Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2005
|
County |
Number of Microbusinesses |
Total Employment1 |
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|
Without Employees2 |
With 1-4 Employees3 |
Total |
All Microbusinesses4 |
Percent of County5,6 |
|
|
Androscoggin |
6,496 |
1,469 |
7,965 |
10,301 |
16.4 |
|
Aroostook |
4,588 |
1,206 |
5,794 |
7,712 |
19.4 |
|
Cumberland |
25,003 |
6,234 |
31,237 |
41,149 |
18.3 |
|
Franklin |
2,649 |
492 |
3,141 |
3,923 |
22.2 |
|
Hancock |
7,220 |
1,480 |
8,700 |
11,053 |
29.4 |
|
Kennebec |
9,071 |
1,839 |
10,910 |
13,834 |
18.1 |
|
Knox |
5,950 |
1,065 |
7,015 |
8,708 |
30.4 |
|
Lincoln |
5,040 |
1,051 |
6,091 |
7,762 |
39.5 |
|
Oxford |
4,646 |
888 |
5,534 |
6,946 |
27.5 |
|
Penobscot |
9,974 |
2,163 |
12,137 |
15,576 |
16.9 |
|
Piscataquis |
1,461 |
316 |
1,777 |
2,279 |
26.5 |
|
Sagadahoc |
3,179 |
567 |
3,746 |
4,647 |
22.1 |
|
Somerset |
3,805 |
679 |
4,484 |
5,564 |
22.5 |
|
Waldo |
3,948 |
658 |
4,606 |
5,652 |
31.5 |
|
Washington |
4,045 |
575 |
4,620 |
5,534 |
31.9 |
|
York |
16,945 |
3,592 |
20,537 |
26,248 |
27.0 |
|
Maine |
114,020 |
24,317 |
138,337 |
177,001 |
21.8 |
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. Businesses listed in the “statewide” category are included in
the state total.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 county employment.
6/ Source: 2005 Bureau of Economic Analysis, Full-time and Part-time County 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.