State Business Establishments, 1998 and 2003
Ranked by Percent Change

Data Source:

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1	State	1998	2003	# Change	% Change
	Nevada	66,432	98,294	31,862	48.0
2	Delaware	30,176	39,087	8,911	29.5
3	Florida	622,863	806,338	183,475	29.5
4	Arizona	159,427	199,228	39,801	25.0
5	Georgia	289,877	360,883	71,006	24.5
6	Connecticut	144,944	180,023	35,079	24.2
7	North Carolina	301,232	371,775	70,543	23.4
8	South Carolina	148,599	182,025	33,426	22.5
9	California	1,248,196	1,527,249	279,053	22.4
10	Alaska	36,376	44,440	8,064	22.2
11	Idaho	57,847	69,994	12,147	21.0
12	Montana	50,542	61,149	10,607	21.0
13	Colorado	194,669	234,752	40,083	20.6
14	Texas	790,489	953,188	162,699	20.6
15	New Mexico	72,138	85,965	13,827	19.2
16	Mississippi	99,181	118,188	19,007	19.2
17	Virginia	257,921	306,164	48,243	18.7
18	Kentucky	137,905	162,846	24,941	18.1
19	New Jersey	326,941	385,864	58,923	18.0
20	Arkansas	105,704	124,704	19,000	18.0
21	Washington, D.C.	41,799	49,270	7,471	17.9
22	Washington	229,819	270,145	40,326	17.5
23	Vermont	32,082	37,677	5,595	17.4
24	Minnesota	196,114	229,389	33,275	17.0
25	Tennessee	210,484	246,183	35,699	17.0
26	Wyoming	29,063	33,731	4,668	16.1
27	Oregon	152,245	176,648	24,403	16.0
28	Nebraska	77,059	89,349	12,290	15.9
29	South Dakota	36,564	42,377	5,813	15.9
30	Alabama	159,702	184,507	24,805	15.5
31	Maryland	193,140	222,696	29,556	15.3
32	Louisiana	165,968	191,229	25,261	15.2
33	Utah	81,998	94,386	12,388	15.1
34	Wisconsin	219,698	252,523	32,825	14.9
35	Missouri	223,244	255,653	32,409	14.5
36	Indiana	216,570	244,362	27,792	12.8
37	Kansas	118,319	133,318	14,999	12.7
38	Oklahoma	148,321	167,059	18,738	12.6
39	Iowa	129,931	146,217	16,286	12.5
40	Michigan	379,249	426,663	47,414	12.5
41	Pennsylvania	474,959	531,331	56,372	11.9
42	Maine	61,910	69,239	7,329	11.8
43	Hawaii	50,210	56,089	5,879	11.7
44	Ohio	430,698	479,077	48,379	11.2
45	New Hampshire	62,342	69,247	6,905	11.1
46	North Dakota	35,703	39,308	3,605	10.1
47	Massachusetts	281,265	309,290	28,025	10.0
48	New York	729,389	796,956	67,567	9.3
49	West Virginia	66,584	72,678	6,094	9.2
50	Illinois	483,315	524,204	40,889	8.5
51	Rhode Island	43,629	45,816	2,187	5.0
	U.S. total	10,902,832	12,798,773	1,895,941	17.4

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