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In Thirty-Eight States, At Least Eighty Percent of All Exporters Are SMEs
Percent of Companies Exporting Merchandise from Each State that Are Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), 2003
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| State |
Percent of Total Exporters That Are SMEs
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| United States |
97.0
|
| California |
94.6
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| New York |
92.8
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| Florida |
92.5
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| Texas |
90.4
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| New Jersey |
90.2
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| Washington |
88.8
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| Massachusetts |
88.5
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| Michigan |
87.9
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| Illinois |
87.8
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| Pennsylvania |
87.5
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| Connecticut |
87.5
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| Ohio |
87.4
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| Oregon |
86.6
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| Rhode Island |
86.1
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| Colorado |
86.0
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| New Hampshire |
85.9
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| Minnesota |
85.4
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| Arizona |
85.3
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| Wisconsin |
85.0
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| Georgia |
84.7
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| North Carolina |
84.4
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| Maine |
83.9
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| North Dakota |
83.8
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| Vermont |
83.8
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| Montana |
83.8
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| Hawaii |
83.6
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| Maryland |
83.5
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| Nevada |
83.2
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| Virginia |
82.7
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| Utah |
82.5
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| Idaho |
82.4
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| Oklahoma |
82.4
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| Indiana |
82.3
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| Missouri |
82.2
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| Louisiana |
82.2
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| South Carolina |
81.7
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| New Mexico |
80.8
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| Kansas |
80.6
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| Iowa |
79.3
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| Tennessee |
78.8
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| Nebraska |
78.2
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| Alabama |
78.0
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| Delaware |
75.5
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| Kentucky |
75.0
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| Arkansas |
74.6
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| South Dakota |
73.9
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| Mississippi |
73.4
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| Alaska |
71.7
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| Wyoming |
71.7
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| West Virginia |
69.6
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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.