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US counties by establishment exit rate

Clay County had the highest establishment exit rate of 3102 counties in 2013, at 25%. Thomas County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.529% and the figure for the United States was 9.205%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25Clay County
Lowest0Thomas County
Median8.5293102 counties
United States9.205History

Map of counties, 2013

%, 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

Clay County: 25 %Clay County25Kent County: 25 %Kent County25Sioux County: 25 %Sioux County25Taliaferro County: 25 %Taliaferro County25Grant County: 24.49 %Grant County24.49Clark County: 24 %Clark County24Garfield County: 23.868 %Garfield County23.868Denali Borough: 22.764 %Denali Borough22.764Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 22.449 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area22.449Motley County: 22.222 %Motley County22.222Benson County: 21.818 %Benson County21.818Baca County: 20.732 %Baca County20.732Van Buren County: 20.513 %Van Buren County20.513Alpine County: 20 %Alpine County20Keweenaw County: 20 %Keweenaw County20Garfield County: 19.512 %Garfield County19.512Mellette County: 19.231 %Mellette County19.231Powder River County: 18.978 %Powder River County18.978San Juan County: 18.367 %San Juan County18.367Rich County: 18.182 %Rich County18.182Logan County: 17.021 %Logan County17.021Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 16.912 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.912Clark County: 16.822 %Clark County16.822Cottle County: 16.667 %Cottle County16.667Greensville County: 16.568 %Greensville County16.568Knott County: 16.564 %Knott County16.564Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16.185 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.185Lake County: 16.149 %Lake County16.149Yakutat City and Borough: 16 %Yakutat City and Borough16Ouray County: 15.888 %Ouray County15.888Keya Paha County: 15.789 %Keya Paha County15.789Terrell County: 15.789 %Terrell County15.789Boise County: 15.702 %Boise County15.702Bailey County: 15.603 %Bailey County15.603Pershing County: 15.517 %Pershing County15.517Dixie County: 15.476 %Dixie County15.476Sweet Grass County: 15.444 %Sweet Grass County15.444Goliad County: 15.434 %Goliad County15.434Kiowa County: 15.385 %Kiowa County15.385Wheeler County: 15.267 %Wheeler County15.267Clay County: 25 %Clay County25Kent County: 25 %Kent County25Sioux County: 25 %Sioux County25Taliaferro County: 25 %Taliaferro County25Grant County: 24.49 %Grant County24.49Clark County: 24 %Clark County24Garfield County: 23.868 %Garfield County23.868Denali Borough: 22.764 %Denali Borough22.764Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 22.449 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area22.449Motley County: 22.222 %Motley County22.222Benson County: 21.818 %Benson County21.818Baca County: 20.732 %Baca County20.732Van Buren County: 20.513 %Van Buren County20.513Alpine County: 20 %Alpine County20Keweenaw County: 20 %Keweenaw County20Garfield County: 19.512 %Garfield County19.512Mellette County: 19.231 %Mellette County19.231Powder River County: 18.978 %Powder River County18.978San Juan County: 18.367 %San Juan County18.367Rich County: 18.182 %Rich County18.182Logan County: 17.021 %Logan County17.021Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 16.912 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.912Clark County: 16.822 %Clark County16.822Cottle County: 16.667 %Cottle County16.667Greensville County: 16.568 %Greensville County16.568Knott County: 16.564 %Knott County16.564Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16.185 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.185Lake County: 16.149 %Lake County16.149Yakutat City and Borough: 16 %Yakutat City and Borough16Ouray County: 15.888 %Ouray County15.888Keya Paha County: 15.789 %Keya Paha County15.789Terrell County: 15.789 %Terrell County15.789Boise County: 15.702 %Boise County15.702Bailey County: 15.603 %Bailey County15.603Pershing County: 15.517 %Pershing County15.517Dixie County: 15.476 %Dixie County15.476Sweet Grass County: 15.444 %Sweet Grass County15.444Goliad County: 15.434 %Goliad County15.434Kiowa County: 15.385 %Kiowa County15.385Wheeler County: 15.267 %Wheeler County15.267
%. 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
1Clay County25+17.59 pts
1Kent County25n/a
1Sioux County25n/a
1Taliaferro County25n/a
5Grant County24.49n/a
6Clark County24n/a
7Garfield County23.868+11.02 pts
8Denali Borough22.764+11.56 pts
9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area22.449+7.9 pts
10Motley County22.222+5.83 pts
11Benson County21.818+14.77 pts
12Baca County20.732+12.95 pts
13Van Buren County20.513+8.61 pts
14Alpine County20-1.88 pts
14Keweenaw County20+11.55 pts
16Garfield County19.512+12.37 pts
17Mellette County19.231n/a
18Powder River County18.978+9.05 pts
19San Juan County18.367+8.75 pts
20Rich County18.182+9.02 pts
21Logan County17.021n/a
22Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.912+0.19 pts
23Clark County16.822+6.3 pts
24Cottle County16.667+1.74 pts
25Greensville County16.568+10.85 pts
26Knott County16.564+4.25 pts
27Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.185+3.28 pts
28Lake County16.149n/a
29Yakutat City and Borough16+0.31 pts
30Ouray County15.888+3.47 pts
31Keya Paha County15.789-9.21 pts
31Terrell County15.789n/a
33Boise County15.702+7.19 pts
34Bailey County15.603+4.31 pts
35Pershing County15.517+5.08 pts
36Dixie County15.476+5.9 pts
37Sweet Grass County15.444+1.76 pts
38Goliad County15.434+6.96 pts
39Kiowa County15.385+6.93 pts
40Wheeler County15.267-1.03 pts
41Prairie County15.152n/a
42Wheeler County15.094+3.98 pts
43Trimble County15.068+7.22 pts
44Chase County15.038+6.15 pts
45Alcona County14.953+5.34 pts
46Clark County14.925+4.98 pts
47Plumas County14.883+0.64 pts
48Lake County14.881+4.57 pts
49Wayne County14.854+9.73 pts
50Jones County14.815+2.22 pts
51Harney County14.731+5.92 pts
52Doddridge County14.706+6.37 pts
53Robertson County14.634+14.63 pts
54Buena Vista city14.612+7.53 pts
55Wallowa County14.565+2.17 pts
56Aurora County14.545+9.84 pts
57Newton County14.474+8.22 pts
58Park County14.395-1.45 pts
59Frontier County14.388+8.33 pts
60Niobrara County14.371+9.49 pts
61Dimmit County14.354+7.08 pts
62Crowley County14.286-0.9 pts
62Granite County14.286+2.16 pts
62Hickman County14.286+7.88 pts
62Lunenburg County14.286+4.04 pts
62Menominee County14.286+14.29 pts
67Big Horn County14.248+4.53 pts
68Wasatch County14.244+1.75 pts
69Morgan County14.239+6.62 pts
70Crawford County14.218+1.2 pts
71Glades County14.13+3.38 pts
72Judith Basin County14.118+4.71 pts
73Wrangell City and Borough14.085n/a
74Hamilton County14.047+1.87 pts
75Dewey County14.022+6.64 pts
76Sanborn County14+0.41 pts
77McIntosh County13.913+1.59 pts
77Meriwether County13.913+3.51 pts
79Sierra County13.861+3.66 pts
80Gulf County13.834-1.35 pts
81Camas County13.793n/a
82Sheridan County13.699n/a
83Gilpin County13.675+5.24 pts
84Gilchrist County13.602+4.6 pts
85Hot Springs County13.598+5.76 pts
86Childress County13.548+6.5 pts
87Sublette County13.547+3.88 pts
88Gallatin County13.542-2.87 pts
88Wilkes County13.542+8.06 pts
90Lincoln County13.497+5.26 pts
91Bonner County13.494+0.93 pts
92Ozark County13.468+1.94 pts
93Graham County13.453+5.42 pts
94Glacier County13.423+6.22 pts
95Lowndes County13.402+1.14 pts
96Caldwell County13.38+0.54 pts
97Ontonagon County13.376+1.9 pts
98Las Animas County13.372+3.47 pts
99Bradford County13.367+2.34 pts
100Baker County13.333+0.83 pts
100Martin County13.333+7.11 pts
100Meagher County13.333+5.25 pts
100Morgan County13.333+3.06 pts
104Lee County13.314-1.56 pts
105Real County13.245+1.24 pts
106Marion County13.232+0.36 pts
107Boone County13.218+4.45 pts
108Clear Creek County13.208-2.21 pts
109Teller County13.191+1.6 pts
110Craig County13.187-1.55 pts
111Logan County13.115+6.71 pts
111New Kent County13.115-0.1 pts
113Jeff Davis County13.084+2.37 pts
114Oregon County13.079+0.45 pts
115Sheridan County13.072+7.46 pts
116Decatur County13.043-0.59 pts
116Garden County13.043+4.44 pts
116Steele County13.043+2.63 pts
119Wakulla County12.983-2.51 pts
120Clay County12.973+4.64 pts
121Sullivan County12.963+6.45 pts
122Sussex County12.958+8.98 pts
123Van Buren County12.947+3.26 pts
124Atkinson County12.941+4.8 pts
125Valley County12.925-0.74 pts
126Del Norte County12.911+2.72 pts
127Jersey County12.869+1.2 pts
128Taos County12.849-0.18 pts
129Jenkins County12.834+7.54 pts
130Phillips County12.821+1.01 pts
131Concordia Parish12.805+6.56 pts
132Converse County12.791+5.06 pts
133Madison County12.789+1.62 pts
134Stillwater County12.775+4.69 pts
135Lipscomb County12.766+6.55 pts
135Owyhee County12.766+5.62 pts
137Dillingham Census Area12.739-1.13 pts
137Johnson County12.739+2.15 pts
139Berrien County12.731+1.64 pts
140Furnas County12.709+7.48 pts
140Skamania County12.709-4.45 pts
142Clay County12.698-4.56 pts
143Benewah County12.676+7.52 pts
144Grayson County12.667+2.51 pts
145Dolores County12.658+4.55 pts
145Jackson County12.658n/a
147Upshur County12.646+4.17 pts
148Irion County12.632+5.96 pts
149Franklin County12.621+1.35 pts
150Luna County12.585+3.36 pts
151Osceola County12.579+1.17 pts
151Woodson County12.579+0.67 pts
153Union County12.565-1.51 pts
154Kane County12.56-2.42 pts
155Red River Parish12.549+6.42 pts
156Hancock County12.5-2.43 pts
156Hettinger County12.5+5 pts
156McKenzie County12.5+4.76 pts
159Poquoson city12.468+1.97 pts
160Terrell County12.461+4.1 pts
161Gem County12.46+0.06 pts
162Dooly County12.457+2.42 pts
163Elbert County12.406-0.11 pts
164Graham County12.364+1.61 pts
165Greeley County12.346n/a
166Fremont County12.329+0.88 pts
167Chautauqua County12.308+3.48 pts
167Essex County12.3080 pts
167Grant Parish12.308+0.13 pts
167Swain County12.308-1.62 pts
171Hernando County12.276+2.01 pts
172Iron County12.267+3.93 pts
173Custer County12.245+1.84 pts
173Sherman County12.245+12.24 pts
175Mercer County12.214+0.36 pts
176Keokuk County12.207+6.59 pts
177Broadwater County12.195-0.5 pts
178Dawes County12.181+2.75 pts
179Candler County12.169+3.38 pts
180Nassau County12.162+1.48 pts
181Flagler County12.153+0.43 pts
182Dinwiddie County12.13+4.06 pts
183Lee County12.121+4.71 pts
183Smith County12.121-1.21 pts
183Taney County12.121+2.62 pts
186Jefferson County12.105-2.28 pts
187White Pine County12.104+1.96 pts
188Rappahannock County12.085+0.84 pts
189Hardeman County12.081+6.78 pts
190Columbia County12.069+4.38 pts
190Crockett County12.069+2.67 pts
190Stewart County12.069+3.45 pts
193Ellis County12.06+0.29 pts
194Wyoming County12.044+0.67 pts
195Jasper County12.014+2.19 pts
196Garrard County11.989+0.13 pts
197Yalobusha County11.987+6.48 pts
198Irwin County11.982-12.05 pts
199Lincoln County11.976+3.59 pts
200Mineral County11.966+0.1 pts
201Haines Borough11.94+3.16 pts
202Stevens County11.938-0.07 pts
203Tyrrell County11.921n/a
204Jo Daviess County11.884+3.46 pts
205Terry County11.868+6.2 pts
206Douglas County11.866-1.29 pts
207Greeley County11.864-0.94 pts
208Brewster County11.858-2.62 pts
209Crook County11.852+5.07 pts
210El Dorado County11.85+0.42 pts
211Stone County11.842-0.41 pts
212Hidalgo County11.834+3.92 pts
213Menard County11.828+1.91 pts
213Washington County11.828+3.23 pts
215Bledsoe County11.818-3.97 pts
216Sandoval County11.812+1.31 pts
217Beaverhead County11.804-0.49 pts
218Carter County11.803-9.39 pts
219St. Bernard Parish11.794+3.79 pts
220Guthrie County11.789+3.13 pts
221Highland County11.765+3.86 pts
221Paulding County11.765-0.82 pts
221Smith County11.765+1.8 pts
221Wayne County11.765-2.21 pts
225Broward County11.755-0.12 pts
226Ashe County11.752+0.99 pts
227Polk County11.743+2.41 pts
228Amelia County11.741+0.98 pts
229Idaho County11.736+1.08 pts
230Douglas County11.719+0.15 pts
231Lincoln County11.718+0.47 pts
232Miami-Dade County11.714+0.59 pts
233Kewaunee County11.707+2.13 pts
234Gilmer County11.692-0.91 pts
235Nome Census Area11.688+5.17 pts
236Cleburne County11.684+1.68 pts
237Seminole County11.675+0.09 pts
238Routt County11.674+2.27 pts
239Clayton County11.663+0.42 pts
240Colfax County11.66-0.23 pts
241Hemphill County11.656+4.2 pts
242Meade County11.654+5.16 pts
243Amador County11.652+2.47 pts
244Perkins County11.65+4.14 pts
245Alger County11.64-0.34 pts
246Somerset County11.639+3.1 pts
247Clark County11.635-0.58 pts
248Greer County11.628+6.81 pts
249Henry County11.587+4.6 pts
250Summers County11.585-0.28 pts

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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. 40 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 (US counties 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, US counties 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/us-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. US counties 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/us-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, US counties 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/us-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: US counties by establishment exit rate, 2013}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties?period=2013. 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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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Clay County, with 25% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Thomas County, with 0% 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. 40 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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