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Counties in South Dakota by establishment exit rate

Hanson County had the highest establishment exit rate of 62 counties in 2017, at 14.474%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.818% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.857%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.474Hanson County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median7.81862 counties
South Dakota7.857History

Map of counties, 2017

Aurora County: 12 %Beadle County: 7.422 %Bennett County: 4.918 %Bon Homme County: 8.581 %Brookings County: 9.157 %Brown County: 8.255 %Brule County: 4.38 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 7.85 %Campbell County: 11.881 %Charles Mix County: 6.967 %Clark County: 10.476 %Clay County: 8.156 %Codington County: 8.362 %Corson County: 10.667 %Custer County: 9.402 %Davison County: 6.861 %Day County: 9.222 %Deuel County: 6.573 %Dewey County: 11.702 %Douglas County: 4.444 %Edmunds County: 7.24 %Fall River County: 10.133 %Faulk County: 6.299 %Grant County: 7.322 %Gregory County: 9.61 %Haakon County: 7.547 %Hamlin County: 9.091 %Hand County: 6.838 %Hanson County: 14.474 %Harding County: 7.792 %Hughes County: 4.766 %Hutchinson County: 8.295 %Jackson County: 0 %Jerauld County: 7.519 %Kingsbury County: 12.795 %Lake County: 7.218 %Lawrence County: 8.999 %Lincoln County: 7.025 %Lyman County: 8.889 %McCook County: 9.329 %McPherson County: 12.214 %Marshall County: 8.271 %Meade County: 11.187 %Minnehaha County: 7.124 %Moody County: 5.96 %Oglala Lakota County: 9.091 %Pennington County: 8.305 %Perkins County: 4.405 %Potter County: 3.279 %Roberts County: 6.566 %Sanborn County: 11.881 %Spink County: 10.18 %Stanley County: 5.941 %Sully County: 7.843 %Todd County: 6.897 %Tripp County: 3.955 %Turner County: 7.572 %Union County: 9.921 %Walworth County: 7.161 %Yankton County: 6.867 %Ziebach County: 0 %
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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

Hanson County: 14.474 %Hanson County14.474Kingsbury County: 12.795 %Kingsbury County12.795McPherson County: 12.214 %McPherson County12.214Aurora County: 12 %Aurora County12Campbell County: 11.881 %Campbell County11.881Sanborn County: 11.881 %Sanborn County11.881Dewey County: 11.702 %Dewey County11.702Meade County: 11.187 %Meade County11.187Corson County: 10.667 %Corson County10.667Clark County: 10.476 %Clark County10.476Spink County: 10.18 %Spink County10.18Fall River County: 10.133 %Fall River County10.133Union County: 9.921 %Union County9.921Gregory County: 9.61 %Gregory County9.61Custer County: 9.402 %Custer County9.402McCook County: 9.329 %McCook County9.329Day County: 9.222 %Day County9.222Brookings County: 9.157 %Brookings County9.157Hamlin County: 9.091 %Hamlin County9.091Oglala Lakota County: 9.091 %Oglala Lakota County9.091Lawrence County: 8.999 %Lawrence County8.999Lyman County: 8.889 %Lyman County8.889Bon Homme County: 8.581 %Bon Homme County8.581Codington County: 8.362 %Codington County8.362Pennington County: 8.305 %Pennington County8.305Hutchinson County: 8.295 %Hutchinson County8.295Marshall County: 8.271 %Marshall County8.271Brown County: 8.255 %Brown County8.255Clay County: 8.156 %Clay County8.156Butte County: 7.85 %Butte County7.85Sully County: 7.843 %Sully County7.843Harding County: 7.792 %Harding County7.792Turner County: 7.572 %Turner County7.572Haakon County: 7.547 %Haakon County7.547Jerauld County: 7.519 %Jerauld County7.519Beadle County: 7.422 %Beadle County7.422Grant County: 7.322 %Grant County7.322Edmunds County: 7.24 %Edmunds County7.24Lake County: 7.218 %Lake County7.218Walworth County: 7.161 %Walworth County7.161Hanson County: 14.474 %Hanson County14.474Kingsbury County: 12.795 %Kingsbury County12.795McPherson County: 12.214 %McPherson County12.214Aurora County: 12 %Aurora County12Campbell County: 11.881 %Campbell County11.881Sanborn County: 11.881 %Sanborn County11.881Dewey County: 11.702 %Dewey County11.702Meade County: 11.187 %Meade County11.187Corson County: 10.667 %Corson County10.667Clark County: 10.476 %Clark County10.476Spink County: 10.18 %Spink County10.18Fall River County: 10.133 %Fall River County10.133Union County: 9.921 %Union County9.921Gregory County: 9.61 %Gregory County9.61Custer County: 9.402 %Custer County9.402McCook County: 9.329 %McCook County9.329Day County: 9.222 %Day County9.222Brookings County: 9.157 %Brookings County9.157Hamlin County: 9.091 %Hamlin County9.091Oglala Lakota County: 9.091 %Oglala Lakota County9.091Lawrence County: 8.999 %Lawrence County8.999Lyman County: 8.889 %Lyman County8.889Bon Homme County: 8.581 %Bon Homme County8.581Codington County: 8.362 %Codington County8.362Pennington County: 8.305 %Pennington County8.305Hutchinson County: 8.295 %Hutchinson County8.295Marshall County: 8.271 %Marshall County8.271Brown County: 8.255 %Brown County8.255Clay County: 8.156 %Clay County8.156Butte County: 7.85 %Butte County7.85Sully County: 7.843 %Sully County7.843Harding County: 7.792 %Harding County7.792Turner County: 7.572 %Turner County7.572Haakon County: 7.547 %Haakon County7.547Jerauld County: 7.519 %Jerauld County7.519Beadle County: 7.422 %Beadle County7.422Grant County: 7.322 %Grant County7.322Edmunds County: 7.24 %Edmunds County7.24Lake County: 7.218 %Lake County7.218Walworth County: 7.161 %Walworth County7.161
%. 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
1Hanson County14.474+3.01 pts
2Kingsbury County12.795+0.95 pts
3McPherson County12.214+6.54 pts
4Aurora County12+8.03 pts
5Campbell County11.881n/a
5Sanborn County11.881n/a
7Dewey County11.702+4.21 pts
8Meade County11.187+3.59 pts
9Corson County10.667+0.14 pts
10Clark County10.476+4.76 pts
11Spink County10.18+1.92 pts
12Fall River County10.133+0.05 pts
13Union County9.921+0.75 pts
14Gregory County9.61+3.06 pts
15Custer County9.402-0.38 pts
16McCook County9.329+1.12 pts
17Day County9.222+3.32 pts
18Brookings County9.157+3.31 pts
19Hamlin County9.091+0.11 pts
19Oglala Lakota County9.091n/a
21Lawrence County8.999+1.36 pts
22Lyman County8.889+4.44 pts
23Bon Homme County8.581+3.45 pts
24Codington County8.362+1.72 pts
25Pennington County8.305+0.98 pts
26Hutchinson County8.295+4.61 pts
27Marshall County8.271+2.19 pts
28Brown County8.255+1.36 pts
29Clay County8.156+1.48 pts
30Butte County7.85+0.35 pts
31Sully County7.843+2.13 pts
32Harding County7.792n/a
33Turner County7.572+0.88 pts
34Haakon County7.547+3.62 pts
35Jerauld County7.519-3.33 pts
36Beadle County7.422+1.45 pts
37Grant County7.322+1.56 pts
38Edmunds County7.24-1.85 pts
39Lake County7.218+0.84 pts
40Walworth County7.1610 pts
41Minnehaha County7.124-0.02 pts
42Lincoln County7.025+0.79 pts
43Charles Mix County6.967-3.52 pts
44Todd County6.897-3.19 pts
45Yankton County6.867-0.4 pts
46Davison County6.861-0.4 pts
47Hand County6.838-0.79 pts
48Deuel County6.573-8.24 pts
49Roberts County6.566+0.97 pts
50Faulk County6.299n/a
51Moody County5.96-3.07 pts
52Stanley County5.941-0.06 pts
53Bennett County4.918+0.04 pts
54Hughes County4.766-3.21 pts
55Douglas County4.444-2.11 pts
56Perkins County4.405-1.9 pts
57Brule County4.38-3.1 pts
58Tripp County3.955-1.83 pts
59Potter County3.279-4.37 pts
60Buffalo County0n/a
60Jackson County0-13.79 pts
60Ziebach 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. 4 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2017. 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, 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/south-dakota-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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Hanson County, with 14.474% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Ziebach County, with 0% in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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