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Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate

Crawford County had the highest establishment exit rate of 154 counties in 2016, at 18.447%. Chattahoochee County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.711% and the figure for Georgia was 8.686%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest18.447Crawford County
Lowest0Chattahoochee County
Median7.711154 counties
Georgia8.686History

Map of counties, 2016

Appling County: 5.935 %Atkinson County: 7.101 %Bacon County: 7.862 %Baker County: 16.667 %Baldwin County: 6.144 %Banks County: 5.088 %Barrow County: 8.435 %Bartow County: 9.103 %Ben Hill County: 9.256 %Berrien County: 7.64 %Bibb County: 7.871 %Bleckley County: 8.904 %Brantley County: 7.263 %Brooks County: 6.829 %Bryan County: 8.16 %Bulloch County: 7.622 %Burke County: 4.341 %Butts County: 6.461 %Calhoun County: 13.846 %Camden County: 8.011 %Candler County: 7.937 %Carroll County: 7.524 %Catoosa County: 8.028 %Charlton County: 7.168 %Chatham County: 7.935 %Chattahoochee County: 0 %Chattooga County: 8.406 %Cherokee County: 9.729 %Clarke County: 7.175 %Clay County: 8.571 %Clayton County: 9.132 %Clinch County: 7.258 %Cobb County: 9.269 %Coffee County: 7.027 %Colquitt County: 8.267 %Columbia County: 8.483 %Cook County: 3.95 %Coweta County: 8.555 %Crawford County: 18.447 %Crisp County: 5.907 %Dade County: 6.5 %Dawson County: 7.135 %Decatur County: 6.578 %DeKalb County: 9.968 %Dodge County: 10.598 %Dooly County: 6.143 %Dougherty County: 7.275 %Douglas County: 7.876 %Early County: 6.667 %Effingham County: 8.589 %Elbert County: 4.674 %Emanuel County: 4.945 %Evans County: 7.481 %Fannin County: 6.124 %Fayette County: 7.767 %Floyd County: 7.507 %Forsyth County: 10.694 %Franklin County: 5.786 %Fulton County: 10.117 %Gilmer County: 6.972 %Glynn County: 7.736 %Gordon County: 6.806 %Grady County: 5.648 %Greene County: 6.154 %Gwinnett County: 9.605 %Habersham County: 6.671 %Hall County: 7.783 %Hancock County: 11.29 %Haralson County: 5.889 %Harris County: 8.745 %Hart County: 6.029 %Heard County: 9.205 %Henry County: 8.531 %Houston County: 8.432 %Irwin County: 8.531 %Jackson County: 7.005 %Jasper County: 5 %Jeff Davis County: 5.43 %Jefferson County: 5.934 %Jenkins County: 7.179 %Johnson County: 7.175 %Jones County: 8.889 %Lamar County: 4.783 %Lanier County: 10.582 %Laurens County: 6.015 %Lee County: 7.563 %Liberty County: 8.153 %Lincoln County: 5.645 %Long County: 10.448 %Lowndes County: 6.211 %Lumpkin County: 9.037 %McDuffie County: 4.177 %McIntosh County: 9.146 %Macon County: 10.826 %Madison County: 6.502 %Marion County: 7.5 %Meriwether County: 10.204 %Miller County: 12.987 %Mitchell County: 12.239 %Monroe County: 9.524 %Montgomery County: 11.765 %Morgan County: 5.034 %Murray County: 8.242 %Muscogee County: 7.645 %Newton County: 7.765 %Oconee County: 7.396 %Oglethorpe County: 9.259 %Paulding County: 9.731 %Peach County: 9.08 %Pickens County: 7.227 %Pierce County: 9.464 %Pike County: 6.438 %Polk County: 10.536 %Pulaski County: 7.143 %Putnam County: 11.168 %Rabun County: 8.083 %Richmond County: 7.537 %Rockdale County: 8.78 %Schley County: 10.169 %Screven County: 5.181 %Seminole County: 6.918 %Spalding County: 8.034 %Stephens County: 5.97 %Stewart County: 17.699 %Sumter County: 5.719 %Talbot County: 14.679 %Tattnall County: 7.706 %Taylor County: 11.504 %Telfair County: 7.303 %Terrell County: 3.135 %Thomas County: 8.205 %Tift County: 7.005 %Toombs County: 7.307 %Towns County: 9.921 %Treutlen County: 3.593 %Troup County: 9.006 %Turner County: 7.22 %Twiggs County: 13.433 %Union County: 8.67 %Upson County: 6.345 %Walker County: 7.716 %Walton County: 8.666 %Ware County: 7.299 %Warren County: 4.545 %Washington County: 7.474 %Wayne County: 6.977 %Webster County: 16.327 %Wheeler County: 9.917 %White County: 7.448 %Whitfield County: 6.171 %Wilcox County: 9.816 %Wilkes County: 8.219 %Wilkinson County: 8.8 %Worth County: 6.996 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Crawford County: 18.447 %Crawford County18.447Stewart County: 17.699 %Stewart County17.699Baker County: 16.667 %Baker County16.667Webster County: 16.327 %Webster County16.327Talbot County: 14.679 %Talbot County14.679Calhoun County: 13.846 %Calhoun County13.846Twiggs County: 13.433 %Twiggs County13.433Miller County: 12.987 %Miller County12.987Mitchell County: 12.239 %Mitchell County12.239Montgomery County: 11.765 %Montgomery County11.765Taylor County: 11.504 %Taylor County11.504Hancock County: 11.29 %Hancock County11.29Putnam County: 11.168 %Putnam County11.168Macon County: 10.826 %Macon County10.826Forsyth County: 10.694 %Forsyth County10.694Dodge County: 10.598 %Dodge County10.598Lanier County: 10.582 %Lanier County10.582Polk County: 10.536 %Polk County10.536Long County: 10.448 %Long County10.448Meriwether County: 10.204 %Meriwether County10.204Schley County: 10.169 %Schley County10.169Fulton County: 10.117 %Fulton County10.117DeKalb County: 9.968 %DeKalb County9.968Towns County: 9.921 %Towns County9.921Wheeler County: 9.917 %Wheeler County9.917Wilcox County: 9.816 %Wilcox County9.816Paulding County: 9.731 %Paulding County9.731Cherokee County: 9.729 %Cherokee County9.729Gwinnett County: 9.605 %Gwinnett County9.605Monroe County: 9.524 %Monroe County9.524Pierce County: 9.464 %Pierce County9.464Cobb County: 9.269 %Cobb County9.269Oglethorpe County: 9.259 %Oglethorpe County9.259Ben Hill County: 9.256 %Ben Hill County9.256Heard County: 9.205 %Heard County9.205McIntosh County: 9.146 %McIntosh County9.146Clayton County: 9.132 %Clayton County9.132Bartow County: 9.103 %Bartow County9.103Peach County: 9.08 %Peach County9.08Lumpkin County: 9.037 %Lumpkin County9.037Crawford County: 18.447 %Crawford County18.447Stewart County: 17.699 %Stewart County17.699Baker County: 16.667 %Baker County16.667Webster County: 16.327 %Webster County16.327Talbot County: 14.679 %Talbot County14.679Calhoun County: 13.846 %Calhoun County13.846Twiggs County: 13.433 %Twiggs County13.433Miller County: 12.987 %Miller County12.987Mitchell County: 12.239 %Mitchell County12.239Montgomery County: 11.765 %Montgomery County11.765Taylor County: 11.504 %Taylor County11.504Hancock County: 11.29 %Hancock County11.29Putnam County: 11.168 %Putnam County11.168Macon County: 10.826 %Macon County10.826Forsyth County: 10.694 %Forsyth County10.694Dodge County: 10.598 %Dodge County10.598Lanier County: 10.582 %Lanier County10.582Polk County: 10.536 %Polk County10.536Long County: 10.448 %Long County10.448Meriwether County: 10.204 %Meriwether County10.204Schley County: 10.169 %Schley County10.169Fulton County: 10.117 %Fulton County10.117DeKalb County: 9.968 %DeKalb County9.968Towns County: 9.921 %Towns County9.921Wheeler County: 9.917 %Wheeler County9.917Wilcox County: 9.816 %Wilcox County9.816Paulding County: 9.731 %Paulding County9.731Cherokee County: 9.729 %Cherokee County9.729Gwinnett County: 9.605 %Gwinnett County9.605Monroe County: 9.524 %Monroe County9.524Pierce County: 9.464 %Pierce County9.464Cobb County: 9.269 %Cobb County9.269Oglethorpe County: 9.259 %Oglethorpe County9.259Ben Hill County: 9.256 %Ben Hill County9.256Heard County: 9.205 %Heard County9.205McIntosh County: 9.146 %McIntosh County9.146Clayton County: 9.132 %Clayton County9.132Bartow County: 9.103 %Bartow County9.103Peach County: 9.08 %Peach County9.08Lumpkin County: 9.037 %Lumpkin County9.037
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Crawford County18.447+15.55 pts
2Stewart County17.699n/a
3Baker County16.667n/a
4Webster County16.327n/a
5Talbot County14.679+5.67 pts
6Calhoun County13.846+9.2 pts
7Twiggs County13.433+7.59 pts
8Miller County12.987+6.35 pts
9Mitchell County12.239+4.32 pts
10Montgomery County11.765+6.05 pts
11Taylor County11.504+2.62 pts
12Hancock County11.29+4.94 pts
13Putnam County11.168+1.49 pts
14Macon County10.826-1.64 pts
15Forsyth County10.694-0.24 pts
16Dodge County10.598-0.46 pts
17Lanier County10.582-0.47 pts
18Polk County10.536+4.3 pts
19Long County10.448+0.3 pts
20Meriwether County10.204+4.97 pts
21Schley County10.169+3.39 pts
22Fulton County10.117-0.9 pts
23DeKalb County9.968-0.64 pts
24Towns County9.921+1.26 pts
25Wheeler County9.917+5.08 pts
26Wilcox County9.816-0.77 pts
27Paulding County9.731+1.18 pts
28Cherokee County9.729-0.55 pts
29Gwinnett County9.605-0.32 pts
30Monroe County9.524-0.97 pts
31Pierce County9.464+1 pts
32Cobb County9.269-0.93 pts
33Oglethorpe County9.259+2.36 pts
34Ben Hill County9.256+1.07 pts
35Heard County9.205-0.84 pts
36McIntosh County9.146+1.12 pts
37Clayton County9.132-1.29 pts
38Bartow County9.103+0.01 pts
39Peach County9.08+1.16 pts
40Lumpkin County9.037-0.27 pts
41Troup County9.006+1.37 pts
42Bleckley County8.904-0.49 pts
43Jones County8.889-0.96 pts
44Wilkinson County8.8-0.29 pts
45Rockdale County8.78+0.22 pts
46Harris County8.745-2.92 pts
47Union County8.67+1.12 pts
48Walton County8.666-0.09 pts
49Effingham County8.589-0.81 pts
50Clay County8.571n/a
51Coweta County8.555+0.09 pts
52Henry County8.531-0.74 pts
52Irwin County8.531+0.27 pts
54Columbia County8.483+0.54 pts
55Barrow County8.435-1.93 pts
56Houston County8.432+0.28 pts
57Chattooga County8.406+1.68 pts
58Colquitt County8.267-0.33 pts
59Murray County8.242+1.37 pts
60Wilkes County8.219+0.63 pts
61Thomas County8.205-0.32 pts
62Bryan County8.16+0.83 pts
63Liberty County8.153-0.19 pts
64Rabun County8.083+3.15 pts
65Spalding County8.034-0.69 pts
66Catoosa County8.028+0.86 pts
67Camden County8.011-0.1 pts
68Candler County7.937+1 pts
69Chatham County7.935-0.11 pts
70Douglas County7.876-1.41 pts
71Bibb County7.871-0.16 pts
72Bacon County7.862+3.36 pts
73Hall County7.783-0.16 pts
74Fayette County7.767-1.89 pts
75Newton County7.765-0.58 pts
76Glynn County7.736-0.9 pts
77Walker County7.716-0.76 pts
78Tattnall County7.706-1.43 pts
79Muscogee County7.645-0.57 pts
80Berrien County7.64-4.8 pts
81Bulloch County7.622+0.1 pts
82Lee County7.563+0.81 pts
83Richmond County7.537+0.14 pts
84Carroll County7.524-1.24 pts
85Floyd County7.507-1.04 pts
86Marion County7.5+2.13 pts
87Evans County7.481+4.4 pts
88Washington County7.474+2.08 pts
89White County7.448+0.16 pts
90Oconee County7.396+0.13 pts
91Toombs County7.307-1.37 pts
92Telfair County7.303+2.81 pts
93Ware County7.299+0.74 pts
94Dougherty County7.275-2.13 pts
95Brantley County7.263-0.17 pts
96Clinch County7.258-0.03 pts
97Pickens County7.227-0.55 pts
98Turner County7.22-0.08 pts
99Jenkins County7.179-1.33 pts
100Clarke County7.175-0.53 pts
100Johnson County7.175+0.81 pts
102Charlton County7.168-3.7 pts
103Pulaski County7.143+3.54 pts
104Dawson County7.135-3.71 pts
105Atkinson County7.101+0.08 pts
106Coffee County7.027-1.5 pts
107Jackson County7.005-1.61 pts
107Tift County7.005-0.41 pts
109Worth County6.996-3.04 pts
110Wayne County6.977-1.01 pts
111Gilmer County6.972-1.66 pts
112Seminole County6.918+2.39 pts
113Brooks County6.829+1.37 pts
114Gordon County6.806+0.38 pts
115Habersham County6.671-0.97 pts
116Early County6.667+1.46 pts
117Decatur County6.578-0.26 pts
118Madison County6.502-3.67 pts
119Dade County6.5+0.39 pts
120Butts County6.461-2.94 pts
121Pike County6.438-1.6 pts
122Upson County6.345-1.23 pts
123Lowndes County6.211-1.36 pts
124Whitfield County6.171-1.02 pts
125Greene County6.154-0.54 pts
126Baldwin County6.144-1.94 pts
127Dooly County6.143-2.1 pts
128Fannin County6.124-3.09 pts
129Hart County6.029+0.92 pts
130Laurens County6.015-3.39 pts
131Stephens County5.97-1.79 pts
132Appling County5.935+0.31 pts
133Jefferson County5.934+1 pts
134Crisp County5.907-1.06 pts
135Haralson County5.889-2.34 pts
136Franklin County5.786-0.69 pts
137Sumter County5.719-1.12 pts
138Grady County5.648-0.07 pts
139Lincoln County5.645-4.11 pts
140Jeff Davis County5.43-4.03 pts
141Screven County5.181-4.66 pts
142Banks County5.088-3.09 pts
143Morgan County5.034-0.8 pts
144Jasper County5-2.25 pts
145Emanuel County4.945-4.11 pts
146Lamar County4.783-1.05 pts
147Elbert County4.674-2.82 pts
148Warren County4.545-1.75 pts
149Burke County4.341-1.21 pts
150McDuffie County4.177-2.96 pts
151Cook County3.95-7 pts
152Treutlen County3.593-1.29 pts
153Terrell County3.135-1.35 pts
154Chattahoochee County0n/a

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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. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Crawford County, with 18.447% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Chattahoochee County, with 0% in 2016.

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