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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
California
53,700
Florida
29,033
New York
28,590
Texas
23,216
Illinois
15,659
New Jersey
14,267
Ohio
11,309
Pennsylvania
11,031
Michigan
10,827
Massachusetts
9,013
Washington
8,451
Georgia
8,158
North Carolina
6,905
Wisconsin
5,620
Minnesota
5,460
Indiana
5,110
Virginia
4,705
Connecticut
4,469
Arizona
4,235
Oregon
4,219
Tennessee
4,117
Maryland
3,779
Missouri
3,755
South Carolina
3,608
Colorado
3,547
Louisiana
2,551
Kentucky
2,424
Alabama
2,257
Oklahoma
1,963
New Hampshire
1,944
Iowa
1,895
Utah
1,809
Kansas
1,803
Nevada
1,494
Maine
1,372
Arkansas
1,303
Rhode Island
1,272
Mississippi
1,220
Nebraska
1,166
Vermont
959
Idaho
947
North Dakota
804
New Mexico
719
Montana
701
Delaware
664
West Virginia
572
Hawaii
554
South Dakota
554
Alaska
510
Wyoming
218

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.


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International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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