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Counties in South Dakota by establishment exit rate

Mellette County had the highest establishment exit rate of 62 counties in 2013, at 19.231%. Douglas County had the lowest, at 4.372%. The median was 7.719% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.683%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.231Mellette County
Lowest4.372Douglas County
Median7.71962 counties
South Dakota7.683History

Map of counties, 2013

Aurora County: 14.545 %Beadle County: 7.737 %Bennett County: 6.838 %Bon Homme County: 4.938 %Brookings County: 6.722 %Brown County: 7.208 %Brule County: 6.965 %Butte County: 8.945 %Campbell County: 6.667 %Charles Mix County: 8.247 %Clark County: 14.925 %Clay County: 8.618 %Codington County: 6.455 %Corson County: 10.127 %Custer County: 7.71 %Davison County: 7.059 %Day County: 6.811 %Deuel County: 8.969 %Dewey County: 10.695 %Douglas County: 4.372 %Edmunds County: 9.362 %Fall River County: 8.556 %Faulk County: 8.85 %Grant County: 5.894 %Gregory County: 4.805 %Haakon County: 5.031 %Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hand County: 7.273 %Hanson County: 5.714 %Harding County: 8.219 %Hughes County: 6.349 %Hutchinson County: 4.9 %Jackson County: 12.658 %Jerauld County: 5.674 %Jones County: 8.989 %Kingsbury County: 11.448 %Lake County: 8.244 %Lawrence County: 8.004 %Lincoln County: 8.54 %Lyman County: 4.651 %McCook County: 6.627 %Marshall County: 8.889 %Meade County: 9.863 %Mellette County: 19.231 %Miner County: 9.023 %Minnehaha County: 7.243 %Moody County: 6.02 %Oglala Lakota County: 9.449 %Pennington County: 8.3 %Perkins County: 11.65 %Potter County: 9 %Roberts County: 8.586 %Sanborn County: 14 %Spink County: 7.43 %Stanley County: 4.762 %Sully County: 7.547 %Todd County: 6.452 %Tripp County: 5.405 %Turner County: 7.727 %Union County: 8.539 %Walworth County: 6.383 %Yankton County: 7.337 %
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%, 2013. 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, 2013

Mellette County: 19.231 %Mellette County19.231Clark County: 14.925 %Clark County14.925Aurora County: 14.545 %Aurora County14.545Sanborn County: 14 %Sanborn County14Jackson County: 12.658 %Jackson County12.658Perkins County: 11.65 %Perkins County11.65Kingsbury County: 11.448 %Kingsbury County11.448Dewey County: 10.695 %Dewey County10.695Corson County: 10.127 %Corson County10.127Meade County: 9.863 %Meade County9.863Oglala Lakota County: 9.449 %Oglala Lakota County9.449Edmunds County: 9.362 %Edmunds County9.362Miner County: 9.023 %Miner County9.023Potter County: 9 %Potter County9Jones County: 8.989 %Jones County8.989Deuel County: 8.969 %Deuel County8.969Butte County: 8.945 %Butte County8.945Marshall County: 8.889 %Marshall County8.889Faulk County: 8.85 %Faulk County8.85Clay County: 8.618 %Clay County8.618Roberts County: 8.586 %Roberts County8.586Fall River County: 8.556 %Fall River County8.556Lincoln County: 8.54 %Lincoln County8.54Union County: 8.539 %Union County8.539Pennington County: 8.3 %Pennington County8.3Charles Mix County: 8.247 %Charles Mix County8.247Lake County: 8.244 %Lake County8.244Harding County: 8.219 %Harding County8.219Lawrence County: 8.004 %Lawrence County8.004Beadle County: 7.737 %Beadle County7.737Turner County: 7.727 %Turner County7.727Custer County: 7.71 %Custer County7.71Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hamlin County7.547Sully County: 7.547 %Sully County7.547Spink County: 7.43 %Spink County7.43Yankton County: 7.337 %Yankton County7.337Hand County: 7.273 %Hand County7.273Minnehaha County: 7.243 %Minnehaha County7.243Brown County: 7.208 %Brown County7.208Davison County: 7.059 %Davison County7.059Mellette County: 19.231 %Mellette County19.231Clark County: 14.925 %Clark County14.925Aurora County: 14.545 %Aurora County14.545Sanborn County: 14 %Sanborn County14Jackson County: 12.658 %Jackson County12.658Perkins County: 11.65 %Perkins County11.65Kingsbury County: 11.448 %Kingsbury County11.448Dewey County: 10.695 %Dewey County10.695Corson County: 10.127 %Corson County10.127Meade County: 9.863 %Meade County9.863Oglala Lakota County: 9.449 %Oglala Lakota County9.449Edmunds County: 9.362 %Edmunds County9.362Miner County: 9.023 %Miner County9.023Potter County: 9 %Potter County9Jones County: 8.989 %Jones County8.989Deuel County: 8.969 %Deuel County8.969Butte County: 8.945 %Butte County8.945Marshall County: 8.889 %Marshall County8.889Faulk County: 8.85 %Faulk County8.85Clay County: 8.618 %Clay County8.618Roberts County: 8.586 %Roberts County8.586Fall River County: 8.556 %Fall River County8.556Lincoln County: 8.54 %Lincoln County8.54Union County: 8.539 %Union County8.539Pennington County: 8.3 %Pennington County8.3Charles Mix County: 8.247 %Charles Mix County8.247Lake County: 8.244 %Lake County8.244Harding County: 8.219 %Harding County8.219Lawrence County: 8.004 %Lawrence County8.004Beadle County: 7.737 %Beadle County7.737Turner County: 7.727 %Turner County7.727Custer County: 7.71 %Custer County7.71Hamlin County: 7.547 %Hamlin County7.547Sully County: 7.547 %Sully County7.547Spink County: 7.43 %Spink County7.43Yankton County: 7.337 %Yankton County7.337Hand County: 7.273 %Hand County7.273Minnehaha County: 7.243 %Minnehaha County7.243Brown County: 7.208 %Brown County7.208Davison County: 7.059 %Davison County7.059
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Mellette County19.231n/a
2Clark County14.925+4.98 pts
3Aurora County14.545+9.84 pts
4Sanborn County14+0.41 pts
5Jackson County12.658n/a
6Perkins County11.65+4.14 pts
7Kingsbury County11.448+2.15 pts
8Dewey County10.695+3.13 pts
9Corson County10.127+2.63 pts
10Meade County9.863+0.6 pts
11Oglala Lakota County9.449+3.05 pts
12Edmunds County9.362+0.63 pts
13Miner County9.023-2.66 pts
14Potter County9+5 pts
15Jones County8.989-3.91 pts
16Deuel County8.969+1.7 pts
17Butte County8.945-1.64 pts
18Marshall County8.889+2.22 pts
19Faulk County8.85-0.08 pts
20Clay County8.618-2.79 pts
21Roberts County8.586+1.01 pts
22Fall River County8.556-4.74 pts
23Lincoln County8.54+0.49 pts
24Union County8.539+1.31 pts
25Pennington County8.3+0.24 pts
26Charles Mix County8.247-0.36 pts
27Lake County8.244-1 pts
28Harding County8.219-2.31 pts
29Lawrence County8.004+0.23 pts
30Beadle County7.737+0.98 pts
31Turner County7.727-1.18 pts
32Custer County7.71-3.32 pts
33Hamlin County7.547+1.05 pts
33Sully County7.547+1.78 pts
35Spink County7.43-5.57 pts
36Yankton County7.337-0.82 pts
37Hand County7.273-1.82 pts
38Minnehaha County7.243-0.16 pts
39Brown County7.208-2.76 pts
40Davison County7.059+1.2 pts
41Brule County6.965+3.39 pts
42Bennett County6.838-3.33 pts
43Day County6.811-0.06 pts
44Brookings County6.722-1.15 pts
45Campbell County6.667-8.23 pts
46McCook County6.627-0.18 pts
47Codington County6.455-0.8 pts
48Todd County6.452n/a
49Walworth County6.383-1.7 pts
50Hughes County6.349-1.42 pts
51Moody County6.02-0.12 pts
52Grant County5.894-0.01 pts
53Hanson County5.714n/a
54Jerauld County5.674+1.42 pts
55Tripp County5.405-3.81 pts
56Haakon County5.031-0.2 pts
57Bon Homme County4.938-1.94 pts
58Hutchinson County4.9+1.29 pts
59Gregory County4.805-4.4 pts
60Stanley County4.762+0.93 pts
61Lyman County4.651-4.3 pts
62Douglas County4.372-2.19 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. 4 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2013 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 South Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2013) [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, 2013. 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=2013. 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, 2013. 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=2013.

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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, 2013 [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=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Mellette County, with 19.231% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Douglas County, with 4.372% in 2013.

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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. 4 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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