Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2002
|
County |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Microbusinesses4 |
Percent of County5,6 |
|
|
Androscoggin |
5,774 |
1,403 |
7,177 |
9,492 |
15.3 |
|
Aroostook |
4,178 |
1,308 |
5,486 |
7,644 |
19.5 |
|
Cumberland |
22,072 |
5,814 |
27,886 |
37,479 |
17.3 |
|
Franklin |
2,388 |
490 |
2,878 |
3,686 |
21.8 |
|
Hancock |
6,525 |
1,462 |
7,987 |
10,399 |
28.2 |
|
Kennebec |
8,211 |
1,752 |
9,963 |
12,854 |
17.1 |
|
Knox |
5,605 |
950 |
6,555 |
8,122 |
29.1 |
|
Lincoln |
4,642 |
1,002 |
5,644 |
7,297 |
38.6 |
|
Oxford |
4,235 |
905 |
5,140 |
6,633 |
27.1 |
|
Penobscot |
9,081 |
2,130 |
11,211 |
14,725 |
16.2 |
|
Piscataquis |
1,381 |
325 |
1,706 |
2,242 |
26.6 |
|
Sagadahoc |
2,837 |
509 |
3,346 |
4,186 |
20.3 |
|
Somerset |
3,412 |
682 |
4,094 |
5,219 |
20.9 |
|
Waldo |
3,551 |
605 |
4,156 |
5,154 |
29.7 |
|
Washington |
3,861 |
560 |
4,421 |
5,345 |
31.0 |
|
York |
14,895 |
3,392 |
18,287 |
23,884 |
26.0 |
|
Maine |
102,648 |
23,295 |
125,943 |
164,380 |
20.8 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2002.
3/ Source: 2002 County Business Patterns, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Businesses listed in the “statewide” category are included in the state total.
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: 2002 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.