Data / Rankings / Establishment exit rate / US counties

US counties by establishment exit rate

Petroleum County had the highest establishment exit rate of 3078 counties in 2018, at 37.5%. Roberts County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.023% and the figure for the United States was 8.902%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest37.5Petroleum County
Lowest0Roberts County
Median8.0233078 counties
United States8.902History

Map of counties, 2018

%, 2018. 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, 2018

Petroleum County: 37.5 %Petroleum County37.5Terrell County: 30.303 %Terrell County30.303Daggett County: 28.571 %Daggett County28.571Treasure County: 28.571 %Treasure County28.571Borden County: 27.273 %Borden County27.273Keya Paha County: 27.027 %Keya Paha County27.027Wibaux County: 24 %Wibaux County24Northwest Arctic Borough: 23.529 %Northwest Arctic Borough23.529Edmonson County: 22.439 %Edmonson County22.439Clay County: 20.408 %Clay County20.408Webster County: 19.608 %Webster County19.608Billings County: 19.355 %Billings County19.355Aransas County: 19.007 %Aransas County19.007Garden County: 18.947 %Garden County18.947Baker County: 18.868 %Baker County18.868Eureka County: 18.519 %Eureka County18.519Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18.182 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182Taliaferro County: 18.182 %Taliaferro County18.182Perquimans County: 18.132 %Perquimans County18.132Carter County: 17.931 %Carter County17.931Wallace County: 16.327 %Wallace County16.327Butte County: 16 %Butte County16Heard County: 15.9 %Heard County15.9Ripley County: 15.845 %Ripley County15.845Alfalfa County: 15.702 %Alfalfa County15.702Liberty County: 15.686 %Liberty County15.686Teton County: 15.652 %Teton County15.652Haines Borough: 15.544 %Haines Borough15.544Haskell County: 15.385 %Haskell County15.385Reynolds County: 15.385 %Reynolds County15.385Phillips County: 15.323 %Phillips County15.323Jackson County: 15.126 %Jackson County15.126Morrill County: 14.973 %Morrill County14.973Hart County: 14.919 %Hart County14.919Iron County: 14.657 %Iron County14.657Grant County: 14.545 %Grant County14.545St. Louis city: 14.486 %St. Louis city14.486Wheatland County: 14.414 %Wheatland County14.414Wayne County: 14.403 %Wayne County14.403McKenzie County: 14.385 %McKenzie County14.385Petroleum County: 37.5 %Petroleum County37.5Terrell County: 30.303 %Terrell County30.303Daggett County: 28.571 %Daggett County28.571Treasure County: 28.571 %Treasure County28.571Borden County: 27.273 %Borden County27.273Keya Paha County: 27.027 %Keya Paha County27.027Wibaux County: 24 %Wibaux County24Northwest Arctic Borough: 23.529 %Northwest Arctic Borough23.529Edmonson County: 22.439 %Edmonson County22.439Clay County: 20.408 %Clay County20.408Webster County: 19.608 %Webster County19.608Billings County: 19.355 %Billings County19.355Aransas County: 19.007 %Aransas County19.007Garden County: 18.947 %Garden County18.947Baker County: 18.868 %Baker County18.868Eureka County: 18.519 %Eureka County18.519Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18.182 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182Taliaferro County: 18.182 %Taliaferro County18.182Perquimans County: 18.132 %Perquimans County18.132Carter County: 17.931 %Carter County17.931Wallace County: 16.327 %Wallace County16.327Butte County: 16 %Butte County16Heard County: 15.9 %Heard County15.9Ripley County: 15.845 %Ripley County15.845Alfalfa County: 15.702 %Alfalfa County15.702Liberty County: 15.686 %Liberty County15.686Teton County: 15.652 %Teton County15.652Haines Borough: 15.544 %Haines Borough15.544Haskell County: 15.385 %Haskell County15.385Reynolds County: 15.385 %Reynolds County15.385Phillips County: 15.323 %Phillips County15.323Jackson County: 15.126 %Jackson County15.126Morrill County: 14.973 %Morrill County14.973Hart County: 14.919 %Hart County14.919Iron County: 14.657 %Iron County14.657Grant County: 14.545 %Grant County14.545St. Louis city: 14.486 %St. Louis city14.486Wheatland County: 14.414 %Wheatland County14.414Wayne County: 14.403 %Wayne County14.403McKenzie County: 14.385 %McKenzie County14.385
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Petroleum County37.5+37.5 pts
2Terrell County30.303n/a
3Daggett County28.571+10.92 pts
3Treasure County28.571n/a
5Borden County27.273+27.27 pts
6Keya Paha County27.027+27.03 pts
7Wibaux County24n/a
8Northwest Arctic Borough23.529+15.37 pts
9Edmonson County22.439+14.18 pts
10Clay County20.408+8.87 pts
11Webster County19.608n/a
12Billings County19.355+11.27 pts
13Aransas County19.007+9.51 pts
14Garden County18.947+10.95 pts
15Baker County18.868n/a
16Eureka County18.519+1.57 pts
17Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182+5.84 pts
17Taliaferro County18.182+2.39 pts
19Perquimans County18.132+10.28 pts
20Carter County17.931+7.99 pts
21Wallace County16.327n/a
22Butte County16+7.84 pts
23Heard County15.9+9.34 pts
24Ripley County15.845-0.73 pts
25Alfalfa County15.702+5.22 pts
26Liberty County15.686+6.65 pts
27Teton County15.652+5.6 pts
28Haines Borough15.544+4.49 pts
29Haskell County15.385+3.38 pts
29Reynolds County15.385+3.29 pts
31Phillips County15.323+9.79 pts
32Jackson County15.126+2.33 pts
33Morrill County14.973+10.85 pts
34Hart County14.919+5.25 pts
35Iron County14.657+7.16 pts
36Grant County14.545+5.87 pts
37St. Louis city14.486+1.27 pts
38Wheatland County14.414n/a
39Wayne County14.403+5.22 pts
40McKenzie County14.385-2 pts
41Wrangell City and Borough14.379+9.15 pts
42Nevada County14.286+10.68 pts
42Pleasants County14.286+1.49 pts
44Turner County14.188+6.62 pts
45Garfield County14.179-16.27 pts
46Calhoun County14.173+0.22 pts
47Adams County14.019+3.49 pts
48Brown County13.953+2.79 pts
48Franklin County13.953-3.44 pts
50Warren County13.893+6.6 pts
51Dickens County13.889+0.73 pts
52Chattahoochee County13.861n/a
53Greer County13.793+4.58 pts
54Trimble County13.74+6.11 pts
55Cimarron County13.636+6 pts
56Spencer County13.613+3.96 pts
57Crawford County13.6+6.43 pts
58Summers County13.592+4.84 pts
59Chase County13.559+3.3 pts
59Hancock County13.559+1.99 pts
59Jack County13.559+2.37 pts
62Jefferson County13.462n/a
63Pawnee County13.445+3.77 pts
64Antelope County13.366+2.94 pts
65Divide County13.333-5.16 pts
65Prairie County13.333+1.21 pts
65Wayne County13.333+5.52 pts
68Wilson County13.268+5.23 pts
69Quitman County13.253-0.31 pts
70Duval County13.235+0.6 pts
71Sutton County13.216+5.62 pts
72Allen County13.212+4.48 pts
73Grant Parish13.208+4.35 pts
74Gallatin County13.187+2.66 pts
75Montgomery County13.165+3.85 pts
76Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.158+3.63 pts
77Mariposa County13.149+0.95 pts
78Walthall County13.131+5.21 pts
79Dallas County13.095+2.82 pts
80Marion County13.072-0.68 pts
81Sweet Grass County12.95+4.81 pts
82Richland County12.924+2.45 pts
83Camas County12.903n/a
83Quitman County12.903n/a
85Bollinger County12.885+4.57 pts
86Wallowa County12.86+1.33 pts
87Maries County12.821+0.37 pts
87Mingo County12.821-0.92 pts
87Mora County12.821n/a
90Latimer County12.795+4.27 pts
91Sierra County12.766-2.92 pts
92Hand County12.727+5.89 pts
93Carson County12.712+2.67 pts
94Johnston County12.689+3.68 pts
95Simpson County12.661+7.52 pts
96White Pine County12.651+5.03 pts
97McCone County12.632n/a
98Casey County12.621+7.79 pts
99Levy County12.619+4.36 pts
100Vermillion County12.552+4.34 pts
101Bottineau County12.5-2.27 pts
101Elliott County12.5n/a
101Mercer County12.5+1.73 pts
101Sanborn County12.5+0.62 pts
105Elbert County12.477+3.81 pts
106Fall River County12.466+2.33 pts
107Clay County12.443+5.92 pts
108Washington County12.442+0.82 pts
109Wilson County12.441+0.41 pts
110Alger County12.435+6.71 pts
110Leslie County12.435+1.38 pts
112Putnam County12.429+6.81 pts
113Sullivan County12.371+4.25 pts
114Cochran County12.346-3.75 pts
115Briscoe County12.308+2.78 pts
116Carlisle County12.27+5.04 pts
117Menard County12.256-0.04 pts
118Crook County12.255+2.28 pts
119New Madrid County12.25+0.59 pts
120McHenry County12.227n/a
121Colfax County12.216+2.57 pts
122Callahan County12.214+1.55 pts
123Johnson County12.205+1.29 pts
124Barren County12.204+5.31 pts
125Newton County12.162+5.58 pts
126Linn County12.155+0.26 pts
127Calhoun County12.121+6.1 pts
127Schoolcraft County12.121+0.27 pts
127Sharkey County12.121+0.69 pts
130Wasatch County12.118-0.21 pts
131Caldwell County12.075+2.31 pts
132Breathitt County12.069+4.07 pts
133Grundy County12.054+4.7 pts
134Haskell County12.042+0.9 pts
135Kimball County12.037+6.56 pts
136Ohio County12.034+4.2 pts
137Coleman County11.979+3.22 pts
138Hettinger County11.976+5.95 pts
139Lane County11.966+5.24 pts
140Yuba County11.965+3.98 pts
141Kinney County11.94n/a
142Chugach Census Area11.915+0.3 pts
143Rich County11.905+4.59 pts
144Barton County11.899+2.61 pts
145Gilchrist County11.894+4.3 pts
146Stewart County11.888+6.41 pts
147Lemhi County11.834+3.42 pts
148Granite County11.828+3.23 pts
149Hancock County11.823+8.94 pts
149Stark County11.823-1.08 pts
151Lincoln County11.795-0.09 pts
152Alexander County11.765+5.88 pts
152Camden County11.765+0.34 pts
152Harper County11.765+2.41 pts
152Lipscomb County11.765+1.7 pts
152Long County11.765+1.4 pts
157Grant County11.747+0.98 pts
158Miami-Dade County11.741-0.18 pts
159Carbon County11.739+3.03 pts
160Calhoun County11.73+2.04 pts
161Nome Census Area11.726+2.89 pts
162Dunn County11.719-8.28 pts
163Niobrara County11.688+3.05 pts
164Calhoun County11.679-2.5 pts
165Culberson County11.65n/a
165Meagher County11.65-4.19 pts
167Jackson County11.64+3.73 pts
168Grant County11.634+5.22 pts
169Sheridan County11.604+2.88 pts
170Clayton County11.6+4.66 pts
171Henderson County11.594+3.1 pts
172Carbon County11.59+1.27 pts
173Osceola County11.558-0.3 pts
174Dunklin County11.548-2.32 pts
175Trinity County11.521+2.41 pts
176Sedgwick County11.511n/a
177Gates County11.504+3.57 pts
178Lewis County11.491-2.46 pts
179Vernon Parish11.455+1.79 pts
180Juab County11.444+6.01 pts
181Queens County11.439+0.33 pts
182Doddridge County11.429-5.56 pts
183Mason County11.407+5.32 pts
184Mississippi County11.392+3.38 pts
185Sheridan County11.388+0.94 pts
186Patrick County11.385+3.18 pts
187Bath County11.354+3.63 pts
188McCook County11.343+2.01 pts
188Pushmataha County11.343-0.42 pts
190Kings County11.325+0.27 pts
191Broward County11.314-0.11 pts
191Middlesex County11.314+1.14 pts
193Lamb County11.312+1.96 pts
194Butler County11.305+1.5 pts
195Park County11.29+0.73 pts
196Wakulla County11.285+2.81 pts
197Stokes County11.282+4.37 pts
198Mountrail County11.272-2.25 pts
199Suwannee County11.261+1.02 pts
200Franklin County11.258+5.22 pts
201Webster County11.253+3.62 pts
202Fallon County11.245-1.59 pts
203Uintah County11.242-1.35 pts
204Cannon County11.236+1.6 pts
205Columbia County11.224-6.34 pts
206Stewart County11.215+5.71 pts
207Archer County11.17+3.66 pts
208Choctaw County11.163+3.65 pts
208Musselshell County11.163+2.27 pts
210Vernon County11.162-1.72 pts
211Douglas County11.161+0.11 pts
212Monroe County11.153+2.09 pts
213San Saba County11.15+3.77 pts
214Audubon County11.144+5.91 pts
215Summit County11.13-0.63 pts
216Coryell County11.118+2.02 pts
217Alpine County11.111n/a
217Cottle County11.111+11.11 pts
217North Slope Borough11.111+4.04 pts
217Renville County11.111+2.42 pts
217Rio Blanco County11.111+0.72 pts
217Willacy County11.1110 pts
223Jefferson County11.086+0.32 pts
224Skamania County11.047+1.82 pts
225Dillingham Census Area11.043+4.79 pts
225Greenwood County11.043+4.42 pts
227Wagoner County11.027+1.26 pts
228Gilliam County11.024n/a
229Sitka City and Borough11.018-4.24 pts
230Alleghany County11.013+1.47 pts
231Wheeler County11.009-5.06 pts
232Appanoose County10.989+3 pts
233Gaines County10.979+1.58 pts
234Collin County10.975+0.52 pts
235Noble County10.973+2.58 pts
236Putnam County10.966+1.03 pts
237Powell County10.959+4.75 pts
238Laclede County10.955+3.74 pts
239Morgan County10.947+0.42 pts
240Palm Beach County10.941+0.24 pts
241Dent County10.915-3.96 pts
242Charlotte County10.909+4.69 pts
242Coke County10.909+1.9 pts
242Talbot County10.909n/a
245Ferry County10.895+2.86 pts
246Morton County10.884-6.51 pts
247Wood County10.881+3.06 pts
248Greene County10.88+1.99 pts
249Chouteau County10.879-0.46 pts
249Custer County10.879+1.48 pts

Showing the top 250 of 3078. The Excel download has every row.

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. 64 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2018) [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, US counties by establishment exit rate, 2018. 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=2018. 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. US counties by establishment exit rate, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_us_counties_by_establishment_2018,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: US counties by establishment exit rate, 2018}},
  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/us-counties?period=2018. 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: US counties by establishment exit rate, 2018
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties?period=2018
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties?period=2018.
N1  - 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank US counties by establishment exit rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"establishment_exit_rate","level":"province","within":"United States","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&level=province&within=United%20States&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Petroleum County, with 37.5% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Roberts County, with 0% in 2018.

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. 64 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

Establishment exit rate: other rankings

US counties: more rankings