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US counties by establishment entry rate

Harding County had the highest establishment entry rate of 3095 counties in 2022, at 47.059%. Wibaux County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 9.87% and the figure for the United States was 11.651%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest47.059Harding County
Lowest0Wibaux County
Median9.873095 counties
United States11.651History

Map of counties, 2022

%, 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

Harding County: 47.059 %Harding County47.059Piute County: 30.508 %Piute County30.508Dolores County: 23.853 %Dolores County23.853Lake County: 23.664 %Lake County23.664Sheridan County: 23.303 %Sheridan County23.303Mellette County: 22.727 %Mellette County22.727Skagway Municipality: 22.378 %Skagway Municipality22.378Kinney County: 21.818 %Kinney County21.818Esmeralda County: 21.053 %Esmeralda County21.053Long County: 20.994 %Long County20.994Catahoula Parish: 20.395 %Catahoula Parish20.395Wasatch County: 20.385 %Wasatch County20.385Talbot County: 20.37 %Talbot County20.37Mariposa County: 20.333 %Mariposa County20.333Van Buren County: 20.225 %Van Buren County20.225Rich County: 20.202 %Rich County20.202Keya Paha County: 20 %Keya Paha County20Custer County: 19.868 %Custer County19.868Osceola County: 19.771 %Osceola County19.771Daggett County: 19.512 %Daggett County19.512Fort Bend County: 19.19 %Fort Bend County19.19Marion County: 19.101 %Marion County19.101Motley County: 19.048 %Motley County19.048Robertson County: 19.048 %Robertson County19.048Jackson County: 18.966 %Jackson County18.966Jefferson County: 18.961 %Jefferson County18.961Custer County: 18.54 %Custer County18.54Sioux County: 18.519 %Sioux County18.519Lincoln County: 18.391 %Lincoln County18.391Custer County: 18.315 %Custer County18.315Cleveland County: 18.182 %Cleveland County18.182Grundy County: 18.182 %Grundy County18.182Sabine County: 17.919 %Sabine County17.919Eureka County: 17.91 %Eureka County17.91Glascock County: 17.857 %Glascock County17.857Jasper County: 17.79 %Jasper County17.79Greer County: 17.778 %Greer County17.778Sanders County: 17.764 %Sanders County17.764Powder River County: 17.742 %Powder River County17.742Ferry County: 17.573 %Ferry County17.573Harding County: 47.059 %Harding County47.059Piute County: 30.508 %Piute County30.508Dolores County: 23.853 %Dolores County23.853Lake County: 23.664 %Lake County23.664Sheridan County: 23.303 %Sheridan County23.303Mellette County: 22.727 %Mellette County22.727Skagway Municipality: 22.378 %Skagway Municipality22.378Kinney County: 21.818 %Kinney County21.818Esmeralda County: 21.053 %Esmeralda County21.053Long County: 20.994 %Long County20.994Catahoula Parish: 20.395 %Catahoula Parish20.395Wasatch County: 20.385 %Wasatch County20.385Talbot County: 20.37 %Talbot County20.37Mariposa County: 20.333 %Mariposa County20.333Van Buren County: 20.225 %Van Buren County20.225Rich County: 20.202 %Rich County20.202Keya Paha County: 20 %Keya Paha County20Custer County: 19.868 %Custer County19.868Osceola County: 19.771 %Osceola County19.771Daggett County: 19.512 %Daggett County19.512Fort Bend County: 19.19 %Fort Bend County19.19Marion County: 19.101 %Marion County19.101Motley County: 19.048 %Motley County19.048Robertson County: 19.048 %Robertson County19.048Jackson County: 18.966 %Jackson County18.966Jefferson County: 18.961 %Jefferson County18.961Custer County: 18.54 %Custer County18.54Sioux County: 18.519 %Sioux County18.519Lincoln County: 18.391 %Lincoln County18.391Custer County: 18.315 %Custer County18.315Cleveland County: 18.182 %Cleveland County18.182Grundy County: 18.182 %Grundy County18.182Sabine County: 17.919 %Sabine County17.919Eureka County: 17.91 %Eureka County17.91Glascock County: 17.857 %Glascock County17.857Jasper County: 17.79 %Jasper County17.79Greer County: 17.778 %Greer County17.778Sanders County: 17.764 %Sanders County17.764Powder River County: 17.742 %Powder River County17.742Ferry County: 17.573 %Ferry County17.573
%. 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
1Harding County47.059+47.06 pts
2Piute County30.508+5.51 pts
3Dolores County23.853+18.19 pts
4Lake County23.664+16.41 pts
5Sheridan County23.303-0.52 pts
6Mellette County22.727n/a
7Skagway Municipality22.378+11.85 pts
8Kinney County21.818+21.82 pts
9Esmeralda County21.053n/a
10Long County20.994-2.76 pts
11Catahoula Parish20.395+13.61 pts
12Wasatch County20.385-1.15 pts
13Talbot County20.37+8.49 pts
14Mariposa County20.333+11.29 pts
15Van Buren County20.225-3.58 pts
16Rich County20.202-1.27 pts
17Keya Paha County20n/a
18Custer County19.868+3.08 pts
19Osceola County19.771+2.26 pts
20Daggett County19.512-0.49 pts
21Fort Bend County19.19+2.51 pts
22Marion County19.101+5.77 pts
23Motley County19.048+4.41 pts
23Robertson County19.048+19.05 pts
25Jackson County18.966+8.53 pts
26Jefferson County18.961+4.31 pts
27Custer County18.54+6.04 pts
28Sioux County18.519+6.98 pts
29Lincoln County18.391+8.81 pts
30Custer County18.315+4.36 pts
31Cleveland County18.182+18.18 pts
31Grundy County18.182+12.84 pts
33Sabine County17.919+10.16 pts
34Eureka County17.91+2.29 pts
35Glascock County17.857+17.86 pts
36Jasper County17.79+3.04 pts
37Greer County17.778+1.9 pts
38Sanders County17.764+8.33 pts
39Powder River County17.742+7.83 pts
40Ferry County17.573+5.35 pts
41Hoke County17.52+3.56 pts
42Calhoun County17.518+8.63 pts
42Wolfe County17.518+10.27 pts
44De Baca County17.5+4.51 pts
45Oglala Lakota County17.391+5.18 pts
45Roger Mills County17.391+8.76 pts
47Teller County17.36+1.12 pts
48Trinity County17.291+4.6 pts
49Calaveras County17.243+5.12 pts
50Effingham County17.147+3.94 pts
51Copper River Census Area17.021+5.85 pts
51Holt County17.021+8.13 pts
53San Jacinto County16.99+5.8 pts
54Irion County16.981+5.22 pts
55Dillingham Census Area16.97n/a
56Alpine County16.949-4.48 pts
57Gulf County16.901+4.09 pts
58Matanuska-Susitna Borough16.885+2.21 pts
59Warren County16.858+9.39 pts
60Sierra County16.822-2.05 pts
61Powell County16.817+10.51 pts
62Broadwater County16.718+6.56 pts
63Canyon County16.703+1.38 pts
64Costilla County16.667+9.52 pts
64Cottle County16.667+16.67 pts
66St. Johns County16.633+0.98 pts
67Martin County16.585+10.6 pts
68Bland County16.552+12.47 pts
69Clear Creek County16.517+2.79 pts
69Kane County16.517+3.21 pts
71Liberty County16.514+8.82 pts
72Utah County16.445-0.6 pts
73Walton County16.417-2.08 pts
74New Kent County16.347+6.18 pts
75Washington County16.316+5.62 pts
76Bledsoe County16.29+11.64 pts
77Gem County16.254+3.1 pts
78Denton County16.238+0.44 pts
79Queens County16.146+3.55 pts
80Hancock County16.129+9.41 pts
80Wayne County16.129-4.92 pts
82Park County16.124+3.65 pts
83Kings County16.109+3.37 pts
84Kent County16.056+1.22 pts
85Dawson County16.05+5 pts
86Pike County16.047+3.75 pts
87Washington County16.015+0.19 pts
88Calhoun County16+5.94 pts
88Wallace County16+3.63 pts
90Callahan County15.982+11.73 pts
91Russell County15.98+6.21 pts
92Iron County15.944+1.07 pts
93Cleburne County15.929+8.03 pts
94Collin County15.916-0.24 pts
95Butte County15.909+2.42 pts
95Upton County15.909+2.66 pts
97Baylor County15.873+10.61 pts
98Williamson County15.858+0.97 pts
99Jefferson County15.856+4.29 pts
100Musselshell County15.842+5.94 pts
101Rockwall County15.833+2.29 pts
102Madison County15.792+1.5 pts
103Benson County15.789+8.05 pts
103Sully County15.789n/a
105Wilson County15.752+2.24 pts
106Steele County15.73+9.14 pts
107Blanco County15.647+5.4 pts
108Santa Rosa County15.625+0.7 pts
109Surry County15.584+3.58 pts
110Los Angeles County15.52+2.37 pts
111Lincoln County15.517-1.03 pts
112Forsyth County15.47+0.22 pts
113Clark County15.446+0.73 pts
114Bastrop County15.4+2.3 pts
115Garden County15.385+4.99 pts
115West Feliciana Parish15.385+5.73 pts
115Yakutat City and Borough15.385n/a
118Henry County15.355-1.29 pts
119Orange County15.341-0.13 pts
120Adams County15.319-2.78 pts
120Glades County15.319+4.11 pts
122Benzie County15.306+6.2 pts
123Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.267+4.33 pts
124Comal County15.246+2.34 pts
125St. Lucie County15.241+0.17 pts
126Tooele County15.226-2.28 pts
127Ontonagon County15.217+10.96 pts
128Fremont County15.203+2.66 pts
129Swain County15.182+1.34 pts
130Hays County15.166+1.72 pts
130Perry County15.166+6.34 pts
132Grant Parish15.16+0.44 pts
132Menard County15.16+3.39 pts
134Washington County15.152+5.15 pts
135Chouteau County15.139+6.88 pts
136Miami-Dade County15.129-1.68 pts
137Caroline County15.126+6.54 pts
138Morgan County15.12-3.61 pts
139Mathews County15.116+9.23 pts
140Madison County15.111+1.84 pts
141Owyhee County15.026+2.59 pts
142Riverside County15.025+1.98 pts
143Roberts County150 pts
144Kaufman County14.977+1.52 pts
145Spencer County14.976+2.89 pts
146Martin County14.938+9.11 pts
147Franklin County14.931+7.18 pts
148Haines Borough14.9250 pts
149Brunswick County14.912+5.13 pts
150Union County14.91+7.38 pts
151Kearny County14.907+7.21 pts
152San Bernardino County14.894+2.32 pts
153Manatee County14.882+0.39 pts
154Kauai County14.877+6.16 pts
155Elbert County14.875-1.07 pts
156Franklin County14.865+3.19 pts
157Jackson County14.863+2.25 pts
158Calhoun County14.857+5.44 pts
159Stone County14.849+3.11 pts
160Jefferson County14.844+1.18 pts
161Sutter County14.821+2.37 pts
162Clay County14.815+8.89 pts
162Dewey County14.815n/a
162Payette County14.815+2.31 pts
165Sumter County14.786+2.09 pts
166Park County14.779-0.31 pts
167Teton County14.773-1.02 pts
168Pend Oreille County14.762+1.15 pts
169Kootenai County14.754+0.81 pts
170Sublette County14.737+1.37 pts
171Van Zandt County14.726+1.64 pts
172Leelanau County14.716+2.38 pts
173Delta County14.7+2.9 pts
174Cannon County14.698+6.07 pts
175Wheatland County14.679+7.34 pts
176Petersburg Borough14.672+2.53 pts
177Ellis County14.649+0.39 pts
178Bear Lake County14.634+6.12 pts
178Catron County14.634+2.97 pts
180Douglas County14.627-0.63 pts
181Burke County14.599+8.54 pts
182Montgomery County14.589+0.56 pts
183Hancock County14.585+3.33 pts
184Boise County14.57-0.87 pts
185Meagher County14.516-3.97 pts
185Plumas County14.516+3.42 pts
187Pulaski County14.474+3.52 pts
188Cook County14.468+2.36 pts
189Lynn County14.458+0.62 pts
189Yoakum County14.458+7.29 pts
191Pinal County14.457+0.98 pts
192Peach County14.455+3.4 pts
193Idaho County14.442+1.36 pts
194Storey County14.433-0.89 pts
195Meriwether County14.43-4.72 pts
196Gwinnett County14.42-0.8 pts
197Nassau County14.412+0.53 pts
198Paulding County14.397-1.66 pts
198Richmond County14.397+3.61 pts
200Crook County14.391+2.17 pts
201Bourbon County14.386+5.8 pts
202Rockland County14.382+2.54 pts
203Travis County14.358+0.84 pts
204Broward County14.357-2.44 pts
205Chambers County14.322+0.34 pts
206Pasco County14.307-0.55 pts
207DeSoto County14.301+3.42 pts
208Johnston County14.286+7.66 pts
208Pendleton County14.286+5.41 pts
208Sandoval County14.286+1.18 pts
208Wirt County14.286-1.1 pts
212Lee County14.261-0.25 pts
213Hudson County14.248+1.91 pts
214George County14.238+4.22 pts
215Yalobusha County14.237+5.9 pts
216Maui County14.23+4.71 pts
217Ouray County14.206-3.73 pts
218Laramie County14.196+0.57 pts
219Chaffee County14.184-1.9 pts
220Nantucket County14.177-0.15 pts
221Duchesne County14.173+1.05 pts
222San Joaquin County14.172+2.12 pts
223Gallatin County14.169-0.08 pts
224Kittitas County14.16+0.85 pts
225Dundy County14.159n/a
226Wagoner County14.157+2.25 pts
227Bandera County14.155+2.28 pts
228Fulton County14.154-1.99 pts
229Greenup County14.146+6.27 pts
230Gilmer County14.136+2.73 pts
231Morgan County14.134+9.08 pts
232Clayton County14.133-3.12 pts
233Lincoln County14.132+0.88 pts
234Wakulla County14.107+0.38 pts
235Benton County14.103-8.56 pts
236Denali Borough14.085+4.43 pts
236Webster County14.085-0.46 pts
238Collier County14.061+0.11 pts
239Pike County14.054+7.62 pts
240Barrow County14.045+1.72 pts
241Yuba County14.042+0.82 pts
242McCormick County14.035+8.38 pts
242Robertson County14.035+3.38 pts
244Valley County14.032-0.51 pts
245Ravalli County14.028+1.06 pts
246Polk County14.026+2.27 pts
247Palm Beach County13.994-1.47 pts
248Cabarrus County13.992+1.58 pts
249Grand Isle County13.986+0.9 pts
250LaSalle Parish13.982+4.88 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. 48 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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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Harding County, with 47.059% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Wibaux County, with 0% in 2022.

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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. 48 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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