Everybody wants in 2007: Full list

Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market trading After-hours trading Winners/losers/actives Bonds Currencies Commodities Money Magazine Retirement Mutual Funds Taxes Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Loan Center Best Places to Live Calculators Mortgage Rates Personal tech Big Tech blog Techland blog Sectors and stocks Fortune 500 techs Tech Talk 100 best places to launch Ultimate resource guide Small biz makeovers FSB 100 Ask & Answer Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Main Create portfolio Edit portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts

FSB Everybody Wants IN 2007

This list shows the rate of entrepreneurship across the country; each state shows the number of residents out of 100,000 who have started their own business.

Full list

State	Entrepreneurs per 100,000 People
Alabama	170
Alaska	400
Arizona	320
Arkansas	470
California	320
Colorado	530
Connecticut	270
District of Columbia	240
Delaware	160
Florida	280
Georgia	330
Hawaii	340
Idaho	470
Illinois	260
Indiana	290
Iowa	340
Kansas	250
Kentucky	180
Louisiana	320
Maine	360
Maryland	420
Massachusetts	230
Michigan	230
Minnesota	310
Mississippi	390
Missouri	190
Montana	490
Nebraska	230
Nevada	350
New Hampshire	280
New Jersey	300
New Mexico	450
New York	280
North Carolina	230
North Dakota	320
Ohio	270
Oklahoma	410
Oregon	330
Pennsylvania	180
Rhode Island	240
South Carolina	250
South Dakota	310
Tennessee	230
Texas	350
Utah	380
Vermont	550
Virginia	220
Washington	230
West Virginia	170
Wisconsin	270
Wyoming	480

Everybody wants in

Small-biz nation

Which states are the most entrepreneurial? Which have the most women-owned businesses? Here are snapshots of a few noteworthy locales. (more)

Look who's starting a business

These days just about everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. Here are eight people - women, immigrants, corporate refugees, minorities, even kids - who got in on the action. (more)

Everyone wants to start a business

Last year a record number of Americans started companies. Here's why becoming your own boss has become a national obsession. (more)

Live Quotes automatically refresh, but individual equities are delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET.
* : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Disclaimer

Copyright © 2008 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. All Times are ET.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Hemscott.
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.