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Counties in Illinois by establishment exit rate

Calhoun County had the highest establishment exit rate of 102 counties in 2016, at 16.561%. Edwards County had the lowest, at 3.731%. The median was 7.289% and the figure for Illinois was 8.488%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.561Calhoun County
Lowest3.731Edwards County
Median7.289102 counties
Illinois8.488History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 6.555 %Alexander County: 5.917 %Bond County: 8.07 %Boone County: 6.971 %Brown County: 5.911 %Bureau County: 9.716 %Calhoun County: 16.561 %Carroll County: 5.33 %Cass County: 5.977 %Champaign County: 7.895 %Christian County: 6.912 %Clark County: 8.752 %Clay County: 8.48 %Clinton County: 5.141 %Coles County: 6.59 %Cook County: 9.23 %Crawford County: 6.792 %Cumberland County: 14.65 %DeKalb County: 8.37 %De Witt County: 5.468 %Douglas County: 5.849 %DuPage County: 8.557 %Edgar County: 7.218 %Edwards County: 3.731 %Effingham County: 5.327 %Fayette County: 7.735 %Ford County: 9.145 %Franklin County: 8.066 %Fulton County: 10.348 %Gallatin County: 5.556 %Greene County: 14.118 %Grundy County: 6.621 %Hamilton County: 9.399 %Hancock County: 5.618 %Hardin County: 7.08 %Henderson County: 6.667 %Henry County: 7.026 %Iroquois County: 7.631 %Jackson County: 7.463 %Jasper County: 8.437 %Jefferson County: 4.52 %Jersey County: 8.356 %Jo Daviess County: 7.413 %Johnson County: 6.27 %Kane County: 8.298 %Kankakee County: 7.203 %Kendall County: 10.079 %Knox County: 7.244 %Lake County: 9.126 %LaSalle County: 7.271 %Lawrence County: 8.18 %Lee County: 6.052 %Livingston County: 5.672 %Logan County: 7.104 %McDonough County: 5.537 %McHenry County: 9.076 %McLean County: 7.721 %Macon County: 6.936 %Macoupin County: 8.176 %Madison County: 6.905 %Marion County: 7.561 %Marshall County: 9.446 %Mason County: 8.818 %Massac County: 4.751 %Menard County: 8.602 %Mercer County: 7.819 %Monroe County: 7.49 %Montgomery County: 6.793 %Morgan County: 5.919 %Moultrie County: 6.864 %Ogle County: 7.332 %Peoria County: 7.64 %Perry County: 7.503 %Piatt County: 6.768 %Pike County: 8.683 %Pope County: 6.723 %Pulaski County: 14.035 %Putnam County: 12.766 %Randolph County: 7.378 %Richland County: 5.621 %Rock Island County: 6.777 %St. Clair County: 7.251 %Saline County: 7.076 %Sangamon County: 7.882 %Schuyler County: 10 %Scott County: 9.272 %Shelby County: 6.508 %Stark County: 7.306 %Stephenson County: 7.677 %Tazewell County: 6.775 %Union County: 7.215 %Vermilion County: 6.707 %Wabash County: 7.214 %Warren County: 6.009 %Washington County: 7.062 %Wayne County: 8.415 %White County: 5.436 %Whiteside County: 7.795 %Will County: 8.88 %Williamson County: 7.832 %Winnebago County: 7.377 %Woodford County: 7.193 %
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%, 2016. 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

Calhoun County: 16.561 %Calhoun County16.561Cumberland County: 14.65 %Cumberland County14.65Greene County: 14.118 %Greene County14.118Pulaski County: 14.035 %Pulaski County14.035Putnam County: 12.766 %Putnam County12.766Fulton County: 10.348 %Fulton County10.348Kendall County: 10.079 %Kendall County10.079Schuyler County: 10 %Schuyler County10Bureau County: 9.716 %Bureau County9.716Marshall County: 9.446 %Marshall County9.446Hamilton County: 9.399 %Hamilton County9.399Scott County: 9.272 %Scott County9.272Cook County: 9.23 %Cook County9.23Ford County: 9.145 %Ford County9.145Lake County: 9.126 %Lake County9.126McHenry County: 9.076 %McHenry County9.076Will County: 8.88 %Will County8.88Mason County: 8.818 %Mason County8.818Clark County: 8.752 %Clark County8.752Pike County: 8.683 %Pike County8.683Menard County: 8.602 %Menard County8.602DuPage County: 8.557 %DuPage County8.557Clay County: 8.48 %Clay County8.48Jasper County: 8.437 %Jasper County8.437Wayne County: 8.415 %Wayne County8.415DeKalb County: 8.37 %DeKalb County8.37Jersey County: 8.356 %Jersey County8.356Kane County: 8.298 %Kane County8.298Lawrence County: 8.18 %Lawrence County8.18Macoupin County: 8.176 %Macoupin County8.176Bond County: 8.07 %Bond County8.07Franklin County: 8.066 %Franklin County8.066Champaign County: 7.895 %Champaign County7.895Sangamon County: 7.882 %Sangamon County7.882Williamson County: 7.832 %Williamson County7.832Mercer County: 7.819 %Mercer County7.819Whiteside County: 7.795 %Whiteside County7.795Fayette County: 7.735 %Fayette County7.735McLean County: 7.721 %McLean County7.721Stephenson County: 7.677 %Stephenson County7.677Calhoun County: 16.561 %Calhoun County16.561Cumberland County: 14.65 %Cumberland County14.65Greene County: 14.118 %Greene County14.118Pulaski County: 14.035 %Pulaski County14.035Putnam County: 12.766 %Putnam County12.766Fulton County: 10.348 %Fulton County10.348Kendall County: 10.079 %Kendall County10.079Schuyler County: 10 %Schuyler County10Bureau County: 9.716 %Bureau County9.716Marshall County: 9.446 %Marshall County9.446Hamilton County: 9.399 %Hamilton County9.399Scott County: 9.272 %Scott County9.272Cook County: 9.23 %Cook County9.23Ford County: 9.145 %Ford County9.145Lake County: 9.126 %Lake County9.126McHenry County: 9.076 %McHenry County9.076Will County: 8.88 %Will County8.88Mason County: 8.818 %Mason County8.818Clark County: 8.752 %Clark County8.752Pike County: 8.683 %Pike County8.683Menard County: 8.602 %Menard County8.602DuPage County: 8.557 %DuPage County8.557Clay County: 8.48 %Clay County8.48Jasper County: 8.437 %Jasper County8.437Wayne County: 8.415 %Wayne County8.415DeKalb County: 8.37 %DeKalb County8.37Jersey County: 8.356 %Jersey County8.356Kane County: 8.298 %Kane County8.298Lawrence County: 8.18 %Lawrence County8.18Macoupin County: 8.176 %Macoupin County8.176Bond County: 8.07 %Bond County8.07Franklin County: 8.066 %Franklin County8.066Champaign County: 7.895 %Champaign County7.895Sangamon County: 7.882 %Sangamon County7.882Williamson County: 7.832 %Williamson County7.832Mercer County: 7.819 %Mercer County7.819Whiteside County: 7.795 %Whiteside County7.795Fayette County: 7.735 %Fayette County7.735McLean County: 7.721 %McLean County7.721Stephenson County: 7.677 %Stephenson County7.677
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Calhoun County16.561+12.9 pts
2Cumberland County14.65+7.27 pts
3Greene County14.118+4.72 pts
4Pulaski County14.035+7.1 pts
5Putnam County12.766+6.1 pts
6Fulton County10.348+3.34 pts
7Kendall County10.079-0.58 pts
8Schuyler County10+0.73 pts
9Bureau County9.716+1.14 pts
10Marshall County9.446+0.25 pts
11Hamilton County9.399+2.98 pts
12Scott County9.272-1.05 pts
13Cook County9.23-0.24 pts
14Ford County9.145+1.71 pts
15Lake County9.126-0.69 pts
16McHenry County9.076-0.43 pts
17Will County8.88-0.58 pts
18Mason County8.818+2.51 pts
19Clark County8.752+1.1 pts
20Pike County8.683+0.35 pts
21Menard County8.602-0.92 pts
22DuPage County8.557-1.1 pts
23Clay County8.48+2.62 pts
24Jasper County8.437+1.97 pts
25Wayne County8.415+2.47 pts
26DeKalb County8.37+2.12 pts
27Jersey County8.356-1.26 pts
28Kane County8.298-0.2 pts
29Lawrence County8.18-3.2 pts
30Macoupin County8.176+0.5 pts
31Bond County8.07+1.78 pts
32Franklin County8.066-1.72 pts
33Champaign County7.895+0.28 pts
34Sangamon County7.882+0.4 pts
35Williamson County7.832+1.01 pts
36Mercer County7.819-2.32 pts
37Whiteside County7.795+2.54 pts
38Fayette County7.735+0.06 pts
39McLean County7.721-0.96 pts
40Stephenson County7.677+1.53 pts
41Peoria County7.64-0.1 pts
42Iroquois County7.631+1.87 pts
43Marion County7.561+2.1 pts
44Perry County7.503+2.08 pts
45Monroe County7.49-0.99 pts
46Jackson County7.463+0.15 pts
47Jo Daviess County7.413+1.24 pts
48Randolph County7.378+1.14 pts
49Winnebago County7.377-0.23 pts
50Ogle County7.332-1.35 pts
51Stark County7.306-0.35 pts
52LaSalle County7.271+0.92 pts
53St. Clair County7.251-0.16 pts
54Knox County7.244+0.01 pts
55Edgar County7.218+1.34 pts
56Union County7.215-0.13 pts
57Wabash County7.214+0.06 pts
58Kankakee County7.203-0.07 pts
59Woodford County7.193+1.24 pts
60Logan County7.104-1.03 pts
61Hardin County7.08-3.63 pts
62Saline County7.076-1.12 pts
63Washington County7.062+1.15 pts
64Henry County7.026+0.47 pts
65Boone County6.971-2.03 pts
66Macon County6.936+0.13 pts
67Christian County6.912-0.83 pts
68Madison County6.905-0.71 pts
69Moultrie County6.864-1.63 pts
70Montgomery County6.793+0.74 pts
71Crawford County6.792-0.94 pts
72Rock Island County6.777-1.68 pts
73Tazewell County6.775-0.2 pts
74Piatt County6.768+1.66 pts
75Pope County6.723+1.55 pts
76Vermilion County6.707-0.44 pts
77Henderson County6.667-2.24 pts
78Grundy County6.621-0.25 pts
79Coles County6.59+0.01 pts
80Adams County6.555+0.51 pts
81Shelby County6.508-2.13 pts
82Johnson County6.27-0.16 pts
83Lee County6.052+0.3 pts
84Warren County6.009-1.75 pts
85Cass County5.977-2.88 pts
86Morgan County5.919+0.74 pts
87Alexander County5.917-6.58 pts
88Brown County5.911-5.46 pts
89Douglas County5.849-3.63 pts
90Livingston County5.672-0.36 pts
91Richland County5.621-1.86 pts
92Hancock County5.618-2.48 pts
93Gallatin County5.556-6.53 pts
94McDonough County5.537+0.43 pts
95De Witt County5.468-1.35 pts
96White County5.436-2.34 pts
97Carroll County5.33-3.11 pts
98Effingham County5.327-1.43 pts
99Clinton County5.141-1.91 pts
100Massac County4.751-2.98 pts
101Jefferson County4.52-1.74 pts
102Edwards County3.731-0.12 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. 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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/illinois-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 Illinois 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/illinois-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 Illinois 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/illinois-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Calhoun County, with 16.561% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Edwards County, with 3.731% in 2016.

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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.

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