New England Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by State, 2001
|
State |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
|||
|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Micro-businesses4 |
Percent of State5,6 |
|
|
Connecticut |
220,751 |
49,279 |
270,030 |
356,268 |
16.9 |
|
Maine |
99,709 |
22,807 |
122,516 |
160,148 |
20.3 |
|
Massachusetts |
412,941 |
96,279 |
509,220 |
673,857 |
16.4 |
|
New Hampshire |
90,333 |
19,998 |
110,331 |
145,128 |
18.4 |
|
Rhode Island |
60,516 |
15,928 |
76,444 |
103,681 |
17.7 |
|
Vermont |
52,136 |
12,285 |
64,421 |
85,920 |
21.6 |
|
United States |
16,979,498 |
3,817,930 |
20,797,428 |
27,326,088 |
16.6 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 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 state employment.
6/ Source: 2001 Bureau of Economic Analysis, Full-time and Part-time State 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.