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Counties in South Dakota by establishment exit rate

Custer County had the highest establishment exit rate of 61 counties in 2022, at 14.201%. Buffalo County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.381% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.721%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.201Custer County
Lowest0Buffalo County
Median7.38161 counties
South Dakota7.721History

Map of counties, 2022

Aurora County: 12.587 %Beadle County: 6.686 %Bennett County: 5.66 %Bon Homme County: 5.145 %Brookings County: 7.13 %Brown County: 7.084 %Brule County: 4.534 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 10.714 %Campbell County: 10.309 %Charles Mix County: 4.697 %Clark County: 7.111 %Clay County: 10.2 %Codington County: 8.126 %Corson County: 7.692 %Custer County: 14.201 %Davison County: 7.278 %Day County: 6.915 %Deuel County: 10.256 %Dewey County: 3.175 %Douglas County: 6.977 %Edmunds County: 7.24 %Fall River County: 11.17 %Grant County: 11.024 %Gregory County: 5.556 %Haakon County: 12.414 %Hamlin County: 5.114 %Hand County: 6.25 %Hanson County: 5.161 %Harding County: 12.195 %Hughes County: 6.212 %Hutchinson County: 3.271 %Jackson County: 13.043 %Jerauld County: 10.219 %Jones County: 10.256 %Kingsbury County: 5.263 %Lake County: 10.394 %Lawrence County: 9.428 %Lincoln County: 7.381 %Lyman County: 10.072 %McCook County: 6.006 %Marshall County: 8.271 %Meade County: 8.011 %Miner County: 12.214 %Minnehaha County: 7.337 %Moody County: 5.405 %Oglala Lakota County: 5.797 %Pennington County: 8.494 %Perkins County: 9.804 %Potter County: 7.735 %Roberts County: 7.692 %Sanborn County: 11.215 %Spink County: 4 %Stanley County: 4.854 %Sully County: 12.281 %Todd County: 6.897 %Tripp County: 8.902 %Turner County: 7.809 %Union County: 5.312 %Walworth County: 6.933 %Yankton County: 7.698 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Custer County: 14.201 %Custer County14.201Jackson County: 13.043 %Jackson County13.043Aurora County: 12.587 %Aurora County12.587Haakon County: 12.414 %Haakon County12.414Sully County: 12.281 %Sully County12.281Miner County: 12.214 %Miner County12.214Harding County: 12.195 %Harding County12.195Sanborn County: 11.215 %Sanborn County11.215Fall River County: 11.17 %Fall River County11.17Grant County: 11.024 %Grant County11.024Butte County: 10.714 %Butte County10.714Lake County: 10.394 %Lake County10.394Campbell County: 10.309 %Campbell County10.309Deuel County: 10.256 %Deuel County10.256Jones County: 10.256 %Jones County10.256Jerauld County: 10.219 %Jerauld County10.219Clay County: 10.2 %Clay County10.2Lyman County: 10.072 %Lyman County10.072Perkins County: 9.804 %Perkins County9.804Lawrence County: 9.428 %Lawrence County9.428Tripp County: 8.902 %Tripp County8.902Pennington County: 8.494 %Pennington County8.494Marshall County: 8.271 %Marshall County8.271Codington County: 8.126 %Codington County8.126Meade County: 8.011 %Meade County8.011Turner County: 7.809 %Turner County7.809Potter County: 7.735 %Potter County7.735Yankton County: 7.698 %Yankton County7.698Corson County: 7.692 %Corson County7.692Roberts County: 7.692 %Roberts County7.692Lincoln County: 7.381 %Lincoln County7.381Minnehaha County: 7.337 %Minnehaha County7.337Davison County: 7.278 %Davison County7.278Edmunds County: 7.24 %Edmunds County7.24Brookings County: 7.13 %Brookings County7.13Clark County: 7.111 %Clark County7.111Brown County: 7.084 %Brown County7.084Douglas County: 6.977 %Douglas County6.977Walworth County: 6.933 %Walworth County6.933Day County: 6.915 %Day County6.915Custer County: 14.201 %Custer County14.201Jackson County: 13.043 %Jackson County13.043Aurora County: 12.587 %Aurora County12.587Haakon County: 12.414 %Haakon County12.414Sully County: 12.281 %Sully County12.281Miner County: 12.214 %Miner County12.214Harding County: 12.195 %Harding County12.195Sanborn County: 11.215 %Sanborn County11.215Fall River County: 11.17 %Fall River County11.17Grant County: 11.024 %Grant County11.024Butte County: 10.714 %Butte County10.714Lake County: 10.394 %Lake County10.394Campbell County: 10.309 %Campbell County10.309Deuel County: 10.256 %Deuel County10.256Jones County: 10.256 %Jones County10.256Jerauld County: 10.219 %Jerauld County10.219Clay County: 10.2 %Clay County10.2Lyman County: 10.072 %Lyman County10.072Perkins County: 9.804 %Perkins County9.804Lawrence County: 9.428 %Lawrence County9.428Tripp County: 8.902 %Tripp County8.902Pennington County: 8.494 %Pennington County8.494Marshall County: 8.271 %Marshall County8.271Codington County: 8.126 %Codington County8.126Meade County: 8.011 %Meade County8.011Turner County: 7.809 %Turner County7.809Potter County: 7.735 %Potter County7.735Yankton County: 7.698 %Yankton County7.698Corson County: 7.692 %Corson County7.692Roberts County: 7.692 %Roberts County7.692Lincoln County: 7.381 %Lincoln County7.381Minnehaha County: 7.337 %Minnehaha County7.337Davison County: 7.278 %Davison County7.278Edmunds County: 7.24 %Edmunds County7.24Brookings County: 7.13 %Brookings County7.13Clark County: 7.111 %Clark County7.111Brown County: 7.084 %Brown County7.084Douglas County: 6.977 %Douglas County6.977Walworth County: 6.933 %Walworth County6.933Day County: 6.915 %Day County6.915
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Custer County14.201+1.7 pts
2Jackson County13.043n/a
3Aurora County12.587+5.74 pts
4Haakon County12.414+3.2 pts
5Sully County12.281n/a
6Miner County12.214+3.39 pts
7Harding County12.195-1.76 pts
8Sanborn County11.215+3.6 pts
9Fall River County11.17+0.5 pts
10Grant County11.024+2.14 pts
11Butte County10.714-0.42 pts
12Lake County10.394+1.86 pts
13Campbell County10.309n/a
14Deuel County10.256+4.09 pts
14Jones County10.256n/a
16Jerauld County10.219-2.11 pts
17Clay County10.2+0.81 pts
18Lyman County10.072+5.49 pts
19Perkins County9.804+3.71 pts
20Lawrence County9.428+1.16 pts
21Tripp County8.902+3.46 pts
22Pennington County8.494+1.03 pts
23Marshall County8.271-2.1 pts
24Codington County8.126+1.74 pts
25Meade County8.011-0.37 pts
26Turner County7.809+1.54 pts
27Potter County7.735+1.11 pts
28Yankton County7.698+0.55 pts
29Corson County7.692n/a
29Roberts County7.692-0.53 pts
31Lincoln County7.381+2.08 pts
32Minnehaha County7.337+0.15 pts
33Davison County7.278+1.87 pts
34Edmunds County7.24-1.85 pts
35Brookings County7.13-0.04 pts
36Clark County7.111+3.49 pts
37Brown County7.084-1.26 pts
38Douglas County6.977+2.43 pts
39Walworth County6.933-2.49 pts
40Day County6.915-0.65 pts
41Todd County6.897-0.18 pts
42Beadle County6.686+2.04 pts
43Hand County6.25-1.79 pts
44Hughes County6.212-2.91 pts
45McCook County6.006-1.97 pts
46Oglala Lakota County5.797-4.89 pts
47Bennett County5.66n/a
48Gregory County5.556-3.14 pts
49Moody County5.405-1.54 pts
50Union County5.312-0.43 pts
51Kingsbury County5.263-1.49 pts
52Hanson County5.161-3.87 pts
53Bon Homme County5.145-5.18 pts
54Hamlin County5.114-0.23 pts
55Stanley County4.854-6.85 pts
56Charles Mix County4.697-0.13 pts
57Brule County4.534-0.63 pts
58Spink County4-2.02 pts
59Hutchinson County3.271-2.09 pts
60Dewey County3.175-3.42 pts
61Buffalo 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. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Custer County, with 14.201% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Buffalo County, with 0% in 2022.

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. 5 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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