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Counties in Indiana by establishment exit rate

Brown County had the highest establishment exit rate of 91 counties in 2016, at 11.746%. Decatur County had the lowest, at 4.337%. The median was 6.795% and the figure for Indiana was 6.991%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.746Brown County
Lowest4.337Decatur County
Median6.79591 counties
Indiana6.991History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 6.612 %Allen County: 6.795 %Bartholomew County: 6.213 %Benton County: 8.125 %Blackford County: 7.375 %Boone County: 8.44 %Brown County: 11.746 %Carroll County: 8.272 %Cass County: 6.686 %Clark County: 6.389 %Clay County: 6.039 %Clinton County: 7.753 %Crawford County: 9.167 %Daviess County: 5.629 %Dearborn County: 5.473 %Decatur County: 4.337 %DeKalb County: 5.941 %Delaware County: 5.752 %Dubois County: 5.821 %Elkhart County: 6.041 %Fayette County: 5.251 %Floyd County: 7.595 %Fountain County: 7.706 %Franklin County: 5.211 %Fulton County: 6.49 %Gibson County: 5.216 %Grant County: 8.207 %Greene County: 10.888 %Hamilton County: 8.38 %Hancock County: 6.444 %Harrison County: 7.981 %Hendricks County: 7.462 %Henry County: 7.022 %Howard County: 5.807 %Huntington County: 5.987 %Jackson County: 6.529 %Jasper County: 8.029 %Jay County: 4.451 %Jefferson County: 4.98 %Jennings County: 5.928 %Johnson County: 8.299 %Knox County: 7.122 %Kosciusko County: 6.001 %LaGrange County: 5.224 %Lake County: 7.945 %LaPorte County: 7.125 %Lawrence County: 6.046 %Madison County: 7.112 %Marion County: 7.619 %Marshall County: 6.397 %Martin County: 6.806 %Miami County: 7.149 %Monroe County: 6.611 %Montgomery County: 5.524 %Morgan County: 7.018 %Newton County: 10.684 %Noble County: 6.897 %Ohio County: 5.263 %Orange County: 7.978 %Owen County: 6.922 %Parke County: 5.702 %Perry County: 7.229 %Pike County: 7.487 %Porter County: 7.142 %Posey County: 8.565 %Pulaski County: 7.774 %Putnam County: 6.907 %Randolph County: 8.657 %Ripley County: 4.908 %Rush County: 6.176 %St. Joseph County: 6.29 %Scott County: 7.447 %Shelby County: 7.202 %Spencer County: 7.359 %Starke County: 6.993 %Steuben County: 6.583 %Sullivan County: 8.875 %Switzerland County: 6.667 %Tippecanoe County: 6.424 %Tipton County: 5.792 %Vanderburgh County: 6.344 %Vermillion County: 7.771 %Vigo County: 4.95 %Wabash County: 5.279 %Warren County: 8.163 %Warrick County: 6.105 %Washington County: 6.373 %Wayne County: 6.578 %Wells County: 5.506 %White County: 8.999 %Whitley County: 7.026 %
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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

Brown County: 11.746 %Brown County11.746Greene County: 10.888 %Greene County10.888Newton County: 10.684 %Newton County10.684Crawford County: 9.167 %Crawford County9.167White County: 8.999 %White County8.999Sullivan County: 8.875 %Sullivan County8.875Randolph County: 8.657 %Randolph County8.657Posey County: 8.565 %Posey County8.565Boone County: 8.44 %Boone County8.44Hamilton County: 8.38 %Hamilton County8.38Johnson County: 8.299 %Johnson County8.299Carroll County: 8.272 %Carroll County8.272Grant County: 8.207 %Grant County8.207Warren County: 8.163 %Warren County8.163Benton County: 8.125 %Benton County8.125Jasper County: 8.029 %Jasper County8.029Harrison County: 7.981 %Harrison County7.981Orange County: 7.978 %Orange County7.978Lake County: 7.945 %Lake County7.945Pulaski County: 7.774 %Pulaski County7.774Vermillion County: 7.771 %Vermillion County7.771Clinton County: 7.753 %Clinton County7.753Fountain County: 7.706 %Fountain County7.706Marion County: 7.619 %Marion County7.619Floyd County: 7.595 %Floyd County7.595Pike County: 7.487 %Pike County7.487Hendricks County: 7.462 %Hendricks County7.462Scott County: 7.447 %Scott County7.447Blackford County: 7.375 %Blackford County7.375Spencer County: 7.359 %Spencer County7.359Perry County: 7.229 %Perry County7.229Shelby County: 7.202 %Shelby County7.202Miami County: 7.149 %Miami County7.149Porter County: 7.142 %Porter County7.142LaPorte County: 7.125 %LaPorte County7.125Knox County: 7.122 %Knox County7.122Madison County: 7.112 %Madison County7.112Whitley County: 7.026 %Whitley County7.026Henry County: 7.022 %Henry County7.022Morgan County: 7.018 %Morgan County7.018Brown County: 11.746 %Brown County11.746Greene County: 10.888 %Greene County10.888Newton County: 10.684 %Newton County10.684Crawford County: 9.167 %Crawford County9.167White County: 8.999 %White County8.999Sullivan County: 8.875 %Sullivan County8.875Randolph County: 8.657 %Randolph County8.657Posey County: 8.565 %Posey County8.565Boone County: 8.44 %Boone County8.44Hamilton County: 8.38 %Hamilton County8.38Johnson County: 8.299 %Johnson County8.299Carroll County: 8.272 %Carroll County8.272Grant County: 8.207 %Grant County8.207Warren County: 8.163 %Warren County8.163Benton County: 8.125 %Benton County8.125Jasper County: 8.029 %Jasper County8.029Harrison County: 7.981 %Harrison County7.981Orange County: 7.978 %Orange County7.978Lake County: 7.945 %Lake County7.945Pulaski County: 7.774 %Pulaski County7.774Vermillion County: 7.771 %Vermillion County7.771Clinton County: 7.753 %Clinton County7.753Fountain County: 7.706 %Fountain County7.706Marion County: 7.619 %Marion County7.619Floyd County: 7.595 %Floyd County7.595Pike County: 7.487 %Pike County7.487Hendricks County: 7.462 %Hendricks County7.462Scott County: 7.447 %Scott County7.447Blackford County: 7.375 %Blackford County7.375Spencer County: 7.359 %Spencer County7.359Perry County: 7.229 %Perry County7.229Shelby County: 7.202 %Shelby County7.202Miami County: 7.149 %Miami County7.149Porter County: 7.142 %Porter County7.142LaPorte County: 7.125 %LaPorte County7.125Knox County: 7.122 %Knox County7.122Madison County: 7.112 %Madison County7.112Whitley County: 7.026 %Whitley County7.026Henry County: 7.022 %Henry County7.022Morgan County: 7.018 %Morgan County7.018
%. 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
1Brown County11.746+3.77 pts
2Greene County10.888+0.34 pts
3Newton County10.684+1.42 pts
4Crawford County9.167+3.86 pts
5White County8.999+3.09 pts
6Sullivan County8.875+1.61 pts
7Randolph County8.657+2.81 pts
8Posey County8.565+4.83 pts
9Boone County8.44+0.39 pts
10Hamilton County8.38-0.61 pts
11Johnson County8.299+0.29 pts
12Carroll County8.272+0.58 pts
13Grant County8.207+1.48 pts
14Warren County8.163+1.44 pts
15Benton County8.125-0.49 pts
16Jasper County8.029+1.24 pts
17Harrison County7.981+1.23 pts
18Orange County7.978+2.96 pts
19Lake County7.945+0.48 pts
20Pulaski County7.774+0.77 pts
21Vermillion County7.7710 pts
22Clinton County7.753+2.52 pts
23Fountain County7.706+1.11 pts
24Marion County7.619-0.81 pts
25Floyd County7.595-0.19 pts
26Pike County7.487+1.09 pts
27Hendricks County7.462-1.36 pts
28Scott County7.447-1.8 pts
29Blackford County7.375+2.44 pts
30Spencer County7.359+1.8 pts
31Perry County7.229+0.71 pts
32Shelby County7.202-0.64 pts
33Miami County7.149+0.11 pts
34Porter County7.142-0.82 pts
35LaPorte County7.125+1.35 pts
36Knox County7.122+0.22 pts
37Madison County7.112-1.32 pts
38Whitley County7.026+0.73 pts
39Henry County7.022-1.26 pts
40Morgan County7.018-1.41 pts
41Starke County6.993-2.65 pts
42Owen County6.922+0.84 pts
43Putnam County6.907-3.24 pts
44Noble County6.897+0.62 pts
45Martin County6.806-0.68 pts
46Allen County6.795-0.41 pts
47Cass County6.686+0.09 pts
48Switzerland County6.667-5.05 pts
49Adams County6.612+0.02 pts
50Monroe County6.611-1.07 pts
51Steuben County6.583+0.29 pts
52Wayne County6.578-0.52 pts
53Jackson County6.529-1.19 pts
54Fulton County6.49-2.7 pts
55Hancock County6.444-0.88 pts
56Tippecanoe County6.424-0.41 pts
57Marshall County6.397+0.75 pts
58Clark County6.389-1.27 pts
59Washington County6.373-0.72 pts
60Vanderburgh County6.344-0.53 pts
61St. Joseph County6.29-0.76 pts
62Bartholomew County6.213-0.43 pts
63Rush County6.176-1.43 pts
64Warrick County6.105-1.84 pts
65Lawrence County6.046-2.05 pts
66Elkhart County6.041-0.52 pts
67Clay County6.039-4.9 pts
68Kosciusko County6.001-0.82 pts
69Huntington County5.987-1.34 pts
70DeKalb County5.941-0.37 pts
71Jennings County5.928-1.88 pts
72Dubois County5.821+1.46 pts
73Howard County5.807-1.2 pts
74Tipton County5.792-2.69 pts
75Delaware County5.752-0.88 pts
76Parke County5.702-2.69 pts
77Daviess County5.629-0.81 pts
78Montgomery County5.524-1.18 pts
79Wells County5.506-3.52 pts
80Dearborn County5.473-1.78 pts
81Wabash County5.279-2.11 pts
82Ohio County5.263-3.54 pts
83Fayette County5.251+0.18 pts
84LaGrange County5.224-1.48 pts
85Gibson County5.216-3.05 pts
86Franklin County5.211-1.16 pts
87Jefferson County4.98-2.53 pts
88Vigo County4.95-2.08 pts
89Ripley County4.908-2.89 pts
90Jay County4.451-1.62 pts
91Decatur County4.337-2.12 pts

Other periods

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. 1 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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Indiana 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

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Indiana 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/indiana-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Indiana 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/indiana-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Indiana 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/indiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Brown County, with 11.746% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Decatur County, with 4.337% in 2016.

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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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