New England Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by State, 2004
|
State |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Micro-businesses4 |
Percent of State5,6 |
|
|
Connecticut |
245,915 |
49,554 |
295,469 |
381,693 |
18.0 |
|
Maine |
111,079 |
23,821 |
134,900 |
173,490 |
21.6 |
|
Massachusetts |
457,981 |
94,393 |
552,374 |
714,730 |
17.7 |
|
New Hampshire |
103,075 |
21,055 |
124,130 |
160,134 |
19.7 |
|
Rhode Island |
67,449 |
16,767 |
84,216 |
112,217 |
18.6 |
|
Vermont |
58,319 |
12,768 |
71,087 |
92,793 |
22.7 |
|
United States |
19,523,741 |
4,019,456 |
23,543,197 |
30,336,078 |
18.1 |
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.
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: 2004 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.