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The 2000 Inc. 500 Almanac

A statistical look at the Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs that run them.

By Inc. staff | 
 

The 2000 Inc. 500 Almanac: Location

The Inc. 500 by State

Alaska: 1
Alabama: 5
Arkansas: 0
Arizona: 5
California: 69
Colorado: 17
Connecticut: 7
Delaware: 4
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 27
Georgia: 26
Hawaii: 0
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 27
Indiana: 7
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 4
Kentucky: 8
Louisiana: 3
Massachusetts: 26
Maryland: 12
Maine: 2
Michigan: 14
Minnesota: 11
Missouri: 4
Mississippi: 1
Montana: 1
North Carolina: 12
North Dakota: 1
Nebraska: 0
New Hampshire: 2
New Jersey: 20
New Mexico: 3
Nevada: 3
New York: 24
Ohio: 17
Oklahoma:3
Oregon: 7
Pennsylvania: 21
Rhode Island: 2
South Carolina: 3
South Dakota: 0
Tennessee: 6
Texas: 39
Utah: 8
Virginia: 31
Vermont: 1
Washington: 7
Wisconsin: 6
West Virginia: 0
Wyoming: 0

Location, Location, Location

State with biggest gain in companies since 1999: Florida, up 9 companies to 27

State with biggest drop in companies since 1999: Maryland, down 8 companies to 12

Top five metro areas by number of companies
Washington, D.C. 37
New York City 34
Los Angeles 28
Atlanta 25
San Francisco 24

Top five states by number of companies per million residents*
Delaware 5.4
Virginia 4.5
Massachusetts 4.2
Colorado 4.2
Utah 3.8

*Based on January 1, 1999, population estimates from Market Statistics, a division of Claritas Inc.

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