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US counties by establishment exit rate

Kent County had the highest establishment exit rate of 3088 counties in 2022, at 44.444%. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.595% and the figure for the United States was 9.512%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest44.444Kent County
Lowest0Yakutat City and Borough
Median8.5953088 counties
United States9.512History

Map of counties, 2022

%, 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

Kent County: 44.444 %Kent County44.444Slope County: 36.364 %Slope County36.364Benton County: 24.359 %Benton County24.359Keweenaw County: 23.377 %Keweenaw County23.377Bristol Bay Borough: 20.915 %Bristol Bay Borough20.915Sherman County: 20.755 %Sherman County20.755Keya Paha County: 20 %Keya Paha County20McCormick County: 19.883 %McCormick County19.883Issaquena County: 19.355 %Issaquena County19.355Fayette County: 19.277 %Fayette County19.277Motley County: 19.048 %Motley County19.048Sioux County: 18.519 %Sioux County18.519Heard County: 18.341 %Heard County18.341Kinney County: 18.182 %Kinney County18.182Wibaux County: 18.182 %Wibaux County18.182Quitman County: 17.834 %Quitman County17.834Meagher County: 17.742 %Meagher County17.742Powder River County: 17.742 %Powder River County17.742Concho County: 17.722 %Concho County17.722Red River Parish: 17.625 %Red River Parish17.625Northwest Arctic Borough: 17.391 %Northwest Arctic Borough17.391Greensville County: 17.333 %Greensville County17.333Wichita County: 16.97 %Wichita County16.97Dallas County: 16.766 %Dallas County16.766Carroll County: 16.749 %Carroll County16.749Tyler County: 16.667 %Tyler County16.667Troup County: 16.317 %Troup County16.317Wayne County: 16.285 %Wayne County16.285Perry County: 16.162 %Perry County16.162Alger County: 16.092 %Alger County16.092San Jacinto County: 16.019 %San Jacinto County16.019Chase County: 16 %Chase County16Wheeler County: 16 %Wheeler County16Haines Borough: 15.92 %Haines Borough15.92Gilpin County: 15.9 %Gilpin County15.9Ripley County: 15.873 %Ripley County15.873Hinsdale County: 15.842 %Hinsdale County15.842Pemiscot County: 15.799 %Pemiscot County15.799Bollinger County: 15.758 %Bollinger County15.758Kiowa County: 15.714 %Kiowa County15.714Kent County: 44.444 %Kent County44.444Slope County: 36.364 %Slope County36.364Benton County: 24.359 %Benton County24.359Keweenaw County: 23.377 %Keweenaw County23.377Bristol Bay Borough: 20.915 %Bristol Bay Borough20.915Sherman County: 20.755 %Sherman County20.755Keya Paha County: 20 %Keya Paha County20McCormick County: 19.883 %McCormick County19.883Issaquena County: 19.355 %Issaquena County19.355Fayette County: 19.277 %Fayette County19.277Motley County: 19.048 %Motley County19.048Sioux County: 18.519 %Sioux County18.519Heard County: 18.341 %Heard County18.341Kinney County: 18.182 %Kinney County18.182Wibaux County: 18.182 %Wibaux County18.182Quitman County: 17.834 %Quitman County17.834Meagher County: 17.742 %Meagher County17.742Powder River County: 17.742 %Powder River County17.742Concho County: 17.722 %Concho County17.722Red River Parish: 17.625 %Red River Parish17.625Northwest Arctic Borough: 17.391 %Northwest Arctic Borough17.391Greensville County: 17.333 %Greensville County17.333Wichita County: 16.97 %Wichita County16.97Dallas County: 16.766 %Dallas County16.766Carroll County: 16.749 %Carroll County16.749Tyler County: 16.667 %Tyler County16.667Troup County: 16.317 %Troup County16.317Wayne County: 16.285 %Wayne County16.285Perry County: 16.162 %Perry County16.162Alger County: 16.092 %Alger County16.092San Jacinto County: 16.019 %San Jacinto County16.019Chase County: 16 %Chase County16Wheeler County: 16 %Wheeler County16Haines Borough: 15.92 %Haines Borough15.92Gilpin County: 15.9 %Gilpin County15.9Ripley County: 15.873 %Ripley County15.873Hinsdale County: 15.842 %Hinsdale County15.842Pemiscot County: 15.799 %Pemiscot County15.799Bollinger County: 15.758 %Bollinger County15.758Kiowa County: 15.714 %Kiowa County15.714
%. 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
1Kent County44.444+44.44 pts
2Slope County36.364n/a
3Benton County24.359+20.36 pts
4Keweenaw County23.377+6.51 pts
5Bristol Bay Borough20.915+7.33 pts
6Sherman County20.755+12.06 pts
7Keya Paha County20n/a
8McCormick County19.883+13.1 pts
9Issaquena County19.355n/a
10Fayette County19.277+9.33 pts
11Motley County19.048n/a
12Sioux County18.519n/a
13Heard County18.341+8.13 pts
14Kinney County18.182-4.77 pts
14Wibaux County18.182n/a
16Quitman County17.834+12.67 pts
17Meagher County17.742+11.02 pts
17Powder River County17.742+12.78 pts
19Concho County17.722+7.97 pts
20Red River Parish17.625+12.36 pts
21Northwest Arctic Borough17.391+10.72 pts
22Greensville County17.333+9.74 pts
23Wichita County16.97+13.42 pts
24Dallas County16.766+6.67 pts
25Carroll County16.749+0.63 pts
26Tyler County16.667+6.71 pts
27Troup County16.317+9.18 pts
28Wayne County16.285+2.54 pts
29Perry County16.162+10.01 pts
30Alger County16.092+1.38 pts
31San Jacinto County16.019+4.34 pts
32Chase County16+4.46 pts
32Wheeler County16n/a
34Haines Borough15.92+1.99 pts
35Gilpin County15.9-0.77 pts
36Ripley County15.873+4.42 pts
37Hinsdale County15.842-0.98 pts
38Pemiscot County15.799+3.36 pts
39Bollinger County15.758+1.14 pts
40Kiowa County15.714+0.13 pts
40Pend Oreille County15.714+1.16 pts
42Chattahoochee County15.686+4.15 pts
43Twiggs County15.603+11.35 pts
44Edwards County15.584n/a
45Mora County15.385+7.69 pts
46Huerfano County15.328+2.19 pts
47Pike County15.135+8.16 pts
48Meriwether County15.101+8.72 pts
49Roberts County150 pts
50Sierra County14.953-3.91 pts
51Eureka County14.925+5.55 pts
51Hudspeth County14.925n/a
53Greene County14.87+9.46 pts
54Crowley County14.815+14.81 pts
55Southeast Fairbanks Census Area14.76+7.3 pts
56Billings County14.737+8.07 pts
57Noxubee County14.731+4.99 pts
58Lee County14.71+6.07 pts
59Franklin city14.687+2.14 pts
60Jones County14.655+4.35 pts
61Live Oak County14.644+3.93 pts
62Daggett County14.634-5.37 pts
62Harper County14.634+5.11 pts
64Custer County14.57+3.38 pts
65Park County14.541+3.35 pts
66Luce County14.493+5.98 pts
66Roger Mills County14.493+1.54 pts
68Marshall County14.479+6.93 pts
69Newton County14.474+6.47 pts
70Adams County14.468+8.13 pts
71Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area14.379-0.71 pts
72Hardeman County14.33+4.04 pts
73Logan County14.286+5.63 pts
74Chugach Census Area14.257+5.82 pts
75Montgomery County14.254+7.48 pts
76Crawford County14.222+6.33 pts
77Washington County14.211+4.59 pts
78Custer County14.201+1.7 pts
79Plumas County14.113-0.75 pts
80Llano County14.107+7.84 pts
81Denali Borough14.085+0.29 pts
82Woods County13.836+4.56 pts
83Greene County13.793+1.77 pts
84Clayton County13.734+3.97 pts
85McLean County13.725+7.1 pts
86Bonner County13.721+3.13 pts
87Schoolcraft County13.699+3.48 pts
88Le Flore County13.691+3.52 pts
89Menominee County13.636n/a
90Madison County13.629+3.61 pts
91Bleckley County13.605+1.23 pts
92Kimble County13.585-0.85 pts
93Atkinson County13.58+6.52 pts
94Alpine County13.559-0.73 pts
94Toole County13.559+7.52 pts
96Florence County13.542+3.23 pts
96Haskell County13.542+0.48 pts
98Stevens County13.538+1.55 pts
99Ellis County13.527+2.9 pts
100Goliad County13.514-1.47 pts
101San Juan County13.508+7.33 pts
102Knox County13.497+6.13 pts
103Nottoway County13.483+3.38 pts
103Steele County13.483+0.3 pts
103Van Buren County13.483-5.56 pts
106Menard County13.411+1.65 pts
107Lamar County13.36+5.09 pts
108Calhoun County13.333-10.57 pts
108Lake County13.333+3.66 pts
108McMullen County13.333+5.64 pts
108Pershing County13.333+3.16 pts
108Stewart County13.333+5.86 pts
113Yuma County13.287+6.72 pts
114Long County13.26+7.01 pts
115Real County13.253+7.51 pts
116Boise County13.245-0.85 pts
117East Carroll Parish13.198+7.2 pts
118Dunklin County13.16+1 pts
119Washington County13.131-0.87 pts
119Wayne County13.131+5.44 pts
121Cimarron County13.115+3.52 pts
121Mahnomen County13.115+5.59 pts
123Grand County13.111+2.59 pts
124Boundary County13.102+3.63 pts
125DeKalb County13.089+1.52 pts
126Cheyenne County13.084-3.43 pts
127Jackson County13.043n/a
128Douglas County13.031+5.69 pts
129Fulton County13.013+1.13 pts
130Polk County13+0.59 pts
131Turner County12.996+2.28 pts
132Blaine County12.987+5.23 pts
132Wilcox County12.987+5.34 pts
134Murray County12.916+3.7 pts
135Henry County12.898+3.21 pts
136Jim Hogg County12.857+1.59 pts
137Wheatland County12.844+3.67 pts
138Lake County12.84+1.73 pts
139Osage County12.834+2.28 pts
140Benewah County12.821+5 pts
141Reynolds County12.808-0.59 pts
142Douglas County12.781+1.23 pts
143Wasatch County12.776+1.49 pts
144Holt County12.766+6.54 pts
145Wheeler County12.752+6.67 pts
146Broward County12.735+0.79 pts
147Elk County12.727+5.71 pts
148Elbert County12.724-0.84 pts
149Hart County12.712+3.98 pts
150Upson County12.706+5.37 pts
151McKenzie County12.698-0.26 pts
152Cameron County12.683+7.8 pts
153Moffat County12.68+4.14 pts
154Garfield County12.658+2.4 pts
155Jefferson County12.613+4.58 pts
155Jefferson County12.613+4.78 pts
155Ochiltree County12.613+7.75 pts
155Saguache County12.613+2.79 pts
159Aurora County12.587+5.74 pts
159La Salle County12.587+2.93 pts
159Skagway Municipality12.587+6.57 pts
162Jefferson County12.571+6.98 pts
163St. John the Baptist Parish12.568+3.25 pts
164Sanders County12.557+3.75 pts
165Spalding County12.539+4.93 pts
166Lewis County12.5+2.66 pts
166Love County12.5+4.58 pts
166Sheridan County12.5n/a
166Winkler County12.5+2.84 pts
170Shelby County12.487+2.39 pts
171Teller County12.482+0.75 pts
172Graham County12.457+2.18 pts
173Mineral County12.44+1.76 pts
174Bland County12.414+1.53 pts
174Haakon County12.414+3.2 pts
176Harrison County12.403+4.46 pts
177Douglas County12.391+2.89 pts
178Broadwater County12.384+2.86 pts
179Marion County12.36+7.51 pts
180Miami-Dade County12.335+0.44 pts
181Ontonagon County12.319+0.97 pts
182Red River County12.317+3.83 pts
183Ketchikan Gateway Borough12.311+0.83 pts
184Hansford County12.308+1.03 pts
185Towns County12.291+2.06 pts
186Sully County12.281n/a
187Carroll County12.251+2.18 pts
188Benzie County12.245+3.92 pts
188Grant County12.245n/a
190Miner County12.214+3.39 pts
191Harding County12.195-1.76 pts
192Jones County12.185+4.59 pts
193Kodiak Island Borough12.184+4.56 pts
194Southampton County12.183+3.79 pts
195Osceola County12.18+0.82 pts
196Audrain County12.174+4.1 pts
196Fallon County12.174+7.07 pts
196Jefferson County12.174+3.32 pts
196Rio Blanco County12.174+1.77 pts
196San Juan County12.174+1.06 pts
201Monona County12.165+5.43 pts
202Park County12.164+0.71 pts
203Sherman County12.162+8.08 pts
204Chambers County12.131+5.94 pts
205Sheridan County12.125+3.49 pts
206Wilcox County12.121+4.09 pts
207Sublette County12.105+3.37 pts
208Trinity County12.104+3.64 pts
209Oceana County12.097+0.47 pts
210Coweta County12.092+3.57 pts
211Peach County12.082+3.46 pts
212Garrard County12.077+0.28 pts
213Shelby County12.067+3.09 pts
214Lynn County12.048+4.5 pts
215Santa Rosa County12.014+1.98 pts
216Pacific County12.008+0.37 pts
217Delta County12+2.2 pts
217Wallace County12+1.69 pts
219Lincoln County11.986+2.23 pts
220Benton County11.962+4.02 pts
221Kiowa County11.94+3.37 pts
221Laramie County11.94+1 pts
223Rockdale County11.928+3.46 pts
224Hopewell city11.925+3.3 pts
225Lafourche Parish11.914+2.49 pts
226Palm Beach County11.907+0.48 pts
227Costilla County11.9050 pts
228Crook County11.899+3.49 pts
229Summit County11.897+3.22 pts
230Dixon County11.881+2.27 pts
230Musselshell County11.881-1.98 pts
230Washita County11.881+0.06 pts
233New Madrid County11.878+2.98 pts
234Collin County11.876+1.37 pts
234Johnson County11.876+2.18 pts
236Lee County11.872+0.62 pts
237Delta County11.868-1.42 pts
238Sitka City and Borough11.862+0.57 pts
239Andrew County11.861+0.82 pts
240Clay County11.858+5.14 pts
241El Paso County11.848+1.07 pts
242Kemper County11.828+4.76 pts
242Wayne County11.828+3.64 pts
242Weston County11.828+0.52 pts
245Blaine County11.82-3.39 pts
246Mitchell County11.818+0.41 pts
247Idaho County11.816+2.12 pts
248Fort Bend County11.79+0.18 pts
249Cumberland County11.765+7.22 pts
249Golden Valley County11.765+1.85 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. 54 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 (US counties 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, US counties 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/us-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, US counties 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/us-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Kent County, with 44.444% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Yakutat City and Borough, with 0% in 2022.

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