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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
United States
97.0
California
94.6
New York
92.8
Florida
92.5
Texas
90.4
New Jersey
90.2
Washington
88.8
Massachusetts
88.5
Michigan
87.9
Illinois
87.8
Pennsylvania
87.5
Connecticut
87.5
Ohio
87.4
Oregon
86.6
Rhode Island
86.1
Colorado
86.0
New Hampshire
85.9
Minnesota
85.4
Arizona
85.3
Wisconsin
85.0
Georgia
84.7
North Carolina
84.4
Maine
83.9
North Dakota
83.8
Vermont
83.8
Montana
83.8
Hawaii
83.6
Maryland
83.5
Nevada
83.2
Virginia
82.7
Utah
82.5
Idaho
82.4
Oklahoma
82.4
Indiana
82.3
Missouri
82.2
Louisiana
82.2
South Carolina
81.7
New Mexico
80.8
Kansas
80.6
Iowa
79.3
Tennessee
78.8
Nebraska
78.2
Alabama
78.0
Delaware
75.5
Kentucky
75.0
Arkansas
74.6
South Dakota
73.9
Mississippi
73.4
Alaska
71.7
Wyoming
71.7
West Virginia
69.6

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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