New England Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by State, 2003
|
State |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
|||
|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Micro-businesses4 |
Percent of State5,6 |
|
|
Connecticut |
237,465 |
48,503 |
285,968 |
370,848 |
17.7 |
|
Maine |
107,236 |
23,564 |
130,800 |
169,681 |
21.3 |
|
Massachusetts |
442,002 |
96,975 |
538,977 |
702,865 |
17.5 |
|
New Hampshire |
99,830 |
20,735 |
120,565 |
155,814 |
19.6 |
|
Rhode Island |
65,635 |
16,354 |
81,989 |
109,137 |
18.3 |
|
Vermont |
56,646 |
12,562 |
69,208 |
90,563 |
22.5 |
|
United States |
18,649,114 |
3,930,313 |
22,579,427 |
29,260,959 |
17.9 |
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.
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: 2003 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.