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Sixteen States Each Have More Than 5,000 SME Exporters
Number of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Exporting Merchandise by State, 2003
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| State | Number of SME Exporters |
| U.S. Total |
218,382
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| California |
53,700
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| Florida |
29,033
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| New York |
28,590
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| Texas |
23,216
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| Illinois |
15,659
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| New Jersey |
14,267
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| Ohio |
11,309
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| Pennsylvania |
11,031
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| Michigan |
10,827
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| Massachusetts |
9,013
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| Washington |
8,451
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| Georgia |
8,158
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| North Carolina |
6,905
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| Wisconsin |
5,620
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| Minnesota |
5,460
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| Indiana |
5,110
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| Virginia |
4,705
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| Connecticut |
4,469
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| Arizona |
4,235
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| Oregon |
4,219
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| Tennessee |
4,117
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| Maryland |
3,779
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| Missouri |
3,755
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| South Carolina |
3,608
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| Colorado |
3,547
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| Louisiana |
2,551
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| Kentucky |
2,424
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| Alabama |
2,257
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| Oklahoma |
1,963
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| New Hampshire |
1,944
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| Iowa |
1,895
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| Utah |
1,809
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| Kansas |
1,803
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| Nevada |
1,494
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| Maine |
1,372
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| Arkansas |
1,303
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| Rhode Island |
1,272
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| Mississippi |
1,220
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| Nebraska |
1,166
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| Vermont |
959
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| Idaho |
947
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| North Dakota |
804
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| New Mexico |
719
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| Montana |
701
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| Delaware |
664
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| West Virginia |
572
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| Hawaii |
554
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| South Dakota |
554
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| Alaska |
510
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| Wyoming |
218
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Definition: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have fewer than 500
employees.
Notes: Because firms sometimes export from more than one state location,
state totals cannot be summed to arrive at a U.S. total.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Exporter Database.
Prepared by the Office
of Trade & Industry Information, Manufacturing and Services,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.