Counties in Texas by establishment exit rate
Kent County had the highest establishment exit rate of 243 counties in 2022, at 44.444%. Loving County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.703% and the figure for Texas was 9.757%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Top 40 counties, 2022
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| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent County | 44.444 | +44.44 pts |
| 2 | Motley County | 19.048 | |
| 3 | Kinney County | 18.182 | -4.77 pts |
| 4 | Concho County | 17.722 | +7.97 pts |
| 5 | San Jacinto County | 16.019 | +4.34 pts |
| 6 | Edwards County | 15.584 | |
| 7 | Roberts County | 15 | 0 pts |
| 8 | Hudspeth County | 14.925 | |
| 9 | Live Oak County | 14.644 | +3.93 pts |
| 10 | Llano County | 14.107 | +7.84 pts |
| 11 | Kimble County | 13.585 | -0.85 pts |
| 12 | Goliad County | 13.514 | -1.47 pts |
| 13 | McMullen County | 13.333 | +5.64 pts |
| 14 | Real County | 13.253 | +7.51 pts |
| 15 | Jim Hogg County | 12.857 | +1.59 pts |
| 16 | Wheeler County | 12.752 | +6.67 pts |
| 17 | Ochiltree County | 12.613 | +7.75 pts |
| 18 | La Salle County | 12.587 | +2.93 pts |
| 19 | Winkler County | 12.5 | +2.84 pts |
| 20 | Shelby County | 12.487 | +2.39 pts |
| 21 | Red River County | 12.317 | +3.83 pts |
| 22 | Hansford County | 12.308 | +1.03 pts |
| 23 | Jones County | 12.185 | +4.59 pts |
| 24 | Trinity County | 12.104 | +3.64 pts |
| 25 | Lynn County | 12.048 | +4.5 pts |
| 26 | Delta County | 12 | +2.2 pts |
| 27 | Collin County | 11.876 | +1.37 pts |
| 28 | Mitchell County | 11.818 | +0.41 pts |
| 29 | Fort Bend County | 11.79 | +0.18 pts |
| 30 | San Patricio County | 11.706 | +1.98 pts |
| 31 | Crane County | 11.561 | -3.91 pts |
| 32 | Reagan County | 11.556 | -4.08 pts |
| 33 | Rockwall County | 11.534 | +1.56 pts |
| 34 | Marion County | 11.502 | +1.98 pts |
| 35 | Morris County | 11.458 | -1.51 pts |
| 36 | Bosque County | 11.429 | +1.16 pts |
| 36 | Glasscock County | 11.429 | +3.1 pts |
| 38 | Frio County | 11.263 | +1.91 pts |
| 39 | Howard County | 11.119 | +0.86 pts |
| 40 | Denton County | 11.069 | +0.74 pts |
| 41 | Yoakum County | 10.843 | -1.69 pts |
| 42 | Dallas County | 10.773 | +0.87 pts |
| 43 | Baylor County | 10.582 | -1 pts |
| 44 | Kaufman County | 10.541 | +2.14 pts |
| 45 | Crockett County | 10.476 | +3.96 pts |
| 45 | Sutton County | 10.476 | +3.03 pts |
| 47 | Andrews County | 10.473 | -1.66 pts |
| 48 | Reeves County | 10.454 | +2.22 pts |
| 49 | Mason County | 10.37 | +2.82 pts |
| 50 | Camp County | 10.345 | +2.77 pts |
| 51 | Wise County | 10.295 | +0.07 pts |
| 52 | Austin County | 10.277 | +1 pts |
| 53 | Fannin County | 10.262 | +1.22 pts |
| 54 | Ellis County | 10.233 | +1.62 pts |
| 55 | Midland County | 10.229 | -1.13 pts |
| 56 | Bandera County | 10.223 | +0.24 pts |
| 57 | Harris County | 10.217 | +0.19 pts |
| 58 | Travis County | 10.205 | -0.34 pts |
| 59 | Navarro County | 10.189 | +1.53 pts |
| 60 | Tarrant County | 10.165 | +0.64 pts |
| 61 | Upshur County | 10.105 | -0.34 pts |
| 62 | Williamson County | 10.076 | +0.12 pts |
| 63 | Coleman County | 10.056 | -1.15 pts |
| 64 | Lee County | 10.013 | +3.79 pts |
| 65 | Palo Pinto County | 9.973 | +0.13 pts |
| 66 | Stonewall County | 9.877 | -4.58 pts |
| 67 | Sabine County | 9.827 | +0.28 pts |
| 68 | Colorado County | 9.821 | +2.08 pts |
| 69 | Sterling County | 9.756 | +0.34 pts |
| 70 | Somervell County | 9.745 | -0.98 pts |
| 71 | Galveston County | 9.743 | +0.78 pts |
| 72 | Cass County | 9.74 | -0.1 pts |
| 73 | Dallam County | 9.694 | +3.6 pts |
| 74 | Shackelford County | 9.692 | -2.43 pts |
| 75 | Franklin County | 9.677 | +1.81 pts |
| 76 | Blanco County | 9.673 | -0.28 pts |
| 77 | Johnson County | 9.658 | +0.5 pts |
| 78 | Armstrong County | 9.639 | 0 pts |
| 79 | Stephens County | 9.633 | -0.16 pts |
| 80 | Lampasas County | 9.6 | +3.81 pts |
| 81 | Montgomery County | 9.538 | -0.09 pts |
| 82 | Hood County | 9.531 | -0.91 pts |
| 83 | Bexar County | 9.499 | -0.08 pts |
| 84 | Terry County | 9.453 | -1.18 pts |
| 85 | Irion County | 9.434 | -2.33 pts |
| 86 | Refugio County | 9.412 | -6.44 pts |
| 87 | Bell County | 9.381 | +0.37 pts |
| 88 | Erath County | 9.348 | +1.96 pts |
| 89 | San Augustine County | 9.322 | -0.93 pts |
| 90 | Jackson County | 9.302 | +0.16 pts |
| 91 | Moore County | 9.275 | +0.3 pts |
| 92 | Comal County | 9.24 | +0.76 pts |
| 93 | Coryell County | 9.219 | +1.97 pts |
| 94 | Duval County | 9.195 | -4.04 pts |
| 95 | Brooks County | 9.184 | +0.05 pts |
| 96 | Aransas County | 9.182 | -0.72 pts |
| 97 | Nueces County | 9.142 | -0.37 pts |
| 98 | Brazoria County | 9.106 | -0.33 pts |
| 99 | Parker County | 9.101 | -0.54 pts |
| 100 | Culberson County | 9.091 | +9.09 pts |
| 100 | Upton County | 9.091 | +0.66 pts |
| 102 | Jim Wells County | 9.085 | +0.12 pts |
| 103 | Newton County | 9.061 | -0.24 pts |
| 104 | Walker County | 9.045 | -0.21 pts |
| 105 | Limestone County | 9.031 | +4.2 pts |
| 106 | Ector County | 9.021 | -2.3 pts |
| 107 | El Paso County | 9.017 | -0.34 pts |
| 108 | Karnes County | 8.985 | -1.85 pts |
| 109 | Hemphill County | 8.98 | -3.38 pts |
| 110 | Bastrop County | 8.966 | -1.84 pts |
| 111 | Anderson County | 8.913 | -1.54 pts |
| 112 | Atascosa County | 8.906 | -1.84 pts |
| 113 | Kendall County | 8.904 | +0.39 pts |
| 114 | Leon County | 8.882 | -1.13 pts |
| 115 | Coke County | 8.85 | -5.83 pts |
| 116 | Lubbock County | 8.819 | +0.88 pts |
| 117 | Grayson County | 8.818 | 0 pts |
| 118 | Rains County | 8.815 | +3.61 pts |
| 119 | Hamilton County | 8.78 | -1 pts |
| 120 | Bowie County | 8.76 | +1.61 pts |
| 121 | Guadalupe County | 8.711 | +0.6 pts |
| 122 | Chambers County | 8.703 | +2.31 pts |
| 123 | Swisher County | 8.658 | +4.35 pts |
| 124 | Nolan County | 8.654 | +0.03 pts |
| 125 | Medina County | 8.64 | +0.38 pts |
| 126 | Potter County | 8.632 | +1.07 pts |
| 127 | Van Zandt County | 8.562 | -4.4 pts |
| 128 | Randall County | 8.544 | -0.03 pts |
| 129 | Caldwell County | 8.533 | -0.6 pts |
| 130 | Grimes County | 8.52 | -1.75 pts |
| 131 | Nacogdoches County | 8.518 | -0.13 pts |
| 132 | Orange County | 8.514 | +0.1 pts |
| 133 | Hopkins County | 8.499 | +0.76 pts |
| 133 | Scurry County | 8.499 | -0.24 pts |
| 135 | Ward County | 8.446 | -4.12 pts |
| 136 | Cameron County | 8.444 | -0.32 pts |
| 137 | Taylor County | 8.387 | -0.71 pts |
| 138 | Dimmit County | 8.333 | -3.57 pts |
| 139 | Gregg County | 8.324 | -0.72 pts |
| 140 | Polk County | 8.312 | -1.28 pts |
| 141 | Bee County | 8.304 | -0.67 pts |
| 142 | Dawson County | 8.3 | +2.43 pts |
| 143 | Cooke County | 8.291 | +0.37 pts |
| 144 | Liberty County | 8.27 | -0.27 pts |
| 145 | Eastland County | 8.266 | -2.3 pts |
| 146 | Hutchinson County | 8.247 | -0.44 pts |
| 147 | Hays County | 8.236 | -0.82 pts |
| 148 | Smith County | 8.232 | -0.93 pts |
| 149 | Carson County | 8.23 | -0.03 pts |
| 150 | Jefferson County | 8.227 | +0.47 pts |
| 151 | Brewster County | 8.224 | +1.33 pts |
| 152 | Cherokee County | 8.206 | -1.24 pts |
| 153 | Castro County | 8.191 | +0.58 pts |
| 154 | Knox County | 8.187 | -1.17 pts |
| 155 | Young County | 8.183 | +1.31 pts |
| 156 | McLennan County | 8.162 | +0.06 pts |
| 157 | Wilson County | 8.158 | -1.94 pts |
| 158 | Falls County | 8.145 | +2.1 pts |
| 159 | Hidalgo County | 8.108 | -1.34 pts |
| 160 | Henderson County | 8.098 | -0.86 pts |
| 161 | Runnels County | 8.06 | +0.56 pts |
| 162 | Parmer County | 8.043 | +2.44 pts |
| 163 | Houston County | 7.988 | -2.11 pts |
| 164 | Wichita County | 7.93 | -0.3 pts |
| 165 | Pecos County | 7.886 | -0.3 pts |
| 166 | Zapata County | 7.813 | -2.55 pts |
| 167 | Brazos County | 7.811 | -0.94 pts |
| 168 | Tom Green County | 7.788 | +0.14 pts |
| 169 | Gray County | 7.787 | -0.16 pts |
| 170 | Lamar County | 7.78 | +0.01 pts |
| 171 | Brown County | 7.754 | +0.44 pts |
| 172 | Rusk County | 7.746 | -1.12 pts |
| 173 | Hardin County | 7.662 | -2.22 pts |
| 174 | Hunt County | 7.657 | +0.46 pts |
| 175 | Fayette County | 7.649 | -1.56 pts |
| 176 | Webb County | 7.644 | -0.73 pts |
| 177 | Gaines County | 7.592 | -3.13 pts |
| 178 | Waller County | 7.577 | -0.61 pts |
| 179 | Gillespie County | 7.561 | -0.81 pts |
| 180 | Titus County | 7.55 | +2.4 pts |
| 181 | Hill County | 7.544 | -0.99 pts |
| 182 | Maverick County | 7.535 | -0.64 pts |
| 183 | Wood County | 7.528 | -0.31 pts |
| 184 | Martin County | 7.469 | -5.03 pts |
| 185 | Hockley County | 7.466 | -3.33 pts |
| 186 | Kerr County | 7.446 | -0.5 pts |
| 187 | Harrison County | 7.433 | -0.76 pts |
| 188 | Crosby County | 7.407 | +1.38 pts |
| 189 | Uvalde County | 7.394 | -1.13 pts |
| 190 | Freestone County | 7.385 | -4.69 pts |
| 191 | Hale County | 7.376 | -0.25 pts |
| 192 | Matagorda County | 7.358 | -1.55 pts |
| 193 | DeWitt County | 7.326 | -0.05 pts |
| 194 | Burleson County | 7.199 | -3.16 pts |
| 195 | Milam County | 7.169 | -0.25 pts |
| 196 | Val Verde County | 7.148 | -0.71 pts |
| 197 | Sherman County | 7.143 | -1.71 pts |
| 198 | Garza County | 7.031 | -0.06 pts |
| 198 | Presidio County | 7.031 | -5.16 pts |
| 200 | Victoria County | 7.007 | -2.3 pts |
| 201 | Throckmorton County | 6.977 | -9.11 pts |
| 202 | San Saba County | 6.969 | -0.8 pts |
| 203 | Burnet County | 6.958 | +0.14 pts |
| 204 | Hall County | 6.957 | -3.3 pts |
| 205 | Starr County | 6.95 | -5.99 pts |
| 206 | Angelina County | 6.928 | -0.46 pts |
| 207 | Gonzales County | 6.906 | -1.08 pts |
| 208 | Bailey County | 6.897 | +2.25 pts |
| 209 | Lavaca County | 6.881 | -2.91 pts |
| 210 | Panola County | 6.795 | -1.81 pts |
| 211 | Jeff Davis County | 6.723 | |
| 212 | Robertson County | 6.628 | -1.57 pts |
| 213 | Oldham County | 6.593 | |
| 214 | Tyler County | 6.557 | -2.05 pts |
| 214 | Zavala County | 6.557 | -4.2 pts |
| 216 | Madison County | 6.504 | -3.04 pts |
| 217 | Montague County | 6.452 | -4.23 pts |
| 218 | Washington County | 6.402 | -1.69 pts |
| 219 | Haskell County | 6.375 | -1.06 pts |
| 220 | Deaf Smith County | 6.344 | -2.56 pts |
| 221 | Fisher County | 6.299 | +0.05 pts |
| 222 | Wharton County | 6.21 | -1.9 pts |
| 223 | Clay County | 6.164 | -1.56 pts |
| 224 | McCulloch County | 6.154 | +1.93 pts |
| 225 | Kleberg County | 6.151 | -3.07 pts |
| 226 | Lamb County | 6.019 | -0.99 pts |
| 227 | Callahan County | 5.936 | -1.63 pts |
| 228 | Calhoun County | 5.933 | -1.51 pts |
| 229 | Wilbarger County | 5.882 | +0.57 pts |
| 230 | Archer County | 5.868 | -1.26 pts |
| 231 | Willacy County | 5.814 | -4.84 pts |
| 232 | Comanche County | 5.523 | +1.3 pts |
| 233 | Jasper County | 5.41 | -2.38 pts |
| 234 | Mills County | 4.695 | -0.86 pts |
| 235 | Jack County | 4.688 | -9.03 pts |
| 236 | Lipscomb County | 4.444 | -6.75 pts |
| 237 | Childress County | 4.242 | -2.59 pts |
| 238 | Floyd County | 4.082 | -10.26 pts |
| 239 | Hardeman County | 3.896 | -5.32 pts |
| 240 | Hartley County | 2.83 | -7.7 pts |
| 241 | Borden County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 241 | Kenedy County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 241 | Loving County | 0 | 0 pts |
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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. 10 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.
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.
Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Texas 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
MLA 9
Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Texas 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/texas-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Texas 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/texas-counties?period=2022.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Texas 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/texas-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2022,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Texas by establishment exit rate, 2022}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/texas-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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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Questions
Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?
Kent County, with 44.444% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?
Loving 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. 10 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.