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Counties in Kansas by establishment exit rate

Morton County had the highest establishment exit rate of 102 counties in 2015, at 15.544%. Scott County had the lowest, at 2.841%. The median was 7.187% and the figure for Kansas was 7.917%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15.544Morton County
Lowest2.841Scott County
Median7.187102 counties
Kansas7.917History

Map of counties, 2015

Allen County: 7.843 %Anderson County: 6.145 %Atchison County: 8.346 %Barber County: 6.091 %Barton County: 6.708 %Bourbon County: 6.991 %Brown County: 5.952 %Butler County: 9.008 %Chase County: 11.29 %Chautauqua County: 11.475 %Cherokee County: 6.647 %Cheyenne County: 10.811 %Clark County: 14.815 %Clay County: 5.253 %Cloud County: 7.679 %Coffey County: 7.323 %Comanche County: 11.189 %Cowley County: 7.698 %Crawford County: 5.979 %Decatur County: 3.061 %Dickinson County: 8.605 %Doniphan County: 4.27 %Douglas County: 7.605 %Edwards County: 5.814 %Elk County: 6.25 %Ellis County: 6.679 %Ellsworth County: 4.473 %Finney County: 6.838 %Ford County: 4.821 %Franklin County: 6.598 %Geary County: 9.533 %Gove County: 8.23 %Graham County: 8.205 %Grant County: 7.824 %Gray County: 6.633 %Greenwood County: 7.273 %Hamilton County: 6.4 %Harper County: 5.168 %Harvey County: 7.904 %Haskell County: 3.96 %Hodgeman County: 14.634 %Jackson County: 6.957 %Jefferson County: 11.439 %Jewell County: 14.865 %Johnson County: 9.332 %Kearny County: 8.917 %Kingman County: 7.463 %Kiowa County: 8.333 %Labette County: 6.15 %Lane County: 8.547 %Leavenworth County: 9.173 %Lincoln County: 7.229 %Linn County: 7.202 %Logan County: 5.854 %Lyon County: 6.414 %McPherson County: 7.117 %Marion County: 4.668 %Marshall County: 7.342 %Meade County: 9.917 %Miami County: 8.715 %Mitchell County: 4.922 %Montgomery County: 7.969 %Morris County: 6.299 %Morton County: 15.544 %Nemaha County: 4.23 %Neosho County: 6.938 %Ness County: 5.861 %Norton County: 8.805 %Osage County: 10.066 %Osborne County: 6.383 %Ottawa County: 9.167 %Pawnee County: 6.164 %Phillips County: 5.467 %Pottawatomie County: 6.716 %Pratt County: 6.38 %Rawlins County: 6.218 %Reno County: 7.32 %Republic County: 7.692 %Rice County: 4.198 %Riley County: 8.348 %Rooks County: 9.164 %Rush County: 6.557 %Russell County: 6.827 %Saline County: 6.863 %Scott County: 2.841 %Sedgwick County: 7.792 %Seward County: 8.144 %Shawnee County: 7.075 %Sheridan County: 6.283 %Sherman County: 10.088 %Smith County: 7.115 %Stafford County: 6.452 %Stevens County: 8.059 %Sumner County: 7.461 %Thomas County: 4.101 %Trego County: 5.738 %Wabaunsee County: 7.171 %Washington County: 7.202 %Wichita County: 9.581 %Wilson County: 11.211 %Woodson County: 3.774 %Wyandotte County: 9.117 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Morton County: 15.544 %Morton County15.544Jewell County: 14.865 %Jewell County14.865Clark County: 14.815 %Clark County14.815Hodgeman County: 14.634 %Hodgeman County14.634Chautauqua County: 11.475 %Chautauqua County11.475Jefferson County: 11.439 %Jefferson County11.439Chase County: 11.29 %Chase County11.29Wilson County: 11.211 %Wilson County11.211Comanche County: 11.189 %Comanche County11.189Cheyenne County: 10.811 %Cheyenne County10.811Sherman County: 10.088 %Sherman County10.088Osage County: 10.066 %Osage County10.066Meade County: 9.917 %Meade County9.917Wichita County: 9.581 %Wichita County9.581Geary County: 9.533 %Geary County9.533Johnson County: 9.332 %Johnson County9.332Leavenworth County: 9.173 %Leavenworth County9.173Ottawa County: 9.167 %Ottawa County9.167Rooks County: 9.164 %Rooks County9.164Wyandotte County: 9.117 %Wyandotte County9.117Butler County: 9.008 %Butler County9.008Kearny County: 8.917 %Kearny County8.917Norton County: 8.805 %Norton County8.805Miami County: 8.715 %Miami County8.715Dickinson County: 8.605 %Dickinson County8.605Lane County: 8.547 %Lane County8.547Riley County: 8.348 %Riley County8.348Atchison County: 8.346 %Atchison County8.346Kiowa County: 8.333 %Kiowa County8.333Gove County: 8.23 %Gove County8.23Graham County: 8.205 %Graham County8.205Seward County: 8.144 %Seward County8.144Stevens County: 8.059 %Stevens County8.059Montgomery County: 7.969 %Montgomery County7.969Harvey County: 7.904 %Harvey County7.904Allen County: 7.843 %Allen County7.843Grant County: 7.824 %Grant County7.824Sedgwick County: 7.792 %Sedgwick County7.792Cowley County: 7.698 %Cowley County7.698Republic County: 7.692 %Republic County7.692Morton County: 15.544 %Morton County15.544Jewell County: 14.865 %Jewell County14.865Clark County: 14.815 %Clark County14.815Hodgeman County: 14.634 %Hodgeman County14.634Chautauqua County: 11.475 %Chautauqua County11.475Jefferson County: 11.439 %Jefferson County11.439Chase County: 11.29 %Chase County11.29Wilson County: 11.211 %Wilson County11.211Comanche County: 11.189 %Comanche County11.189Cheyenne County: 10.811 %Cheyenne County10.811Sherman County: 10.088 %Sherman County10.088Osage County: 10.066 %Osage County10.066Meade County: 9.917 %Meade County9.917Wichita County: 9.581 %Wichita County9.581Geary County: 9.533 %Geary County9.533Johnson County: 9.332 %Johnson County9.332Leavenworth County: 9.173 %Leavenworth County9.173Ottawa County: 9.167 %Ottawa County9.167Rooks County: 9.164 %Rooks County9.164Wyandotte County: 9.117 %Wyandotte County9.117Butler County: 9.008 %Butler County9.008Kearny County: 8.917 %Kearny County8.917Norton County: 8.805 %Norton County8.805Miami County: 8.715 %Miami County8.715Dickinson County: 8.605 %Dickinson County8.605Lane County: 8.547 %Lane County8.547Riley County: 8.348 %Riley County8.348Atchison County: 8.346 %Atchison County8.346Kiowa County: 8.333 %Kiowa County8.333Gove County: 8.23 %Gove County8.23Graham County: 8.205 %Graham County8.205Seward County: 8.144 %Seward County8.144Stevens County: 8.059 %Stevens County8.059Montgomery County: 7.969 %Montgomery County7.969Harvey County: 7.904 %Harvey County7.904Allen County: 7.843 %Allen County7.843Grant County: 7.824 %Grant County7.824Sedgwick County: 7.792 %Sedgwick County7.792Cowley County: 7.698 %Cowley County7.698Republic County: 7.692 %Republic County7.692
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Morton County15.544+9.36 pts
2Jewell County14.865+10.99 pts
3Clark County14.815+9.1 pts
4Hodgeman County14.634-1.28 pts
5Chautauqua County11.475+3.47 pts
6Jefferson County11.439+0.53 pts
7Chase County11.29+0.18 pts
8Wilson County11.211+3.02 pts
9Comanche County11.189+5.78 pts
10Cheyenne County10.811+1.29 pts
11Sherman County10.088+3.26 pts
12Osage County10.066+1.22 pts
13Meade County9.917n/a
14Wichita County9.581+3.73 pts
15Geary County9.533+0.94 pts
16Johnson County9.332+0.25 pts
17Leavenworth County9.173+0.52 pts
18Ottawa County9.167-3.33 pts
19Rooks County9.164+4.9 pts
20Wyandotte County9.117+0.12 pts
21Butler County9.008+0.68 pts
22Kearny County8.917+1.22 pts
23Norton County8.805+3.28 pts
24Miami County8.715+0.23 pts
25Dickinson County8.605+1.07 pts
26Lane County8.547-3.42 pts
27Riley County8.348+1 pts
28Atchison County8.346-0.15 pts
29Kiowa County8.333-0.86 pts
30Gove County8.23+3.19 pts
31Graham County8.205-0.41 pts
32Seward County8.144+1.17 pts
33Stevens County8.059+1.47 pts
34Montgomery County7.969+2.78 pts
35Harvey County7.904-2.29 pts
36Allen County7.843-0.28 pts
37Grant County7.824-1.38 pts
38Sedgwick County7.792+0.3 pts
39Cowley County7.698+1.2 pts
40Republic County7.692+2.96 pts
41Cloud County7.679-0.04 pts
42Douglas County7.605+0.19 pts
43Kingman County7.463-0.48 pts
44Sumner County7.461-3.61 pts
45Marshall County7.342+1.78 pts
46Coffey County7.323+0.08 pts
47Reno County7.32-0.07 pts
48Greenwood County7.273-1.58 pts
49Lincoln County7.229+1.02 pts
50Linn County7.202+0.97 pts
50Washington County7.202+0.61 pts
52Wabaunsee County7.171-3.72 pts
53McPherson County7.117+1.21 pts
54Smith County7.115-4.08 pts
55Shawnee County7.0750 pts
56Bourbon County6.991-0.88 pts
57Jackson County6.957-1.32 pts
58Neosho County6.938+2.15 pts
59Saline County6.863-0.71 pts
60Finney County6.838+0.1 pts
61Russell County6.827+0.45 pts
62Pottawatomie County6.716-0.28 pts
63Barton County6.708+0.54 pts
64Ellis County6.679+0.27 pts
65Cherokee County6.647+0.01 pts
66Gray County6.633-0.58 pts
67Franklin County6.598-1.61 pts
68Rush County6.5570 pts
69Stafford County6.452+0.83 pts
70Lyon County6.414-1.73 pts
71Hamilton County6.4n/a
72Osborne County6.383-0.63 pts
73Pratt County6.38+1.27 pts
74Morris County6.299+0.05 pts
75Sheridan County6.283-3.87 pts
76Elk County6.25n/a
77Rawlins County6.218-0.03 pts
78Pawnee County6.164-5.17 pts
79Labette County6.15-0.93 pts
80Anderson County6.145-2.74 pts
81Barber County6.091-3.39 pts
82Crawford County5.979-1.79 pts
83Brown County5.952-4.22 pts
84Ness County5.861+0.66 pts
85Logan County5.854-2.11 pts
86Edwards County5.814-6.76 pts
87Trego County5.738+1.41 pts
88Phillips County5.467-1.38 pts
89Clay County5.253-1.69 pts
90Harper County5.168-4.6 pts
91Mitchell County4.922-2.91 pts
92Ford County4.821-0.33 pts
93Marion County4.668+0.33 pts
94Ellsworth County4.473-3.91 pts
95Doniphan County4.27-4.75 pts
96Nemaha County4.23-2.55 pts
97Rice County4.198-3.22 pts
98Thomas County4.101-0.74 pts
99Haskell County3.96-7.32 pts
100Woodson County3.774-5.26 pts
101Decatur County3.061-2.37 pts
102Scott County2.841-1.3 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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Kansas by establishment exit rate, 2015) [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 Kansas by establishment exit rate, 2015. 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/kansas-counties?period=2015. 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 Kansas by establishment exit rate, 2015. 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/kansas-counties?period=2015.

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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 Kansas by establishment exit rate, 2015 [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/kansas-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Morton County, with 15.544% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Scott County, with 2.841% in 2015.

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. 3 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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