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Table 5: Number of U.S. Merchandise Exporters by State
Number of Exporters of Merchandise From State Locations by Company Size, 2003
States Listed Alphabetically

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State
Total
Small
Medium
Large
SMEs
Percent SMEs
United States
225,190
201,804
16,578
6,808
218,382
97.0
Alabama
2,892
1,887
370
635
2,257
78.0
Alaska
711
446
64
201
510
71.7
Arizona
4,964
3,777
458
729
4,235
85.3
Arkansas
1,747
1,104
199
444
1,303
74.6
California
56,758
49,125
4,575
3,058
53,700
94.6
Colorado
4,123
3,160
387
576
3,547
86.0
Connecticut
5,109
3,914
555
640
4,469
87.5
Delaware
880
587
77
216
664
75.5
Florida
31,396
26,290
2,743
2,363
29,033
92.5
Georgia
9,634
7,062
1,096
1,476
8,158
84.7
Hawaii
663
494
60
109
554
83.6
Idaho
1,149
824
123
202
947
82.4
Illinois
17,825
13,303
2,356
2,166
15,659
87.8
Indiana
6,210
4,242
868
1,100
5,110
82.3
Iowa
2,390
1,587
308
495
1,895
79.3
Kansas
2,236
1,534
269
433
1,803
80.6
Kentucky
3,234
1,978
446
810
2,424
75.0
Louisiana
3,104
2,252
299
553
2,551
82.2
Maine
1,636
1,218
154
264
1,372
83.9
Maryland
4,527
3,275
504
748
3,779
83.5
Massachusetts
10,182
7,916
1,097
1,169
9,013
88.5
Michigan
12,316
9,266
1,561
1,489
10,827
87.9
Minnesota
6,394
4,692
768
934
5,460
85.4
Mississippi
1,661
1,019
201
441
1,220
73.4
Missouri
4,569
3,186
569
814
3,755
82.2
Montana
837
631
70
136
701
83.8
Nebraska
1,492
954
212
326
1,166
78.2
Nevada
1,796
1,323
171
302
1,494
83.2
New Hampshire
2,263
1,725
219
319
1,944
85.9
New Jersey
15,821
12,673
1,594
1,554
14,267
90.2
New Mexico
890
640
79
171
719
80.8
New York
30,815
25,679
2,911
2,225
28,590
92.8
North Carolina
8,179
5,870
1,035
1,274
6,905
84.4
North Dakota
959
710
94
155
804
83.8
Ohio
12,935
9,615
1,694
1,626
11,309
87.4
Oklahoma
2,382
1,708
255
419
1,963
82.4
Oregon
4,874
3,715
504
655
4,219
86.6
Pennsylvania
12,607
9,535
1,496
1,576
11,031
87.5
Rhode Island
1,477
1,118
154
205
1,272
86.1
South Carolina
4,418
3,079
529
810
3,608
81.7
South Dakota
750
444
110
196
554
73.9
Tennessee
5,223
3,424
693
1,106
4,117
78.8
Texas
25,694
20,455
2,761
2,478
23,216
90.4
Utah
2,193
1,584
225
384
1,809
82.5
Vermont
1,144
826
133
185
959
83.8
Virginia
5,691
4,042
663
986
4,705
82.7
Washington
9,512
7,493
958
1,061
8,451
88.8
West Virginia
822
479
93
250
572
69.6
Wisconsin
6,615
4,715
905
995
5,620
85.0
Wyoming
304
192
26
86
218
71.7
District of Columbia
721
437
102
182
539
74.8
Puerto Rico
1,157
781
134
242
915
79.1
Virgin Islands
78
37
16
25
53
67.9
Unknown
11,641
7,927
1,966
1,748
9,893
85.0


Definitions: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have fewer than 500 employees. Small firms have fewer than 100 employees.
Medium-sized firms have from 100 to 499 employees. Large firms have 500 or more employees.
Notes: Figures include only identifiable or "known" exports--i.e., exports that can be linked to individual companies using information on U.S.
export declarations. Because firms sometimes export from more than one location, exporter counts cannot be summed to arrive at a U.S. total.
Exporters are allocated to states on an "Origin of Moveent" basis - i.e. an exporter is credited to a state when it ships export goods from that
state to a port or other exit point from the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Exporter Database.

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

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