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Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate

Hancock County had the highest establishment exit rate of 153 counties in 2014, at 19.048%. Clay County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.489% and the figure for Georgia was 9.41%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.048Hancock County
Lowest0Clay County
Median8.489153 counties
Georgia9.41History

Map of counties, 2014

Appling County: 8.746 %Atkinson County: 5.917 %Bacon County: 9.95 %Baldwin County: 10.345 %Banks County: 9.544 %Barrow County: 9.66 %Bartow County: 9.783 %Ben Hill County: 8.539 %Berrien County: 13.276 %Bibb County: 7.548 %Bleckley County: 8.638 %Brantley County: 13.143 %Brooks County: 9.548 %Bryan County: 9.881 %Bulloch County: 7.717 %Burke County: 8.028 %Butts County: 7.08 %Calhoun County: 13.74 %Camden County: 8.666 %Candler County: 5.962 %Carroll County: 8.783 %Catoosa County: 7.543 %Charlton County: 5.839 %Chatham County: 8.164 %Chattahoochee County: 12 %Chattooga County: 6.922 %Cherokee County: 9.619 %Clarke County: 7.393 %Clay County: 0 %Clayton County: 9.871 %Clinch County: 4.065 %Cobb County: 10.388 %Coffee County: 6.443 %Colquitt County: 7.477 %Columbia County: 9.406 %Cook County: 7.692 %Coweta County: 8.441 %Crawford County: 10.891 %Crisp County: 8.542 %Dade County: 10.687 %Dawson County: 10.101 %Decatur County: 7.156 %DeKalb County: 10.972 %Dodge County: 6.677 %Dooly County: 8.276 %Dougherty County: 6.971 %Douglas County: 8.83 %Early County: 11.979 %Effingham County: 10.024 %Elbert County: 7.435 %Emanuel County: 6.174 %Evans County: 6.878 %Fannin County: 8.606 %Fayette County: 9.128 %Floyd County: 8.595 %Forsyth County: 10.051 %Franklin County: 6.736 %Fulton County: 10.73 %Gilmer County: 9.741 %Glynn County: 8.926 %Gordon County: 7.974 %Grady County: 6.545 %Greene County: 8.926 %Gwinnett County: 10.861 %Habersham County: 7.767 %Hall County: 8.65 %Hancock County: 19.048 %Haralson County: 9.578 %Harris County: 8.863 %Hart County: 7.65 %Heard County: 5.932 %Henry County: 9.952 %Houston County: 7.993 %Irwin County: 5.455 %Jackson County: 8.746 %Jasper County: 10.072 %Jeff Davis County: 7.048 %Jefferson County: 5.329 %Jenkins County: 6.63 %Johnson County: 9.132 %Jones County: 8.489 %Lamar County: 12.389 %Lanier County: 6.218 %Laurens County: 5.769 %Lee County: 11.078 %Liberty County: 9.037 %Lincoln County: 11.155 %Long County: 5.714 %Lowndes County: 8.327 %Lumpkin County: 8.874 %McDuffie County: 6.667 %McIntosh County: 14.024 %Macon County: 7.386 %Madison County: 9.451 %Marion County: 12.245 %Meriwether County: 9.677 %Miller County: 7.317 %Mitchell County: 8.555 %Monroe County: 9.203 %Montgomery County: 10.329 %Morgan County: 8.966 %Murray County: 8.378 %Muscogee County: 8.314 %Newton County: 9.524 %Oconee County: 9.266 %Oglethorpe County: 8.946 %Paulding County: 9.818 %Peach County: 9.513 %Pickens County: 6.959 %Pierce County: 8.04 %Pike County: 7.407 %Polk County: 7.902 %Pulaski County: 5.455 %Putnam County: 8.424 %Quitman County: 13.333 %Rabun County: 8.383 %Randolph County: 5.556 %Richmond County: 7.906 %Rockdale County: 9.641 %Schley County: 12.5 %Screven County: 7.653 %Seminole County: 11.111 %Spalding County: 7.67 %Stephens County: 8.163 %Stewart County: 10.909 %Sumter County: 9.467 %Tattnall County: 6.606 %Taylor County: 6.14 %Telfair County: 9.524 %Terrell County: 7.767 %Thomas County: 7.065 %Tift County: 6.309 %Toombs County: 7.193 %Towns County: 10.405 %Treutlen County: 6.329 %Troup County: 7.438 %Turner County: 8.088 %Twiggs County: 11.679 %Union County: 6.694 %Upson County: 6.58 %Walker County: 8.708 %Walton County: 10.365 %Ware County: 5.63 %Warren County: 6.4 %Washington County: 5.714 %Wayne County: 7.573 %Wheeler County: 12.698 %White County: 7.533 %Whitfield County: 6.819 %Wilcox County: 8.333 %Wilkes County: 6.593 %Wilkinson County: 6.593 %Worth County: 11.132 %
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%, 2014. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Hancock County: 19.048 %Hancock County19.048McIntosh County: 14.024 %McIntosh County14.024Calhoun County: 13.74 %Calhoun County13.74Quitman County: 13.333 %Quitman County13.333Berrien County: 13.276 %Berrien County13.276Brantley County: 13.143 %Brantley County13.143Wheeler County: 12.698 %Wheeler County12.698Schley County: 12.5 %Schley County12.5Lamar County: 12.389 %Lamar County12.389Marion County: 12.245 %Marion County12.245Chattahoochee County: 12 %Chattahoochee County12Early County: 11.979 %Early County11.979Twiggs County: 11.679 %Twiggs County11.679Lincoln County: 11.155 %Lincoln County11.155Worth County: 11.132 %Worth County11.132Seminole County: 11.111 %Seminole County11.111Lee County: 11.078 %Lee County11.078DeKalb County: 10.972 %DeKalb County10.972Stewart County: 10.909 %Stewart County10.909Crawford County: 10.891 %Crawford County10.891Gwinnett County: 10.861 %Gwinnett County10.861Fulton County: 10.73 %Fulton County10.73Dade County: 10.687 %Dade County10.687Towns County: 10.405 %Towns County10.405Cobb County: 10.388 %Cobb County10.388Walton County: 10.365 %Walton County10.365Baldwin County: 10.345 %Baldwin County10.345Montgomery County: 10.329 %Montgomery County10.329Dawson County: 10.101 %Dawson County10.101Jasper County: 10.072 %Jasper County10.072Forsyth County: 10.051 %Forsyth County10.051Effingham County: 10.024 %Effingham County10.024Henry County: 9.952 %Henry County9.952Bacon County: 9.95 %Bacon County9.95Bryan County: 9.881 %Bryan County9.881Clayton County: 9.871 %Clayton County9.871Paulding County: 9.818 %Paulding County9.818Bartow County: 9.783 %Bartow County9.783Gilmer County: 9.741 %Gilmer County9.741Meriwether County: 9.677 %Meriwether County9.677Hancock County: 19.048 %Hancock County19.048McIntosh County: 14.024 %McIntosh County14.024Calhoun County: 13.74 %Calhoun County13.74Quitman County: 13.333 %Quitman County13.333Berrien County: 13.276 %Berrien County13.276Brantley County: 13.143 %Brantley County13.143Wheeler County: 12.698 %Wheeler County12.698Schley County: 12.5 %Schley County12.5Lamar County: 12.389 %Lamar County12.389Marion County: 12.245 %Marion County12.245Chattahoochee County: 12 %Chattahoochee County12Early County: 11.979 %Early County11.979Twiggs County: 11.679 %Twiggs County11.679Lincoln County: 11.155 %Lincoln County11.155Worth County: 11.132 %Worth County11.132Seminole County: 11.111 %Seminole County11.111Lee County: 11.078 %Lee County11.078DeKalb County: 10.972 %DeKalb County10.972Stewart County: 10.909 %Stewart County10.909Crawford County: 10.891 %Crawford County10.891Gwinnett County: 10.861 %Gwinnett County10.861Fulton County: 10.73 %Fulton County10.73Dade County: 10.687 %Dade County10.687Towns County: 10.405 %Towns County10.405Cobb County: 10.388 %Cobb County10.388Walton County: 10.365 %Walton County10.365Baldwin County: 10.345 %Baldwin County10.345Montgomery County: 10.329 %Montgomery County10.329Dawson County: 10.101 %Dawson County10.101Jasper County: 10.072 %Jasper County10.072Forsyth County: 10.051 %Forsyth County10.051Effingham County: 10.024 %Effingham County10.024Henry County: 9.952 %Henry County9.952Bacon County: 9.95 %Bacon County9.95Bryan County: 9.881 %Bryan County9.881Clayton County: 9.871 %Clayton County9.871Paulding County: 9.818 %Paulding County9.818Bartow County: 9.783 %Bartow County9.783Gilmer County: 9.741 %Gilmer County9.741Meriwether County: 9.677 %Meriwether County9.677
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Hancock County19.048+6.55 pts
2McIntosh County14.024+0.11 pts
3Calhoun County13.74+5.04 pts
4Quitman County13.333+3.66 pts
5Berrien County13.276+0.54 pts
6Brantley County13.143+4 pts
7Wheeler County12.698-2.57 pts
8Schley County12.5n/a
9Lamar County12.389+4.11 pts
10Marion County12.245+5.35 pts
11Chattahoochee County12+2.29 pts
12Early County11.979+4.8 pts
13Twiggs County11.679+4.1 pts
14Lincoln County11.155+2.49 pts
15Worth County11.132+4.61 pts
16Seminole County11.111+0.95 pts
17Lee County11.078-2.24 pts
18DeKalb County10.972+0.56 pts
19Stewart County10.909-1.16 pts
20Crawford County10.891-3.33 pts
21Gwinnett County10.861+0.43 pts
22Fulton County10.73+0.22 pts
23Dade County10.687+2.08 pts
24Towns County10.405+2.33 pts
25Cobb County10.388-0.57 pts
26Walton County10.365-0.65 pts
27Baldwin County10.345+0.89 pts
28Montgomery County10.329-0.78 pts
29Dawson County10.101+0.81 pts
30Jasper County10.072-1.94 pts
31Forsyth County10.051-0.94 pts
32Effingham County10.024-0.29 pts
33Henry County9.952-0.33 pts
34Bacon County9.95+3.96 pts
35Bryan County9.881+0.38 pts
36Clayton County9.871-1.79 pts
37Paulding County9.818-1.95 pts
38Bartow County9.783+1.09 pts
39Gilmer County9.741-1.95 pts
40Meriwether County9.677-4.24 pts
41Barrow County9.66-0.79 pts
42Rockdale County9.641+0.67 pts
43Cherokee County9.619-1.26 pts
44Haralson County9.578+2.42 pts
45Brooks County9.548+0.05 pts
46Banks County9.544+2.04 pts
47Newton County9.524-0.19 pts
47Telfair County9.524+2.28 pts
49Peach County9.513+0.37 pts
50Sumter County9.467-0.42 pts
51Madison County9.451+0.3 pts
52Columbia County9.406-0.65 pts
53Oconee County9.266-0.95 pts
54Monroe County9.203-1.04 pts
55Johnson County9.132-0.65 pts
56Fayette County9.128-1.32 pts
57Liberty County9.037-2.51 pts
58Morgan County8.966-0.8 pts
59Oglethorpe County8.946-1.92 pts
60Glynn County8.926+0.3 pts
60Greene County8.926+1.82 pts
62Lumpkin County8.874-1.95 pts
63Harris County8.863-1.08 pts
64Douglas County8.83-1.01 pts
65Carroll County8.783+0.35 pts
66Appling County8.746+1 pts
66Jackson County8.746-0.76 pts
68Walker County8.708+1.45 pts
69Camden County8.666+0.25 pts
70Hall County8.65-0.74 pts
71Bleckley County8.638-2.29 pts
72Fannin County8.606-0.44 pts
73Floyd County8.595-0.21 pts
74Mitchell County8.555-0.56 pts
75Crisp County8.542+3.33 pts
76Ben Hill County8.539+1.72 pts
77Jones County8.489-2.47 pts
78Coweta County8.441-1.28 pts
79Putnam County8.424+0.23 pts
80Rabun County8.383-0.19 pts
81Murray County8.378+0.97 pts
82Wilcox County8.333-1.19 pts
83Lowndes County8.327-0.04 pts
84Muscogee County8.314-0.94 pts
85Dooly County8.276-4.18 pts
86Chatham County8.164-0.55 pts
87Stephens County8.163+1.74 pts
88Turner County8.088+2.23 pts
89Pierce County8.04+0.57 pts
90Burke County8.028+0.75 pts
91Houston County7.993-0.31 pts
92Gordon County7.974-1.09 pts
93Richmond County7.906-0.57 pts
94Polk County7.902-1.5 pts
95Habersham County7.767-0.92 pts
95Terrell County7.767-4.69 pts
97Bulloch County7.717-0.95 pts
98Cook County7.692-1.64 pts
99Spalding County7.67-1.34 pts
100Screven County7.653-0.93 pts
101Hart County7.65-1.12 pts
102Wayne County7.573+1.32 pts
103Bibb County7.548-1.84 pts
104Catoosa County7.543+0.43 pts
105White County7.533-0.85 pts
106Colquitt County7.477-0.29 pts
107Troup County7.438-0.4 pts
108Elbert County7.435-1.02 pts
109Pike County7.407+1.16 pts
110Clarke County7.393-0.41 pts
111Macon County7.386-0.52 pts
112Miller County7.317-0.78 pts
113Toombs County7.193-1.1 pts
114Decatur County7.156-3.04 pts
115Butts County7.08-0.34 pts
116Thomas County7.065-2.92 pts
117Jeff Davis County7.048+0.46 pts
118Dougherty County6.971-1.3 pts
119Pickens County6.959-2.82 pts
120Chattooga County6.922-3.21 pts
121Evans County6.878-2.67 pts
122Whitfield County6.819-0.73 pts
123Franklin County6.736-4.03 pts
124Union County6.694-0.24 pts
125Dodge County6.677-1.09 pts
126McDuffie County6.667-0.29 pts
127Jenkins County6.63-6.2 pts
128Tattnall County6.606-2.92 pts
129Wilkes County6.593-6.95 pts
129Wilkinson County6.593+0.05 pts
131Upson County6.58-1.47 pts
132Grady County6.545-4.02 pts
133Coffee County6.443-1.45 pts
134Warren County6.4-0.1 pts
135Treutlen County6.329-1.27 pts
136Tift County6.309-3.63 pts
137Lanier County6.218-1.39 pts
138Emanuel County6.174-1.9 pts
139Taylor County6.14-2.67 pts
140Candler County5.962-6.21 pts
141Heard County5.932-4.46 pts
142Atkinson County5.917-7.02 pts
143Charlton County5.839-3.12 pts
144Laurens County5.769-2.38 pts
145Long County5.714-4.5 pts
145Washington County5.714-2.96 pts
147Ware County5.63-2.47 pts
148Randolph County5.556-2.23 pts
149Irwin County5.455-6.53 pts
149Pulaski County5.455-0.03 pts
151Jefferson County5.329-3.09 pts
152Clinch County4.065-0.91 pts
153Clay County0-25 pts

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Establishments that closed during the year (employees a year earlier and none in March of the year), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths 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. 6 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 exit 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate, 2014) [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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Georgia by establishment exit 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-exit-rate/georgia-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate, 2014. 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-exit-rate/georgia-counties?period=2014.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate, 2014 [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-exit-rate/georgia-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Hancock County, with 19.048% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Clay County, with 0% in 2014.

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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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 counties have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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