Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate
Summers County had the highest establishment entry rate of 54 counties in 2012, at 12.463%. Grant County had the lowest, at 4.556%. The median was 7.028% and the figure for West Virginia was 7.401%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2012
- Under 5.9
- 5.9 to 6.5
- 6.5 to 7
- 7 to 7.7
- 7.7 to 9.3
- 9.3 and over
- No data
All counties, 2012
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2012 (%) | Change on 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summers County | 12.463 | +7.17 pts |
| 2 | Clay County | 12.183 | +5.42 pts |
| 3 | Hampshire County | 11.371 | +4.74 pts |
| 4 | Webster County | 11.159 | +5.49 pts |
| 5 | Jackson County | 10.493 | +2.99 pts |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 10.055 | -0.83 pts |
| 7 | Upshur County | 10 | +1.11 pts |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 9.424 | +3.16 pts |
| 9 | Berkeley County | 9.415 | +0.08 pts |
| 10 | Randolph County | 9.33 | +1 pts |
| 11 | Taylor County | 9.223 | +1.8 pts |
| 12 | Monongalia County | 9.121 | -0.18 pts |
| 13 | Nicholas County | 8.656 | +0.53 pts |
| 14 | McDowell County | 8.614 | +2.25 pts |
| 15 | Marshall County | 8.051 | +1.64 pts |
| 16 | Braxton County | 8.016 | +1.79 pts |
| 17 | Brooke County | 7.904 | +0.98 pts |
| 18 | Harrison County | 7.886 | -0.04 pts |
| 19 | Fayette County | 7.639 | -0.69 pts |
| 20 | Hancock County | 7.619 | +2.18 pts |
| 21 | Preston County | 7.52 | +0.43 pts |
| 22 | Hardy County | 7.484 | +2.55 pts |
| 23 | Marion County | 7.284 | -0.43 pts |
| 24 | Monroe County | 7.273 | +0.9 pts |
| 25 | Logan County | 7.132 | +1.03 pts |
| 26 | Mineral County | 7.092 | -1.75 pts |
| 26 | Mingo County | 7.092 | -0.03 pts |
| 28 | Calhoun County | 6.965 | -0.76 pts |
| 29 | Putnam County | 6.92 | +0.51 pts |
| 30 | Greenbrier County | 6.908 | -1.26 pts |
| 31 | Wood County | 6.902 | +0.71 pts |
| 32 | Tucker County | 6.78 | -4.95 pts |
| 33 | Raleigh County | 6.777 | -0.34 pts |
| 34 | Kanawha County | 6.767 | -0.35 pts |
| 35 | Wyoming County | 6.552 | -3.13 pts |
| 36 | Wetzel County | 6.543 | +1.42 pts |
| 37 | Gilmer County | 6.478 | -1.3 pts |
| 38 | Tyler County | 6.422 | -1.72 pts |
| 39 | Pendleton County | 6.299 | +2.41 pts |
| 40 | Cabell County | 6.264 | -1.65 pts |
| 41 | Mercer County | 6.183 | -0.28 pts |
| 42 | Morgan County | 6.176 | -1.68 pts |
| 43 | Mason County | 6.163 | -2.96 pts |
| 44 | Boone County | 6.028 | -1.69 pts |
| 45 | Barbour County | 5.923 | -4.6 pts |
| 46 | Lewis County | 5.851 | -2.38 pts |
| 47 | Ritchie County | 5.699 | -4.17 pts |
| 48 | Ohio County | 5.584 | +0.69 pts |
| 49 | Doddridge County | 5.556 | -1.11 pts |
| 50 | Wayne County | 5.304 | -3.78 pts |
| 51 | Roane County | 5.023 | -0.3 pts |
| 52 | Pleasants County | 5.021 | -1.43 pts |
| 53 | Pocahontas County | 4.688 | -8.96 pts |
| 54 | Grant County | 4.556 | -3.12 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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2012 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.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate, 2012) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
MLA 9
Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate, 2012. 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2012. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate, 2012. 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2012.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate, 2012 [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/west-virginia-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?
Summers County, with 12.463% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?
Grant County, with 4.556% in 2012.
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. 1 counties have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.