New England Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by State, 2002
|
State |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
|||
|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Micro-businesses4 |
Percent of State5,6 |
|
|
Connecticut |
228,082 |
49,090 |
277,172 |
363,080 |
17.2 |
|
Maine |
102,648 |
23,295 |
125,943 |
164,380 |
20.8 |
|
Massachusetts |
424,172 |
94,459 |
518,631 |
681,100 |
16.8 |
|
New Hampshire |
94,232 |
20,450 |
114,682 |
150,060 |
19.0 |
|
Rhode Island |
63,292 |
16,173 |
79,465 |
106,636 |
18.1 |
|
Vermont |
54,308 |
12,416 |
66,724 |
88,079 |
22.0 |
|
United States |
17,646,062 |
3,900,755 |
21,546,817 |
28,178,100 |
17.2 |
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.
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: 2002 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.