# Counties in Minnesota by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 86 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jackson County | 11.605 |
| 2 | Pine County | 11.429 |
| 3 | Lake of the Woods County | 11.194 |
| 4 | Kanabec County | 10.969 |
| 5 | Pope County | 10.866 |
| 6 | Norman County | 10.726 |
| 7 | Faribault County | 10.719 |
| 8 | Cass County | 10.163 |
| 9 | Mahnomen County | 10.112 |
| 10 | Marshall County | 10.046 |
| 11 | Hubbard County | 9.99 |
| 12 | Hennepin County | 9.716 |
| 13 | Washington County | 9.666 |
| 14 | Yellow Medicine County | 9.643 |
| 15 | Aitkin County | 9.524 |
| 16 | Anoka County | 9.513 |
| 17 | Chisago County | 9.395 |
| 18 | Sherburne County | 9.336 |
| 19 | Wright County | 9.321 |
| 20 | Dakota County | 9.307 |
| 21 | Houston County | 9.154 |
| 22 | Scott County | 9.003 |
| 23 | Sibley County | 8.917 |
| 24 | Waseca County | 8.906 |
| 25 | Becker County | 8.789 |
| 26 | Ramsey County | 8.702 |
| 27 | Wadena County | 8.646 |
| 28 | Goodhue County | 8.624 |
| 29 | Dodge County | 8.47 |
| 30 | Fillmore County | 8.342 |
| 31 | Cook County | 8.316 |
| 32 | Brown County | 8.227 |
| 33 | Mille Lacs County | 8.173 |
| 34 | Crow Wing County | 8.169 |
| 35 | Clay County | 8.167 |
| 36 | Koochiching County | 8.084 |
| 37 | Otter Tail County | 8.066 |
| 38 | Swift County | 7.928 |
| 39 | Carver County | 7.821 |
| 40 | Chippewa County | 7.815 |
| 41 | Le Sueur County | 7.805 |
| 42 | Roseau County | 7.775 |
| 43 | Rock County | 7.707 |
| 44 | Meeker County | 7.647 |
| 45 | Redwood County | 7.568 |
| 46 | Nobles County | 7.505 |
| 47 | Wabasha County | 7.48 |
| 48 | Lyon County | 7.471 |
| 49 | Polk County | 7.441 |
| 50 | Olmsted County | 7.405 |
| 51 | Morrison County | 7.394 |
| 52 | St. Louis County | 7.366 |
| 53 | Lake County | 7.343 |
| 54 | Isanti County | 7.339 |
| 55 | Carlton County | 7.131 |
| 56 | Freeborn County | 7.03 |
| 57 | Beltrami County | 6.962 |
| 58 | Douglas County | 6.891 |
| 59 | Stearns County | 6.792 |
| 60 | Lac qui Parle County | 6.78 |
| 61 | Itasca County | 6.753 |
| 62 | Todd County | 6.733 |
| 63 | Murray County | 6.625 |
| 64 | Mower County | 6.617 |
| 65 | Blue Earth County | 6.574 |
| 66 | Grant County | 6.522 |
| 67 | Nicollet County | 6.472 |
| 68 | Kandiyohi County | 6.452 |
| 69 | Clearwater County | 6.414 |
| 70 | Red Lake County | 6.369 |
| 71 | Watonwan County | 6.343 |
| 72 | Lincoln County | 6.322 |
| 73 | Winona County | 6.315 |
| 74 | Benton County | 6.147 |
| 75 | Kittson County | 6.13 |
| 76 | Pipestone County | 5.923 |
| 77 | Rice County | 5.665 |
| 78 | McLeod County | 5.478 |
| 79 | Pennington County | 5.381 |
| 80 | Steele County | 5.373 |
| 81 | Wilkin County | 5.166 |
| 82 | Big Stone County | 5.063 |
| 83 | Renville County | 5.03 |
| 84 | Martin County | 4.554 |
| 85 | Cottonwood County | 3.934 |
| 86 | Stevens County | 3.407 |