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- Inc. 5,000 - The Companies (PDF)
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- Slideshow: Inc. 500 Hot Products
- Slideshow: 2007 Inc. 5,000 Top 25 Companies by Revenue
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- Slideshow: Youngest CEOs
- Slideshow: 25 Largest Employers of the 2007 Inc. 5,000
- Slideshow: 25 Oldest Employers of the 2007 Inc. 5,000
How I Did It: Profiles From the 2007 Inc. 500
- The Number 1 Company: Charles Hallberg, Founder and CEO, MemberHealth
- Mike Walrath, Founder, Right Media
- Amy Rees Lewis, CEO, MediConnect Global
- Jeffrey Smalls, CEO, Smalls Electrical Construction
- David Katz, CEO, AEE Solar
- Jason Araghi, CEO, Green Beans Coffee
- Todd Johnson, President and CEO, Hospital Partners of America
- Prathiba Ramadoss CEO, Business Integra
- Stephen Siegel, CEO, The Siegel Group
- Alexander Tabibi, CEO, Pets United
- Mike Broderick, CEO, Turning Technologies
- Slideshow: Inc. 5,000: How We Did It
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West Coast Story
After several years of losing ground to the Washington, D.C., area, California is flush with 81 Inc. 500 companies in 2007, up from 66 last year. Interestingly, finance and advertising--two industries often associated with New York-- contributed a quarter of California's total. Indeed, the entire western U.S. is looking good, as you'll see below.
By: Sarah Goldstein
Published September 2007
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BUY A REPRINTStates with the most Inc. 500 companies
- California 81
- Texas 38
- Virginia 35
- (Tie) New York 26
Florida 26 - Massachusetts 24
- Washington 23
- Georgia 20
- New Jersey 19
- Pennsylvania 18
Metro areas* with the most Inc. 500 companies
- Washington, D.C. 40
- New York City 38
- San Francisco 26
- Los Angeles 25
- Boston 22
- (Tie) Dallas 20
Atlanta 20 - Seattle 18
- Phoenix 17
- (Tie) Chicago 16
Philadelphia 16
Cities with the most Inc. 500 companies per million residents**
- Provo-Orem, Utah 12.7
- Washington, D.C. 7.6
- Austin 7.3
- (Tie) Los Angeles 6.2
San Francisco 6.2 - Portland, Oreg. 5.6
- (Tie) Seattle 4.9
Boston 4.9 - San Diego 4.4
- Phoenix 4.2
*As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau
**Includes only metro areas with three or more companies
