Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2003
|
County |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Microbusinesses4 |
Percent of County5,6 |
|
|
Androscoggin |
6,053 |
1,410 |
7,463 |
9,790 |
15.7 |
|
Aroostook |
4,264 |
1,265 |
5,529 |
7,616 |
19.3 |
|
Cumberland |
23,244 |
5,975 |
29,219 |
39,078 |
17.8 |
|
Franklin |
2,483 |
472 |
2,955 |
3,734 |
21.9 |
|
Hancock |
6,873 |
1,473 |
8,346 |
10,776 |
29.0 |
|
Kennebec |
8,545 |
1,803 |
10,348 |
13,323 |
17.8 |
|
Knox |
5,792 |
957 |
6,749 |
8,328 |
29.5 |
|
Lincoln |
4,929 |
1,037 |
5,966 |
7,677 |
39.9 |
|
Oxford |
4,417 |
862 |
5,279 |
6,701 |
27.2 |
|
Penobscot |
9,376 |
2,169 |
11,545 |
15,124 |
16.7 |
|
Piscataquis |
1,380 |
303 |
1,683 |
2,183 |
25.8 |
|
Sagadahoc |
2,938 |
552 |
3,490 |
4,401 |
20.7 |
|
Somerset |
3,552 |
687 |
4,239 |
5,373 |
21.4 |
|
Waldo |
3,668 |
627 |
4,295 |
5,330 |
30.2 |
|
Washington |
3,891 |
557 |
4,448 |
5,367 |
30.7 |
|
York |
15,831 |
3,408 |
19,239 |
24,862 |
26.7 |
|
Maine |
107,236 |
23,564 |
130,800 |
169,681 |
21.3 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2003.
3/ Source: 2003 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: 2003 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.