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Counties in Indiana by establishment exit rate

Crawford County had the highest establishment exit rate of 91 counties in 2019, at 11.245%. Blackford County had the lowest, at 2.649%. The median was 6.872% and the figure for Indiana was 7.031%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.245Crawford County
Lowest2.649Blackford County
Median6.87291 counties
Indiana7.031History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 6.314 %Allen County: 6.301 %Bartholomew County: 5.899 %Benton County: 6.557 %Blackford County: 2.649 %Boone County: 9.339 %Brown County: 9.272 %Carroll County: 10.028 %Cass County: 6.08 %Clark County: 7.282 %Clay County: 6.872 %Clinton County: 7.857 %Crawford County: 11.245 %Daviess County: 7.213 %Dearborn County: 7.316 %Decatur County: 6.261 %DeKalb County: 5.231 %Delaware County: 5.547 %Dubois County: 5.623 %Elkhart County: 6.187 %Fayette County: 7.547 %Floyd County: 7.296 %Fountain County: 6.632 %Franklin County: 7.134 %Fulton County: 6.031 %Gibson County: 5.311 %Grant County: 6.631 %Greene County: 7.108 %Hamilton County: 8.371 %Hancock County: 7.18 %Harrison County: 8.179 %Hendricks County: 7.404 %Henry County: 6.148 %Howard County: 6.832 %Huntington County: 7.284 %Jackson County: 6.638 %Jasper County: 7.439 %Jay County: 7.292 %Jefferson County: 7.767 %Jennings County: 5.392 %Johnson County: 7.658 %Knox County: 5.933 %Kosciusko County: 7.248 %LaGrange County: 5.993 %Lake County: 7.783 %LaPorte County: 7.011 %Lawrence County: 5.855 %Madison County: 7.698 %Marion County: 7.343 %Marshall County: 6.423 %Martin County: 7.426 %Miami County: 7.607 %Monroe County: 7.774 %Montgomery County: 4.726 %Morgan County: 8.903 %Newton County: 10.3 %Noble County: 6.376 %Ohio County: 8.696 %Orange County: 7.921 %Owen County: 5.852 %Parke County: 5.117 %Perry County: 5.471 %Pike County: 10.497 %Porter County: 7.858 %Posey County: 8.19 %Pulaski County: 4.861 %Putnam County: 7.115 %Randolph County: 6.904 %Ripley County: 5.998 %Rush County: 5.24 %St. Joseph County: 7.215 %Scott County: 5.405 %Shelby County: 6.145 %Spencer County: 4.309 %Starke County: 8.496 %Steuben County: 6.321 %Sullivan County: 8.553 %Switzerland County: 7.287 %Tippecanoe County: 6.743 %Tipton County: 5.556 %Vanderburgh County: 5.405 %Vermillion County: 6.329 %Vigo County: 6.114 %Wabash County: 5.467 %Warren County: 5 %Warrick County: 8.542 %Washington County: 7.126 %Wayne County: 5.462 %Wells County: 4.491 %White County: 6.397 %Whitley County: 7.292 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Crawford County: 11.245 %Crawford County11.245Pike County: 10.497 %Pike County10.497Newton County: 10.3 %Newton County10.3Carroll County: 10.028 %Carroll County10.028Boone County: 9.339 %Boone County9.339Brown County: 9.272 %Brown County9.272Morgan County: 8.903 %Morgan County8.903Ohio County: 8.696 %Ohio County8.696Sullivan County: 8.553 %Sullivan County8.553Warrick County: 8.542 %Warrick County8.542Starke County: 8.496 %Starke County8.496Hamilton County: 8.371 %Hamilton County8.371Posey County: 8.19 %Posey County8.19Harrison County: 8.179 %Harrison County8.179Orange County: 7.921 %Orange County7.921Porter County: 7.858 %Porter County7.858Clinton County: 7.857 %Clinton County7.857Lake County: 7.783 %Lake County7.783Monroe County: 7.774 %Monroe County7.774Jefferson County: 7.767 %Jefferson County7.767Madison County: 7.698 %Madison County7.698Johnson County: 7.658 %Johnson County7.658Miami County: 7.607 %Miami County7.607Fayette County: 7.547 %Fayette County7.547Jasper County: 7.439 %Jasper County7.439Martin County: 7.426 %Martin County7.426Hendricks County: 7.404 %Hendricks County7.404Marion County: 7.343 %Marion County7.343Dearborn County: 7.316 %Dearborn County7.316Floyd County: 7.296 %Floyd County7.296Jay County: 7.292 %Jay County7.292Whitley County: 7.292 %Whitley County7.292Switzerland County: 7.287 %Switzerland County7.287Huntington County: 7.284 %Huntington County7.284Clark County: 7.282 %Clark County7.282Kosciusko County: 7.248 %Kosciusko County7.248St. Joseph County: 7.215 %St. Joseph County7.215Daviess County: 7.213 %Daviess County7.213Hancock County: 7.18 %Hancock County7.18Franklin County: 7.134 %Franklin County7.134Crawford County: 11.245 %Crawford County11.245Pike County: 10.497 %Pike County10.497Newton County: 10.3 %Newton County10.3Carroll County: 10.028 %Carroll County10.028Boone County: 9.339 %Boone County9.339Brown County: 9.272 %Brown County9.272Morgan County: 8.903 %Morgan County8.903Ohio County: 8.696 %Ohio County8.696Sullivan County: 8.553 %Sullivan County8.553Warrick County: 8.542 %Warrick County8.542Starke County: 8.496 %Starke County8.496Hamilton County: 8.371 %Hamilton County8.371Posey County: 8.19 %Posey County8.19Harrison County: 8.179 %Harrison County8.179Orange County: 7.921 %Orange County7.921Porter County: 7.858 %Porter County7.858Clinton County: 7.857 %Clinton County7.857Lake County: 7.783 %Lake County7.783Monroe County: 7.774 %Monroe County7.774Jefferson County: 7.767 %Jefferson County7.767Madison County: 7.698 %Madison County7.698Johnson County: 7.658 %Johnson County7.658Miami County: 7.607 %Miami County7.607Fayette County: 7.547 %Fayette County7.547Jasper County: 7.439 %Jasper County7.439Martin County: 7.426 %Martin County7.426Hendricks County: 7.404 %Hendricks County7.404Marion County: 7.343 %Marion County7.343Dearborn County: 7.316 %Dearborn County7.316Floyd County: 7.296 %Floyd County7.296Jay County: 7.292 %Jay County7.292Whitley County: 7.292 %Whitley County7.292Switzerland County: 7.287 %Switzerland County7.287Huntington County: 7.284 %Huntington County7.284Clark County: 7.282 %Clark County7.282Kosciusko County: 7.248 %Kosciusko County7.248St. Joseph County: 7.215 %St. Joseph County7.215Daviess County: 7.213 %Daviess County7.213Hancock County: 7.18 %Hancock County7.18Franklin County: 7.134 %Franklin County7.134
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Crawford County11.245-2.36 pts
2Pike County10.497+5.62 pts
3Newton County10.3+2.62 pts
4Carroll County10.028+3.32 pts
5Boone County9.339+1.62 pts
6Brown County9.272-4.68 pts
7Morgan County8.903-0.46 pts
8Ohio County8.696+0.42 pts
9Sullivan County8.553+0.3 pts
10Warrick County8.542+2.12 pts
11Starke County8.496+0.51 pts
12Hamilton County8.371-1.25 pts
13Posey County8.19+1.77 pts
14Harrison County8.179+1.83 pts
15Orange County7.921+0.54 pts
16Porter County7.858-0.09 pts
17Clinton County7.857-0.85 pts
18Lake County7.783-0.36 pts
19Monroe County7.774-0.25 pts
20Jefferson County7.767+1.47 pts
21Madison County7.698-0.39 pts
22Johnson County7.658+0.17 pts
23Miami County7.607-0.64 pts
24Fayette County7.547-1.32 pts
25Jasper County7.439+0.64 pts
26Martin County7.426-1.57 pts
27Hendricks County7.404-1.56 pts
28Marion County7.343-1.25 pts
29Dearborn County7.316-0.54 pts
30Floyd County7.296-1.91 pts
31Jay County7.292+1.08 pts
31Whitley County7.292+0.04 pts
33Switzerland County7.287-0.24 pts
34Huntington County7.284-1.01 pts
35Clark County7.282+0.49 pts
36Kosciusko County7.248+1.13 pts
37St. Joseph County7.215+0.31 pts
38Daviess County7.213+0.83 pts
39Hancock County7.18-1.16 pts
40Franklin County7.134+0.93 pts
41Washington County7.126-0.53 pts
42Putnam County7.115-0.85 pts
43Greene County7.108-1.67 pts
44LaPorte County7.011-0.52 pts
45Randolph County6.904+0.72 pts
46Clay County6.872-2.27 pts
47Howard County6.832+0.46 pts
48Tippecanoe County6.743-0.77 pts
49Jackson County6.638-0.46 pts
50Fountain County6.632-0.42 pts
51Grant County6.631-0.35 pts
52Benton County6.557+1.38 pts
53Marshall County6.423+1.17 pts
54White County6.397-1.14 pts
55Noble County6.376+0.09 pts
56Vermillion County6.329-6.22 pts
57Steuben County6.321-0.09 pts
58Adams County6.314+0.33 pts
59Allen County6.301-0.48 pts
60Decatur County6.261+1.1 pts
61Elkhart County6.187-0.78 pts
62Henry County6.148-1.68 pts
63Shelby County6.145-0.8 pts
64Vigo County6.114-1.45 pts
65Cass County6.08-2.18 pts
66Fulton County6.031-1.96 pts
67Ripley County5.998-0.4 pts
68LaGrange County5.993-1.47 pts
69Knox County5.933-2.37 pts
70Bartholomew County5.899-0.74 pts
71Lawrence County5.855-2.46 pts
72Owen County5.852-3.32 pts
73Dubois County5.623-1.01 pts
74Tipton County5.556-0.75 pts
75Delaware County5.547-2.71 pts
76Perry County5.471-2.94 pts
77Wabash County5.467-0.18 pts
78Wayne County5.462-2.2 pts
79Scott County5.405-2.16 pts
79Vanderburgh County5.405-1.3 pts
81Jennings County5.392-0.86 pts
82Gibson County5.311-0.85 pts
83Rush County5.24-1.54 pts
84DeKalb County5.231-1.24 pts
85Parke County5.117-4.39 pts
86Warren County5+0.8 pts
87Pulaski County4.861-1.84 pts
88Montgomery County4.726-2.33 pts
89Wells County4.491-0.61 pts
90Spencer County4.309-0.12 pts
91Blackford County2.649-3.45 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 2019 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, 2019) [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 Indiana by establishment exit rate, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Crawford County, with 11.245% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Blackford County, with 2.649% in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

Establishment exit rate: other rankings

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