Number of new entrepreneurs (number)
2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Alaska | 18,368 | 24,672 | 23,190 | 22,707 | 21,934 | 20,887 | 20,209 | 19,774 | 19,765 | 19,279 | 18,616 |
Arizona | 24,386 | 24,418 | 21,127 | 21,096 | 21,181 | 20,823 | 21,060 | 22,742 | 24,871 | 25,323 | 24,633 |
Alabama | 23,278 | 25,333 | 20,161 | 20,129 | 19,976 | 19,752 | 21,005 | 25,059 | 30,040 | 33,562 | 33,989 |
Connecticut | 16,908 | 35,295 | 39,364 | 39,624 | 38,984 | 37,910 | 35,033 | 29,288 | 22,368 | 17,442 | 15,602 |
Delaware | 16,352 | 25,336 | 26,389 | 26,524 | 26,208 | 26,044 | 24,980 | 22,584 | 19,687 | 17,147 | 16,485 |
Georgia | 28,020 | 30,714 | 38,007 | 38,005 | 37,551 | 37,136 | 37,170 | 37,552 | 37,385 | 37,173 | 36,723 |
Arkansas | 21,181 | 20,564 | 18,876 | 18,556 | 18,597 | 18,928 | 20,289 | 23,359 | 26,798 | 29,208 | 29,475 |
Illinois | 67,964 | 61,787 | 55,963 | 55,938 | 55,631 | 54,617 | 54,071 | 52,227 | 50,758 | 48,678 | 46,873 |
California | 133,147 | 130,373 | 147,248 | 148,285 | 149,689 | 150,134 | 150,524 | 148,303 | 145,792 | 142,397 | 139,258 |
Indiana | 22,389 | 33,538 | 27,792 | 27,380 | 27,026 | 26,662 | 26,743 | 26,718 | 27,298 | 27,400 | 27,368 |
Colorado | 23,932 | 38,230 | 37,997 | 38,073 | 38,085 | 38,214 | 36,771 | 31,666 | 25,470 | 20,783 | 19,529 |
District of Columbia | 14,815 | 18,901 | 22,764 | 23,112 | 23,514 | 24,298 | 25,128 | 26,089 | 27,196 | 27,305 | 26,415 |
Louisiana | 21,433 | 19,038 | 16,697 | 16,873 | 16,892 | 17,473 | 19,674 | 26,142 | 32,815 | 36,949 | 36,141 |
Maine | 17,596 | 33,354 | 33,747 | 33,437 | 32,543 | 30,988 | 28,430 | 23,453 | 18,158 | 14,631 | 13,360 |
Florida | 72,721 | 72,032 | 66,906 | 66,545 | 66,374 | 65,828 | 66,213 | 66,876 | 67,680 | 67,622 | 66,111 |
Maryland | 17,954 | 31,917 | 41,013 | 41,648 | 41,618 | 41,441 | 38,836 | 33,219 | 26,713 | 21,914 | 20,472 |
Hawaii | 15,750 | 23,968 | 26,232 | 26,043 | 25,890 | 26,129 | 26,151 | 25,670 | 24,810 | 23,977 | 22,949 |
Idaho | 23,087 | 21,378 | 19,067 | 19,247 | 19,073 | 18,641 | 19,002 | 20,892 | 23,602 | 25,389 | 25,599 |
Minnesota | 23,695 | 38,239 | 44,353 | 44,283 | 44,082 | 43,727 | 41,458 | 35,112 | 27,963 | 22,835 | 21,427 |
Mississippi | 19,309 | 18,523 | 16,763 | 16,814 | 16,733 | 16,395 | 17,863 | 22,649 | 27,923 | 31,187 | 30,749 |
Iowa | 20,464 | 32,264 | 34,136 | 34,067 | 33,974 | 33,946 | 32,200 | 27,687 | 22,733 | 19,161 | 18,345 |
Kansas | 20,692 | 29,435 | 25,618 | 25,659 | 25,515 | 25,303 | 24,829 | 23,354 | 21,915 | 20,494 | 20,122 |
Kentucky | 22,164 | 26,566 | 27,079 | 27,009 | 27,051 | 26,830 | 26,581 | 25,151 | 23,548 | 22,103 | 21,285 |
Nebraska | 20,655 | 28,900 | 27,357 | 27,504 | 27,174 | 26,518 | 25,483 | 23,672 | 22,212 | 20,693 | 19,911 |
Nevada | 22,648 | 32,406 | 27,029 | 26,659 | 26,240 | 25,801 | 25,014 | 23,312 | 21,941 | 20,817 | 20,656 |
New Hampshire | 17,127 | 35,462 | 39,552 | 39,297 | 38,287 | 37,456 | 35,385 | 31,211 | 26,504 | 22,876 | 21,917 |
Massachusetts | 38,872 | 33,651 | 27,178 | 26,946 | 26,732 | 26,311 | 26,620 | 28,370 | 31,491 | 34,005 | 34,823 |
Michigan | 57,813 | 50,667 | 42,495 | 42,363 | 42,077 | 41,466 | 40,875 | 39,561 | 38,474 | 37,750 | 37,332 |
New York | 99,202 | 82,376 | 74,669 | 76,059 | 75,981 | 74,100 | 72,153 | 69,437 | 67,528 | 65,249 | 62,784 |
North Carolina | 42,281 | 38,917 | 35,748 | 35,379 | 34,904 | 34,389 | 34,755 | 35,581 | 36,401 | 36,666 | 35,929 |
Oklahoma | 23,783 | 21,549 | 21,307 | 21,178 | 20,589 | 19,751 | 19,974 | 21,496 | 23,035 | 23,700 | 23,012 |
Missouri | 19,315 | 29,590 | 30,842 | 30,728 | 30,016 | 29,022 | 27,885 | 26,025 | 24,105 | 23,117 | 22,655 |
Oregon | 19,621 | 27,280 | 25,346 | 25,522 | 25,324 | 25,054 | 24,597 | 24,304 | 24,407 | 24,335 | 23,963 |
Montana | 21,371 | 18,562 | 16,148 | 15,881 | 15,767 | 15,810 | 17,586 | 22,275 | 27,536 | 30,566 | 29,746 |
Pennsylvania | 67,659 | 63,170 | 54,288 | 53,547 | 53,631 | 53,585 | 52,762 | 50,565 | 48,611 | 46,636 | 44,667 |
Rhode Island | 17,103 | 33,207 | 30,087 | 29,912 | 29,423 | 28,502 | 26,702 | 23,075 | 18,896 | 15,812 | 14,675 |
South Carolina | 18,361 | 23,777 | 23,956 | 23,825 | 23,792 | 23,560 | 23,731 | 24,312 | 25,154 | 25,610 | 25,087 |
New Jersey | 48,529 | 42,308 | 36,914 | 36,823 | 36,295 | 35,066 | 34,283 | 34,060 | 34,145 | 33,302 | 31,639 |
South Dakota | 20,078 | 27,408 | 26,329 | 26,901 | 26,600 | 25,878 | 24,779 | 22,214 | 19,611 | 17,440 | 17,302 |
New Mexico | 21,854 | 19,397 | 15,436 | 14,954 | 14,547 | 14,165 | 15,349 | 19,763 | 25,083 | 28,514 | 28,082 |
Texas | 80,361 | 81,517 | 90,755 | 92,901 | 93,890 | 94,162 | 93,593 | 92,183 | 91,906 | 91,724 | 91,606 |
Tennessee | 22,006 | 24,768 | 24,137 | 24,119 | 23,988 | 23,578 | 24,338 | 26,304 | 28,879 | 30,621 | 30,652 |
Utah | 22,262 | 25,301 | 21,472 | 21,154 | 21,400 | 21,841 | 22,482 | 23,338 | 24,242 | 24,747 | 24,602 |
North Dakota | 19,608 | 23,824 | 22,008 | 21,999 | 22,229 | 22,290 | 22,988 | 23,731 | 24,269 | 24,096 | 23,295 |
West Virginia | 22,767 | 26,247 | 21,713 | 20,946 | 20,494 | 19,986 | 21,629 | 25,990 | 31,123 | 34,571 | 34,665 |
Wisconsin | 23,178 | 36,581 | 35,042 | 35,135 | 35,102 | 35,092 | 34,126 | 31,138 | 27,333 | 24,449 | 23,180 |
Ohio | 62,124 | 56,396 | 50,838 | 50,216 | 48,589 | 47,240 | 46,426 | 45,252 | 44,340 | 43,179 | 42,009 |
Vermont | 15,468 | 26,582 | 26,125 | 26,260 | 25,827 | 24,855 | 23,653 | 22,519 | 21,581 | 20,397 | 19,371 |
Virginia | 25,838 | 33,578 | 38,030 | 38,570 | 38,525 | 38,260 | 37,624 | 35,804 | 32,972 | 30,779 | 29,856 |
Washington | 21,510 | 33,321 | 31,625 | 31,304 | 31,169 | 31,088 | 31,137 | 30,840 | 30,106 | 29,642 | 29,802 |
Wyoming | 20,157 | 23,320 | 23,732 | 23,980 | 23,657 | 22,767 | 22,505 | 22,690 | 23,402 | 23,708 | 23,024 |