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Counties in Nebraska by establishment exit rate

Logan County had the highest establishment exit rate of 84 counties in 2017, at 22.727%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.093% and the figure for Nebraska was 7.656%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.727Logan County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median7.09384 counties
Nebraska7.656History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 5.973 %Antelope County: 10.427 %Boone County: 3.989 %Box Butte County: 8.929 %Boyd County: 8.475 %Brown County: 3.065 %Buffalo County: 5.618 %Burt County: 6.349 %Butler County: 7.388 %Cass County: 6.452 %Cedar County: 9.174 %Chase County: 11.636 %Cherry County: 5.742 %Cheyenne County: 7.815 %Clay County: 4.457 %Colfax County: 5.138 %Cuming County: 6.801 %Custer County: 10.452 %Dakota County: 8.115 %Dawes County: 10 %Dawson County: 8.796 %Deuel County: 5.882 %Dixon County: 8.377 %Dodge County: 7.639 %Douglas County: 8.713 %Dundy County: 11.215 %Fillmore County: 5.116 %Franklin County: 17.391 %Frontier County: 12.308 %Furnas County: 9.689 %Gage County: 5.949 %Garden County: 8 %Garfield County: 5.464 %Gosper County: 5.769 %Greeley County: 5 %Hall County: 6.644 %Hamilton County: 8.113 %Harlan County: 6.452 %Holt County: 6.557 %Hooker County: 15.385 %Howard County: 8.414 %Jefferson County: 7.018 %Johnson County: 9.302 %Kearney County: 4.624 %Keith County: 5.346 %Keya Paha County: 0 %Kimball County: 5.479 %Knox County: 8.155 %Lancaster County: 7.331 %Lincoln County: 6.897 %Logan County: 22.727 %Loup County: 0 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 6.48 %Merrick County: 9.633 %Morrill County: 4.124 %Nance County: 13.333 %Nemaha County: 5.882 %Nuckolls County: 8.861 %Otoe County: 8.615 %Pawnee County: 9.677 %Perkins County: 9.402 %Phelps County: 4.644 %Pierce County: 4.286 %Platte County: 5.28 %Polk County: 8.029 %Red Willow County: 9.536 %Richardson County: 5.952 %Rock County: 9.195 %Saline County: 7.246 %Sarpy County: 7.714 %Saunders County: 6.6 %Scotts Bluff County: 8.812 %Seward County: 7.168 %Sheridan County: 8.725 %Sherman County: 5.161 %Stanton County: 13.065 %Thayer County: 6.17 %Thurston County: 3.604 %Valley County: 7.273 %Washington County: 6.182 %Wayne County: 5.322 %Webster County: 6.857 %York County: 6.452 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Logan County: 22.727 %Logan County22.727Franklin County: 17.391 %Franklin County17.391Hooker County: 15.385 %Hooker County15.385Nance County: 13.333 %Nance County13.333Stanton County: 13.065 %Stanton County13.065Frontier County: 12.308 %Frontier County12.308Chase County: 11.636 %Chase County11.636Dundy County: 11.215 %Dundy County11.215Custer County: 10.452 %Custer County10.452Antelope County: 10.427 %Antelope County10.427Dawes County: 10 %Dawes County10Furnas County: 9.689 %Furnas County9.689Pawnee County: 9.677 %Pawnee County9.677Merrick County: 9.633 %Merrick County9.633Red Willow County: 9.536 %Red Willow County9.536Perkins County: 9.402 %Perkins County9.402Johnson County: 9.302 %Johnson County9.302Rock County: 9.195 %Rock County9.195Cedar County: 9.174 %Cedar County9.174Box Butte County: 8.929 %Box Butte County8.929Nuckolls County: 8.861 %Nuckolls County8.861Scotts Bluff County: 8.812 %Scotts Bluff County8.812Dawson County: 8.796 %Dawson County8.796Sheridan County: 8.725 %Sheridan County8.725Douglas County: 8.713 %Douglas County8.713Otoe County: 8.615 %Otoe County8.615Boyd County: 8.475 %Boyd County8.475Howard County: 8.414 %Howard County8.414Dixon County: 8.377 %Dixon County8.377Knox County: 8.155 %Knox County8.155Dakota County: 8.115 %Dakota County8.115Hamilton County: 8.113 %Hamilton County8.113Polk County: 8.029 %Polk County8.029Garden County: 8 %Garden County8Cheyenne County: 7.815 %Cheyenne County7.815Sarpy County: 7.714 %Sarpy County7.714Dodge County: 7.639 %Dodge County7.639Butler County: 7.388 %Butler County7.388Lancaster County: 7.331 %Lancaster County7.331Valley County: 7.273 %Valley County7.273Logan County: 22.727 %Logan County22.727Franklin County: 17.391 %Franklin County17.391Hooker County: 15.385 %Hooker County15.385Nance County: 13.333 %Nance County13.333Stanton County: 13.065 %Stanton County13.065Frontier County: 12.308 %Frontier County12.308Chase County: 11.636 %Chase County11.636Dundy County: 11.215 %Dundy County11.215Custer County: 10.452 %Custer County10.452Antelope County: 10.427 %Antelope County10.427Dawes County: 10 %Dawes County10Furnas County: 9.689 %Furnas County9.689Pawnee County: 9.677 %Pawnee County9.677Merrick County: 9.633 %Merrick County9.633Red Willow County: 9.536 %Red Willow County9.536Perkins County: 9.402 %Perkins County9.402Johnson County: 9.302 %Johnson County9.302Rock County: 9.195 %Rock County9.195Cedar County: 9.174 %Cedar County9.174Box Butte County: 8.929 %Box Butte County8.929Nuckolls County: 8.861 %Nuckolls County8.861Scotts Bluff County: 8.812 %Scotts Bluff County8.812Dawson County: 8.796 %Dawson County8.796Sheridan County: 8.725 %Sheridan County8.725Douglas County: 8.713 %Douglas County8.713Otoe County: 8.615 %Otoe County8.615Boyd County: 8.475 %Boyd County8.475Howard County: 8.414 %Howard County8.414Dixon County: 8.377 %Dixon County8.377Knox County: 8.155 %Knox County8.155Dakota County: 8.115 %Dakota County8.115Hamilton County: 8.113 %Hamilton County8.113Polk County: 8.029 %Polk County8.029Garden County: 8 %Garden County8Cheyenne County: 7.815 %Cheyenne County7.815Sarpy County: 7.714 %Sarpy County7.714Dodge County: 7.639 %Dodge County7.639Butler County: 7.388 %Butler County7.388Lancaster County: 7.331 %Lancaster County7.331Valley County: 7.273 %Valley County7.273
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Logan County22.727-1.76 pts
2Franklin County17.391n/a
3Hooker County15.385+15.38 pts
4Nance County13.333+4.24 pts
5Stanton County13.065+8.04 pts
6Frontier County12.308-1.76 pts
7Chase County11.636+5.18 pts
8Dundy County11.215+2.29 pts
9Custer County10.452+0.67 pts
10Antelope County10.427+6.23 pts
11Dawes County10-2.15 pts
12Furnas County9.689+2.77 pts
13Pawnee County9.677+3.12 pts
14Merrick County9.633+2.44 pts
15Red Willow County9.536+4.5 pts
16Perkins County9.402+0.04 pts
17Johnson County9.302+3.9 pts
18Rock County9.195n/a
19Cedar County9.174+2.6 pts
20Box Butte County8.929+2.23 pts
21Nuckolls County8.861+0.84 pts
22Scotts Bluff County8.812-0.02 pts
23Dawson County8.796+2.02 pts
24Sheridan County8.725+2.01 pts
25Douglas County8.713+0.9 pts
26Otoe County8.615+4.62 pts
27Boyd County8.475-3 pts
28Howard County8.414+2.43 pts
29Dixon County8.377-0.04 pts
30Knox County8.155-1.29 pts
31Dakota County8.115+2.6 pts
32Hamilton County8.113-0.96 pts
33Polk County8.029+1.58 pts
34Garden County8n/a
35Cheyenne County7.815+0.01 pts
36Sarpy County7.714+0.63 pts
37Dodge County7.639+1.02 pts
38Butler County7.388+1.47 pts
39Lancaster County7.331+0.81 pts
40Valley County7.273+1.14 pts
41Saline County7.246+0.01 pts
42Seward County7.168-0.09 pts
43Jefferson County7.018+4.37 pts
44Lincoln County6.897-0.23 pts
45Webster County6.857+2.26 pts
46Cuming County6.801+1.56 pts
47Hall County6.644+1.12 pts
48Saunders County6.6-1.24 pts
49Holt County6.557-1.05 pts
50Madison County6.48+0.35 pts
51Cass County6.452+0.03 pts
51Harlan County6.452-1.09 pts
51York County6.452-0.74 pts
54Burt County6.349+3.65 pts
55Washington County6.182-0.81 pts
56Thayer County6.17+0.96 pts
57Adams County5.973-0.02 pts
58Richardson County5.952+0.72 pts
59Gage County5.949-0.93 pts
60Deuel County5.882-3.64 pts
60Nemaha County5.882-2.38 pts
62Gosper County5.769-5.34 pts
63Cherry County5.742-0.63 pts
64Buffalo County5.618-0.34 pts
65Kimball County5.479-0.97 pts
66Garfield County5.464-2.23 pts
67Keith County5.346+0.51 pts
68Wayne County5.322-0.91 pts
69Platte County5.28-1.55 pts
70Sherman County5.161-0.14 pts
71Colfax County5.138+2.3 pts
72Fillmore County5.116+0.01 pts
73Greeley County5n/a
74Phelps County4.644-0.74 pts
75Kearney County4.624-0.72 pts
76Clay County4.457-4.07 pts
77Pierce County4.286-0.06 pts
78Morrill County4.124-9.07 pts
79Boone County3.989-4.46 pts
80Thurston County3.604-3.87 pts
81Brown County3.065-2.38 pts
82Keya Paha County0-24.39 pts
82Loup County0n/a
82McPherson County00 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. 9 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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 Nebraska by establishment exit rate, 2017) [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 Nebraska by establishment exit rate, 2017. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2017. 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 Nebraska by establishment exit rate, 2017. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2017.

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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 Nebraska by establishment exit rate, 2017 [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/nebraska-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Logan County, with 22.727% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

McPherson County, with 0% in 2017.

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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. 9 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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