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Counties in South Dakota by establishment exit rate

Campbell County had the highest establishment exit rate of 61 counties in 2012, at 14.894%. Buffalo County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.769% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.871%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.894Campbell County
Lowest0Buffalo County
Median7.76961 counties
South Dakota7.871History

Map of counties, 2012

Aurora County: 4.706 %Beadle County: 6.757 %Bennett County: 10.169 %Bon Homme County: 6.875 %Brookings County: 7.876 %Brown County: 9.97 %Brule County: 3.571 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 10.584 %Campbell County: 14.894 %Charles Mix County: 8.607 %Clark County: 9.95 %Clay County: 11.408 %Codington County: 7.251 %Corson County: 7.5 %Custer County: 11.034 %Davison County: 5.857 %Day County: 6.875 %Deuel County: 7.273 %Dewey County: 7.568 %Douglas County: 6.557 %Edmunds County: 8.734 %Fall River County: 13.299 %Faulk County: 8.929 %Grant County: 5.906 %Gregory County: 9.202 %Haakon County: 5.229 %Hamlin County: 6.494 %Hand County: 9.091 %Harding County: 10.526 %Hughes County: 7.769 %Hutchinson County: 3.612 %Hyde County: 8.219 %Jerauld County: 4.255 %Jones County: 12.903 %Kingsbury County: 9.302 %Lake County: 9.245 %Lawrence County: 7.769 %Lincoln County: 8.047 %Lyman County: 8.955 %McCook County: 6.811 %McPherson County: 6.299 %Marshall County: 6.667 %Meade County: 9.263 %Miner County: 11.679 %Minnehaha County: 7.401 %Moody County: 6.143 %Oglala Lakota County: 6.4 %Pennington County: 8.061 %Perkins County: 7.512 %Potter County: 4 %Roberts County: 7.576 %Sanborn County: 13.592 %Spink County: 13.003 %Stanley County: 3.828 %Sully County: 5.769 %Tripp County: 9.214 %Turner County: 8.909 %Union County: 7.232 %Walworth County: 8.086 %Yankton County: 8.154 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Campbell County: 14.894 %Campbell County14.894Sanborn County: 13.592 %Sanborn County13.592Fall River County: 13.299 %Fall River County13.299Spink County: 13.003 %Spink County13.003Jones County: 12.903 %Jones County12.903Miner County: 11.679 %Miner County11.679Clay County: 11.408 %Clay County11.408Custer County: 11.034 %Custer County11.034Butte County: 10.584 %Butte County10.584Harding County: 10.526 %Harding County10.526Bennett County: 10.169 %Bennett County10.169Brown County: 9.97 %Brown County9.97Clark County: 9.95 %Clark County9.95Kingsbury County: 9.302 %Kingsbury County9.302Meade County: 9.263 %Meade County9.263Lake County: 9.245 %Lake County9.245Tripp County: 9.214 %Tripp County9.214Gregory County: 9.202 %Gregory County9.202Hand County: 9.091 %Hand County9.091Lyman County: 8.955 %Lyman County8.955Faulk County: 8.929 %Faulk County8.929Turner County: 8.909 %Turner County8.909Edmunds County: 8.734 %Edmunds County8.734Charles Mix County: 8.607 %Charles Mix County8.607Hyde County: 8.219 %Hyde County8.219Yankton County: 8.154 %Yankton County8.154Walworth County: 8.086 %Walworth County8.086Pennington County: 8.061 %Pennington County8.061Lincoln County: 8.047 %Lincoln County8.047Brookings County: 7.876 %Brookings County7.876Hughes County: 7.769 %Hughes County7.769Lawrence County: 7.769 %Lawrence County7.769Roberts County: 7.576 %Roberts County7.576Dewey County: 7.568 %Dewey County7.568Perkins County: 7.512 %Perkins County7.512Corson County: 7.5 %Corson County7.5Minnehaha County: 7.401 %Minnehaha County7.401Deuel County: 7.273 %Deuel County7.273Codington County: 7.251 %Codington County7.251Union County: 7.232 %Union County7.232Campbell County: 14.894 %Campbell County14.894Sanborn County: 13.592 %Sanborn County13.592Fall River County: 13.299 %Fall River County13.299Spink County: 13.003 %Spink County13.003Jones County: 12.903 %Jones County12.903Miner County: 11.679 %Miner County11.679Clay County: 11.408 %Clay County11.408Custer County: 11.034 %Custer County11.034Butte County: 10.584 %Butte County10.584Harding County: 10.526 %Harding County10.526Bennett County: 10.169 %Bennett County10.169Brown County: 9.97 %Brown County9.97Clark County: 9.95 %Clark County9.95Kingsbury County: 9.302 %Kingsbury County9.302Meade County: 9.263 %Meade County9.263Lake County: 9.245 %Lake County9.245Tripp County: 9.214 %Tripp County9.214Gregory County: 9.202 %Gregory County9.202Hand County: 9.091 %Hand County9.091Lyman County: 8.955 %Lyman County8.955Faulk County: 8.929 %Faulk County8.929Turner County: 8.909 %Turner County8.909Edmunds County: 8.734 %Edmunds County8.734Charles Mix County: 8.607 %Charles Mix County8.607Hyde County: 8.219 %Hyde County8.219Yankton County: 8.154 %Yankton County8.154Walworth County: 8.086 %Walworth County8.086Pennington County: 8.061 %Pennington County8.061Lincoln County: 8.047 %Lincoln County8.047Brookings County: 7.876 %Brookings County7.876Hughes County: 7.769 %Hughes County7.769Lawrence County: 7.769 %Lawrence County7.769Roberts County: 7.576 %Roberts County7.576Dewey County: 7.568 %Dewey County7.568Perkins County: 7.512 %Perkins County7.512Corson County: 7.5 %Corson County7.5Minnehaha County: 7.401 %Minnehaha County7.401Deuel County: 7.273 %Deuel County7.273Codington County: 7.251 %Codington County7.251Union County: 7.232 %Union County7.232
%. 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

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Campbell County14.894+14.89 pts
2Sanborn County13.592+4.42 pts
3Fall River County13.299+5.2 pts
4Spink County13.003+6.87 pts
5Jones County12.903n/a
6Miner County11.679+3.17 pts
7Clay County11.408+3.89 pts
8Custer County11.034-2.42 pts
9Butte County10.584+2.02 pts
10Harding County10.526n/a
11Bennett County10.169+3.56 pts
12Brown County9.97+1.04 pts
13Clark County9.95-4.76 pts
14Kingsbury County9.302-3.6 pts
15Meade County9.263+2.08 pts
16Lake County9.245-2.41 pts
17Tripp County9.214+0.34 pts
18Gregory County9.202+4.91 pts
19Hand County9.091+0.2 pts
20Lyman County8.955-2.56 pts
21Faulk County8.929-1.51 pts
22Turner County8.909+1.44 pts
23Edmunds County8.734-1 pts
24Charles Mix County8.607+0.48 pts
25Hyde County8.219-7.78 pts
26Yankton County8.154+1.21 pts
27Walworth County8.086-0.79 pts
28Pennington County8.061-0.01 pts
29Lincoln County8.047-1.07 pts
30Brookings County7.876-1.36 pts
31Hughes County7.769-1.05 pts
31Lawrence County7.769-0.78 pts
33Roberts County7.576-3.42 pts
34Dewey County7.568+2.01 pts
35Perkins County7.512-2.49 pts
36Corson County7.5n/a
37Minnehaha County7.401-0.96 pts
38Deuel County7.273-3.84 pts
39Codington County7.251-0.61 pts
40Union County7.232-0.89 pts
41Bon Homme County6.875+1.83 pts
41Day County6.875+0.06 pts
43McCook County6.811+0.54 pts
44Beadle County6.757+0.34 pts
45Marshall County6.667-2.12 pts
46Douglas County6.557-2.09 pts
47Hamlin County6.494-4.28 pts
48Oglala Lakota County6.4-4.89 pts
49McPherson County6.299-3.08 pts
50Moody County6.143-2.52 pts
51Grant County5.906-2.67 pts
52Davison County5.857+0.38 pts
53Sully County5.769-2.07 pts
54Haakon County5.229-5.23 pts
55Aurora County4.706-7.42 pts
56Jerauld County4.255+4.25 pts
57Potter County4-4.12 pts
58Stanley County3.828-4.09 pts
59Hutchinson County3.612-2.34 pts
60Brule County3.571-5.73 pts
61Buffalo County00 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. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2012 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 South Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2012) [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 South Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2012. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2012. 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 South Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2012. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2012.

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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 South Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2012 [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/south-dakota-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Campbell County, with 14.894% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Buffalo County, with 0% in 2012.

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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. 5 counties have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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