Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2004
|
County |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Microbusinesses4 |
Percent of County5,6 |
|
|
Androscoggin |
6,318 |
1,452 |
7,770 |
10,122 |
16.2 |
|
Aroostook |
4,480 |
1,228 |
5,708 |
7,697 |
19.5 |
|
Cumberland |
24,145 |
6,061 |
30,206 |
40,025 |
18.0 |
|
Franklin |
2,609 |
502 |
3,111 |
3,924 |
22.6 |
|
Hancock |
7,015 |
1,474 |
8,489 |
10,877 |
29.5 |
|
Kennebec |
8,931 |
1,810 |
10,741 |
13,673 |
18.1 |
|
Knox |
5,937 |
998 |
6,935 |
8,552 |
30.0 |
|
Lincoln |
5,048 |
1,061 |
6,109 |
7,828 |
40.5 |
|
Oxford |
4,532 |
894 |
5,426 |
6,874 |
27.6 |
|
Penobscot |
9,649 |
2,150 |
11,799 |
15,282 |
16.8 |
|
Piscataquis |
1,388 |
308 |
1,696 |
2,195 |
26.0 |
|
Sagadahoc |
3,058 |
533 |
3,591 |
4,454 |
20.6 |
|
Somerset |
3,732 |
662 |
4,394 |
5,466 |
22.0 |
|
Waldo |
3,776 |
647 |
4,423 |
5,471 |
30.8 |
|
Washington |
3,962 |
569 |
4,531 |
5,453 |
31.8 |
|
York |
16,499 |
3,432 |
19,931 |
25,491 |
26.5 |
|
Maine |
111,079 |
23,821 |
134,900 |
173,490 |
21.6 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2004.
3/ Source: 2004 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: 2004 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.