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Counties in Kansas by establishment exit rate

Kiowa County had the highest establishment exit rate of 102 counties in 2021, at 15.584%. Wichita County had the lowest, at 3.55%. The median was 7.442% and the figure for Kansas was 8.038%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15.584Kiowa County
Lowest3.55Wichita County
Median7.442102 counties
Kansas8.038History

Map of counties, 2021

Allen County: 9.801 %Anderson County: 10.526 %Atchison County: 9.778 %Barber County: 5.031 %Barton County: 6.474 %Bourbon County: 7.199 %Brown County: 4.724 %Butler County: 7.837 %Chase County: 11.538 %Chautauqua County: 5.405 %Cherokee County: 6.709 %Cheyenne County: 8.649 %Clark County: 5.263 %Clay County: 6.719 %Cloud County: 7.821 %Coffey County: 7.833 %Cowley County: 5.027 %Crawford County: 5.753 %Decatur County: 8.743 %Dickinson County: 8.933 %Doniphan County: 7.971 %Douglas County: 9.768 %Edwards County: 8.219 %Elk County: 7.018 %Ellis County: 7.632 %Ellsworth County: 5.333 %Finney County: 5.981 %Ford County: 7.088 %Franklin County: 7.497 %Geary County: 6.279 %Graham County: 5.882 %Grant County: 10.127 %Gray County: 8.983 %Greeley County: 10 %Greenwood County: 9.655 %Hamilton County: 9.091 %Harper County: 11.268 %Harvey County: 6.104 %Haskell County: 7.179 %Jackson County: 8.511 %Jefferson County: 8.029 %Jewell County: 9.524 %Johnson County: 9.128 %Kearny County: 7.692 %Kingman County: 7.018 %Kiowa County: 15.584 %Labette County: 6.522 %Lane County: 5.31 %Leavenworth County: 8.852 %Lincoln County: 7.643 %Linn County: 5.248 %Logan County: 8.654 %Lyon County: 7.287 %McPherson County: 5.759 %Marion County: 8.203 %Marshall County: 5.689 %Meade County: 12.67 %Miami County: 9.195 %Mitchell County: 7.075 %Montgomery County: 6.241 %Morris County: 5.49 %Morton County: 8.759 %Nemaha County: 5.43 %Neosho County: 5.897 %Ness County: 6.809 %Norton County: 5.145 %Osage County: 7.407 %Osborne County: 4.878 %Ottawa County: 8.8 %Pawnee County: 11.2 %Phillips County: 7.194 %Pottawatomie County: 6.522 %Pratt County: 5.365 %Rawlins County: 7.735 %Reno County: 6.745 %Republic County: 6.27 %Rice County: 6.224 %Riley County: 9.336 %Rooks County: 5.538 %Rush County: 7.101 %Russell County: 4.731 %Saline County: 7.83 %Scott County: 7.536 %Sedgwick County: 8.114 %Seward County: 9.329 %Shawnee County: 7.531 %Sheridan County: 9.278 %Sherman County: 5.97 %Smith County: 7.018 %Stafford County: 7.725 %Stanton County: 5.455 %Stevens County: 11.067 %Sumner County: 7.981 %Thomas County: 3.673 %Trego County: 7.477 %Wabaunsee County: 11.024 %Wallace County: 10.309 %Washington County: 5.202 %Wichita County: 3.55 %Wilson County: 6.107 %Woodson County: 5.594 %Wyandotte County: 8.768 %
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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

Kiowa County: 15.584 %Kiowa County15.584Meade County: 12.67 %Meade County12.67Chase County: 11.538 %Chase County11.538Harper County: 11.268 %Harper County11.268Pawnee County: 11.2 %Pawnee County11.2Stevens County: 11.067 %Stevens County11.067Wabaunsee County: 11.024 %Wabaunsee County11.024Anderson County: 10.526 %Anderson County10.526Wallace County: 10.309 %Wallace County10.309Grant County: 10.127 %Grant County10.127Greeley County: 10 %Greeley County10Allen County: 9.801 %Allen County9.801Atchison County: 9.778 %Atchison County9.778Douglas County: 9.768 %Douglas County9.768Greenwood County: 9.655 %Greenwood County9.655Jewell County: 9.524 %Jewell County9.524Riley County: 9.336 %Riley County9.336Seward County: 9.329 %Seward County9.329Sheridan County: 9.278 %Sheridan County9.278Miami County: 9.195 %Miami County9.195Johnson County: 9.128 %Johnson County9.128Hamilton County: 9.091 %Hamilton County9.091Gray County: 8.983 %Gray County8.983Dickinson County: 8.933 %Dickinson County8.933Leavenworth County: 8.852 %Leavenworth County8.852Ottawa County: 8.8 %Ottawa County8.8Wyandotte County: 8.768 %Wyandotte County8.768Morton County: 8.759 %Morton County8.759Decatur County: 8.743 %Decatur County8.743Logan County: 8.654 %Logan County8.654Cheyenne County: 8.649 %Cheyenne County8.649Jackson County: 8.511 %Jackson County8.511Edwards County: 8.219 %Edwards County8.219Marion County: 8.203 %Marion County8.203Sedgwick County: 8.114 %Sedgwick County8.114Jefferson County: 8.029 %Jefferson County8.029Sumner County: 7.981 %Sumner County7.981Doniphan County: 7.971 %Doniphan County7.971Butler County: 7.837 %Butler County7.837Coffey County: 7.833 %Coffey County7.833Kiowa County: 15.584 %Kiowa County15.584Meade County: 12.67 %Meade County12.67Chase County: 11.538 %Chase County11.538Harper County: 11.268 %Harper County11.268Pawnee County: 11.2 %Pawnee County11.2Stevens County: 11.067 %Stevens County11.067Wabaunsee County: 11.024 %Wabaunsee County11.024Anderson County: 10.526 %Anderson County10.526Wallace County: 10.309 %Wallace County10.309Grant County: 10.127 %Grant County10.127Greeley County: 10 %Greeley County10Allen County: 9.801 %Allen County9.801Atchison County: 9.778 %Atchison County9.778Douglas County: 9.768 %Douglas County9.768Greenwood County: 9.655 %Greenwood County9.655Jewell County: 9.524 %Jewell County9.524Riley County: 9.336 %Riley County9.336Seward County: 9.329 %Seward County9.329Sheridan County: 9.278 %Sheridan County9.278Miami County: 9.195 %Miami County9.195Johnson County: 9.128 %Johnson County9.128Hamilton County: 9.091 %Hamilton County9.091Gray County: 8.983 %Gray County8.983Dickinson County: 8.933 %Dickinson County8.933Leavenworth County: 8.852 %Leavenworth County8.852Ottawa County: 8.8 %Ottawa County8.8Wyandotte County: 8.768 %Wyandotte County8.768Morton County: 8.759 %Morton County8.759Decatur County: 8.743 %Decatur County8.743Logan County: 8.654 %Logan County8.654Cheyenne County: 8.649 %Cheyenne County8.649Jackson County: 8.511 %Jackson County8.511Edwards County: 8.219 %Edwards County8.219Marion County: 8.203 %Marion County8.203Sedgwick County: 8.114 %Sedgwick County8.114Jefferson County: 8.029 %Jefferson County8.029Sumner County: 7.981 %Sumner County7.981Doniphan County: 7.971 %Doniphan County7.971Butler County: 7.837 %Butler County7.837Coffey County: 7.833 %Coffey County7.833
%. 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
1Kiowa County15.584+1.38 pts
2Meade County12.67+6.58 pts
3Chase County11.538-1.07 pts
4Harper County11.268+4.55 pts
5Pawnee County11.2-2.03 pts
6Stevens County11.067+6.36 pts
7Wabaunsee County11.024+0.95 pts
8Anderson County10.526+1.8 pts
9Wallace County10.309-0.11 pts
10Grant County10.127+4.14 pts
11Greeley County10+2.5 pts
12Allen County9.801+0.44 pts
13Atchison County9.778+2.39 pts
14Douglas County9.768+0.64 pts
15Greenwood County9.655+1.02 pts
16Jewell County9.524+3.89 pts
17Riley County9.336+1.12 pts
18Seward County9.329-0.3 pts
19Sheridan County9.2780 pts
20Miami County9.195+0.12 pts
21Johnson County9.128-0.33 pts
22Hamilton County9.091+1.63 pts
23Gray County8.983+4.24 pts
24Dickinson County8.933-2.07 pts
25Leavenworth County8.852-0.72 pts
26Ottawa County8.8-2.18 pts
27Wyandotte County8.768+0.17 pts
28Morton County8.759+0.25 pts
29Decatur County8.743+3.37 pts
30Logan County8.654+2.99 pts
31Cheyenne County8.649-0.05 pts
32Jackson County8.511-2.53 pts
33Edwards County8.219-4.77 pts
34Marion County8.203+0.92 pts
35Sedgwick County8.114+0.16 pts
36Jefferson County8.029-2.25 pts
37Sumner County7.981+0.79 pts
38Doniphan County7.971-2.14 pts
39Butler County7.837+0.65 pts
40Coffey County7.833-0.04 pts
41Saline County7.83+0.56 pts
42Cloud County7.821+0.44 pts
43Rawlins County7.735-0.91 pts
44Stafford County7.725+0.16 pts
45Kearny County7.692-2.37 pts
46Lincoln County7.643+1.27 pts
47Ellis County7.632+1.45 pts
48Scott County7.536-1.13 pts
49Shawnee County7.531-0.59 pts
50Franklin County7.497-0.93 pts
51Trego County7.477-3.84 pts
52Osage County7.407-0.39 pts
53Lyon County7.287+0.32 pts
54Bourbon County7.199-1.52 pts
55Phillips County7.194+0.1 pts
56Haskell County7.179-5.13 pts
57Rush County7.101-2.2 pts
58Ford County7.088-1.6 pts
59Mitchell County7.075+0.59 pts
60Elk County7.018-1.68 pts
60Kingman County7.018-2.41 pts
60Smith County7.018-1.72 pts
63Ness County6.809+1.05 pts
64Reno County6.745-0.47 pts
65Clay County6.719+1.86 pts
66Cherokee County6.709-0.32 pts
67Labette County6.522-2.89 pts
67Pottawatomie County6.522-0.71 pts
69Barton County6.474+0.17 pts
70Geary County6.279+0.15 pts
71Republic County6.27+1.87 pts
72Montgomery County6.241-1.87 pts
73Rice County6.224-5.54 pts
74Wilson County6.107-1.07 pts
75Harvey County6.104-2.91 pts
76Finney County5.981-2.72 pts
77Sherman County5.97-3.82 pts
78Neosho County5.897-1.47 pts
79Graham County5.882-2.35 pts
80McPherson County5.759-0.6 pts
81Crawford County5.753-1.03 pts
82Marshall County5.689+1.44 pts
83Woodson County5.594-0.04 pts
84Rooks County5.538-4.01 pts
85Morris County5.49-2.42 pts
86Stanton County5.455-6.93 pts
87Nemaha County5.43-2.87 pts
88Chautauqua County5.405-5.21 pts
89Pratt County5.365-1.51 pts
90Ellsworth County5.333-1.18 pts
91Lane County5.31-8.25 pts
92Clark County5.263-0.05 pts
93Linn County5.248-4.87 pts
94Washington County5.202-1.23 pts
95Norton County5.145+0.64 pts
96Barber County5.031-2.38 pts
97Cowley County5.027-2.68 pts
98Osborne County4.878-3.12 pts
99Russell County4.731-3.18 pts
100Brown County4.724+0.77 pts
101Thomas County3.673-0.4 pts
102Wichita County3.55-6.27 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 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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Kiowa County, with 15.584% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Wichita County, with 3.55% in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

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