Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2001
|
County |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Microbusinesses4 |
Percent of County5,6 |
|
|
Androscoggin |
5,895 |
1,450 |
7,345 |
9,738 |
16.2 |
|
Aroostook |
4,187 |
1,303 |
5,490 |
7,640 |
19.5 |
|
Cumberland |
21,247 |
5,750 |
26,997 |
36,485 |
16.8 |
|
Franklin |
2,292 |
488 |
2,780 |
3,585 |
21.5 |
|
Hancock |
6,688 |
1,359 |
8,047 |
10,289 |
28.3 |
|
Kennebec |
7,900 |
1,754 |
9,654 |
12,548 |
16.6 |
|
Knox |
5,396 |
930 |
6,326 |
7,861 |
28.4 |
|
Lincoln |
4,569 |
956 |
5,525 |
7,102 |
38.1 |
|
Oxford |
3,982 |
858 |
4,840 |
6,256 |
25.1 |
|
Penobscot |
8,970 |
2,122 |
11,092 |
14,593 |
16.1 |
|
Piscataquis |
1,367 |
309 |
1,676 |
2,186 |
25.5 |
|
Sagadahoc |
2,572 |
452 |
3,024 |
3,770 |
17.8 |
|
Somerset |
3,334 |
685 |
4,019 |
5,149 |
20.1 |
|
Waldo |
3,393 |
580 |
3,973 |
4,930 |
28.2 |
|
Washington |
3,867 |
534 |
4,401 |
5,282 |
29.9 |
|
York |
14,050 |
3,277 |
17,327 |
22,734 |
25.1 |
|
Maine |
99,709 |
22,807 |
122,516 |
160,148 |
20.3 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2001.
3/ Source: 2001 County Business Patterns, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
4/ Includes microbusiness entrepreneurs (with and without employees) and estimated employment for businesses with 1-4 employees.
5/ Microbusiness employment as a percent of total county employment.
6/ Source: 2001 Bureau of Economic Analysis, Full-time and Part-time County Employment Statistics,
U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
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Information in this table was compiled by James C. McConnon, Jr., Extension Business and Economics Specialist and Professor, School of Economics, University of Maine.