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Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate

Wheeler County had the highest establishment exit rate of 155 counties in 2021, at 16.162%. Taylor County had the lowest, at 3.361%. The median was 8.328% and the figure for Georgia was 9.671%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.162Wheeler County
Lowest3.361Taylor County
Median8.328155 counties
Georgia9.671History

Map of counties, 2021

Appling County: 5.755 %Atkinson County: 7.059 %Bacon County: 10.648 %Baker County: 14.035 %Baldwin County: 5.995 %Banks County: 7.03 %Barrow County: 9.323 %Bartow County: 7.53 %Ben Hill County: 6.798 %Berrien County: 6.882 %Bibb County: 8.77 %Bleckley County: 12.378 %Brantley County: 6.516 %Brooks County: 8.867 %Bryan County: 7.605 %Bulloch County: 7.787 %Burke County: 6.697 %Butts County: 8.29 %Calhoun County: 6.452 %Camden County: 9.826 %Candler County: 11.224 %Carroll County: 7.582 %Catoosa County: 6.561 %Charlton County: 7.774 %Chatham County: 8.752 %Chattahoochee County: 11.538 %Chattooga County: 8.532 %Cherokee County: 9.594 %Clarke County: 8.69 %Clay County: 10.526 %Clayton County: 9.768 %Clinch County: 8.032 %Cobb County: 10.556 %Coffee County: 8.328 %Colquitt County: 9.39 %Columbia County: 8.253 %Cook County: 6.372 %Coweta County: 8.525 %Crawford County: 7.895 %Crisp County: 8.079 %Dade County: 8.845 %Dawson County: 8.904 %Decatur County: 6.866 %DeKalb County: 11.571 %Dodge County: 7.143 %Dooly County: 12.319 %Dougherty County: 8.7 %Douglas County: 9.505 %Early County: 6.86 %Echols County: 10.526 %Effingham County: 9.973 %Elbert County: 10.199 %Emanuel County: 7.616 %Evans County: 4.796 %Fannin County: 7.987 %Fayette County: 9.309 %Floyd County: 8.538 %Forsyth County: 10.029 %Franklin County: 6.69 %Fulton County: 11.881 %Gilmer County: 7.176 %Glynn County: 8.747 %Gordon County: 7.457 %Grady County: 5.134 %Greene County: 9.011 %Gwinnett County: 10.748 %Habersham County: 7.769 %Hall County: 7.896 %Hancock County: 8.403 %Haralson County: 9.694 %Harris County: 11.292 %Hart County: 6.667 %Heard County: 10.213 %Henry County: 9.689 %Houston County: 8.227 %Irwin County: 5.66 %Jackson County: 9.343 %Jasper County: 8.26 %Jeff Davis County: 5.467 %Jefferson County: 8.621 %Jenkins County: 4.188 %Johnson County: 8.889 %Jones County: 8.241 %Lamar County: 8.268 %Lanier County: 7.527 %Laurens County: 7.87 %Lee County: 8.639 %Liberty County: 8.297 %Lincoln County: 7.273 %Long County: 6.25 %Lowndes County: 8.539 %Lumpkin County: 8.852 %McDuffie County: 7.585 %McIntosh County: 11.838 %Macon County: 11.411 %Madison County: 8.208 %Marion County: 4.848 %Meriwether County: 6.383 %Miller County: 3.376 %Mitchell County: 9.422 %Monroe County: 5.738 %Montgomery County: 14.815 %Morgan County: 5.739 %Murray County: 7.229 %Muscogee County: 9.386 %Newton County: 9.038 %Oconee County: 7.387 %Oglethorpe County: 13.249 %Paulding County: 9.438 %Peach County: 8.619 %Pickens County: 6.637 %Pierce County: 6.27 %Pike County: 12.295 %Polk County: 8.979 %Pulaski County: 4.72 %Putnam County: 8.561 %Quitman County: 13.115 %Rabun County: 10.268 %Randolph County: 9.959 %Richmond County: 8.718 %Rockdale County: 8.464 %Screven County: 5.811 %Seminole County: 9.967 %Spalding County: 7.611 %Stephens County: 6.275 %Stewart County: 7.477 %Sumter County: 8.854 %Talbot County: 9.901 %Tattnall County: 8.664 %Taylor County: 3.361 %Telfair County: 7.831 %Terrell County: 6.579 %Thomas County: 8.752 %Tift County: 7.609 %Toombs County: 8.828 %Towns County: 10.227 %Treutlen County: 14.286 %Troup County: 7.14 %Turner County: 10.714 %Twiggs County: 4.255 %Union County: 6.922 %Upson County: 7.337 %Walker County: 7.837 %Walton County: 8.187 %Ware County: 6.826 %Warren County: 9.459 %Washington County: 6.042 %Wayne County: 8.333 %Wheeler County: 16.162 %White County: 8.483 %Whitfield County: 6.67 %Wilcox County: 7.643 %Wilkes County: 6.433 %Wilkinson County: 9.848 %Worth County: 11.765 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Wheeler County: 16.162 %Wheeler County16.162Montgomery County: 14.815 %Montgomery County14.815Treutlen County: 14.286 %Treutlen County14.286Baker County: 14.035 %Baker County14.035Oglethorpe County: 13.249 %Oglethorpe County13.249Quitman County: 13.115 %Quitman County13.115Bleckley County: 12.378 %Bleckley County12.378Dooly County: 12.319 %Dooly County12.319Pike County: 12.295 %Pike County12.295Fulton County: 11.881 %Fulton County11.881McIntosh County: 11.838 %McIntosh County11.838Worth County: 11.765 %Worth County11.765DeKalb County: 11.571 %DeKalb County11.571Chattahoochee County: 11.538 %Chattahoochee County11.538Macon County: 11.411 %Macon County11.411Harris County: 11.292 %Harris County11.292Candler County: 11.224 %Candler County11.224Gwinnett County: 10.748 %Gwinnett County10.748Turner County: 10.714 %Turner County10.714Bacon County: 10.648 %Bacon County10.648Cobb County: 10.556 %Cobb County10.556Clay County: 10.526 %Clay County10.526Echols County: 10.526 %Echols County10.526Rabun County: 10.268 %Rabun County10.268Towns County: 10.227 %Towns County10.227Heard County: 10.213 %Heard County10.213Elbert County: 10.199 %Elbert County10.199Forsyth County: 10.029 %Forsyth County10.029Effingham County: 9.973 %Effingham County9.973Seminole County: 9.967 %Seminole County9.967Randolph County: 9.959 %Randolph County9.959Talbot County: 9.901 %Talbot County9.901Wilkinson County: 9.848 %Wilkinson County9.848Camden County: 9.826 %Camden County9.826Clayton County: 9.768 %Clayton County9.768Haralson County: 9.694 %Haralson County9.694Henry County: 9.689 %Henry County9.689Cherokee County: 9.594 %Cherokee County9.594Douglas County: 9.505 %Douglas County9.505Warren County: 9.459 %Warren County9.459Wheeler County: 16.162 %Wheeler County16.162Montgomery County: 14.815 %Montgomery County14.815Treutlen County: 14.286 %Treutlen County14.286Baker County: 14.035 %Baker County14.035Oglethorpe County: 13.249 %Oglethorpe County13.249Quitman County: 13.115 %Quitman County13.115Bleckley County: 12.378 %Bleckley County12.378Dooly County: 12.319 %Dooly County12.319Pike County: 12.295 %Pike County12.295Fulton County: 11.881 %Fulton County11.881McIntosh County: 11.838 %McIntosh County11.838Worth County: 11.765 %Worth County11.765DeKalb County: 11.571 %DeKalb County11.571Chattahoochee County: 11.538 %Chattahoochee County11.538Macon County: 11.411 %Macon County11.411Harris County: 11.292 %Harris County11.292Candler County: 11.224 %Candler County11.224Gwinnett County: 10.748 %Gwinnett County10.748Turner County: 10.714 %Turner County10.714Bacon County: 10.648 %Bacon County10.648Cobb County: 10.556 %Cobb County10.556Clay County: 10.526 %Clay County10.526Echols County: 10.526 %Echols County10.526Rabun County: 10.268 %Rabun County10.268Towns County: 10.227 %Towns County10.227Heard County: 10.213 %Heard County10.213Elbert County: 10.199 %Elbert County10.199Forsyth County: 10.029 %Forsyth County10.029Effingham County: 9.973 %Effingham County9.973Seminole County: 9.967 %Seminole County9.967Randolph County: 9.959 %Randolph County9.959Talbot County: 9.901 %Talbot County9.901Wilkinson County: 9.848 %Wilkinson County9.848Camden County: 9.826 %Camden County9.826Clayton County: 9.768 %Clayton County9.768Haralson County: 9.694 %Haralson County9.694Henry County: 9.689 %Henry County9.689Cherokee County: 9.594 %Cherokee County9.594Douglas County: 9.505 %Douglas County9.505Warren County: 9.459 %Warren County9.459
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Wheeler County16.162+2.83 pts
2Montgomery County14.815+4.56 pts
3Treutlen County14.286+7.88 pts
4Baker County14.035+0.48 pts
5Oglethorpe County13.249+1.48 pts
6Quitman County13.115n/a
7Bleckley County12.378+3.82 pts
8Dooly County12.319+1.57 pts
9Pike County12.295+4.06 pts
10Fulton County11.881+0.82 pts
11McIntosh County11.838+3.66 pts
12Worth County11.765+4.65 pts
13DeKalb County11.571+0.7 pts
14Chattahoochee County11.538+5.54 pts
15Macon County11.411+3.37 pts
16Harris County11.292+2 pts
17Candler County11.224+2.18 pts
18Gwinnett County10.748-0.11 pts
19Turner County10.714+0.04 pts
20Bacon County10.648+2.81 pts
21Cobb County10.556-0.04 pts
22Clay County10.526-0.59 pts
22Echols County10.526+0.18 pts
24Rabun County10.268+3.13 pts
25Towns County10.227+1.36 pts
26Heard County10.213+3.04 pts
27Elbert County10.199+1.32 pts
28Forsyth County10.029-1.44 pts
29Effingham County9.973+0.38 pts
30Seminole County9.967+5.38 pts
31Randolph County9.959+5.02 pts
32Talbot County9.901+0.19 pts
33Wilkinson County9.848+0.62 pts
34Camden County9.826+2.34 pts
35Clayton County9.768+0.24 pts
36Haralson County9.694+1.4 pts
37Henry County9.689+0.1 pts
38Cherokee County9.594-0.96 pts
39Douglas County9.505-0.35 pts
40Warren County9.459-0.2 pts
41Paulding County9.438-1.18 pts
42Mitchell County9.422+1.47 pts
43Colquitt County9.39+2.03 pts
44Muscogee County9.386+1.79 pts
45Jackson County9.343+2.42 pts
46Barrow County9.323-0.18 pts
47Fayette County9.309-0.33 pts
48Newton County9.038-0.21 pts
49Greene County9.011+0.58 pts
50Polk County8.979+2.47 pts
51Dawson County8.904+0.95 pts
52Johnson County8.889+1.96 pts
53Brooks County8.867+0.89 pts
54Sumter County8.854+2.27 pts
55Lumpkin County8.852+1.57 pts
56Dade County8.845-0.11 pts
57Toombs County8.828+1.58 pts
58Bibb County8.77+1.65 pts
59Chatham County8.752+0.17 pts
59Thomas County8.752+1.45 pts
61Glynn County8.747-0.48 pts
62Richmond County8.718+0.73 pts
63Dougherty County8.7+1.32 pts
64Clarke County8.69+0.91 pts
65Tattnall County8.664+1.48 pts
66Lee County8.639-1.92 pts
67Jefferson County8.621+1.76 pts
68Peach County8.619+1 pts
69Putnam County8.561-1.1 pts
70Lowndes County8.539+2.12 pts
71Floyd County8.538+0.27 pts
72Chattooga County8.532-1.35 pts
73Coweta County8.525-0.39 pts
74White County8.483-1.2 pts
75Rockdale County8.464-0.33 pts
76Hancock County8.403+3.36 pts
77Wayne County8.333+0.66 pts
78Coffee County8.328+2.3 pts
79Liberty County8.297+0.24 pts
80Butts County8.29+1.24 pts
81Lamar County8.268+1.04 pts
82Jasper County8.26+0.83 pts
83Columbia County8.253+0.25 pts
84Jones County8.241+0.49 pts
85Houston County8.227-0.48 pts
86Madison County8.208-0.82 pts
87Walton County8.187-1.73 pts
88Crisp County8.079-2.41 pts
89Clinch County8.032+3.13 pts
90Fannin County7.987-0.37 pts
91Hall County7.896-0.11 pts
92Crawford County7.895+3.24 pts
93Laurens County7.87+0.48 pts
94Walker County7.837+0.13 pts
95Telfair County7.831+0.77 pts
96Bulloch County7.787-0.58 pts
97Charlton County7.774-0.71 pts
98Habersham County7.769+0.82 pts
99Wilcox County7.643+3.89 pts
100Emanuel County7.616-0.79 pts
101Spalding County7.611-1.72 pts
102Tift County7.609+1.02 pts
103Bryan County7.605-2.07 pts
104McDuffie County7.585+1.99 pts
105Carroll County7.582-0.14 pts
106Bartow County7.53-1.8 pts
107Lanier County7.527+2.18 pts
108Stewart County7.477+1.71 pts
109Gordon County7.457-0.81 pts
110Oconee County7.387-3.72 pts
111Upson County7.337-1.54 pts
112Lincoln County7.273-2.43 pts
113Murray County7.229-1.87 pts
114Gilmer County7.176-0.86 pts
115Dodge County7.143+0.01 pts
116Troup County7.14-0.99 pts
117Atkinson County7.059+0.2 pts
118Banks County7.03+1.25 pts
119Union County6.922-0.11 pts
120Berrien County6.882-1.08 pts
121Decatur County6.866-1.25 pts
122Early County6.86-1.67 pts
123Ware County6.826-0.51 pts
124Ben Hill County6.798-0.99 pts
125Burke County6.697+0.75 pts
126Franklin County6.69-2.17 pts
127Whitfield County6.67-0.35 pts
128Hart County6.667+0.34 pts
129Pickens County6.637-2.77 pts
130Terrell County6.579-3.35 pts
131Catoosa County6.561-0.67 pts
132Brantley County6.516-0.1 pts
133Calhoun County6.452+1.37 pts
134Wilkes County6.433-4.52 pts
135Meriwether County6.383-3.73 pts
136Cook County6.372-2.06 pts
137Stephens County6.275-2.18 pts
138Pierce County6.27-3.07 pts
139Long County6.25-7.45 pts
140Washington County6.042+0.33 pts
141Baldwin County5.995-1.25 pts
142Screven County5.811-0.07 pts
143Appling County5.755-2.7 pts
144Morgan County5.739-2.65 pts
145Monroe County5.738-5.42 pts
146Irwin County5.66-0.85 pts
147Jeff Davis County5.467-4.58 pts
148Grady County5.134-1.43 pts
149Marion County4.848-5.28 pts
150Evans County4.796-4.32 pts
151Pulaski County4.72-0.62 pts
152Twiggs County4.255-3.15 pts
153Jenkins County4.188-0.07 pts
154Miller County3.376-5.17 pts
155Taylor County3.361-4.33 pts

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About this ranking

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. 4 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Wheeler County, with 16.162% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Taylor County, with 3.361% in 2021.

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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. 4 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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