Maine Microbusinesses and Employment Levels by County, 2006

 

 

County

Number of Microbusinesses

Total Employment1

Without

Employees2

With 1-4

Employees3

 

Total

All

Microbusinesses4

Percent of

County5,6

Androscoggin

6,468

1,438

7,906

10,207

15.8

Aroostook

4,651

1,211

5,862

7,800

19.1

Cumberland

25,318

6,214

31,532

41,474

18.0

Franklin

2,672

473

3,145

3,902

22.1

Hancock

7,251

1,452

8,703

11,026

28.4

Kennebec

9,000

1,853

10,853

13,818

17.4

Knox

6,014

1,066

7,080

8,786

30.0

Lincoln

5,048

1,037

6,085

7,744

38.1

Oxford

4,634

886

5,520

6,938

26.9

Penobscot

10,334

2,109

12,443

15,817

16.7

Piscataquis

1,487

306

1,793

2,283

25.8

Sagadahoc

3,266

569

3,835

4,745

22.1

Somerset

3,729

663

4,392

5,453

21.4

Waldo

3,884

628

4,512

5,517

30.4

Washington

4,055

543

4,598

5,467

30.6

York

17,062

3,473

20,535

26,092

25.7

Maine

114,873

23,965

138,838

177,182

21.2

 

1/ Total employment includes proprietors and all non-farm part-time and full-time employees.

 

2/ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Non-Employer Statistics, 2006.

 

3/ Source: 2006 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: 2006 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.