+1.16 pts
227Alger County11.979+2.79 pts
228Custer County11.966-3.15 pts
229Wake County11.956+0.18 pts
230Manatee County11.947-1.15 pts
231Meade County11.943+4.04 pts
232Pitkin County11.94+1.8 pts
233Summit County11.933-1.27 pts
234Seminole County11.932-0.31 pts
235Carroll County11.927+0.28 pts
236Cedar County11.923+1.87 pts
237Lafayette County11.916-1.18 pts
238Garfield County11.905-2.73 pts
239Jasper County11.895+1.5 pts
240Boulder County11.89-0.7 pts
241Riverside County11.883-0.22 pts
242Bandera County11.881-1.02 pts
243Johnson County11.862+0.62 pts
244Maricopa County11.858-0.19 pts
245Laramie County11.853-0.91 pts
246Kane County11.845-1.61 pts
247Hanson County11.842+4.2 pts
248York County11.84+1.11 pts
249Davis County11.834-0.98 pts
250Washington County11.828+4.36 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. 65 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Slope County, with 38.462% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Sully County, with 0% in 2017.

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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. 65 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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