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Counties in South Dakota by establishment exit rate

McPherson County had the highest establishment exit rate of 63 counties in 2014, at 13.636%. Buffalo County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.572% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.552%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.636McPherson County
Lowest0Buffalo County
Median7.57263 counties
South Dakota7.552History

Map of counties, 2014

Aurora County: 7.5 %Beadle County: 6.067 %Bennett County: 8.772 %Bon Homme County: 7.524 %Brookings County: 6.654 %Brown County: 7.369 %Brule County: 7.444 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 9.859 %Campbell County: 6.452 %Charles Mix County: 4.888 %Clark County: 7.96 %Clay County: 5.367 %Codington County: 7.075 %Custer County: 11.982 %Davison County: 7.191 %Day County: 5.488 %Deuel County: 11.927 %Dewey County: 8.696 %Douglas County: 5.319 %Edmunds County: 10.345 %Fall River County: 8.242 %Faulk County: 10.345 %Grant County: 5.512 %Gregory County: 7.143 %Haakon County: 7.692 %Hamlin County: 6.875 %Hand County: 7.306 %Hanson County: 9.79 %Harding County: 10.667 %Hughes County: 6.229 %Hutchinson County: 7.658 %Hyde County: 7.792 %Jackson County: 7.5 %Jerauld County: 8.392 %Jones County: 9.524 %Kingsbury County: 5.369 %Lake County: 9.861 %Lawrence County: 7.826 %Lincoln County: 8.027 %Lyman County: 7.634 %McCook County: 5.325 %McPherson County: 13.636 %Marshall County: 9.665 %Meade County: 11.094 %Mellette County: 12.766 %Miner County: 9.091 %Minnehaha County: 7.572 %Moody County: 7.261 %Oglala Lakota County: 9.677 %Pennington County: 7.366 %Perkins County: 5.769 %Potter County: 8.205 %Roberts County: 7.125 %Sanborn County: 12.371 %Spink County: 4.848 %Stanley County: 8.738 %Todd County: 4.762 %Tripp County: 8.108 %Turner County: 4.944 %Union County: 7.159 %Walworth County: 7.292 %Yankton County: 8.223 %
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%, 2014. 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, 2014

McPherson County: 13.636 %McPherson County13.636Mellette County: 12.766 %Mellette County12.766Sanborn County: 12.371 %Sanborn County12.371Custer County: 11.982 %Custer County11.982Deuel County: 11.927 %Deuel County11.927Meade County: 11.094 %Meade County11.094Harding County: 10.667 %Harding County10.667Edmunds County: 10.345 %Edmunds County10.345Faulk County: 10.345 %Faulk County10.345Lake County: 9.861 %Lake County9.861Butte County: 9.859 %Butte County9.859Hanson County: 9.79 %Hanson County9.79Oglala Lakota County: 9.677 %Oglala Lakota County9.677Marshall County: 9.665 %Marshall County9.665Jones County: 9.524 %Jones County9.524Miner County: 9.091 %Miner County9.091Bennett County: 8.772 %Bennett County8.772Stanley County: 8.738 %Stanley County8.738Dewey County: 8.696 %Dewey County8.696Jerauld County: 8.392 %Jerauld County8.392Fall River County: 8.242 %Fall River County8.242Yankton County: 8.223 %Yankton County8.223Potter County: 8.205 %Potter County8.205Tripp County: 8.108 %Tripp County8.108Lincoln County: 8.027 %Lincoln County8.027Clark County: 7.96 %Clark County7.96Lawrence County: 7.826 %Lawrence County7.826Hyde County: 7.792 %Hyde County7.792Haakon County: 7.692 %Haakon County7.692Hutchinson County: 7.658 %Hutchinson County7.658Lyman County: 7.634 %Lyman County7.634Minnehaha County: 7.572 %Minnehaha County7.572Bon Homme County: 7.524 %Bon Homme County7.524Aurora County: 7.5 %Aurora County7.5Jackson County: 7.5 %Jackson County7.5Brule County: 7.444 %Brule County7.444Brown County: 7.369 %Brown County7.369Pennington County: 7.366 %Pennington County7.366Hand County: 7.306 %Hand County7.306Walworth County: 7.292 %Walworth County7.292McPherson County: 13.636 %McPherson County13.636Mellette County: 12.766 %Mellette County12.766Sanborn County: 12.371 %Sanborn County12.371Custer County: 11.982 %Custer County11.982Deuel County: 11.927 %Deuel County11.927Meade County: 11.094 %Meade County11.094Harding County: 10.667 %Harding County10.667Edmunds County: 10.345 %Edmunds County10.345Faulk County: 10.345 %Faulk County10.345Lake County: 9.861 %Lake County9.861Butte County: 9.859 %Butte County9.859Hanson County: 9.79 %Hanson County9.79Oglala Lakota County: 9.677 %Oglala Lakota County9.677Marshall County: 9.665 %Marshall County9.665Jones County: 9.524 %Jones County9.524Miner County: 9.091 %Miner County9.091Bennett County: 8.772 %Bennett County8.772Stanley County: 8.738 %Stanley County8.738Dewey County: 8.696 %Dewey County8.696Jerauld County: 8.392 %Jerauld County8.392Fall River County: 8.242 %Fall River County8.242Yankton County: 8.223 %Yankton County8.223Potter County: 8.205 %Potter County8.205Tripp County: 8.108 %Tripp County8.108Lincoln County: 8.027 %Lincoln County8.027Clark County: 7.96 %Clark County7.96Lawrence County: 7.826 %Lawrence County7.826Hyde County: 7.792 %Hyde County7.792Haakon County: 7.692 %Haakon County7.692Hutchinson County: 7.658 %Hutchinson County7.658Lyman County: 7.634 %Lyman County7.634Minnehaha County: 7.572 %Minnehaha County7.572Bon Homme County: 7.524 %Bon Homme County7.524Aurora County: 7.5 %Aurora County7.5Jackson County: 7.5 %Jackson County7.5Brule County: 7.444 %Brule County7.444Brown County: 7.369 %Brown County7.369Pennington County: 7.366 %Pennington County7.366Hand County: 7.306 %Hand County7.306Walworth County: 7.292 %Walworth County7.292
%. 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

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1McPherson County13.636n/a
2Mellette County12.766-6.47 pts
3Sanborn County12.371-1.63 pts
4Custer County11.982+4.27 pts
5Deuel County11.927+2.96 pts
6Meade County11.094+1.23 pts
7Harding County10.667+2.45 pts
8Edmunds County10.345+0.98 pts
8Faulk County10.345+1.5 pts
10Lake County9.861+1.62 pts
11Butte County9.859+0.91 pts
12Hanson County9.79+4.08 pts
13Oglala Lakota County9.677+0.23 pts
14Marshall County9.665+0.78 pts
15Jones County9.524+0.53 pts
16Miner County9.091+0.07 pts
17Bennett County8.772+1.93 pts
18Stanley County8.738+3.98 pts
19Dewey County8.696-2 pts
20Jerauld County8.392+2.72 pts
21Fall River County8.242-0.31 pts
22Yankton County8.223+0.89 pts
23Potter County8.205-0.79 pts
24Tripp County8.108+2.7 pts
25Lincoln County8.027-0.51 pts
26Clark County7.96-6.97 pts
27Lawrence County7.826-0.18 pts
28Hyde County7.792n/a
29Haakon County7.692+2.66 pts
30Hutchinson County7.658+2.76 pts
31Lyman County7.634+2.98 pts
32Minnehaha County7.572+0.33 pts
33Bon Homme County7.524+2.59 pts
34Aurora County7.5-7.04 pts
34Jackson County7.5-5.16 pts
36Brule County7.444+0.48 pts
37Brown County7.369+0.16 pts
38Pennington County7.366-0.93 pts
39Hand County7.306+0.03 pts
40Walworth County7.292+0.91 pts
41Moody County7.261+1.24 pts
42Davison County7.191+0.13 pts
43Union County7.159-1.38 pts
44Gregory County7.143+2.34 pts
45Roberts County7.125-1.46 pts
46Codington County7.075+0.62 pts
47Hamlin County6.875-0.67 pts
48Brookings County6.654-0.07 pts
49Campbell County6.452-0.21 pts
50Hughes County6.229-0.12 pts
51Beadle County6.067-1.67 pts
52Perkins County5.769-5.88 pts
53Grant County5.512-0.38 pts
54Day County5.488-1.32 pts
55Kingsbury County5.369-6.08 pts
56Clay County5.367-3.25 pts
57McCook County5.325-1.3 pts
58Douglas County5.319+0.95 pts
59Turner County4.944-2.78 pts
60Charles Mix County4.888-3.36 pts
61Spink County4.848-2.58 pts
62Todd County4.762-1.69 pts
63Buffalo County0n/a

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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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=2014. 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, 2014. 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=2014.

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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, 2014 [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=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

McPherson County, with 13.636% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Buffalo County, with 0% in 2014.

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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. 3 counties have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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