New England Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by State, 2005
|
State |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
|||
|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Micro-businesses4 |
Percent of State5,6 |
|
|
Connecticut |
252,044 |
50,425 |
302,469 |
389,704 |
18.0 |
|
Maine |
114,020 |
24,317 |
138,337 |
177,001 |
21.8 |
|
Massachusetts |
471,257 |
94,301 |
565,558 |
726,813 |
17.7 |
|
New Hampshire |
106,642 |
21,151 |
127,793 |
163,538 |
19.7 |
|
Rhode Island |
69,316 |
16,934 |
86,250 |
113,852 |
18.7 |
|
Vermont |
59,556 |
12,836 |
72,392 |
94,085 |
22.7 |
|
United States |
20,392,068 |
4,119,363 |
24,511,431 |
31,390,767 |
18.3 |
1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.
2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2005.
3/ Source: 2005 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: 2005 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.