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Total Number of Firms

Year: 2002; Ordered: alphabetically; Region: 100 Largest MSAs

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Scale Range: 27,310 – 1,779,514

	Value
1: Akron, OH	53,458
2: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	59,614
3: Albuquerque, NM	54,826
4: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	53,627
5: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	405,317
6: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	32,503
7: Austin-Round Rock, TX	119,340
8: Bakersfield, CA	39,775
9: Baltimore-Towson, MD	198,191
10: Baton Rouge, LA	50,946
11: Birmingham-Hoover, AL	77,033
12: Boise City-Nampa, ID	45,985
13: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	405,662
14: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	96,791
15: Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY	69,504
16: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	46,359
17: Charleston-North Charleston, SC	45,200
18: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	116,433
19: Chattanooga, TN-GA	37,921
20: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	720,315
21: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	146,717
22: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	161,413
23: Colorado Springs, CO	50,300
24: Columbia, SC	49,081
25: Columbus, OH	131,410
26: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	459,756
27: Dayton, OH	56,003
28: Denver-Aurora, CO	226,736
29: Des Moines, IA	41,828
30: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	320,101
31: El Paso, TX	46,417
32: Fresno, CA	47,449
33: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	56,996
34: Greensboro-High Point, NC	54,136
35: Greenville, SC	43,931
36: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,230
37: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	94,036
38: Honolulu, HI	63,879
39: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX	418,532
40: Indianapolis, IN	121,923
41: Jackson, MS	39,285
42: Jacksonville, FL	86,207
43: Kansas City, MO-KS	151,392
44: Knoxville, TN	53,870
45: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	32,649
46: Lancaster, PA	40,413
47: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	110,300
48: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR	50,575
49: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	1,184,210
50: Louisville, KY-IN	92,699
51: Madison, WI	43,868
52: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX	46,964
53: Memphis, TN-MS-AR	83,011
54: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL	609,169
55: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	101,140
56: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	272,926
57: Modesto, CA	27,310
58: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN	126,562
59: New Haven-Milford, CT	66,164
60: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	109,326
61: New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA	1,779,514
62: Ogden-Clearfield, UT	33,888
63: Oklahoma City, OK	100,244
64: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	60,315
65: Orlando, FL	151,271
66: Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	69,064
67: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	38,621
68: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	416,358
69: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	247,759
70: Pittsburgh, PA	167,169
71: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	168,532
72: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	50,452
73: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	126,246
74: Provo-Orem, UT	33,443
75: Raleigh-Cary, NC	74,785
76: Richmond, VA	79,287
77: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	235,672
78: Rochester, NY	73,473
79: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA	147,886
80: Salt Lake City, UT	88,265
81: San Antonio, TX	130,722
82: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	244,445
83: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	400,794
84: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	138,368
85: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	62,509
86: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA	36,789
87: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	256,519
88: Springfield, MA	51,465
89: St. Louis, MO-IL	194,429
90: Stockton, CA	34,534
91: Syracuse, NY	45,268
92: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	204,055
93: Toledo, OH	44,589
94: Tucson, AZ	62,086
95: Tulsa, OK	77,090
96: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	94,614
97: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	437,141
98: Wichita, KS	43,370
99: Worcester, MA	58,991
100: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	41,201

Definition: Number of business firms

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners

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