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Self-Employed and the U.S. Economy
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The Majority of U.S. Small Businesses are Self-Employed
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Source: U.S. Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses and Nonemployer Statistics, 2006
FACT:
77.6 percent of small businesses in the United States are self-employed.Slide3
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Big
Business vs. Small Business
FACT:
99.9 percent of all businesses in the United States are small businesses, with three-fourths representing the self-employed.
Source: U.S. Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses and Nonemployer Statistics, 2006Slide4
Self-Employed Businesses have Grown Faster than All Other Segments
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Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, based on data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Statistics of U.S. Business and Nonemployer Statistics, 1997-2006.
3.4%
Avg. Growth Rate of Self-Employed Slide5
Self-Employed Growth has been Steady and Strong
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Source: U.S. Census Statistics on Nonemployers, 1997-2007
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http://www.census.gov/econ/nonemployer/index.html
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3.4%
Growth RateSlide6
Self-Employed Businesses are Helping to Drive U.S. Economic Growth
The United States added nearly 1 million self-employed businesses between 2006 and 2007, bringing the total to 21.7 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is a 4.5 percent growth rate over one year.
The self-employed added $992 billion to the U.S. economy in 2007, up from $970 billion in 2006, which is a 2.2 percent increase.
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Source: Internal Revenue Service Statistics on Sole Proprietorships , 2007